生活英语对话 Episode 19: Tim's reward
本单元是关于对 Tim 回报的对话
Tim: Hello I'm calling from McCarthy's. I helped you when you were looking at watches the other day.
Customer: Yes?
Tim: I think I've found something of yours. Have you lost anything?
Customer: Not that I've noticed. No, nothing seems to be missing 1.
Tim: Well, you dropped 150 pounds!
Customer: Really!
Tim: Yes. Now, how can I return your money?
Customer: Oh how refreshingly 2 honest! But I think a small reward 3 is in order, don't you?
Tim: Oh I couldn't.
Customer: You could. I'm sure you have a pretty young girlfriend who needs to be spoiled.
Tim: No I don't. I'm single just now.
Customer: A good looking man like you? I don't believe it!
Vocabulary:
something (for example, a reward) is in order: : it's logical 4 or right that something should happen (for example, that Tim should get a reward)
to return (v): to give something back
本单元的语言点是关于不定代词 No/None/Any， 看看下面对这几个词的例句和解释
No/None/Any
No, none and none of
'no' with a noun 5:
We have no homework today. = We don't have any homework.
She has no brothers. = She doesn't have any brothers.
'none' without a noun:
'How much money have you got? 'None' = No money
'How many letters did you send?' 'None' = No letters
'none of' with a noun:
All of the class passed the test. None of us failed.
I went by myself. None of my friends came with me.
'No' + noun at the beginning of sentence:
No butter was used 6 in the cake.
No animals were harmed 7 in the making of this film.
Nobody/no-one, nothing and nowhere 8
In a statement 9:
Nobody (or no-one) likes doing the washing 10 up in our flat.
I have nothing to wear to the party.
In a short answer:
What did you buy?' 'Nothing.' = I didn't buy anything.
'Where are you going on holiday?'' Nowhere, we're just staying at home this year.'
nobody/nowhere/nothing = not + anybody/anywhere/anything:
He helped nobody (or no-one) = He didn't help anyone.
Note: He didn't help nobody. (Wrong)
They've eaten all the cake. There's nothing left. = There isn't anything left.
Note: There's not nothing left. (Wrong)
Any/anyone/anything = it doesn’t matter who/which one
Anyone in that office will help you. = It doesn't matter which person you ask, he or she will help you.
It doesn't matter what you give me to drink. Honestly, tea, coffee, water, anything is fine.
Note: after nobody/no-one you can use they/them/their:
Nobody wants to play football, do they?
No-one in the office has sent their Christmas cards out yet.
- Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具，看有无丢失。
- All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了，就短他一个。
- Hers is less workmanlike than the other books and refreshingly unideological. 她的书不像其它书那般精巧，并且不涉及意识形态也让人耳目一新。 来自互联网
- Skin is left refreshingly clean with no pore-clogging residue. 皮肤留下清爽干净，没有孔隙堵塞残留。 来自互联网
- He will expect some reward after working so hard.他工作很努力，会得到报偿的。
- I didn't do it for reward;I did it for love.我做这件事不是为了报酬，而是出于爱好。
- It is logical that the book is expensive.书贵是很自然的事。
- This is undoubtedly logical.这显然是顺理成章的。
- I used to work until nearly 6:00 o'clock each day.我过去常常工作到6:00左右。
- He used to walk anywhere from two to five miles an hour.他过去经常一小时走二至五英里。
- There was a fire in our street, but no one was harmed. 我们街上发生了火灾，但无人受伤。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I have never harmed anyone. 我从没伤害过任何人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- There's nowhere else I really want to go to.没有别的地方是我真正想去的。
- He had nowhere to go,so I took him in.他无处可去，所以我收留了他。