时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:王强口语 第一册


英语课

  Lesson Twenty-four

Short Conversations

Read aloud the concersation two times, and then listen to the tape without looking at the text.

A Change in Christmas Plans

Whittaker: All the customers have gone, so if you'll turn off  the lights up here, we can...

Eugene: Oh, why don't you go ahead ? If you don't mind, I'd like to stay here and enjoy the solitude 1 for a while. I'll lock up after myself.

Whittaker: Oh. Well, I suppose you could do that. Eugene?

Eugene: Uh, yes sir?

Whittaker: I didn't think to ask... I just assumed...do you have anywhere to go for Christmas?

Eugene: Oh, yes.

Whittaker: Oh! Well, good.

Eugene: I thought I'd go back to my dorm room.

Whittaker: Dorm room? Well, don't you have a family?

Eugene: Alas 2! I am the last of the unique breed of Meltzners.

Whittaker: Friends?

Eugene: Well, frankly 3, Mr. Whittaker, my best friends have been my computers.

Whittaker: Well, why didn't you say something? You can't spend Christmas with a bunch of computers in your dorm room.

Eugene: I have Bing Crosby records, too.

Whittaker: Now, listen to me, Eugene. I want you to go back to your dorm, get some clothes and a toothbrush and meet me at my house.

Eugene: Why?

Whittaker: Because that's where you're spending Christmas.



1 solitude
n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方
  • People need a chance to reflect on spiritual matters in solitude. 人们需要独处的机会来反思精神上的事情。
  • They searched for a place where they could live in solitude. 他们寻找一个可以过隐居生活的地方。
2 alas
int.唉(表示悲伤、忧愁、恐惧等)
  • Alas!The window is broken!哎呀!窗子破了!
  • Alas,the truth is less romantic.然而,真理很少带有浪漫色彩。
3 frankly
adv.坦白地,直率地;坦率地说
  • To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说,我一点也不赞成这个主意。
  • Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说,我不反对改革。