Lesson 131 Don't be so sure!別那么肯定!
Listen to the tape then answer this question.What's the problem about deciding on a holiday?
聽(tīng)錄音,然后回答問(wèn)題。決定如何度假有什么為難的地方?
Martin: Where are you going to spend your holidays this year, Gary?
馬?。杭永?,今年你們打算去哪里度假?
Gary: We may go abroad. I’m not sure. My wife wants to go to Egypt.
I’d like to go there, too. We can’t make up our minds.
加里:我們可能到國(guó)外去,但我不敢肯定。 我妻子想到埃及去,
我也想去那兒。我們還拿不定主意。
Martin: Will you travel by sea or by air?
馬?。耗銈兂舜ィ€是乘飛機(jī)去?
Gary: We may travel by sea.
加里:我們可能乘船去。
Martin: It’s cheaper, isn’t it?
馬丁:這更便宜些,是嗎?
Gary: It may be cheaper, but it takes a long time.
加里:可能是便宜些,但花的時(shí)間長(zhǎng)。
Martin: I’m sure you will enjoy yourselves.
馬?。何铱隙銈円欢〞?huì)玩得很痛快。
Gary: Don’t be so sure. We may not go anywhere. My wife always worries too much.v
加里:別那么肯定。我們可能哪里也去不成。我妻子總是擔(dān)心那的。
Who’s going to look after the dog?
誰(shuí)來(lái)照看狗啦?
Who’s going to look after the house?
誰(shuí)來(lái)看管房子啦?
Who’s going to look after the garden?
誰(shuí)來(lái)照料花園啦?
We have this problem every year. In the end, we stay at home and look after everything!
我們每年都碰到這類(lèi)問(wèn)題。算了,我們呆在家里來(lái)照看一切。
New words and Expressions生詞和短語(yǔ)
Egypt
n. 埃及
abroad
adv. 國(guó)外
worry
v. 擔(dān)憂
Notes on the text課文注釋
1 We may go abroad.我們可能去國(guó)外。
在英文中用may來(lái)表示可能發(fā)生釣事情,在may后面加動(dòng)詞原形。請(qǐng)注意may表示的是一種可能性。這與第127課所講的表示有根據(jù)的推論是有區(qū)別的。
2 make up our minds 打定主意
3 Don't be so sure.別那么肯定。
在祈使句中,be動(dòng)詞的否定形式要用don't be,這種結(jié)構(gòu)常常用于勸告。
4 We might not go anywhere. 我們可能哪里也去不成。
might可以用來(lái)表示一種可能性,但它表示的“肯定”程度還不如may。和may一樣,might所表示的是現(xiàn)在或?qū)?lái)的一種可能性。
5 look after 照看
6 in the end 后