a 你好！你看起来似乎刚刚度过了漫长的一天！

　　b we have had a long day.  we went walking on the great wall.

　　b 我们确实度过了漫长的一天。我们在长城漫步了。

　　a was it busy there?

　　a 那里很热闹吗？

　　b busy?!  it was like the beijing subway at rush hours,  or the wangfujing street on a busy shopping day!

　　b 热闹？！ 就像北京高峰时刻的地铁一样，或者像客流量大时的王府井大街！

　　a oh dear!  i suppose it can get very crowded with tourists.

　　a 噢，天哪！我想那里的游客一定非常多，非常拥挤。

　　b well, we will go back when it’s less busier.

　　b 哦，当它不那么拥挤时，我们还会去的。

　　notes  注释

　　1 you can describe how something is, or contrast it with something else, by using like / like, e.g. it was like the beijing subway at rush hours. / it was like the beijing subway at rush hours; it was like the wangfujing street on a busy shopping day. / it was like the wangfujing street on a busy shopping day.

　　你可以用like / 像来描述某物或者把它和其他事物进行对比，例如：it was like the beijing subway at rush hour /就像北京高峰时刻的地铁一样: it was like the wangfujing street on a busy shopping day. /像客流量大时的王府井大街！

　　2  remember to use the past tense when talking about what you did, e.g. was it busy there? / was it busy there? ; we went walking on the great wall. / we went walking on the great wall.

　　记住当谈论你过去所做的事情时用过去时态，例如：was it busy there? /那里热闹吗?;  we went walking on the great wall. /我们在长城漫步了。