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Jerry跟同事Paula和Will打招呼，聊聊彼此周末都干了些什么。 Jerry: Hey, Paula. Hi, Will. Did you have a good weekend? Paula: Yeah... I checked out that new 3D movie. Its amazing what they can do with technologies these days! Will: I went mountain biking with a couple of friends. We worked up a good sweat and had a good time. How about you, Jerry? J: Actually, I spent most of the weekend looking at travel brochures. Paula周末去看了新出的三维电影，3D movie. Will跟几个朋友一起去骑山地车，山地车在英语里叫 mountain bike，在上面那段话里是做动词用，Will went mountain biking. Will还说，他们出了一身汗，玩得特别开心。work up a sweat是一种习惯用法，指锻炼身体或从事体力活动很投入，可以是真的出了一身汗，也可以形容特别卖力。Jerry呢，一个周末大部分时间都在看旅游宣传材料travel brochures. 看来他是要休假喽?Paula问： P: Really? Are you going somewhere? J: Well, starting on the 20th of this month, Im taking a five-week vacation. W: Five weeks!! No way! P: Get out of here! How did you swing that? J: Actually, the company owes me about four months worth of vacation time. Ive been working here since 2002 and havent taken a vacation yet. Ive got oodles of comp time as well. | 
