新概念第一冊精講第49課:去買肉 At the butcher′s

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At the butcher's
    聽錄音,然后回答問題。What does Mr. Bird like?
    伯德先生喜歡什么?
    BUTCHER: Do you want any meat today.
    Mrs. Bird?
    MRS.BIRD: Yes, please.
    BUTCHER: Do you want beef or lamb?
    MRS.BIRD: Beef, please.
    BUTCHER: This lamb's very good.
    MRS.BIRD: I like lamb,
    but my husband doesn't.
    BUTCHER: What about some steak?
    This is a nice piece.
    MRS.BIRD: Give me that piece, please.
    MRS.BIRD: And a pound of mince2, too.
    BUTCHER: Do you want a chicken,
    Mrs. Bird?
    They 're very nice.
    MRS.BIRD: No, thank you.
    MRS.BIRD: My husband likes steak,
    but he doesn't like chicken.
    BUTCHER: To tell you the truth,
    Mrs. Bird,
    I don't like chicken either!
    New Word and expressions 生詞和短語
    butcher
    n. 賣肉的
    meat
    n. (食用)肉
    beef
    n. 牛肉
    lamb
    n. 羔羊肉
    husband
    n. 丈夫
    steak
    n. 牛排
    mince
    n. 肉餡,絞肉
    chicken
    n. 雞
    tell
    v. 告訴
    truth
    n. 實情
    either
    adv. 也(用于否定句)
    參考譯文
    肉 商:您今天要買點肉嗎,伯德夫人?
    伯德夫人:是的,我買一點。
    肉 商:您要牛肉還是要羔羊肉?
    伯德夫人:請給我牛肉。
    肉 商:這羔羊肉很好。
    伯德夫人:我喜歡羔羊肉,可我丈夫不喜歡。
    肉 商:來點牛排嗎?這塊很好。
    伯德夫人:就請給我那塊吧。
    伯德夫人:再來一磅絞肉。
    肉 商:您要買只雞嗎,伯德夫人?這些雞很好。
    伯德夫人:不要了,謝謝。
    伯德夫人:我丈夫喜歡牛排,但他不喜歡雞。
    肉 商:說老實話,伯德夫人,
    我也不喜歡雞。
    1.What about some steak? 來點牛排嗎?
    句中What可以換成How,用來征求對方看法或意見。請參看Lessons 31~32課文詳注。
    2.to tell(you) the truth, 老實說,說實話。
    它常用于句首,作句子的附加成分,表示說話人對所說話語的態(tài)度:
    To tell you the truth, I don't like his new car at all.
    給你講實話,我一點兒也不喜歡他的那輛新車。
    3.序數(shù)詞13th~24th
    13th----thirteenth 14th----fourteenth 15th----fifteenth
    16th----sixteenth 17th----seventeenth 18th----eighteenth
    19th----nineteenth 20th----twentieth 21st----twenty-first
    22nd----twenty-second
    23rd----twenty-third
    24th----twenty-fourth
    語法 Grammar in use
    1.選擇疑問句
    含有or的問句稱為選擇疑問句。or之前的部分讀升調(diào),之后的部分讀降調(diào)。這種疑問句不能簡單地用Yes或No 來回答。選擇疑問句把選擇的余地縮小在數(shù)目有限的事物、行動等上面,可以有無限性的選擇、3項選擇以及兩項選擇。選擇疑問句通??梢圆捎每s略形式,如:
    Beef or lamb?
    牛肉還是羔羊肉?
    選擇疑問句的例句如:
    What would you like to drink?
    你喜歡喝什么?(無限性選擇)
    Which/What would you prefer, tea or coffee?
    茶和咖啡,你喜歡哪一種?(兩項選擇)
    Would you like tea, coffee, or milk?
    你喜歡茶、咖啡、還是牛奶?(3項選擇)
    How shall we go, by bus or by train?
    我們怎么走?乘公共汽車還是坐火車?
    Did you go there, or didn't you?
    你去了那兒還是沒有去?
    Did you or didn't you go there?
    你是去了還是沒有去那兒?
    2.一般現(xiàn)在時的單數(shù)第3人稱形式
    (可參見 Lessons 47~48語法部分。)
    詞匯學習 Word study
    1.too adv.
    也,還(常用于肯定句,有時也用于疑問句,但不能用于否定句。常見于句末,而且too前常有逗號;如果不在句末,too前后都應當有逗號):
    I like lamb, too.
    我也喜歡小羊肉。
    Can I come, too?
    我也來,行嗎?
    I, too, have been to Shanghai.
    我也到過上海。
    2.either adv.
    也,而且(一般用于否定句,位于句末,前面通常有逗號):
    He doesn't like the house, and I don't like it, either.
    他不喜歡這所房子,我也不喜歡。
    If you do not go, I shall not go, either.
    如果你不去,那么我也不去。
    I haven't seen the film and my sister hasn't either.
    我沒有看過那部電影,我妹妹也沒看過。