新概念英语第二册 Lesson 63 She was not amused 讲义

Lesson 63 She was not amused

🌻Part 1: Text

Geoffrey Hampden has a large circle of friends and is very popular at parties. Everybody admires him for his fine sense of humor--everybody, that is, except his six-year-old daughter, Jenny. Recently, one of Geoffrey's closest friends asked him to make a speech at a wedding reception. This is the sort of thing that Geoffrey loves. He prepared the speech carefully and went to the wedding with Jenny. He had included a large number of funny stories in the speech and, of course, it was a great success. As soon as he had finished, Jenny told him she wanted to go home. Geoffrey was a little disappointed by this but he did as his daughter asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed the speech. To his surprise, she said she hadn't. Geoffrey asked her why this was so and she told him that she did not like to see so many people laughing at him!

 

🌻Part 2: New words and expressions

1 circle ['sə:kəl] n.圈子

2 admire [əd'maiə] v.赞美，钦佩

3 close [kləuz] a.亲密的

4 wedding ['wediŋ] n.婚礼

5 reception [ri'sepʃən] n.执行会

6 sort [sɔ:t] n.种类

★ circle

1. n. 环形物，圈

They formed a circle and sang "Auld Lang Syne" 围成一圈坐下

2. n. 集团,同伙,社会,…界（常用复数）

the upper circles 上流社会

business circles 商业界

3.  v.转,旋转,回旋,盘旋

The airplane circled over our farm.飞机在我们的农场上空盘旋。

Ultimately it will be the students’ own business to break the circles in which they are trapped.  最后只能由学生自己打破他们束缚自己的牢笼。

★admire

1）vt. 钦佩，赞赏

I admire his music more than anyone else’s. 我比其他人更加赞赏他的音乐。

admire sb. for sth.      因为……羡慕某人

I admire him for his knowledge.  我羡慕他的学识

2） vt. 欣赏，观赏

当在欣赏一座新建筑的时候，我听见有人在叫我的名字。

While admiring the new building, I heard someone calling my name.

3） vt. (口语)夸奖，称赞

她喜欢别人赞赏她的孩子。

She likes to hear her children admired.

★close

1）adj. 亲密的

close friend     亲密的朋友

2） v. 关 <门、窗户等> ,闭上 <眼睛、嘴巴等>

所有的门窗都关起来了

All the doors and windows have been closed.闭上眼睛

Close your eyes. 闭上眼睛

★reception  n. 招待会

reception ＝ party

婚宴 wedding reception

新闻发布会, 记者招待会 news conference

★sort    n. 种类

type 种类, 有特殊特征的一般情况都用kind, sort

sort和kind有时可以互换，但在下面两种情况下用sort：

1） that sort of person    那种人

2） sort可含有讽刺意味

你不得与那种人交往。You mustn’t mix with that sort of people.   

It takes all sorts to make a world.

世界上有各种各样的人

sort of    (口语)有些,有几分,有点,稍微

他有些生气了。He was sort of angry.

🌻Part 3: Notes on the text

★Jeremy Hampden has a large circle of friends and is very popular at parties. 

1.have a large circle of friends

＝sb. has/have a lot of friends[

他有很多朋友

He has a large circle of friends.

He has a good many friends.

2.Circle在这里的含义是（具有共同利益或兴趣等的人形成的）圈子，……界

在商业圈中从来不讨论这样的事情

Such things are never talked about in business circles.

Jeremy曾经有很多朋友，但是他现在喜欢自己一个人。

Jeremy used to have a large circle of friends, but now he likes being alone.    

 

★verybody admires him for his great sense of humour -- everybody, that is, except his six-year-old daughter, Jenny.

1.admire… for     钦佩……的……