難得一聚的朋友們互相問(wèn)候，相互祝愿，也祝福遠(yuǎn)方的老朋友，以表達(dá)彼此的思念之情。另外，我們借此多學(xué)幾個(gè)祝?；蜃Ｔ刚Z(yǔ)：生意興隆（wish your business success）；一帆風(fēng)順（wish you every success）；鵬程萬(wàn)里（have a bright future）；大吉大利（wish you good fortune and every success）；恭喜發(fā)財(cái)（may prosperity be with you）。

Olivia： Hey！ Good to see you again！

Sarah/Magda： Hey！ You too！

Harry： Hello Sarah， hi Magda.

Sarah： How are you Olivia？ Harry！ Great to see you too.

Olivia： Fine， fine thanks， all well. Tony??？ Could we have some coffees over here please？

Tony： OK， OK...hold on...1）Im

rushed off me feet here.

Harry （aside）： Hes always so

miserable， so 2）grumpy that guy.

Olivia： Hes not really， its just his

way.

Harry： Ill believe you then...his

coffees always good！

Olivia： So， how are you two

getting on？

Magda： Fine. Its great， weve got

this really nice flat.

Sarah： We moved into Harrys old

place.

Olivia： Oh yeah， I remember.

Hows it going？ No problems？

Still friends？ Its not always easy

sharing a flat.

Sarah/Magda： No， no problems.

Sarah： Except she leaves the top off the 3）toothpaste tube.

Magda： ...and she spends too much time watching soap operas on TV！

（both laugh）

Sarah： No， really， were getting along fine.

Magda： The only problem is the rent.

Sarah： Its really expensive.

Magda： I still need to find that proper job， and that depends on me getting the right degree results.

Olivia： Yeah， I remember you telling me. When

will you find out？

Magda： Next week.

Olivia： Fingers crossed， then！

Magda： Fingers what？

Olivia： Oh！ Crossed. Its what we say when we hope for something good to happen.

Magda： Oh， OK...fingers crossed！ Olivia： Has anybody heard from Johnny？ Sarah？

Sarah： Just because were both Chinese doesnt mean we keep in touch all the time， you know！ There are a lot of people in China?。╨aughs）

Olivia： Of course...sorry...I just thought...

Sarah： He was more of a friend of yours， wasnt he， Harry？

Harry： Yeah， were good mates. I hear from him

all the time.

Sarah： Hows he doing？

Harry： Hes still in Chongqing with his new job.

He says its really interesting， really exciting， but

he misses us—and he wants to come back to

London！

Magda： Fingers crossed！

Sarah： And how about you Harry？ What are you up to？ Are you still job hunting？

Harry： Yeah， thats right. Im still looking for a new job.

Magda： Any luck？

Harry： I havent found anything yet， but Ive got a few possibilities. I really liked not working at first， I really enjoyed the free time， but now—well， I need the money， and also—well， I just get bored if I havent got something to do all the time.

Magda： Wheres Fadi， Olivia？ I havent seen him for ages.

Olivia： Why ask me？

Magda： I thought youd know...yknow， youre like， good friends， arent you？

Olivia： Yes， thats exactly what we are. Good friends. Nothing more.

Magda： I wasnt suggesting anything！ （laughs） Olivia： I hope not！ Anyway， hes away at the moment， gone to visit his family. Hell be back next week.

Tony： Here you are...four coffees.

All： Thanks Tony！

Tony： （grunts）

Olivia： Cheer up Tony.

Harry： Yeah...it can only get worse！

Tony： It might get worse！ This café might be closing down soon， so then youll all have to find somewhere else to go.

All： Oh no！

Olivia： Whats this all about， Tony？

Tony： A big property company—theyre building new luxury flats， just behind here. They want to get rid of these old buildings.

Magda： “Get rid of”？

Tony： Yeah...knock them down. 4）Demolish them.

All： Oh no， thats terrible！

Tony： It is terrible！ Ive worked here for ages. I mean， theyre offering me compensation， but I want to stay here.

Olivia： Oh no...Ive just realised...perhaps that means my shops affected too.

Tony： It might be. Your shops only next door.

Olivia： They cant knock my shop down！ We must do something.

格林威治天文臺(tái)（Royal Greenwich Observatory，簡(jiǎn)稱RGO）是英國(guó)國(guó)王查理二世于1675年在倫敦格林威治建造的一個(gè)綜合性天文臺(tái)，在當(dāng)年8月10日安放了奠基石，同時(shí)國(guó)王也創(chuàng)建了皇家天文學(xué)家的職位（第一位擔(dān)任此職的是約翰·弗蘭斯蒂德），以擔(dān)任天文臺(tái)的臺(tái)長(zhǎng)和“致力于以最誠(chéng)摯的關(guān)心和努力校正天體運(yùn)動(dòng)的星表，和恒星的位置，以便能正確地定出經(jīng)度，使導(dǎo)航成為完美的藝術(shù)”。天文臺(tái)坐落于格林威治公園俯瞰倫敦泰晤士河的一座小山上。

國(guó)際上為了協(xié)調(diào)時(shí)間的計(jì)量和確定地理經(jīng)度，1884年在華盛頓召開國(guó)際經(jīng)度會(huì)議。會(huì)議決定以通過(guò)當(dāng)時(shí)格林威治天文臺(tái)埃里中星儀所在的經(jīng)線，作為全球時(shí)間和經(jīng)度計(jì)量的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)參考經(jīng)線，稱為0°經(jīng)線或本初子午線。此后，不僅各國(guó)出版的地圖以這條線作為地理經(jīng)度的起點(diǎn)，而且也都以格林威治天文臺(tái)作為“世界時(shí)區(qū)”的起點(diǎn)，用格林威治的計(jì)時(shí)儀器來(lái)校準(zhǔn)時(shí)間。