流利美国口语8.1
时间：2018-12-17 作者：英语课 分类：流利美国口语
W: Who is your favorite poet?
M: Tagore is my favorite.
W: What do you think about his poetry?
M: His poetry is refreshing 1 and philosophical 2 and he won the Nobel prize for literature in 1913.
Dialogue 2.
W: Have you read any good books lately?
M: I have been reading Harry 3 Potter books.
W: Really? They have become one of the most in demand book series among young readers.
M: Yeah, and I can’t wait to finish reading it.
Dialogue 3.
W: I am reading Thomas Hardy 4 now. This term we are studying Tess of the D’urbervilles.
M: Are you enjoying the book?
W: I am enjoying it, but I found Thomas Hardy to be very depressing.
M: I agree. It seems that the people are in situations beyond their control.
W: It seems that fate rules their lives.
M: I am going to read a recreational book. I don’t want to end up feeling depressed 5.
Exercise.
1. I’ve never read a more stirring story.
2. He has a passion for literature.
3. I am most attracted by Dickens.
4. I like Shakespeare better than Milton.
5. How much do you know about the works of George Eliot?
6. I found Thomas Hardy to be very depressing.
7. The old English classics are some of my favorites.
8. Her book is entertaining and well-written.
9. The movie was adapted from a novel.
10. Her novels are noted 6 for their careful plotting and surprise endings.
11. Eugene O’Neil became the first American play write to win the Nobel prize for literature.
12. I guess that is popular with many people.
13. The book is really a spill binder 7.
14. Who would you name as the greatest poet of our time?
15. The characterization of the people in this book is really wonderful.
- I find it'so refreshing to work with young people in this department.我发现和这一部门的青年一起工作令人精神振奋。
- The water was cold and wonderfully refreshing.水很涼，特别解乏提神。
- The teacher couldn't answer the philosophical problem.老师不能解答这个哲学问题。
- She is very philosophical about her bad luck.她对自己的不幸看得很开。
- Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
- Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。
- The kind of plant is a hardy annual.这种植物是耐寒的一年生植物。
- He is a hardy person.他是一个能吃苦耐劳的人。
- When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
- His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。