【有声英语文学名著】CHAPTER THREE(7)
时间：2018-12-31 作者：英语课 分类：有声英语文学名著
英语课
I just don’t worry about the dole 1 and housing benefit and the future of the Labour Party and where I’m going to be in twenty years’ time and how Mr Mandela is adjusting to freedom.
So time for another breather before the next paragraph because I’ve barely got started. This letter builds to a life-changing climax 2. I wonder if you’re ready for it yet.
Somewhere between the staff toilets and the kitchen, Ian Whitehead slipped into his stand-up act.
Have you ever been in, like, a super market, and you‘re in the six items or less queue, and there‘s an old lady in front of you, and she‘s got, like seven items? And you stand there counting them, and you‘re like, soooo angry . . .
Ay caramba,‘ mumbled 3 Emma under her breath before kicking open the swing doors to the kitchen where they were met by a wall of hot air that stung their eyes, acrid 4 and infused with jalapeno peppers and warm bleach. Loud acid house played on the battered radio cassette as a Somalian, an Algerian and a Brazilian prised the lids off white plastic catering 5 tubs.
Morning, Benoit, Kemal. Hiya, Jesus,‘ said Emma cheerfully and they smiled and nodded cheerfully back. Emma and Ian crossed to a noticeboard where she pointed out a laminated sign that showed what to do if someone choked on their food, as well they might‘. Next to this was pinned a larg document, ragged at the edges, a parchment map of the Texas–Mexico border. Emma tapped it with her finger.
This thing that looks like a treasure map? Well don‘t get your hopes up, because it‘s just the menu. No gold here, compadre, just forty-eight items, all the different permutations of your five key Tex-Mex food groups – minced beef and beans, cheese, chicken and guacamole.‘ She traced her finger across the map. So, moving east–west, we‘ve got chicken on beans under cheese, cheese on top of chicken under guacamole, guacamole on top of mince 6 on top of chicken under cheese . . .‘
Right, I see . . .‘
. . . occasionally for the thrill of it we‘ll throw some rice or a raw onion in, but where it gets really exciting is what you put it in. It‘s all to do with wheat or corn.‘
Wheat or corn, right . . .‘
Tacos are corn, burritos are wheat. Basically if it shatters and burns your hand it‘s a taco, if it flops 7 around and leaks red lard down your arm it‘s a burrito. Here‘s one
So time for another breather before the next paragraph because I’ve barely got started. This letter builds to a life-changing climax 2. I wonder if you’re ready for it yet.
Somewhere between the staff toilets and the kitchen, Ian Whitehead slipped into his stand-up act.
Have you ever been in, like, a super market, and you‘re in the six items or less queue, and there‘s an old lady in front of you, and she‘s got, like seven items? And you stand there counting them, and you‘re like, soooo angry . . .
Ay caramba,‘ mumbled 3 Emma under her breath before kicking open the swing doors to the kitchen where they were met by a wall of hot air that stung their eyes, acrid 4 and infused with jalapeno peppers and warm bleach. Loud acid house played on the battered radio cassette as a Somalian, an Algerian and a Brazilian prised the lids off white plastic catering 5 tubs.
Morning, Benoit, Kemal. Hiya, Jesus,‘ said Emma cheerfully and they smiled and nodded cheerfully back. Emma and Ian crossed to a noticeboard where she pointed out a laminated sign that showed what to do if someone choked on their food, as well they might‘. Next to this was pinned a larg document, ragged at the edges, a parchment map of the Texas–Mexico border. Emma tapped it with her finger.
This thing that looks like a treasure map? Well don‘t get your hopes up, because it‘s just the menu. No gold here, compadre, just forty-eight items, all the different permutations of your five key Tex-Mex food groups – minced beef and beans, cheese, chicken and guacamole.‘ She traced her finger across the map. So, moving east–west, we‘ve got chicken on beans under cheese, cheese on top of chicken under guacamole, guacamole on top of mince 6 on top of chicken under cheese . . .‘
Right, I see . . .‘
. . . occasionally for the thrill of it we‘ll throw some rice or a raw onion in, but where it gets really exciting is what you put it in. It‘s all to do with wheat or corn.‘
Wheat or corn, right . . .‘
Tacos are corn, burritos are wheat. Basically if it shatters and burns your hand it‘s a taco, if it flops 7 around and leaks red lard down your arm it‘s a burrito. Here‘s one
n.救济，（失业）救济金；vt.（out）发放，发给
- It's not easy living on the dole.靠领取失业救济金生活并不容易。
- Many families are living on the dole since the strike.罢工以来，许多家庭靠失业救济金度日。
n.顶点；高潮；v.(使)达到顶点
- The fifth scene was the climax of the play.第五场是全剧的高潮。
- His quarrel with his father brought matters to a climax.他与他父亲的争吵使得事态发展到了顶点。
含糊地说某事，叽咕，咕哝( mumble的过去式和过去分词 )
- He mumbled something to me which I did not quite catch. 他对我叽咕了几句话，可我没太听清楚。
- George mumbled incoherently to himself. 乔治语无伦次地喃喃自语。
adj.辛辣的，尖刻的，刻薄的
- There is an acrid tone to your remarks.你说这些话的口气带有讥刺意味。
- The room was filled with acrid smoke.房里充满刺鼻的烟。
n. 给养
- Most of our work now involves catering for weddings. 我们现在的工作多半是承办婚宴。
- Who did the catering for your son's wedding? 你儿子的婚宴是由谁承办的？
n.切碎物；v.切碎，矫揉做作地说
- Would you like me to mince the meat for you?你要我替你把肉切碎吗？
- Don't mince matters,but speak plainly.不要含糊其词，有话就直说吧。