一两次， 偶尔
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1. I''ve been there once or twice.
我到过那里几次。
工作
A：Did you get the job?
你得到那份工作了吗？
B：Yes, I’ll be working in the development department.
是的，我将在发展部工作。
A：Did you meet your boss?
你见过老板了吗？
B：Just briefly. She seemed nice.
只是简单地见了一面。她看上去不错。
A：Will you have to work overtime?
你需要加班吗？
B：Sometimes. They said I should expect to work overtime once or twice a month.
有时需要，他们说我一个月可能会加一俩次班。
A：Is it paid or unpaid?
有加班费吗？
B：It’s unpaid, but I can then take an extra day off. So, if I work an extra 8 hours on a Thursday night, I can take Friday off.
没有。但是我可以调休一天，也就是说，如果我周四晚上多工作了八个小时，周五就可以休息一天。
A：That’s alright. It might be tiring, but then you can at least have a three-day holiday.
那还好，可能会比较疲劳，但之后就可以享受至少三天的假期了。
B：I think it’s great.
我觉得这样也挺好的。
A：How about your daily office hours?
你白天的工作时间是怎样的？
once or twice的意思
B：It’s just a 9-5 job, with a 30 minute lunch break.
朝九晚五，中午有30 分钟的午休时间。
A：Did you meet your other colleagues?
你见过其他同事了吗？
B：I met the people from my department. They all seemed nice.
见过我这个部门的了，他们看上去都很好。
A：Do you have an office?
你有自己的办公室吗？
B：Not yet. For now, I have to sit in a cubicle.
还没有，现在只能坐在格子间里。
A：How do you feel about that?
感觉怎么样？
B：I’m not ecstatic about it, but if nothing else, it will motivate me to work harder so I can get an office!
不是太满意，但是如果没有其它选择，这倒可以激励我努力工作，那样就能有自己的办公室了。
A：You’re always looking on the bright side of things!
你总是看到事物好的一面。
家庭
A：Tell me about your family, Simon. Are you from a big family?
西蒙，给我们讲讲你们家的事。你来自一个大家庭吗？
B：No, my immediate family is quite small. There are only five of us. My parents, my younger brother and my younger sister. But my parents both come from large families.
不，我们自己的直系家庭相当小，只有五口人，（包括）我的父母，弟弟和妹妹。但是我父母都来自大家庭。
A：How many people are in your extended family?
你的大家庭中有多少人呢？
B：There are too many to count. I suppose, well over 100 people.
太多了，数不过来。我想有一百多人吧。
A：Do you get to see your family often?
你常和家里人见过面吗？
B：I see my immediate family every weekend, and I see my extended family about once or twice a year.We usually see each other for Christmas, Easter, and other big celebrations, like weddings.
我每个周末都和直系小家庭成员见面。我一年中能见到其他大家庭的成员一或俩次。我们经常在圣诞节，复活节和其他大的庆祝活动，如婚礼上见面。
once or twice
A：Have you ever been to a family reunion?
你参加过家庭聚会吗。
B：Actually, I have been to one, but it wasn’t mine! It was one of my friends’. He didn’t want to be theonly boy there, so I went with him to keep him company. This was a long time ago, of course.
我倒是去过一次。但不是我自己家的聚会，是我的一个朋友家的聚会。他不想成为聚会上的唯一男孩，所以我去陪他。当然了，这也是很久以前的事了。
A：Are many of your relative divorced?
你的亲属中有很多人离婚吗？
B：Let me think. I believe it’s just my one uncle. He’s always been a rebel. My grandmother was very religious, so most of my relatives were too scared to get divorced!
让我想一下。我想只有我的一个叔叔离了婚。他一直是个叛逆者。我奶奶是个很虔诚的教徒，所以我的大多数亲属都不敢离婚！
A：Do you have any relatives who are single mothers?
你的亲属中有单身母亲吗？
once or twice
B：I have just one-her father is the one who got divorced. Their family is sort of the black sheep of our extended family.
我只有一个亲属是单身母亲。她的父亲也离了婚。他们家是我们大家庭中的另类。
1. 一两次：once more 再一次,又一次 | once or twice 一两次 | once upon a time 从前
2. 几次;一两次：once more再一次,又一次 | once or twice 几次;一两次 | once upon a time 从前
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3. 一两次; 有时, 偶尔：once again 再一次 | once or twice 一两次; 有时, 偶尔 | once over lightly 从头到尾马马虎虎地
4. 一两次 // think twice 重新考虑：twice ad. 两次,两倍 | once or twice 一两次 // think twice 重新考虑 | never ad. 从不,决不,永不