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Lesson 40 Food and talk 進(jìn)餐與交談
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 !'
在上星期的一次宴會(huì)上澳厢，女主人安排我坐在蘭伯爾德夫人的身旁脉顿。蘭伯爾德夫人是一位身材高大、表情嚴(yán)肅的女人撮抓，穿一件緊身的黑衣服撕捍。當(dāng)我在她身旁坐下來的時(shí)候，她甚至連頭都沒有抬一下烟具。她的眼睛盯著自己的盤子席舍，不一會(huì)兒就忙著吃起來了布轿。我試圖找個(gè)話題和她聊聊。
“一出新劇要來‘環(huán)球劇場(chǎng)’上演了来颤，”我說汰扭，“您去看嗎？”
“不福铅，”她回答萝毛。
“您今年去國(guó)外度假嗎？”我又問滑黔。
“不笆包，”她回答环揽。
“您就呆在英國(guó)嗎？”我問庵佣。
“不歉胶，”她回答。
失望之中我問她飯是否吃得滿意巴粪。
“年輕人通今，”她回答說，“如果你多吃點(diǎn)肛根，少說點(diǎn)辫塌，我們兩個(gè)都會(huì)吃得好的！”
- at a party 在聚會(huì)上
- next 緊挨著
- She sat down next to him on the sofa.
- sit next to the window
- a really strange man standing next to me
- tight 緊身的
- tight top 緊身上衣 [非正式]
- tight jeans
- look up [NCE2-15 也有l(wèi)ook up] 視線從n離開, 這里的n暗指her plate
- take a seat = sit down
- eyes be fixed on / fix eyes on (目光)專注于派哲，凝視 look at them with complete attention.
- in a short time
- in 一段時(shí)間之后
- make conversation: 出于禮貌, 非自愿想聊天地搭話 talk to sb in order to be polite
- try to make conversation
- 影片或話劇要上映 sth be coming to "影院"
- despair 絕望 everything is wrong and nothing will improve
- v. despair at/over/about sth
- n. in despair over/about/at sth | a mood/sense of despair
- n. to sb's depair | drive sb to depair
From Rumbold's View:
At a party last week, I was busy eating. An impolite young man was arranged to sit next to me. He was so boring that he asked me many many uninteresting questions. He asked me whether I would be seeing the new play and whether I would be spending my holidays abroad and whether I would be staying in England. None was of his business! In order to be polite, I replied "No" to his every question. But his action affected my mood of having a delicious meal. I told him that if he ate more and talked less then we would both have a good meal as he asked how I liked the meal.
Knowledges
- affect / influence / effect
- affect = influence sb / sth or caused them to change
- influence = make them agree with you or do what you want
- effect n. make a big effect on
From The Hostess's View:
Last week, I hold a party at my new house and I invited many friends to come. Mrs. Rumbold, the large unsmiling woman in a tight black dress, was my colleague 'in office'[=> ]. She was interested in nothing except the food and had fixed her eyes on her plate and had been busy eating since the party began. Mr. Henry, the tall, thin man in a brown jack, was my former classmate. He was polite and loved to make new friends. He always tried to make conversion with Mrs. Rumbold but always failed. Because his action disturbed Mr. Rumbold''s mood of eating'[=> '']. At last, Mrs. Rumbold told Mr. Henry that if he ate more and talked less and they would both enjoy the meal. How funny they were!
Knowledges
- in office 在任職 be in office = hold office
- make a friend / enemy
- disturb sb
Remembers
- despair 絕望 everything is wrong and nothing will improve
- v. despair at/over/about sth
- n. in despair over/about/at sth | a mood/sense of despair
- n. to sb's depair | drive sb to depair
任務(wù)時(shí)間: 2017-01-22
(作文時(shí)間: 2017-01-23, 耗時(shí): 100 分鐘)
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