凯西:为什么?
亨利:我前几天看过这部电影的预告片,不建议你去看。
凯西:看来我们好像很难达成共识。
亨利:要不要看《赏金猎手》?这是浪漫的喜剧片,你会喜欢的。
凯西:是珍妮弗·安妮斯顿出演的片子吗?
亨利:是的,我听说这是安妮斯顿表现最好的一部片子。
Notes 注释
horror [hr] n. 令人恐怖的事物
scared [skd] a. 害怕的
wit [wit] n. 智慧
fiction [fikn] n. 虚构小说
trailer [treil] n. 预告片
see eye to eye with和……意见相同
小叮咛
①It seems as if we don’t see eye to eye with each other. 看来我们好像很难达成共识。
常见句型It looks/seems as if…表示“看起来似乎……”。其中it为无人称代词,本身并无词义。looks/seems是系动词,as if引出状语从句。例如:It looks as if it is going to rain. 看来要下雨。
Music
音乐
Classic Sentences 经典句子
01|Do you often listen to songs on the radio
你常听广播播放的歌曲吗?
02|But I like listening to records better.
但我更喜欢听唱片。
03|Do you like singing
你喜欢唱歌吗?
04|I don’t even know how to sing.
我甚至不知道怎样去唱。
05|Will you sing us a song
给我们唱支歌好吗?
06|I just love this new song by Backstreet Boys.
我真的喜欢“后街男孩”的这首新歌。
07|I have no ear for music.
我不会欣赏音乐。
08|We can sing a duet.
duet [djuet] n. 二重唱
我们可以来个二重唱。
09|Music is not my line.
音乐不是我的本行。
10|What concert is it
是什么样的音乐会?
11|How important is music to you
音乐对你有多重要?
12|It’s the theme tune in the movie Titanic.
theme [θim] n. 主旋律,主题曲
那是《泰坦尼克号》的主题歌。
13|I enjoy singing, much more listening to music.
我喜欢唱歌,更不用说听音乐了。
14|That song is my best song.
那是我最拿手的歌曲。
Useful Dialogue 实用对话
Listening to Songs
(Emma and Jessica are listening to songs.)
Emma: Jessica, listen to the lyrics of this song.
Jessica: What’s so special about this song
Emma: It’s from the musical that is so popular in New York right now. Do you like it
Jessica: Not very much. It sounds too emotional to me.
Emma: That’s why it is so popular. It was recorded by Barbara Martin. I’ve heard that when she sang this song on stage the opening night, she created quite a sensation.
Jessica: I’m afraid my association with Broadway musicals is rather limited. Compared with that, I know more about jazz.
Emma: Well then, you need an introduction. The school drama club is putting on a musical production. How about going together
Jessica: I have a better idea. Let’s go to a jazz concert and I’ll give you an education in jazz.
听歌
(艾玛和杰西卡正在听歌。)
艾玛:杰西卡,听这首歌的歌词。
杰西卡:这首歌有什么特别?
艾玛:这是现在在纽约很受欢迎的一部歌舞剧里的插曲。你喜欢吗?
杰西卡:不怎么喜欢。我觉得情感色彩太浓了。
艾玛:那就是这首歌这么受欢迎的原因。这首歌是芭芭拉·马丁录制的。我听说这部剧第一天晚上首演时,她登台唱了这首歌,相当轰动。
杰西卡:恐怕我对百老汇歌舞剧知道得相当有限。相比之下,我了解爵士音乐更多一点。
艾玛:那你需要入门了。学校剧社要演一部歌舞剧。我们一起去看,怎么样?
杰西卡:我有更好的主意。我们去听爵士音乐会,由我来教教你爵士乐吧。
Notes 注释
lyrics [‘lrks] n. 歌词
emotional [imunl] a. 感动人的
sensation [sensein] n. 轰动
小叮咛
①Compared with that, I know more about jazz. 相比之下,我了解爵士音乐更多一点。
compare: 比较。常见的compare的搭配有:1.
表示“把……与……比较”,通常用 compare... with... 例如:If you compare his work with hers, you’ll find hers is much better. 是要把他俩的工作比较一下,就会发现她的好得多。
2.
表示“把……比作……”,通常用 compare... to...。例如:Compare to other vehicle, car is really quite convenient. 同其他车辆相比,汽车确实很方便。
Drinking Tea
喝茶
Classic Sentences 经典句子
01|Do you like your tea strong or weak
strong [str] a.(味道、气味)浓烈的
你喜欢浓茶还是淡茶?
02|How do you like your tea Is it too strong
您觉得茶怎么样?会不会太浓?
03|I prefer strong tea.
我喜欢浓一点的茶。
04|I feel like a cup of green tea.
我想喝杯绿茶。
05|This tea tastes just right.
这茶浓淡刚好。
06|It’s just the right taste.
茶味道刚好。
07|More tea, sir
再来一点茶吗,先生?
08|Please be careful, the tea is very hot.
请小心,茶很烫。
09|Some tea spilled.
spill [spil] v. 溢出
茶洒出来了。
10|I’d like my tea real hot.
我的茶要很烫。
11|I’d like a cup of hot tea.
我要杯热茶。
12|I always have black tea in the morning.
我总在早上喝红茶。
13|We have a great choice of herbal teas.
我们有很多不错的花草茶。
14|Do you take milk and sugar in your tea
你的茶里要加牛奶和糖吗?
15|We usually have tea at half-past three.
我们一般在三点半钟喝下午茶。
Useful Dialogue 实用会话
Drinking At a Tea House
Judy: Excuse me, we are ready to order.
Waiter: Sure. What would you like
Judy: We’d like some hot tea. What kind of teas are you serving today
Waiter: We have Japanese tea, English tea and herbal tea. It’s listed on our menu.
Judy: Do you have any Chinese green tea
Waiter: Yes, we do. We have an excellent selection of Chinese green teas as well.
Judy: Great. We’d like a pot of Chinese green tea for two.
Waiter: OK. Anything else
Judy: Do you have any iced tea or cold drinks
Waiter: Of course. We have iced milk tea and iced pearl tea. They are both very popular here.
Judy: I’ll get a large iced pearl tea. Not too sweet, please. I’m on a diet.
Waiter: No problem.
在茶馆
朱迪:你好,我们要点茶了。
服务员:好的,您要点什么?
朱迪:我们想点些热茶,你们今天提供些什么茶?
服务员:我们有日本茶、英国茶及花草茶,都列在菜单上。
朱迪:你们有中国绿茶吗?
服务员:有的,我们也有许多不错的中国绿茶。
朱迪:好极了,我们要一壶两人份的中国绿茶。
服务员:好的,还有吗?
朱迪:你们卖冰茶或冰的饮料吗?
服务员:当然有,我们有冰奶茶和冰的珍珠奶茶,它们都很受客人欢迎。
朱迪:我要一杯大杯的冰珍珠奶茶,请不要太甜,我正在减肥。
服务员:没问题。
Notes 注释
order [d] v. 点(菜或饮料)
serve [sv] v. 提供
iced [aist] a. 冰过的
小叮咛
①We have an excellent selection of Chinese green teas as well. 我们也有许多不错的中国绿茶。
as well: 也,又。as well和too一样,多用于口语中,语气较轻,通常用于肯定句或疑问句,一般不用于否定句,且通常放在句末。例如:I write my own songs and I play the guitar as well. 我唱自己谱曲的歌,也弹吉他。
Stamp Collecting
集邮
Classic Sentences 经典句子
01|I’d like to buy some postcards.
我想买几张明信片。
02|I’d like to have some commemorative stamps.
我想买纪念邮票。
03|My friend is a stamp collector.
我朋友是集邮爱好者。
04|I recommend the Olympic Game Stamp, it is just issued.
我给你推荐奥运会的邮票,它是刚刚发行的。
05|When did stamp collecting begin
集邮是什么时候开始的?
06|I wonder whether you are really fond of collecting stamps.
我想知道你是否真的喜欢集邮。
07|Have you ever been to a stamp exhibition
你去过邮票展吗?
08|I’ve collected few stamps years.
这几年我没收集到几张邮票。
09|When did you begin collecting stamps
你什么时候开始集邮的?
10|My husband is a stamp collector.
我丈夫是个集邮爱好者。
11|He is enamored of stamp collecting.
他迷恋于集邮。
12|The trouble with stamp collecting is that it’s an expensive hobby.
集邮爱好不好的地方在于它花费太大了。
13|He is a stamp collector.
他是一个集邮者。
14|When and where was the first stamp made
第一张邮票是什么时候在哪里制作的?
Useful Dialogue 实用会话
Stamp Collecting
Henry: I heard you had spent so much time and money in collecting stamps.
Maria: No, not so much, only in my spare time with fifty yuan on it a month.
Henry: When did you begin collecting stamps
Maria: Since I was 8 years old.
Henry: Oh, you must have a big collection by now.