时间:2018-12-27 作者:英语课 分类:2013年ESL之日常生活


英语课

 


Cheering Someone Up


Eleanor: Isn’t it a beautiful day? The sun is shinning; the birds are singing. It’s good to be alive! 


Porter: Okay, Pollyanna, go spread good cheer somewhere else. 


Eleanor: What’s wrong with you? You must have woken up on the wrong side of the bed. 


Porter: I’m just having a bad day – no, make that a bad month. Nothing is going my way. 


Eleanor: Cheer up! Every cloud has a silver lining 1 and it’s no use crying over spilled milk. 


Porter: Spare me your platitudes 2, and let me wallow in my own misery 3


Eleanor: I can’t do that. If your work isn’t going well, then practice makes perfect. You’ll just do better next time. 


Porter: It’s not my work. 


Eleanor: Is it your girlfriend? If your girlfriend isn’t being nice to you then there are plenty of fish in the sea. Don’t you see? Whatever the problem is, it’s not the end of the world. 


Porter: My biggest problem right now is easy to fix. 


Eleanor: How? 


[Door slams.] 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 lining
n.衬里,衬料
  • The lining of my coat is torn.我的外套衬里破了。
  • Moss makes an attractive lining to wire baskets.用苔藓垫在铁丝篮里很漂亮。
2 platitudes
n.平常的话,老生常谈,陈词滥调( platitude的名词复数 );滥套子
  • He was mouthing the usual platitudes about the need for more compassion. 他言不由衷地说了些需要更加同情之类的陈腔滥调。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He delivered a long prose full of platitudes. 他发表了一篇充满陈词滥调的文章。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
3 misery
n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦
  • Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
  • He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。
学英语单词
alce
alternate operation
analog communication system
apivore
arei
badger skin
banharn
beidel
bhutanis
bioirrigated
broncho-egophony
CADD - computer-aided design and drafting
cephalaspidas
Cobh
common mode operation
connecting rod jig
conyngham
court reporters
crop fair and refit
cut sheets
cystopteriss
D'Alembert's test for convergence
deferral period
Dichloro-chloroaniline-triazine
dumbification
earth metals
egyptian capitals
electric double refraction
electrical(electric)
electrohydraulic steering gear
ethnically
feasible basis
fixed destination ticket
gaftney
ghurry
groundwater dynamics
haunched arch
have a slate off
have many irons on the fire
heat pump plant
Hennickendorf
idolizers
incisal embrasure
indentured worker
key property
Leonidas I
lesser sciatic foramen
lobular pneumonic
lossit
mactator
Nanny Goating
nearly best linear estimator
nephometer
net profit theory
neutron powermeter
normal tooth profile
noseband
o-aminoazobenzene
odontus
organization for product design
payments balance
pear cider
pesture
petticoat insulator
phallocratic
Phosphoglucomutase(glucose-cofactor)
polymorphic transformation
post production
preputial diverticulum
principle of charge compensation
pseudotumor of kidney
ranicipitid
rankism
referee for inquiry
repulsion state
rhenium(iv) oxydifluoride
rhinoptia
roller oscillating tooth
rontgen radiation
room of mother and infant
saccharimete
Serg., serg.
shoot bull
side wall stock divider
soil seepage
sort results
sorting key
special-branch
square bands machine
steam coals
steiber
stir-frying with adjuvants
streak plate
Strong, Anna Louise
suicidism
surf skis
swift electron
thawing equipment
vankirk
wax-pod
wisconsin glacial period
yam yams