新概念英語第二冊(英音新版) 第17課:青春常駐

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Lesson 17 Always young
    第十七課 青春常駐
    First listen and then answer the question.
    聽錄音,然后回答以下問題。
    Why doesn't aunt Jennifer tell anyone how old she is?
    為什么姑姑詹妮弗不告訴別人她到底多少歲了?
    My aunt Jennifer is an actress.
    我的姑姑詹妮弗是位演員,
    She must be at least thirty-five years old.
    她至少也有35歲了。
    In spite of this, she often appears on the stage as a young girl.
    盡管如此,她卻常在舞臺上扮演小姑娘。
    Jennifer will have to take part in a new play soon.
    詹妮弗很快又要參加一個新劇的演出。
    This time, she will be a girl of seventeen.
    這,她將扮演一個17歲的少女。
    In the play, she must appear in a bright red dress and long black stockings.
    演出時她必須穿一條鮮紅色的裙子和黑色的長筒襪。
    Last year in another play, she had to wear short socks and a bright, orange-coloured dress.
    去年在演另一個劇時,她不得不穿短襪和一件鮮艷的橘紅色的衣服。
    If anyone ever asks her how old she is, she always answers,‘Darling, it must be terrible to be grown up!'
    一旦有人問起她有多大年紀,她總是回答:“親愛的,長成大人真可怕啊!”