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新概念英语第二册第40课
Lesson40 Food and talk进餐与交谈
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!"
New words and expressions生词和短语
hostess
n.
女主人
unsmiling
adj.不笑的,严肃的
tight
adj.紧身的
fix
V.凝视
globe
n.地球
despair
n.绝望
参考译文
在上星期的一次宴会上,女主人安排我坐在兰伯尔德夫人的身
旁。兰伯尔德夫人是一位身材高大、表情严肃的女人,穿一件紧身
的黑衣服。当我在她身旁坐下来的时候,她甚至连头都没有抬一下。
她的眼晴盯着自己的盘子,不一会儿就忙着吃起来了。我试图找个
话题和她聊聊。
”一出新剧要来环球刷场'上演了,"我说,“您去看吗?”
“不,”她回答。
“您今年去国外度假吗?”我又问。
"不,"她回答。
"您就呆在英国吗?"我问。
"不,"她回答。
失望之中我问她饭是否吃得满意。
“年轻人,”她回答说,“如果你多吃点,少说点,我们两个都会
吃得好的!”
课文解释
1.Last week at a dinner party,the hostess asked me to sit
next to Mrs.Rumbold.
在上星期的一次宴会上,女主人安排我坐在兰伯尔德夫人的身
旁。
1)hostess这个词是个多义词。在本句中指的是邀请或安排晚会
的女主人。另外,在不同的语境中还可以用来表示“女房
东”、“舞女”或“空姐(=airhostess)”。
2)短语next to可以用来表示“紧邻、在…近旁”、“仅次于”
或“几乎”。在本句中指“紧挨着.的旁边”(=beside)。例如:
The two shops are next to each other..那两家铺子紧挨
着。
The seat next to him was vacant.
他旁边的座位空
着。
Next to riding,I like swimming best.
我最喜欢游泳,仅次于骑马。
Johnson still knew next to nothing about tobacco.
约翰逊仍然对烟草几乎一无所知。
关于next to这个词的用法,大家还可以同时参看第二册
Lesson18“课后练习答案及解题分析”多项选择题第10题的
解题分析过程。
2.Mrs.Rumbold was a large,unsmiling lady in a tight
black
dress.
兰伯尔德夫人是一位身材高大、表情严肃的女人,穿一件紧身
的黑衣服。
1)形容词large一般情况下用来指“物”,意思是“大的、大
量的、大型的或重大的”等。例如:
a large house/family/city/company
一所大房子/一个大家庭/一个大城市/一家大公司
a large amount of money
一大笔钱
a large number of newspapers为数众多的报纸
a large question
一个重大的问题
play a large role in the negotiations在谈判中起着重要