Can I bring my friend with me?

我可以带朋友一起来吗？

A OK. Dinner tomorrow night – I’ll see you at six.

A 好的。明晚一起吃晚饭——我6点和你见面。

B Perfect. Can I bring a friend with me? There’s someone I’d like you to meet.

B 好极了。我能带个朋友来吗？我想让你见一个人。

A Certainly. Who is that?

A 当然可以。那个人是谁？

B She’s a colleague from my work. She said she would be interested to meet you. Perhaps you can do business together.

B 她是我的一起工作的同事。她说她很有兴趣见见你。也许你们可以一起做生意。

A Ah, she’s in the same field of work?

A 啊，她从事同一领域的工作吗？

B Yes. And I thought it would be good to put you two together.

B 是的。我想让你们两个认识是一件好事。

Notes 注释

1 You can talk about something somebody else has said by saying bit this way: She said she would be interested to meet you / She said she would be interested to meet you; He said he liked the restaurant / He said he liked the restaurant.

你可以这样谈论某人已经说过的事情：She said she would be interested to meet you / 她说她很有兴趣见见你； He said he liked the restaurant /他说他喜欢这家餐厅。

2 If two people work in the same kind of work, you can say: the same field / the same field ;the same area of work / the same area of work ; the same kind of job / the same kind of job.

如果两个人做同样的工作，你可以说：the same field /同一领域；the same area of work /同一领域的工作；the same kind of job / 同样的工作。

3 Together / together: you can use this phrase to talk about two people or two things, e.g.: Perhaps you (two) can do business together / Perhaps you (two) can do business together ;It’s better to work together / It’s better to work together.

Together /一起：你可以用这个词来谈论两个人或者两个事物，例如：Perhaps you (two) can do business together / 或许你们两个能一起做生意；It’s better to work together /最好一起努力。

Key phrases and sentences

OK. Dinner tomorrow night – I’ll see you at six.

Perfect. Can I bring a friend with me?

There’s someone I’d like you to meet.

Certainly. Who is that?

She’s a colleague from my work.

She said she would be interested to meet you.

Perhaps you can do business together.

Ah, she’s in the same field of work?

Yes. And I thought it would be good to put you two together.

好的。明晚一起吃晚饭——我6点和你见面。

好极了。我能带个朋友来吗？

我想让你见一个人。

当然可以。那个人是谁？

她是我的一起工作的同事。

她说她很有兴趣见见你。

也许你们可以一起做生意。

啊，她从事同一领域的工作吗？

是的。我想让你们两个认识是一件好事。