STUART： I'm glad I brought my jacket on this trip.

SHARON： Yes， I didn't know Washington， DC got so cold in winter.

STUART： What would you like to do today？

SHARON： I really think we should take a tour of the White House.

STUART： I thought we could go to some of the museums.

Don't you want to see the museums？

SHARON： Of course. But today I feel like seeing the White House.

We should see it first， because it's the most famous historical building here.

STUART： I don't agree. I think the Capitol building is the most famous.

But okay. If you want to see the White House， we'll go see it.

I'm just afraid it will be boring.

SHARON： Boring？ How can it be boring？ It sounds very interesting to me.

STUART： But it's the White House. The president and his family live there.

They won't let us see most of it. Probably we can only see a couple of rooms.

SHARON： No， that's not true.

The White House is very big. And there are a lot of historical exhibits there.

The tour will take us through many different rooms. I read about it in the guide.

STUART： Hmm. If that's true， then the security there must be very good.

Because it's strange to think they will let people walk around in the White House.

SHARON： I'm sure the security is very tight.

Probably they will make us walk through metal detectors like at the airport.

STUART： So I can't take my gun then.

SHARON： Don't always joke like that！ You don't have a gun.

STUART： Yes， it's true I don't.

SHARON： You shouldn't say things like that. You could get arrested！

STUART： What？ Do you think someone will arrest me for making a joke？

Someone will arrest me here at the breakfast table？

SHARON： No. But if you say something like that in the White House，

they may take it seriously. Sometimes I think you joke too much.

STUART： I'll be careful. Don't worry. I don't want to get arrested by the FBI.

But how long does the White House tour last？

SHARON： I'm not sure. I think it lasts about one hour.

STUART： Alright. We should take a taxi over there right after breakfast.

SHARON： First I want to look in the travel guide.

Maybe they don't have tours in the morning.

STUART： That's a good idea. Do you want some more coffee？

SHARON： No， I'm fine.

史都爾：還好這趟行程我有帶夾克來。

雪倫：是啊，我不知道華盛頓特區(qū)的冬天這么冷。

史都爾：今天想做什么？

雪倫：我真的覺得應(yīng)該去參觀白宮。

史都爾：我覺得可以去參觀博物館。

你不想去嗎？

雪倫：當(dāng)然想啊，但是今天我想去白宮。

我們應(yīng)該先去那里，因為它是這里最有名的歷史建筑。

史都爾：我不這么認(rèn)為，美國國會大廈才是最有名的。

不過沒關(guān)系，如果你想去白宮，那就去吧。

我只是怕會很無聊。

雪倫：無聊？怎么會呢？我覺得很有趣啊。

史都爾：白宮是總統(tǒng)和他的家人住的地方。

他們很多地方不會讓人參觀的，或許只能參觀幾間展覽室而已。

雪倫：不是這樣。

白宮很大，有很多歷史文物。

導(dǎo)游人員會帶我們參觀各個展覽室，旅游指南上有說到。

史都爾：如果是這樣，那么保安工作要做得非常好才行。

因為隨便讓人在白宮走動是很奇怪的。

雪倫：我相信保安工作一定很嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)，

可能像機場那樣必須通過偵測器。

史都爾：那么我就不能帶槍啰！

雪倫：別老是開這種玩笑，你根本沒有槍。

史都爾：我的確沒有。

雪倫：你不應(yīng)該說這種話，會被抓去的。

史都爾：什么？會有人因為我開玩笑就逮捕我？

會有人在這餐桌上就將我逮捕嗎？

雪倫：不是，不過如果你在白宮說那樣的話，

他們就會當(dāng)真。有時候你玩笑開得太過火了。

史都爾：我會小心的，別擔(dān)心，我并不想被聯(lián)邦調(diào)查局的人逮捕。

不過參觀白宮要多久？

雪倫：我不確定，我想大概一小時。

史都爾：好的，我們吃完早餐就搭出租車去。

雪倫：我先看看旅游指南。

很可能早上不開放參觀。

史都爾：那倒是。你還要咖啡嗎？

雪倫：不了，這樣就夠了。

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