英語(yǔ)對(duì)話范文

英語(yǔ)對(duì)話范文

DIALOGe1MakingCookies

Laurance-Wouldyoulikesomecookies?Ijustmadethem.

Soomy-Thankyou.Yes,Iwould.

Laurance-Thesearechocolate,andthosearealmond-flavored.

Soony-IguessI'lltryachocolateonefu-st.Mmmm...thisis

delicious.Aretheyhardtomake?

Laurance-No,they'rereallyquiteeasy.Waitaminute,I'vegottherecipe

righthere.See...thesearetheingredients,andthenyoujustfollow

thedirections.

Soony-Thatdoeslookeasy.IthinkV11makesometonight.

注解：

almond-flavored：有杏仁味的

recipe：制作菜肴的用料及烹飪方法

DIALOGue2Invitingafriendtodinner.

Laurance-Whencanweexpectyoufordinner?Canyoucometonight?

Soony-Nottonight.Ipromisedtogotoaconcertwithmysister.

Laurance-Well....HowaboutFridaythen?

Soony-Thatsoundsfine.

Laurance-Good.Shallwesayseveno'clock?

Soony-r11bethere!You，restillafabulouscook,

aren，tyou?

Laurance-That'11beforyoutodecide.I'vegotanewdishthatIwant

totryoutonyou.

Soony-rmready.IthinkI'llfastalldayFriday!

注解：

fabulous=wonderful

tryoutonyou:原意是〃以你做試驗(yàn)〃.

fast:動(dòng)詞，作〃禁食〃解.

DIALOGue3CARINSURANCE

laurance-Ineedtogetcarinsurance.Yagotanyideas?

Soony---Well,youcouldtrynycompany.Itseemstohave

fairrates.

Laurance-Dotheyinsureoldercars?

Soony---AsfarasIknow,theyinsureallkindsofvehicles.

Laurance-Howlonghaveyouhadapolicywiththem?

Soony---Oh,Idon，tknow.Maybefiveyears.

Laurance-Andyousaytheirratesarelow?

Soony---Notlowreasonable.I'vealwaysgottengoodservice

fromthem.Letmegiveyoutheirphonenumberand

youcancallthem.

注解：

rates:費(fèi)用.這里指應(yīng)交的保險(xiǎn)費(fèi).

vehicle:車輛，運(yùn)載工具.

DIALOGue4BUYINGASECOND-HANDCAR

Laurance-Whatkindofacardoyouhave?

Soony---Anoldone.

Laurance-Iknowit，sold,butwhatmakeisit?

Soony----It'saChevrolet.Whydoyouask?Yougoinginto

thecarbusiness?

Laurance-Nothinglikethat.Mycousinisgoingtotakea

joboverseasandhecan，ttakehiscarwithhim,so

he'sgoingtosellit-cheap.It'spracticallynew.

Soony---WelLIhavebeenthinkingaboutgettinganewer

car.Ican，taffordabrandnewone.

Laurance-Wouldyouliketolookatmycousin，scar?

Soony---Isitafour-doororatwo-door?

Laurance-It，sacoupewithavinylroof.

Soony---Doesithaveautomatictransmission?.

Laurance-Yes,anditalsohaspowersteering,powerbrakes,

andairconditioning.

Soony---IguessImighttakealookatit.Howmuchishe

asking?

Laurnace-Idon，tknowforsure,buthe，11makeyouagood

deal.

Soony---Okay.Setitupformetoseeit,ifyoucan.

注解：

make（名詞）：指機(jī)械產(chǎn)品的類型,特別是廠家.

afour-doororatwo-door二afour-doorcaroratwo-doorcar,

前者指寬敞的大篷車,后者指輕便的小型車.

vinylroof:乙烯基塑料頂棚.

automatictransmission:自動(dòng)變速器.

powersteering,powerbrakes:指有液動(dòng)或氣動(dòng)裝置使方向盤與剎車操縱非常輕

便.

setitup=arrangeit.

DIALOGue5GETTINGSOMETHINGFIXED

(betweencustomerandrepairman)

Laurance-Howlongdoyouthinkit'11taketofixit?

Soony-Hardtotell.Sometimeswecanfindtheproblem

rightawayandsometimesitmaytakeanhouror

two.

Laurance-ShouldIwaitorcomebacklater?

Soony-Suityourself,butit'sprobablybettertocome

backlater.

Laurance-Youwillgetitfixedtoday,won，tyou?

Soony-Idon，tseeanyproblem.Weshouldhaveitready

foryoubythreeatthelatest.But,bettercall

beforeyoucome.

Laurance-Okay.Thanksalot.

注解：

suityourself=doasyouplease

bythreeatthelatest=notlaterthanthreeo'clock,類似的短語(yǔ)還有:

atthemost/attheearliest/attheleast/atthebest/attheworst等.

DIALOGue6EXPECTINGAPHONECALL

Laurance-Wasihatthetelephoneringing?

Soony-Ididn，thearanything.

Laurance-IthoughtIhearditringtwoorthreetimes.

Soony-Sometimeswhenthewindowsareopen,youcan

heartheneighbors，phone.

Laurance-Well,I'mexpectinganimportantphonecall,and

Idon，twanttomissit.

Soony-IsitanythingIshouldknowabout?

Laurance-Notreally.Ithassomethingtodowithworkand

doesn'treallyaffectushereathome.

Soony-Well,whydon，tyougoaheadanddowhatyouwanted

todooutside.I'11callyouifthephoneringsforyou.

Laurance-Thanks.IthinkIwill.I'vebeenwaitingsolong

nowrmgettingnervous.Ineedtorelaxoutdoors.

注解：

1.Notreally.=Itisnotreallyanythingyoushouldknowabout.

2.havesomethingtodowithwork:與工作有關(guān),這是個(gè)常用句型.

have動(dòng)詞之后可用nothing,something,anything也可用alot,agreatdeal,

little等詞替換.

3.waitingsolongnow(that)Vmgettingnervous:口語(yǔ)中so.?,that結(jié)構(gòu)

中的that常省略.

DIALOGue7WHYDIDN'TCALLUS?

Laurance-Whendidyougethere?

Soony-Justafewminutesago.

Ikea-We'vebeenwaitingforalmostanhour.

Soony-rmsorry,butIhadcartrouble-aflattire.

Laurance-Oh.That，stoobad.Couldn，tyouhavetelephoned?

Soony-Iwasgoingto,butIdidn，thaveanychangefora

payphone.

Ikea-Youcouldhavegottensomechangeinastore.

Soony-Notreally.Thetirewentflatoutontheedgeof

town.Therewasn，tanyplacetocallfrom.

Ikea-WelLatleastyou'reherenow.Noneedtowait

anylonger.Solet'sgetstarted!

注解：

aflattire:輪胎癟了

Couldyouhavetelephoned?此句用虛擬語(yǔ)氣，有〃你該做而沒有做〃的責(zé)備之意.

change:零錢.這里指硬幣.

apayphone:公用電話.公用電話是收費(fèi)的，所以也稱apayphone.

wentflat=becameflat,went在這里是系動(dòng)詞.

getstarted(□in)=beginwork

DIALOGue8WHEREAREWE?

Laurance-Whereoneartharewe?

Soony-Judgingbyallthetraffic,I'dsaywe，renearthe

heartofthedowntownarea.

Laurance-WhatdidIdowrong?DidItakeawrongturn?

Soony-rmnotsure,butIthinkthatyouturnedleft

whenyoushouldhaveturnedright.

Laurance-Well,nowthe,problemishowtogetbackonto

themainhighway.

Soony-Well,ifImayofferasuggestion...Whydon，t

youstopandaskapoliceman?

Laurance-Yeah,yeah,yeah,IthinkIseeoneupthereinthe

nextblock.

注解：

onearth:(口語(yǔ)中用于疑問句加強(qiáng)語(yǔ)氣)究竟,到底,全然.

heartofthedowntownarea:heart=center;downtownarea指繁華的商業(yè)區(qū).

IfImayofferasuggestion:直譯為〃如果我可以提個(gè)建議的話〃.

DIALOGue9CATCHINGABUS

Laurance-IsthiswhereIcatchthebusforthezoo?

Soony-YoucantakeaT-30fromhere,butthenyou

havetowalkaboutsixblocks.

Laurance-Thatdoesn，tsoundtoobad.

Soony-Actually,ifyougotothebusstopinthenext

block,youcantakeaZ_8whichwillletyouright

offinfrontofthezoo.

Laurance-Maybethat'swhatV11do.Thanksalot.

Soony-You，rewelcome.

注解：

1.T-30,Z-8:都是公共汽車的編號(hào)

2.whichwillletyourightoff.?.：是定語(yǔ)從句,

其先行詞是Z-8bus,意思是〃這趟車正好把你拉到動(dòng)物園門口〃.

DIALOGue10AIRPORTBUS

laurance-Whattimedoesdthebusleavefortheairport?

soony--1don'tknow.Itusedtoleaveeveryhalfhour,but

Ithinktheschedule'sbeenchanged.

laurance--Doyouknowthetelephonenumbertocall?

soony-It'sEnterprise7-4700.Atleastthat，swhatit

usedtobe.

laurance-Yeah,Tiltryit.(PAUSE)Theydon，tseemto

answer.

soony-Iexpectthatit'salittletoo-early.Idon，t

thinktheyopenuntilnineo'clock.

everyhalfhour:是每隔半小時(shí)，類似的短語(yǔ)還有：everyotherday/

everythreeweeks/everytwentydays

Enterprise7-4700:是較舊的電話系統(tǒng).電話機(jī)上除標(biāo)有數(shù)碼外還有英語(yǔ)字母.

所以撥EN7-4700即可.

DIALOGue11NEARACCIDENT

laurance--Howaboutthat?

soony-What?Whathappened?

laurance--Didyouseewhatthatguydid?

soony一一No.Iwaslookingtheotherway.

laurance--HemadeaU-turnrightinthemiddle

oftheblockandalmosthitakidon

abicycle.

soony-Driversgetcraziereveryday!

laurance一一Right.Nobodywantstodrivebytherules

anymore.

注解：

Howaboutthat:這是對(duì)后果難預(yù)料的行為、動(dòng)作所發(fā)出的驚嘆.

theotherway:相反的方向

U-turn:即三百六十度的調(diào)頭.左轉(zhuǎn)彎叫l(wèi)eft-turn,右轉(zhuǎn)彎叫日right-turn.

注意搭配的動(dòng)詞是make.

DIAL0Guel2ACAREFULDRIVER

laurance--There，sagoodchancethatMary

willgethometoday.

soony--Teah.Ihadaletterfromherfriend,Susan,

yesterday,andshesaidthatMarywouldprobably

arrivetoday.

laurance-Well,Ihopeshedrivescarefully.Youknow

howthetrafficisthistimeofyear.

soony-Oh.Mary'sagooddriver一一andprettycareful,too.

Idon，tthinkweneedtoworryaboutherbeing

careless.

laurance--true,but,nonetheless,thatdoesn'tmeanthat

alltheotherdriversarecareful.Thereare

alotofwilddriversoutthere.

soony-IhaveconfidenceinMary.She，sverygoodabout

drivingdefensively.

注解:

agoodchance:有很大的可能性.

aboutherbeingcareless:herbeingcareless是復(fù)合賓語(yǔ)

nonetheless:（副詞）然而，不過.=however,nevertheless

drivedefensively:意思是開車時(shí)謹(jǐn)慎小心

DIAL0Guel3STANISWILLINGTOGOTHEEXTRAMILE

1-You，retheonlypersonwhoknowswhatreally

happened.

2一一That'snotquitetrue.StanBaileywasthere,too.

3--Oh.Washethere?Ididn，tknowthat.

2-Well,actually,hewasn'tthereallthetime,but

stillIthinkhesawenoughtogivesomevaluable

insightonthematter.

1-一DoyouthinkIshouldcallhim?Wouldhebewilling

tohelp?

2--Noproblem.YouknowStan.He'sthekindof

guythat，salwayswillingtogotheextramile.

3一一Hey.That*sright.Irememberonetimewhenhe

gaveuptwodaysofvacationjusttohelpmeout

withaproblemIhad.

1-That'sgoodtoknow.IguessI'llgivehimacall

today,then.

注解：

1)StanBailey：人名。

2)insight：真知灼見;深思熟慮的看法。

3)willingtogotheextramile：

意思是樂意做任何事情來幫助別人。

4)helpmeoutwithaproblemIhad：

幫助我解決難題。

Ihad是修飾problem的定語(yǔ)從句。

5)givehimeacall=phonehim/callhim

譯文：

1一你是唯一了解真情的人。

2—不完全是這樣。斯坦.貝利當(dāng)時(shí)也在場(chǎng)。

3一哦，他也在場(chǎng)？這我可不知道。

2—不過，說實(shí)在的，他沒有自始至終都在那兒，但我

相信他所見到的足以提供一些有助于了解內(nèi)情的真知灼見。

1—你看我是不是該給他打個(gè)電話？他會(huì)樂意幫忙嗎？

2—沒問題。你了解斯坦的為人。他是那種助人為樂的

熱心人。

3—嘿，沒錯(cuò)兒。我想起來了，有一次他犧牲了兩天假期

幫我解決難題。

1一知道這就好了。我想我今天就給他打電話。

DIALOGue14CANIHELP?

laurance--Hey!What'stherush?

soony-ThebankclosesinhalfanhourandIneedto

cashacheck.

laurance一一Icanlendyousomemoney.

soony--IneedtocashacheckbecauseI'mgoingona

tripthisweekend.Actually,Iwanttobuysome

traveler'schecks.

laurance-Hmm.CanIhelpinanyway?

soony一一Youcandrivemetothebankifyouwantto.My

car'soutofgas.

laurance一一Yeah.Gladto.Let'sgo.

soony-Waitjustaminute.Ihavetogetmycheckbook

outofthedesk.

注解：

1)rush：忙碌,匆匆忙忙。以rush構(gòu)成的短語(yǔ)如，arushofwork/

rushhour/goldrush等。

2)outofgas：沒有油了。gas=gasoline;outof表示"沒有”

“短缺"，除與be動(dòng)詞連用外，還與run連用。如：Iranoutof

ink.Healwaysrunsoutofmoneybeforethenextpayday.

DIALOGue15ISTHEREANYTHINGICANDO?

laurance--IsthereanythingIcando?Tdliketohelpin

somewayifIcan.

soony--Ican，tthinkofanythingatthemoment.

laurance-Well,maybeIcouldrunerrandsorsomething.

soony一一YoucouldifIneededsomething.

laurance-Ifeelsouselessjusthangingaroundwith

nothingtodo.

soony-Don，tworry.Inacoupleofdaysthere，11betoo

muchtodo.Thenyou，11wanttobebackinthese

lazydays.

laurance--1guessI'mjustaworkaholic.Ineverwasvery

goodatdoingnothing.

soony一一Maybeyoushouldlearnhowtorelaxandenjoy

yourselfmore.

注解：

1)runerrands：(固定成語(yǔ))指送信、采購(gòu)、接送客人等跑腿的差事。

2)feeluseless：感到無聊，無所事事。

3)hangaround：閑蕩無事。與hangabout同義。

4)workaholic：過分賣力的工作，不知休息的人。

5)begoodat...：擅長(zhǎng)于做某事。

6)relax：休息,娛樂。如：Haveabreakandletyourmindrelax.

7)enjoyyourself：(固定說法)過快活日子。娛樂一番。

DIALOGue16FINDINGABABY-SITTER

laurance一一Canyougetababy-sitterfortonight?

soony-Idon'tknow.Why?

laurance--Well,Ithoughtwecouldgooutfordinner

andthengotoamovieafterward.

soony--IcancallDebbieandseeifshe，savailable.

Sheusuallydoesn，tliketositduringtheweek,

butshemightmakeanexception.

laurance-Well,dothat,andthencallmeattheofficeif

youhaveanyluck.

soony-Okay,butdon'tgetyourhopestoohigh.It'shard

tofindagoodbaby-sitterthesedays.

注解：

1)baby-sitter：指臨時(shí)為人照看孩子的人。美國(guó)很多女中學(xué)生、

大學(xué)生課余替人看孩子，掙些零花錢。

2)sitduringtheweek=baby-sitonweekdays

3)makeanexception：做例外處理。makenoexception：概部例外。

4)ifyouhaveanyluck=ifyouaresuccessful;也可直譯為

“如果你有運(yùn)氣能辦成的話”

DIALOGue17DON'TGETYOURHOPESTOOHIGH

laurance-They'llneverhelpus.Youknowthatoldsaying,

“Youcan，tgetbloodoutofaturnip.，z

soony一一Iknow,Iknow.Butthat'snoreasonnottoaskthem,

laurance一一Weaskedthemlastyearandwhatdidtheysay?

soony-actually,theydidn，tsayanything.

laurance--Yeah.Theydidn，tsayanythingandtheydidn，tdo

anything.

soony一一Ithinktheymightdosomethingthisyear.Iwas

talkingtoGaillastweekandIthoughtIdetected

amorefriendlyattitude.

laurance--Thereyougowithyouroptimism!Don，tgetyour

hopestoohigh!

soony-Iwon，t,butitdoesn，thurttoexpectthebest.

Sometimesyougetit!

注解：

1)turnip：蘿卜。

2)Gail：人名。

3)detect：察覺。

4)attitude：態(tài)度。

5)optimism：樂觀主義(態(tài)度、情緒)

6)Don'tgetyourhopestoohigh.=Don，texpecttoomuch,

high是賓語(yǔ)補(bǔ)足語(yǔ)。highhope是“奢望”。

7)Itdoesn'thurttoexpectforthebest：it是形式主語(yǔ),

不定式短語(yǔ)toexpectforthebest是真正的主語(yǔ)。

DIALOGue18OUTFORAPICNIC

laurance-Justlook!Thedayhasdawnedlovely!

soony-Itcertainlylooksclear-gooddayforapicnic.

laurance一一Iwasthinkingthesamething.

soony-Well,howaboutitthen?

laurance一一Okaybyme.Howsoondoyouwanttoleave?

soony一一Say...inanhour.

laurance——Makeitanhourandahalf.Wehavetotaketime

togetsomemorefood,andbesidesthatI'dlike

toinviteNancyandJim.

soony-Fine.Whileyou'regettingthingsreadyinthe

house,r11gopackthecar.

注解

1）dawn：（天）破曉。lovely在句中是起補(bǔ)足語(yǔ)的作用

2)clear：(天氣)晴朗的。

3)picnic：野餐。

4)Say=shallwesay：通常是來提建議征求對(duì)方意見。

5)makeit：(固定短語(yǔ))用以約定時(shí)間。如：

Whenshallwemeetthisafternoon?

----Well,let，smakeitfouro'clock.IsthatOK?

6)packthecar：把物品裝入車內(nèi)。

DIALOG19WHEREISIT?

laurance-Ihaven，ttheremotestideawhereitis!

Haveyoulookedupstairs?

soony--Yes.Anddownstairsandinthebasement.Tve

evenlookedinthecar.

laurance--Well,thelasttimeIsawit,itwasonthe

tableinthelivingroom.

soony-Mothersaidsheputitintheden,butitisn，t

there.Atleast,ifitis,Ican，tseeit.

laurance--DidyouaskHarryifhe，sseenit?

soony-Hesaidhedidn，tevenknowIhadone.

laurance--Itseemsthatitwillremainthemystery

disappearanceofthecentury!

soony--Unfortunately,Ireallyneedit!

注解

1)Ihaven，tthremotestidea.=1don，thaveanyidea.

remote：極少的；模糊的。

2)basement：地層的；地下室。

3)den：私房；地下室

4)remain=continuetobe;remain是系動(dòng)詞，其后的成分是句子的表語(yǔ)。

5)mystery：神秘的，難于理解的事情。

6)century：世紀(jì)。

DIALOGue20FEELINGSICK

laurance--Youlookratherpal.Aren，tyoufeelingwell?

soony一一Notvery.Iwassickmostofthemight.Ididn，t

sleepverywell.

laurance-Whatseemstobethematter?Isittheflu?

soony-一No,Ithinkit'ssomethingIate.Weateatthat

newrestaurantlastnight,andImusthaveeaten

somethingthatdidn，tagreewithme.

laurance-WasitthatnewrestaurantoveronFourthStreet?

soony一一Asamatteroffact,itwas.Whydoyouask?

laurance-Because,Jerryatetherelastweekandhadthe

samekindofproblem.Hewassickthenextday,

too.

soony--That，sinteresting.Maybethehealthauthorities

shouldinvestigatetheplace.

laurance--That'swhatIthink.Twopeoplewithsimilar

problemsinsuchashorttimecan，tjustbe

coincidence!

注解：

1)pale：(臉色)蒼白。

2)Notvery.=Tmnotfeelingverywell.

3)sick：有病的，感到惡心的。

4)thatdidn，tagreewithme：與我不適的食品。這是定語(yǔ)從句。

5)asamatteroffact：事實(shí)上

6)healthauthorities：衛(wèi)生當(dāng)局

7)investigate：調(diào)查

8)coincidence：巧合

DIALOG21IAMHAPPY

laurance-Youlookhappytoday!

soony一一Iamhappy.IjustheardIpassedmyphysics

exam

laurance-Congratulations!Tmgladsomebody，shappy.

soony-Why?What，sthematter?

laurance--Oh,Tmjustworried,IguessIhavetotake

ahistoryexamnextweek.

注解：

1)Iamhappy：注意重音在am上，以示強(qiáng)調(diào)。

2)physics：物理學(xué)。

3)rmgladsomebody'shappy:somebody重讀，顯示說話者本人心里有些憂慮。

4)What'sthematter=What，stroublingyou

5)I'mworried:此句中worried是過去分詞作表語(yǔ)，不是被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)。

DIALOG22LEARNINGALANGUAGE

laurance-Igiveup!Isimplycan，tlearnFrench!

soony--Whydoyousaythat?Ithinkyou，remaking

alotofprogress.

，

laurance一一No,I'mnot.ItryandtryandIstillcant

speakitverywell.

soony一一Learninganylanguagetakesalotofeffort.

Butdon，tgiveup.Whydon，twepracticethose

DIALOGstogether?

laurance一一Goodidea.Thatjustmighthelp.

注解：

1)giveup=stoptrying,不再做努力。與keepuptrying是一對(duì)反義詞組。

2)makeprogress：是固定搭配。意思是取得進(jìn)步/進(jìn)展

3)takealotofeffort:take在這里有“需要”“花費(fèi)”的意思。

DIALOG23BORROWINGABOOK

laurance-Whoseisthis?

soony--It'smine.Whydoyouask?

laurance-CouldIborrowit?Tvebeenwantingtoreadit.

soony--Bemyguest,butIwarnyou.It'snotasgoodas

theysay.

laurance--What'sthematterwithit?

soony-Well,foronethingtheplotishighlyimporbable

andforanother,thecharactersseemmorelike

paperdollsthanpeople.

laurance--That'sstrange.Usuallythatauthordoesagood

jobofcharcterization.Tvereadthreeofhis

booksandthoughttheywereallwelldone.

soony-rvebeenafanofhisforalongtimetoo,buthe

reallyflubbedonthisone!

laurance-Whatdidthereviewssay?

soony-Theyweremixed-somegood,somebad.Myreview,bad!

注解

1)Beyguest.(口語(yǔ))=Youarewelcome.

2)warn：告誡；預(yù)先通知

3)What'sthematterwithit?二What'swrongwithit?

4)foronething：舉例說。這個(gè)短語(yǔ)通常用來舉例某種原因。

5)improbable：不可能的。

6)dolls：玩偶；玩具娃娃

7)flub：搞糟了

DIALOG24GOINGTOGRADUATESCHOOL

laurance--How'sschoolgoing?

soony-Justfine.Ifinallygotthegranttogoto

graduateschool.

laurance-Great!Areyoustartingyourdoctorate?

soony--That，sright.Tmgoingtodoitinbiochemistry.

laurance-Soundslikeaninterestingfield.

soony一一Itistome.

laurance-You，vegotadegreeinnuclearphysics,haven，t

you!

soony-JustaMaster'sdegree.Actually,biochemistryis

alotofbetterfieldforme.I'vealways

preferredchemistrytophysics.

laurance--Whatdoyouplantodoafteryoufinish?

soony-Ihaven，tdecidedyet,butprobablymedical

research.

laurance-Well,you'vegotsomeyearsofhardstudy

aheadofyou.

soony-Iknowit.

注解：

1)How'sschoolgoing?注意此句中的school是不可數(shù)名詞,作“學(xué)業(yè)”

“功課”解。又如：Shealwaysfoundschooldifficult.

2)grant：助學(xué)金

3)graduateschool研究生院

4)doctorate：博士學(xué)位

5)Itistome=Itisaninterestingfieldtome.他的朋友說，

soundslike而他說itis,語(yǔ)氣肯定。is要重讀。

6)nuclearphysics：核物理學(xué)。

7)Master'sdegree:碩士學(xué)位。

8)prefer..to...：喜歡(前者)甚于后者。

9)aheadofyou:在你的前面。

DIALOG25FREEZINGCOLDOUTSIDE

(Windnoises)

laurance--Brrrr!Tmcold.Ithoughtitwassupposed

togetwarmertoday.

soony--Yeah,Ithoughtso,too.That，swhatthe

weathermansaid.

laurance——Itmustbethewindthatmakesitsocold.

rmfreezing!

soony一一Me,too.Let'sgoinside.

laurance-O.K,It'snofunstandingouthere,evenif

thesunisshining.

注解：

1)getwarmer=becomewarmer.系表結(jié)構(gòu)，但口語(yǔ)中多用get,很少用become.

2)yeah：(口語(yǔ))=yes

3)That，swhattheweathermansaid,what引導(dǎo)的是表語(yǔ)從句。

4)Itmustbe...cold.這是以it引導(dǎo)的強(qiáng)調(diào)句型。與Itisthis

bookthatIboughtyesterday是同樣的結(jié)構(gòu)。must用以表示某種

“可能性”。這種結(jié)構(gòu)中的that不可省略，也不可換作which.

5)It'snofunstandingouthere,standingouthere是真正的主語(yǔ)。

DIALOG26BARRYISUNUSUAL

1-HaveyoumetBarry?

2--Ithinkso,butIdon，trememberwhathelooks

like.

1-He'samostunusualperson.

2-Whatdoyoumeanbyunusual?

3--You，11understandwhenyouseehim.

2-Youmeanit'shisphysicalappearance?

1-Notexactly.There'sacertainwaythathehasof

speakingandchoosinghiswordsthat，sunique.

Butthat'snotwhatI'mtalkingabout.

3一一That'spartofit.Butitgoesbeyondspeech.I

guessit'swhatsomepeoplecall"charisma”.

2一一Oh,that.NowIknowwhatyou'retalkingabout.

rmjustfullofit!

1-Ha,ha.Bigjoke!

注解：

1)most二very常用來加強(qiáng)語(yǔ)氣。如：It'smostkindofyou!/

Hethankedherforamostenjoyableparty./It'smost

dangeroustodrivedrunk.

2)There'sacertainway...unique：此句中的兩個(gè)that

從句都是way的定語(yǔ)從句。第一個(gè)從句說：hehasacertain

wayofspeakingandchoosinghiswordso第二個(gè)從句說

hiswayisunique,unique：獨(dú)特的；獨(dú)一無二的。

3)gobeyondspeech：難于用語(yǔ)言表達(dá)。類似的短語(yǔ)有:

beyondwords/beyondexpression/beyonddescription

4)charisma：超凡的魅力，神授的能力。

DIALOG27HOWARDLOSTHISCAR

1-DidyouhearaboutwhathappenedtoHoward?

2一No,what?

1-Someonestolehiscar!

2--Really?Whendidithappen?

1-Lastnight.Heleftitparkedinfrontofhis

girlfriend，shouseandwhenhecameouttogo

home,itwasgone.

2--Wow!That'sreallytough.Hejustboughtitlast

month,didn，the?

1-Uh-huh.Fortunately,he'sgotinsuranceandthe

policethinktheyalreadyhaveagoodlead.

2一一Well,Icertainlywishhimluck.

注解：

1)leftitparked：parked是賓語(yǔ)補(bǔ)足語(yǔ)。park

停放(車輛)。如：Heparkedhiscaroverthere.

停車場(chǎng)叫parkinglot/parkingplace/parkingarea等。

2)itwasgone=itdisappeared/itwasmissing

3)That'sreallytough：(口語(yǔ))不幸的，不愉快的。

4)fortunately：幸運(yùn)的，幸虧。

5)lead：線索。

6)wishhimluck：wish表示祝愿，其后接雙賓語(yǔ)。

聽力練習(xí)：

DIALOG102HOWARDLOSTHISCAR

1一一DidyouhearabouttoHoward?

2—No,what?

1—______________________!

2—Really?Whendidithappen?

1-Lastnight.Heinfrontofhis

girlfriend，shouseandwhenhecameouttogo

home,________.

2-Wow!___________________.Hejust_______itlast

month,didn，the?

1-Uh-huh.Fortunately,andthe

policethinktheyalready____________________.

2-Well,Icertainly________________.

譯文：

1—你聽說霍得華的是兒了嗎？

2—沒有。怎么啦？

1一有人偷了他的汽車。

2—真的嗎？什么時(shí)候的事？

1一昨天晚上。他把車停在他女朋友家的門口，他出來

回家時(shí)，車不見了。

2--哇！那可真倒霉。他上個(gè)月剛買的新車，是吧？

1一可不。幸好他保了險(xiǎn)。警察相信他們已經(jīng)有了可靠

的線索。

2一哦，但愿他能找回汽車！

DIALOG28TALKINGABOUTAFILM

1-Didyouseethemovieonchannel6lastnight?

2一一No.Imissedit.Iwentshoppingforclothes.

1一一Itwasanexcellentfilm.Ithadbeenmadeespecially

fortelevision,youknow.

2--Ireadthepreviewinyesterday，spaperandhopedto

watchitlastnight,but,then,Megcalledmeto

goshoppingwithher.SoIwent.

1-Yourememberthatthecriticthoughtthatitwas

oneofthebestfilmsofthelasttenyears.

2一一Yes.Idoremember.Hefeltitwouldbeacandidate

forsomefilmawardsattheendoftheyear.

1--Well,ifIwereoneofthejudges,I'dpickitasthe

bestfilmoftheyear.Ihaven，tseensucha

marvelousplotandsuchsuperbactinginalong

time!

2-SoundsasifI'11havetoseeit,iftheyeverre-runit.

注解:

1)channel：電影頻道。

2)goshopping：去買東西。go之后接動(dòng)詞-ing形式表示

從事某些活動(dòng)。

3)preview：預(yù)告

4)critic：評(píng)論員，批評(píng)家。

5)candidate：提名侯選影片

6)marvelous：精彩的

7)superb：超等的

8)re-run：重播，重演。

聽力練習(xí)：

DIALOG100TALKINGABOUTAFILM

1-__________________________________lastnight?

2-No.Imissedit._________________________.

1-Itwasanfilm.

,youknow.

2-Ireadtheinyesterday，spaperandhopedto

itlastnight,but,then,Meg

______________________.SoIwent.

1一一Yourememberthatthethoughtthat_______

2一一Yes.Idoremember.Hefelt____________________

____________________attheendoftheyear.

1-一Well,ifIoneofthejudges,

____________________.Ihaven5tseensucha

marvelousandsuchsuperbinalong

time!

2一一SoundsasifV11havetoseeit,_____________

譯文:

1—昨晚你看了六頻道的電影了嗎？

2—沒有，我沒看上。我去買衣服了。

1一是部很精彩的影片。你知道這是一部專為電視

拍的影片。

2—我看了昨天報(bào)上的電視預(yù)告。昨晚我本想看來著，但是后來

梅格打電話來，讓我陪她去買東西，我就去了。

1—你還記得電影評(píng)論員認(rèn)為這是十年來最好的一部影片。

2一記得，我當(dāng)然記得。他認(rèn)為這部影片在年底會(huì)

獲得某些影獎(jiǎng)的提名。

1一我要是一個(gè)評(píng)選裁判，我一定選這部影片為今年的最佳影片。

很久以來，我都沒看到過情節(jié)如此精彩，演技如此高超的影片了。

2—看來如果重播的話，我一定得看看了。

DIALOG29BETTERSAFETHANSORRY

1--There，snoreasononearthwhyweshouldstay

here.

2-Yes,thereis!Somebody，sgottokeepaneyeon

things.

3--That'swhatIthink.Otherwisethiswholeproject

couldgowrong.

1一一Idoubtthat.Itlookstomeasifeverythingisoff

toagoodstart.Idon，tthinkthereneedstobe

anymoresupervision.

2-It'sbettertobesafethansorry.

3一一Iagree.Sometimesbeingcautiousisthebestway

togo.

1一一Allright.Allright.I'moutvotedtwotoone.

Sowe'11stay.

注解：

1)hasgotto=must

2)keepaneyeon=lookafter/watchcarefully

3)otherwise：(副詞)要不然，否則。

4)gowrong：出差錯(cuò)

5)doubt：懷疑

6)agoodstart=agoodbeginning

7)supervision：監(jiān)督

8)bettertobesafethansorry=bettertobe

carefulthantobefullofregret

9)cautious：謹(jǐn)慎小心的，beingcautious是

分詞短語(yǔ)作主語(yǔ)。

10)beoutvoted：被多數(shù)票壓倒。vote是“投票表決”

的意思。

聽力練習(xí)：

BETTERSAFETHANSORRY

1-There，snoonearth__________________

2-Yes