Food and talk進餐與交談
【課文】
Last week at a dinner party, the hostess asked me to sit next to Mrs. Rumbold. Mrs. Rumbold was a large, unsmiling lady in a tight black dress. She did not even look up when I took my seat beside her. Her eyes were fixed on her plate and in a short time, she was busy eating. I tried to make conversation.
'A new play is coming to "The Globe" soon,' I said. 'Will you be seeing it?'
'No,' she answered.
'Will you be spending your holidays abroad this year?' I asked.
'No,' she answered.
'Will you be staying in England?' I asked.
'No,' she answered.
In despair, I asked her whether she was enjoying her dinner.
'Young man,' she answered, 'if you ate more and talked less, we would both enjoy our dinner!"
【課文翻譯】
在上星期的一次宴會上，女主人安排我坐在蘭伯爾德夫人的身旁。蘭伯爾德夫人是一位身材高大、表情嚴肅的女人，穿一件緊身的黑衣服。當我在她身旁坐下來的時候，她甚至連頭都沒有抬一下。她的眼睛盯著自己的盤子，不一會兒就忙著吃起來了。我試圖找個話題和她聊聊。
“一出新劇要來‘環(huán)球劇場’上演了，”我說，“您去看嗎?”
“不，”她回答。
“您今年去國外度假嗎?”我又問。
“不，”她回答。
“您就呆在英國嗎?”我問。
“不，”她回答。
失望之中我問她飯是否吃得滿意。
“年輕人，”她回答說，“如果你多吃點，少說點，我們兩個都會吃得好的!”
【生詞和短語】
hostess n. 女主人
unsmiling adj. 不笑的，嚴肅的
tight adj. 緊身的
fix v. 凝視
globe n. 地球
despair n. 絕望
【知識點講解】
1 Last week at a dinner party, the hostess asked me to sit next to Mrs. Rumbold.
在上星期的一次宴會上，女主人安排我坐在蘭伯爾德夫人的身旁。
seat, sit辨析
這兩個動詞均含“坐”之意。
seat: 及物動詞，常與反身代詞連用，seat一定要加賓語,如果后面沒賓語,后面就用seat的被動形式。
seat yourself be seated
sit: 多用作不及物動詞，是主動,沒有被動語態(tài),后面不能加賓語。用作及物動詞時，可與seat換用。sit down
The farm sits on the side of the hill.
農(nóng)場位于山坡上。
He seated himself at a writing table.
他在寫字臺前坐下。
2 She did not even look up when I took my seat beside her.
當我在她身旁坐下來的時候，她甚至連頭都沒有抬一下。
look up 查閱, 好轉(zhuǎn), 仰視, 看望
You can look up this word in the vocabulary.
你可以在詞匯表里查這個詞。
When looking up suddenly , Henry saw a rainbow in the sky .
亨利突然舉目仰視時,發(fā)現(xiàn)天空有一道彩虹。
Do look me up next time you are in town.
下次進城請一定來看我。
3 Her eyes were fixed on her plate and in a short time, she was busy eating.
她的眼睛盯著自己的盤子，不一會兒就忙著吃起來了。
做動詞時表示“使 ... 固定, 修理, 確定, 準備”，做名詞時，表示“困境, (船只、飛機等的)定方位”
常見短語有：fix up 安排, 解決, 修理 fix on 固定, 確定, 決定... fix with vt. 固定
We've fixed the date for the wedding.
我們已決定了結(jié)婚的日子。
She's got herself fixed up with a cosy flat.
她弄到了一套舒適的公寓。
4 I tried to make conversation.
我試圖找個話題和她聊聊。
(1)詞義辨析
conversation, dialogue, talk, chat
這些名詞均含“交談”之意。
conversation: 一般用詞，指兩個或更多人互相交換意見的交談。
dialogue: 指“對話”。
talk: 普通用詞，可與conversation換用，指正式交談。
chat: 指熟人之間非常隨便的交談，強調(diào)談話的親密和非正式性。
The professor invited his students to his home for conversation.
教授邀請學生們到自己家里會晤。
They dialogue for three hours failed to come to an agreement.
他們談了三個小時，沒有達成一致。
(2)常見短語
conversation piece 話題, 可作話題的東西
have a conversati... 和 ... 交談
5 'Will you be spending your holidays abroad this year?' I asked.
“您就呆在英國嗎?”我問。
用將來時進行提問，尤其是提出問題但又不想迫使對方作出明確答復時，將來進行時可以顯得比一般將來時will更委婉客氣。
Will you be coming to the party tomorrow?
你明天會來參加我們的聚會嗎?
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