时间:2019-01-03 作者:英语课 分类:英汉幽默故事选读


英语课

  As a freshman 1 at the University of Dayton in Ohio, I was eager to make a good impression on my new roommate. When I arrived at our dorm room, I found her putting on perfume. "That's a great scent," I said, making conversation.


  "Thanks-it was from my boyfriend. Here, try some," she said, holding the bottle out for me.


  Unfortunately she let go before I had a firm grip, and the glass shattered on the tile floor. , Embarrassed, I tried to apologize, but she cut me off - "Actually, it's kind of fitting," she explained, surveying the damage. "That's exactly how the relationship went.


Notes:


  (1) make a good impression on:给…留下好印象


  (2) perfume n.香水


  (3) unfortunately adv.不幸地


  (4) let go 放手;松手常用于下面的结构中:let sb \ sth go;let go of sb \ sth


  (5) shatter v.(突然而剧烈地)破成碎片


  (6) tile n.瓷砖


  (7) embarrass v.使困窘


  (8) cut sb off 打断


  (9) fitting adj.适当的


  (10) survey v.检查;查看


Exercises:


根据短文填空:


  ① As a freshman at the University of Dayton in Ohio, I was eager to make a good impression _____ my new roommate.


  ② When I arrived at our dorm room, I found her putting _____ perfume.


  ③ "That's a great scent," I said, _____conversation.


  ④ Unfortunately she let _____before I had a firm grip.


  ⑤ Embarrassed , I tried to apologize, but she cut me_____ .


123.理应如此


  作为俄亥俄州代顿大学的一名新生,我急于给我的新宿舍同伴留个好印象。我到了寝室,看到她正在往身上洒香水。“香味真浓哇。”我说,想和她搭起话来。


  “谢了----是男朋友送的,来,洒些试试。”她说着把瓶子递给我。


  不幸的是,我还没抓牢,她就松手了,玻璃瓶在瓷砖地板上摔碎了。我感到很窘,我刚想道歉,她就打断了我。“事实上,应该如此。”


  她解释道,查看着破碎的瓶子,“我和他的关系正是这样的。”


练习参考答案:


① on ② on ③ making ④ go ⑤ off



n.大学一年级学生(可兼指男女)
  • Jack decided to live in during his freshman year at college.杰克决定大一时住校。
  • He is a freshman in the show business.他在演艺界是一名新手。
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