祈愿好運

難得一聚的朋友們互相問候，相互祝愿，也祝福遠方的老朋友，以表達彼此的思念之情。另外，我們借此多學幾個祝福或祝愿語：生意興隆（wish your business success）；一帆風順（wish you every success）；鵬程萬里（have a bright future）；大吉大利（wish you good fortune and every success）；恭喜發財（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！（laughs）

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（Royal Greenwich Observatory，簡稱RGO）是英國國王查理二世于1675年在倫敦格林威治建造的一個綜合性天文臺，在當年8月10日安放了奠基石，同時國王也創建了皇家天文學家的職位（第一位擔任此職的是約翰·弗蘭斯蒂德），以擔任天文臺的臺長和“致力于以最誠摯的關心和努力校正天體運動的星表，和恒星的位置，以便能正確地定出經度，使導航成為完美的藝術”。天文臺坐落于格林威治公園俯瞰倫敦泰晤士河的一座小山上。

國際上為了協調時間的計量和確定地理經度，1884年在華盛頓召開國際經度會議。會議決定以通過當時格林威治天文臺埃里中星儀所在的經線，作為全球時間和經度計量的標準參考經線，稱為0°經線或本初子午線。此后，不僅各國出版的地圖以這條線作為地理經度的起點，而且也都以格林威治天文臺作為“世界時區”的起點，用格林威治的計時儀器來校準時間。