DIALOG 36
AN ENJOYABLE NIGHT
laurance--The other night certainly was an interesting one,wasn’t it?
soony--You enjoyed it,then?
laurance--Immensely.I don’t think I’ve ever been with such a stimulating group of people.
soony--They are lively,aren’t they?I think they’re one of the liveliest groups I’ve ever been with.
laurance--I certainly got my mind stretched!I think it was shrinking!
soony--I find that’s true with me,too.One needs that kind of company now and again just to keep the old gray matter from getting stagnant!
laurance--Will the group be meeting again soon?
soony--Not for another two months.We’re taking a month’s break because so many of us are going to be on vacation.
laurance--Well,let me know when you’re going to meet again.I’d like to join you.
soony--Don’t worry.I will.
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注解
1)immensely:非常地(=I enjoyed it immensely.)
2)stimulating:有激發(fā)性的,激勵(lì)人的。
3)got my min stretched: strech愿意為“伸展”“使開闊”這是與have sth. done類似的結(jié)構(gòu)。
4)shrink:萎縮,退化。
5)company:朋友,伙伴。
6)gray matter:(人腦)白質(zhì);(俚語)人腦,智力。
7)keep...from getting stagnant":防止頭腦僵化。
stagnant原意為“停滯”;“遲鈍”
8)Not for another two months=The group will not be meeting
again for another two months.
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聽力練習(xí):
DIALOG 89
AN ENJOYABLE NIGHT
laurance--The _______ ______ certainly was ___ ________ ____,wasn’t it?
soony--____ ______ ____,then?
laurance--_________.I don’t think I’ve ever been with _____ ___ _______ _______ ___ people.
soony--_____ ____ ______,aren’t they?I think they’re ____
__ ___ ____ ________ _______ I’ve ever been with.
laurance--I certainly ____ ____ _____ _________! I think
it was __________!
soony--I find ______ _____ ____ ___,too.One needs that
_____ ___ _______ now and again just to _____ the
old gray matter _____ _______ ________!
laurance--_____ ____ _____ ___ ______ ______ ______?
soony--Not for another two months.We’re taking __ _______
_______ because so many of us are going ___ ___ ___
________.
laurance--Well,____ ____ ____ when you’re going to meet
again.____ _____ ___ _____ ____.
soony--Don’t worry.I will.
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參考譯文:
laurance--那天晚上的聚會(huì)非常有意思,你說是嗎?
soony--那么說你很樂意來了.
laurance--非常樂意,我還從來沒和這樣一些思想活躍的人相處過...
soony--他們很活躍,是不?我想他們是我接觸過的活躍的一些人.
laurance--我和他們呆了一晚上,長了不少見識(shí).以前真是思想閉塞.
soony--我也有同樣感覺.人就得時(shí)不時(shí)地結(jié)交一些這樣的朋友,才能防止思想僵化.
laurance--你們不久還會(huì)聚會(huì)嗎?
soony--這兩個(gè)月內(nèi)是不會(huì)聚會(huì)了。因?yàn)樵S多人要去休假,我們中止活動(dòng)一個(gè)月
laurance--哦,你們再聚會(huì)時(shí)告訴我一聲。我很愿意參加。
soony--別擔(dān)心,我會(huì)告訴你的。
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DIALOG 37
AFTER THE GAME
laurance--Did you watch the game last might?
soony--I sure did.I wouldn’t have missed it for anything!
laurance--I think it was one of the best games I’ve ever seen.
soony--Me too.I thought both teams played super ball.Too bad one had to lose.
laurance--Yeah.I thought they were evenly matched.It could have gone either way!
soony--That shot that won in the last fifteen seconds was really something.
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注解:
1)I wouldn’t...for anything.此句是虛擬語氣。for anything=no matter what had happened.
2)played super ball:球踢得好極了。
3)evenly matched:勢均力敵。match是“相匹配”之意。
4)It could have gone either way.=Either team could have won or lost.It指的是球賽的結(jié)果。因?yàn)閷?shí)際上輸贏已定,所以此句用了虛擬語氣,反映說話人的看法而已。
5)really someting:意思是“非同尋常的事情?!?BR> ===========================================================
DIALOG 88
AFTER THE GAME
laurance--___ ____ ______ ____ _____ _______?
soony--I sure did.___ ______ _____ ______ ______ for anything!
laurance--I think it was ____ ___ ____ _____ games _____ _____ _____.
soony--Me too.I thought ____ _____ _____ ______ ______.Too
bad one had to _____.
laurance--Yeah.I thought they were ________ ______. __ ___________ _____ ________ _____!
soony--That shot ____ ____ ___ ___ ____ _______ _______ was really something.
===========================================================
參考譯文:
laurance--昨晚你看球賽了嗎?
soony--當(dāng)然看了。說什么我也不能不看這場球賽。
laurance--我認(rèn)為這是我看到的精彩的一場比賽。
soony--我也這么看。我認(rèn)為雙方都踢得極好??上Э傆幸环降幂?。
laurance--是的。我認(rèn)為雙方勢均力敵,都有可能或輸或贏。
soony--后十五秒時(shí)射進(jìn)的那一球確實(shí)了不起。
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DIALOG 38
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
(Sound of piano playing)
laurance--Listen!Somebody’s playing the piano.
soony--Yeah,it sounds nice,doesn’t it?I wish I could play a musical instrument.
laurance--Don’t you play the violin?
soony--No,but my sister does.Actually,she’s pretty good at it.
laurance--I took flute lessons for a couple of years,but I never learned to play very well.I guess I don’t have any musical talent.
soony--Oh,that’s not true.You sing very well.I can’t even do that!
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注解:
1)play the piano:說演奏某種樂器時(shí),樂器前要加定冠詞,下句中還有play the violin.
2)It sounds nice...:sound是系動(dòng)詞,nice是表語.此句與you look happy是同樣的結(jié)構(gòu).
3)wish用以表示愿望,其賓語從句中的動(dòng)詞必須要虛擬語氣.
4)musical instrument:樂器.
5)She’s...good at it:be good at sth.是擅長做某事.
6)took flute lessons:原意是上笛子課.
7)talent:天資,才能.
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聽力練習(xí):
DIALOG 86
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
(Sound of piano playing)
laurance--Listen!__________ playing the piano.
soony--Yeah,____ ______ _____,doesn’t it?I wish __ ______ _____ a musical instrument.
laurance--______ ____ _____ _____ _______?
soony--No,but my sister does.________,she’s pretty ______ ___ ___.
laurance--I ______ flute lessons for __ _______ ___ _____,but I never ________ to play very well.I guess I don’t have any ________ _______.
soony--Oh,that’s not _____.You sing _____ _____.I can’t ______ do that!
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參考譯文:
laurance--你聽!有人在彈鋼琴.
soony--是的,真好聽,不是嗎?我要是會(huì)演奏什么樂器就好了.
laurance--你不是會(huì)拉提琴嗎?
soony--不會(huì).我姐姐會(huì)拉.說實(shí)在的,她小提琴拉得相當(dāng)好.
laurance--我學(xué)過一兩年笛子.但我從來沒有吹好過.我想我沒有什么音樂天賦.
soony--噢,那可不是.你歌唱得非常好.我連唱歌都不會(huì).
DIALOG 39
WHAT’S YOUR HOBBY?
laurance--What do you do in your spare time?
soony--Oh, nothing special I read...watch TV...go to the movies.
laurance--Don’t you have any hobbies,like stamp collecting or things like that?
soony--No,I don’t have any hobbies.How about you?
laurance--I have just one--photography.It’s expensive,but it’s a lot of fun.
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注解:
1)nothing special:沒有什么特別的事.注意nothing,anything,something三個(gè)詞的形容詞是放在其后的.
2)hobby:業(yè)余愛好
3)How about you?=Do you have any hobbies?
4)photography:攝影.由Photo+graphy構(gòu)成的新詞...
==========================================================
DIALOG 83
WHAT’S YOUR HOBBY?
laurance--What do you do __ _____ ____ ____?
soony--Oh, _______ ________ I read...watch TV...___ _______ ______.
laurance--Don’t you have ____ _______,like _______ _______or things like that?
soony--No,I don’t have any hobbies. _____ ______ _____?
laurance--I have just one--___________.____ __________,but it’s ___ _____ _____ ______.
===========================================================
參考譯文:
laurance--我業(yè)余時(shí)間干些什么呀?
soony--噢,沒什么特別的??纯磿?,看看電視...,去看看電影。
laurance--你有什么愛好嗎?象集郵之類的愛好。
soony--沒有,我沒有任何的愛好。你呢?
laurance--我只有一種愛好--攝影。這很花錢但非常有趣。
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DIALOG 40
18 DEGREES BELOW ZERO
laurance--Did you hear how cold it got last night?
soony--I heard the radio announcer say it was 18 degrees below zero.
laurance--That’s cold.I could hardly start my car,it was so cold this morning!
soony-My car didn’t want to start,either,at first.
laurance--Don’t you have a garage?
soony--Not in the new apartment.We have to leave the car in the parking lot.
laurance--How much anti-freeze do you put in your car then? You must have to keep it well below zero.
soony--I do.Right now I have it protected to 30 below.
laurance--Does it ever get that cold around here?
soony--Not really.It sometimes gets to 20 below.
laurance--Speaking of cold,how about going for a cup of coffee to warm up?
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注解:
1)announcer:播音員
2)garage:車庫
3)Not in the new apartment=We don’t have a garage in the now apartment
4)parking lot:停車場;停車處
5)anti-freeze:防凍油。
6)that cold:此處that是副詞,作“那么”“那樣”解。
7)speaking of cold:speak of是“說到”“提到”的意思。這個(gè)分詞短語是句子的狀語。
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聽力練習(xí):
DIALOG 79
18 DEGREES BELOW ZERO
laurance--Did you hear _____ _____ ___ ____ ______ ______?
soony--I heard the _______ announcer say ___ ____ ___ ________
_______ ______.
laurance--That’s cold.I _______ _______ _______ _____ _____,it was
so cold this morning!
soony-My car ________ ______ ____ _______,either,at first.
laurance--______ ______ _______ ___ _______?
soony--Not in the new ________.We have to ________ the car
in the ________ ______.
laurance--_____ ______ anti-freeze do you put in your car then?
You must have to keep it _______ _______ ______.
soony--I do.______ _____ I have it __________ to 30 below.
laurance--Does it ever get that cold _________ ______?
soony--______ _________.It sometimes gets to 20 below.
laurance--__________ ___ ______,how about going for __ ____ ___
________ to _____ ____?
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參考譯文:
laurance--你聽說昨晚上有多冷嗎?
soony--我聽廣播員說是零下18度。
laurance--那真是冷了。今天早上冷極了。我的車都幾乎發(fā)動(dòng)不起來了。
soony--我的車開始也發(fā)動(dòng)不起來。
laurance--你不是有車庫嗎?
soony--新住房沒車庫了。我們只好把車放在停車場。
laurance--那你在車?yán)锛恿硕嗌俜纼鲇??你一定得讓車在零下也防凍?BR> soony--是的,現(xiàn)在我讓車在零下30度也防凍。
laurance--這里有過那么冷嗎?
soony--沒有,偶爾到零下20度。
laurance--說起冷來,去喝杯咖啡暖和暖和怎么樣?
AN ENJOYABLE NIGHT
laurance--The other night certainly was an interesting one,wasn’t it?
soony--You enjoyed it,then?
laurance--Immensely.I don’t think I’ve ever been with such a stimulating group of people.
soony--They are lively,aren’t they?I think they’re one of the liveliest groups I’ve ever been with.
laurance--I certainly got my mind stretched!I think it was shrinking!
soony--I find that’s true with me,too.One needs that kind of company now and again just to keep the old gray matter from getting stagnant!
laurance--Will the group be meeting again soon?
soony--Not for another two months.We’re taking a month’s break because so many of us are going to be on vacation.
laurance--Well,let me know when you’re going to meet again.I’d like to join you.
soony--Don’t worry.I will.
===========================================================
注解
1)immensely:非常地(=I enjoyed it immensely.)
2)stimulating:有激發(fā)性的,激勵(lì)人的。
3)got my min stretched: strech愿意為“伸展”“使開闊”這是與have sth. done類似的結(jié)構(gòu)。
4)shrink:萎縮,退化。
5)company:朋友,伙伴。
6)gray matter:(人腦)白質(zhì);(俚語)人腦,智力。
7)keep...from getting stagnant":防止頭腦僵化。
stagnant原意為“停滯”;“遲鈍”
8)Not for another two months=The group will not be meeting
again for another two months.
===========================================================
聽力練習(xí):
DIALOG 89
AN ENJOYABLE NIGHT
laurance--The _______ ______ certainly was ___ ________ ____,wasn’t it?
soony--____ ______ ____,then?
laurance--_________.I don’t think I’ve ever been with _____ ___ _______ _______ ___ people.
soony--_____ ____ ______,aren’t they?I think they’re ____
__ ___ ____ ________ _______ I’ve ever been with.
laurance--I certainly ____ ____ _____ _________! I think
it was __________!
soony--I find ______ _____ ____ ___,too.One needs that
_____ ___ _______ now and again just to _____ the
old gray matter _____ _______ ________!
laurance--_____ ____ _____ ___ ______ ______ ______?
soony--Not for another two months.We’re taking __ _______
_______ because so many of us are going ___ ___ ___
________.
laurance--Well,____ ____ ____ when you’re going to meet
again.____ _____ ___ _____ ____.
soony--Don’t worry.I will.
===========================================================
參考譯文:
laurance--那天晚上的聚會(huì)非常有意思,你說是嗎?
soony--那么說你很樂意來了.
laurance--非常樂意,我還從來沒和這樣一些思想活躍的人相處過...
soony--他們很活躍,是不?我想他們是我接觸過的活躍的一些人.
laurance--我和他們呆了一晚上,長了不少見識(shí).以前真是思想閉塞.
soony--我也有同樣感覺.人就得時(shí)不時(shí)地結(jié)交一些這樣的朋友,才能防止思想僵化.
laurance--你們不久還會(huì)聚會(huì)嗎?
soony--這兩個(gè)月內(nèi)是不會(huì)聚會(huì)了。因?yàn)樵S多人要去休假,我們中止活動(dòng)一個(gè)月
laurance--哦,你們再聚會(huì)時(shí)告訴我一聲。我很愿意參加。
soony--別擔(dān)心,我會(huì)告訴你的。
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DIALOG 37
AFTER THE GAME
laurance--Did you watch the game last might?
soony--I sure did.I wouldn’t have missed it for anything!
laurance--I think it was one of the best games I’ve ever seen.
soony--Me too.I thought both teams played super ball.Too bad one had to lose.
laurance--Yeah.I thought they were evenly matched.It could have gone either way!
soony--That shot that won in the last fifteen seconds was really something.
===========================================================
注解:
1)I wouldn’t...for anything.此句是虛擬語氣。for anything=no matter what had happened.
2)played super ball:球踢得好極了。
3)evenly matched:勢均力敵。match是“相匹配”之意。
4)It could have gone either way.=Either team could have won or lost.It指的是球賽的結(jié)果。因?yàn)閷?shí)際上輸贏已定,所以此句用了虛擬語氣,反映說話人的看法而已。
5)really someting:意思是“非同尋常的事情?!?BR> ===========================================================
DIALOG 88
AFTER THE GAME
laurance--___ ____ ______ ____ _____ _______?
soony--I sure did.___ ______ _____ ______ ______ for anything!
laurance--I think it was ____ ___ ____ _____ games _____ _____ _____.
soony--Me too.I thought ____ _____ _____ ______ ______.Too
bad one had to _____.
laurance--Yeah.I thought they were ________ ______. __ ___________ _____ ________ _____!
soony--That shot ____ ____ ___ ___ ____ _______ _______ was really something.
===========================================================
參考譯文:
laurance--昨晚你看球賽了嗎?
soony--當(dāng)然看了。說什么我也不能不看這場球賽。
laurance--我認(rèn)為這是我看到的精彩的一場比賽。
soony--我也這么看。我認(rèn)為雙方都踢得極好??上Э傆幸环降幂?。
laurance--是的。我認(rèn)為雙方勢均力敵,都有可能或輸或贏。
soony--后十五秒時(shí)射進(jìn)的那一球確實(shí)了不起。
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DIALOG 38
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
(Sound of piano playing)
laurance--Listen!Somebody’s playing the piano.
soony--Yeah,it sounds nice,doesn’t it?I wish I could play a musical instrument.
laurance--Don’t you play the violin?
soony--No,but my sister does.Actually,she’s pretty good at it.
laurance--I took flute lessons for a couple of years,but I never learned to play very well.I guess I don’t have any musical talent.
soony--Oh,that’s not true.You sing very well.I can’t even do that!
===========================================================
注解:
1)play the piano:說演奏某種樂器時(shí),樂器前要加定冠詞,下句中還有play the violin.
2)It sounds nice...:sound是系動(dòng)詞,nice是表語.此句與you look happy是同樣的結(jié)構(gòu).
3)wish用以表示愿望,其賓語從句中的動(dòng)詞必須要虛擬語氣.
4)musical instrument:樂器.
5)She’s...good at it:be good at sth.是擅長做某事.
6)took flute lessons:原意是上笛子課.
7)talent:天資,才能.
===========================================================
聽力練習(xí):
DIALOG 86
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
(Sound of piano playing)
laurance--Listen!__________ playing the piano.
soony--Yeah,____ ______ _____,doesn’t it?I wish __ ______ _____ a musical instrument.
laurance--______ ____ _____ _____ _______?
soony--No,but my sister does.________,she’s pretty ______ ___ ___.
laurance--I ______ flute lessons for __ _______ ___ _____,but I never ________ to play very well.I guess I don’t have any ________ _______.
soony--Oh,that’s not _____.You sing _____ _____.I can’t ______ do that!
===========================================================
參考譯文:
laurance--你聽!有人在彈鋼琴.
soony--是的,真好聽,不是嗎?我要是會(huì)演奏什么樂器就好了.
laurance--你不是會(huì)拉提琴嗎?
soony--不會(huì).我姐姐會(huì)拉.說實(shí)在的,她小提琴拉得相當(dāng)好.
laurance--我學(xué)過一兩年笛子.但我從來沒有吹好過.我想我沒有什么音樂天賦.
soony--噢,那可不是.你歌唱得非常好.我連唱歌都不會(huì).
DIALOG 39
WHAT’S YOUR HOBBY?
laurance--What do you do in your spare time?
soony--Oh, nothing special I read...watch TV...go to the movies.
laurance--Don’t you have any hobbies,like stamp collecting or things like that?
soony--No,I don’t have any hobbies.How about you?
laurance--I have just one--photography.It’s expensive,but it’s a lot of fun.
=========================================================
注解:
1)nothing special:沒有什么特別的事.注意nothing,anything,something三個(gè)詞的形容詞是放在其后的.
2)hobby:業(yè)余愛好
3)How about you?=Do you have any hobbies?
4)photography:攝影.由Photo+graphy構(gòu)成的新詞...
==========================================================
DIALOG 83
WHAT’S YOUR HOBBY?
laurance--What do you do __ _____ ____ ____?
soony--Oh, _______ ________ I read...watch TV...___ _______ ______.
laurance--Don’t you have ____ _______,like _______ _______or things like that?
soony--No,I don’t have any hobbies. _____ ______ _____?
laurance--I have just one--___________.____ __________,but it’s ___ _____ _____ ______.
===========================================================
參考譯文:
laurance--我業(yè)余時(shí)間干些什么呀?
soony--噢,沒什么特別的??纯磿?,看看電視...,去看看電影。
laurance--你有什么愛好嗎?象集郵之類的愛好。
soony--沒有,我沒有任何的愛好。你呢?
laurance--我只有一種愛好--攝影。這很花錢但非常有趣。
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DIALOG 40
18 DEGREES BELOW ZERO
laurance--Did you hear how cold it got last night?
soony--I heard the radio announcer say it was 18 degrees below zero.
laurance--That’s cold.I could hardly start my car,it was so cold this morning!
soony-My car didn’t want to start,either,at first.
laurance--Don’t you have a garage?
soony--Not in the new apartment.We have to leave the car in the parking lot.
laurance--How much anti-freeze do you put in your car then? You must have to keep it well below zero.
soony--I do.Right now I have it protected to 30 below.
laurance--Does it ever get that cold around here?
soony--Not really.It sometimes gets to 20 below.
laurance--Speaking of cold,how about going for a cup of coffee to warm up?
=========================================================
注解:
1)announcer:播音員
2)garage:車庫
3)Not in the new apartment=We don’t have a garage in the now apartment
4)parking lot:停車場;停車處
5)anti-freeze:防凍油。
6)that cold:此處that是副詞,作“那么”“那樣”解。
7)speaking of cold:speak of是“說到”“提到”的意思。這個(gè)分詞短語是句子的狀語。
=========================================================
聽力練習(xí):
DIALOG 79
18 DEGREES BELOW ZERO
laurance--Did you hear _____ _____ ___ ____ ______ ______?
soony--I heard the _______ announcer say ___ ____ ___ ________
_______ ______.
laurance--That’s cold.I _______ _______ _______ _____ _____,it was
so cold this morning!
soony-My car ________ ______ ____ _______,either,at first.
laurance--______ ______ _______ ___ _______?
soony--Not in the new ________.We have to ________ the car
in the ________ ______.
laurance--_____ ______ anti-freeze do you put in your car then?
You must have to keep it _______ _______ ______.
soony--I do.______ _____ I have it __________ to 30 below.
laurance--Does it ever get that cold _________ ______?
soony--______ _________.It sometimes gets to 20 below.
laurance--__________ ___ ______,how about going for __ ____ ___
________ to _____ ____?
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參考譯文:
laurance--你聽說昨晚上有多冷嗎?
soony--我聽廣播員說是零下18度。
laurance--那真是冷了。今天早上冷極了。我的車都幾乎發(fā)動(dòng)不起來了。
soony--我的車開始也發(fā)動(dòng)不起來。
laurance--你不是有車庫嗎?
soony--新住房沒車庫了。我們只好把車放在停車場。
laurance--那你在車?yán)锛恿硕嗌俜纼鲇??你一定得讓車在零下也防凍?BR> soony--是的,現(xiàn)在我讓車在零下30度也防凍。
laurance--這里有過那么冷嗎?
soony--沒有,偶爾到零下20度。
laurance--說起冷來,去喝杯咖啡暖和暖和怎么樣?