Grandpa 在家中起居室里等Susan 来吃晚饭。他们见面后，Grandpa 和Susan
讲到了打自己退休以后，每天都有很多时间不知道该如何打发。

    Grandpa ： Is that you， Susan？

    Susan ： It's me， Grandpa. Grandpa ： Am I glad to see you ！

    Susan ： And am I glad to see you ！ I am also glad to be here. Grandpa
： How are things ？

    Susan ： I have been talking to a group of sales men since ten this
morning ， and I'm real exhausted. Grandpa： Well ， you look good. What's
Harry doing tonight ？

    Susan ： He and Michelle are visiting relatives in New Jersey today.
Grandpa ： The rest of our family went to the movies. So it's just you
and me， Susan. Susan ： It's nice to be alone with you ， Grandpa. We
don't get to see enough of each other. Grandpa： Oh ， I feel the same
way ， Susan. I miss seeing you. But to tell the truth， next time I'd
like to go into the city and meet you there ， instead of you coming here.
Susan ： You don't need to do that， Grandpa. Grandpa ： Yeah ， I do.
I need to get out more. Well， I mean there's a lot to do around the house，
and I love being here with the family ， you know ， but I'm restless.
Since I retired ， I've got extra time on my hands. Susan ： I understand，
Grandpa. Grandpa： I think you do. Frankly， I'd like to use my brain
a little more.

    「语言点精讲」

    1. It's me， Grandpa. It's me.是我。这是非正式用法。正式用法应该是
It's I. 但是大多数美国人用非正式用法。另外这句话主语用的It. 讲话时如果
看不见对方，彼此称呼时常用that，it，this等词，如上一句话： Is that you，
Susan ？

    2. Am I glad to see you ！

    见到你我真高兴！这种句子形式上是问句，实际上是感叹句，加强感情和语
气。

    3. I have been talking to a group of sales men since ten this morning，
and I'm real exhausted. 我从今天上午十点钟一直在同一批推销员谈话，真是
筋疲力尽了。

    I have been talking to…我一直在和（他们）谈……。这是现在完成进行
时的表达法，表示从过去某一时间一直持续到现在的动作或状态。

    real：确实。这是一个非正式用法，正式用法应该是really或very.

    4. It's nice to be alone with you ， Grandpa. 能跟你单独在一起很好，
爷爷。

    to be alone with you：单独和你在一起。

    6. We don't get to see enough of each other.我们见面的时候不多啊。

    get to：有机会或时间做某事。表示通过一个过程逐渐做到某事，或花费一
定的力气做到某事。

    7. Oh ， I feel the same way， Susan. I miss seeing you.我也这样感
觉，苏珊。我见不到你时很想念你的。

    I feel the same way ：我也有同感。我有同样的感觉。

    miss doing sth. ：在这里指“怀念作某事，怀念做过的事”。

    8. But to tell the truth， next time I'd like to go into the city
and meet you there， instead of you coming here.可是跟你说真心话，下次
我愿意到市内去，在那儿见你，而不是让你上这儿来。

    to tell the truth ：说实话，老实说。类似含义的表达还有frankly ， to
be frank with you ， as a matter of fact， frankly speaking 等。

    instead of…：而不是…，不是…而是。

    9. Since I retired， I've got extra time on my hands. 打从我退休以
来，我手头有许多多余的时间无法打发掉。

    time on my hands：可以自由支配的时间，无法打发的时间。on one's hands
常含有“必须自己承担或解决的负担”的意义。