时间:2019-01-07 作者:英语课 分类:英汉幽默故事选读


英语课


  To prevent our dog, Lacy, from pestering 2 visitors to our house, my mother often massaged 4 her as she lounged beneath the kitchen table, her favorite resting spot. One day a contractor 5 came over to talk about a home-improvement project. As he and my mother sat across the table discussing the renovations, my mother slipped off her shoes and mindlessly soothed 8 Lacy with her feet. My mother had been talking for about a half-hour when to her great embarrassment 9 she heard Lacy bark outside the front door.



Notes:



  (1) prevent (from)v.避免;阻止



  (2) pester 1 v.使苦恼;困扰



  (3) massage 3 v.按摩;揉捏



  (4) lounge v.懒洋洋地坐着或站着



  (5) contractor n.承包商



  (6) improvement n.改进;改善



  (7) renovation 6 n.修复;修理



  (8) slip off滑脱;掉



  (9) mindlessly adv.不注意地



  (10) soothe 7 v.抚慰;使镇静



  (11) embarrassment n.局促;不安



Exercises:



根据短文回答问题:



  ① What kind of a dog was Lacy?



  ② What did the mother often do to make visitors feel at home?



  ③ Who came one day? What for?



  ④ How long had the mother been talking when she felt greatly embarrassed?



  ⑤ Why did she feel embarrassed?



16.母亲的脚



  为避免我们的狗,莱希,纠缠来访的客人,我母亲常在爱犬喜欢呆的地方,即餐桌下面,摩昵它。一天,一个建筑商来谈居室装潢工程。在这人和我母亲坐在餐桌边谈居室的修茸时,我母亲滑脱了她的鞋子,开始不经意地用脚摩蹭起莱希来。谈话进行了半个小时的时候,我母亲突然感到很不好意思起来,因为这时她听到了莱希在前门外的犬吠声。



练习参考答案:



  ① She is a dog that likes to pester visitors.



  ② She massaged her.



  ③ A contractor came for home-improvement project.



  ④ About a half-hour.



  ⑤ Because she was massaging 10 not the dog but the contractor' s foot.



v.纠缠,强求
  • He told her not to pester him with trifles.他对她说不要为小事而烦扰他。
  • Don't pester me.I've got something urgent to attend to.你别跟我蘑菇了,我还有急事呢。
使烦恼,纠缠( pester的现在分词 )
  • He's always pestering me to help him with his homework. 他总是泡蘑菇要我帮他做作业。
  • I'm telling you once and for all, if you don't stop pestering me you'll be sorry. 我这是最后一次警告你。如果你不停止纠缠我,你将来会后悔的。
n.按摩,揉;vt.按摩,揉,美化,奉承,篡改数据
  • He is really quite skilled in doing massage.他的按摩技术确实不错。
  • Massage helps relieve the tension in one's muscles.按摩可使僵硬的肌肉松弛。
按摩,推拿( massage的过去式和过去分词 )
  • He massaged her back with scented oil. 他用芳香油按摩她的背部。
  • The script is massaged into final form. 这篇稿子经过修改已定稿。
n.订约人,承包人,收缩肌
  • The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
  • The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样,有几分要看地势而定。
n.革新,整修
  • The cinema will reopen next week after the renovation.电影院修缮后,将于下星期开业。
  • The building has undergone major renovation.这座大楼已进行大整修。
v.安慰;使平静;使减轻;缓和;奉承
  • I've managed to soothe him down a bit.我想方设法使他平静了一点。
  • This medicine should soothe your sore throat.这种药会减轻你的喉痛。
v.安慰( soothe的过去式和过去分词 );抚慰;使舒服;减轻痛苦
  • The music soothed her for a while. 音乐让她稍微安静了一会儿。
  • The soft modulation of her voice soothed the infant. 她柔和的声调使婴儿安静了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
n.尴尬;使人为难的人(事物);障碍;窘迫
  • She could have died away with embarrassment.她窘迫得要死。
  • Coughing at a concert can be a real embarrassment.在音乐会上咳嗽真会使人难堪。
按摩,推拿( massage的现在分词 )
  • He watched the prisoner massaging his freed wrists. 他看着那个犯人不断揉搓着刚松开的两只手腕。
  • Massaging your leg will ease the cramp. 推拿大腿可解除抽筋。
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