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第210句

　　We’re staying in Shanghai for four nights.

　　我们将在上海待四个晚上。

　　A When your wife is here, will you stay in Beijing the whole time?

　　A 当你妻子来时，你们会一直待在北京吗？

　　B Most of the time we’ll be in Beijing, but we’ll also do a short visit to Shanghai.

　　B 大部分的时间我们将在北京。但是我们也将去上海一小段时间。

　　A That’ll be exciting.  I think your wife will see a big difference between the two cities.

　　A 那太棒了！我想你妻子会看到这两个城市有很大不同。

　　B Yes.  I’m sure she will.

　　B 是的，我想她会的。

　　A And how long will you be in Shanghai?

　　A 你们将在上海待多久？

　　B    We’re staying four nights in Shanghai.

　　B 我们将在上海待四个晚上。

　　Notes      注释

　　1 You can talk about different lengths of time in various ways, e.g. the whole time / the whole time; all of the time / all of the time; most of the time / most of the time. e.g.: Most of the time we’ll be in Beijing / Most of the time we’ll be in Beijing.

　　你可以用不同的方法来谈论时间的长短，例如the whole time / 一直； all of the time / 所有的时间； most of the time /大部分时间。 例如: Most of the time we’ll be in Beijing /大部分时间我们将待在北京。

　　2 When you describe how long you might stay in a place, e.g. on a visit or on a holiday, you can use the number of nights or the number of days, e.g.: We’re staying in Shanghai for four nights / we’re staying in Shanghai for four nights; We visited Beijing for ten days / We visited Beijing for ten days.

　　当你在描述你在某地可能待多久时，例如：去旅行或者度假，你可以用几天或者几晚，例如We’re staying in Shanghai for four nights / 我们将在上海待四个晚上； We visited Beijing for ten days /我们在北京待了10天。