情景对话：我们需要门票吗？

你们今天打算做什么？

B：There is a Matisse exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art. Larry and I will go.

现代艺术博物馆现在展出法国画家马蒂斯的作品，赖瑞和我想去看看。

A：Did you buy tickets already?

你们买票了吗？

B：No. Do we need tickets?

还没，需要门票吗？

A：Well, probably. Probably you will have to wait in line if you don't have tickets.

可能要，没门票的话可能要排很久。

B：Outside or inside?

在里面还是外面？

A：Outside, on the sidewalk.

外面，在人行道上。

B：Hmm. It's very cold today.But I brought my jacket. Maybe it will be alright to wait.

今天好冷。但是我有带夹克，排一下队还好。

A：The MOMA is very popular. There will be a lot of people.

MOMA 很受欢迎的，会有很多人。

B：MOMA? What's that?

MOMA 是什么？

A：Oh, sorry.It stands for the Museum of Modern Art. It's an acronym. M O M A MOMA.

喔！对不起。是现代艺术博物馆的缩写。

B：I see. Do you have any suggestions for other things we should do?

原来是这样。你还有什么建议吗？

A：I suggest you go to the Jewish Museum.It's not far from the Guggenheim, near Central Park. It is really very interesting.Also, there is a great museum of medieval European art further up north.It's called the Cloisters.

我建议你们去犹太博物馆。离辜根汉基金会不远，靠近中央公园，很有意思的。再往北一点，有欧洲中古世纪艺术的博物馆。叫做克劳斯特修道院。

B：How can we get up there?

要怎么到那边呢？

A：You can take a bus.

可以搭公车。

B：But Larry says the neighborhoods in the north are dangerous.

可是赖瑞说北部邻近地区很危险