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第32章 交际口语(3)

15|Let’s go dancing tonight!

今天晚上去跳舞吧!

Useful Dialogue 实用会话

Balls

Jeff: Why are there so many people in the party

Joan: Who know

Jeff: It’s loud, isn’t it

Joan: Yes. Those flashing lights make everything strange.

J eff: They are used for atmosphere.

Joan: Look, they are dancing gracefully.

Jeff: And they are well matched.

Joan: Do you like the fox trot

Jeff: Yes, but I’m only a beginner.

Joan: Really

Jeff: Yes, this is the second I attend a dance party.

Joan: May I have the next dance

Jeff: It’s a great pleasure.

舞会

杰夫:舞会上怎么有那么多的人?

琼:谁知道啊!

杰夫:声音够大的了,是不是?

琼:是的,那些闪光灯把一切都照得稀奇古怪。

杰夫:那些灯是用来制造气氛的。

琼:看,他们跳得多优雅。

杰夫:而且跳得很合拍。

琼:你喜欢跳狐步舞吗?

杰夫:喜欢,不过我只是个初学者。

琼:真的吗?

杰夫:是的,这是我第二次参加舞会。

琼:下个舞可否请你和我一起跳

杰夫:真是太荣幸了。

Notes 注释

flashing [fl 8i] a. 闪烁的

atmosphere [ 8tmsfi] n. 气氛

gracefully [gresfli] a. 优雅的

小叮咛

①It’s a great pleasure. 真是太荣幸了。It’s a pleasure.这是一句非常常用的口语,意思是“这是我的荣幸”,也有“乐意为人家效劳”的意思。此外,It’s a pleasure也可表示“不用谢,别客气”,回答对方表示感谢的话。常见句型如下:It’s a pleasure to do sth/that+clause(从句)十分荣幸……例如:It’s a pleasure to help you. 帮助你是我的荣幸。

Advertisements

广告

Classic Sentences 经典句子

01|Clever advertisements are just temptation to spend money.

temptation [temptein] n. 诱惑

巧妙的广告诱使人花钱。

02|He found a job in advertising.

他找到一份在广告业的工作。

03|Do you read advertisements

你看广告吗?

04|Why don’t you put an advertisement in the paper to sell that old car

为什么不在报上登广告卖旧车呢?

05|A large amount of money is spent on advertisements every year.

每年都要花费大量金钱在广告上。

06|Newspapers, magazines, television, and the Internet are important media for advertising.

media [midi] n. 媒体

报纸、杂志、电视和互联网,这些都是重要的广告媒体。

07|We hired an advertising company for help to sell our product.

hire [hai] v. 雇请

我们雇用了一家广告公司来推销我们的产品。

08|There is too much advertising gimmickry.

gimmickry [ɡimikri] n. 花招

广告花招太多了。

09|They are credulous people who believe in the advertisement.

credulous [kredjuls] a. 轻信的

他们是一些轻信广告的人。

10|There are many insertions of advertisement in the newspapers.

报纸上有很多插入的广告。

11|What do you think about this advertisement

关于这个广告你觉得如何?

12|He is an advertisement writer.

他是一位广告撰写者。

13|There are so many advertisement boards on the road.

路上有许多广告牌。

14|I receive a lot of advertisement matters.

每天我都收到很多广告邮件。

15|Many others think advertisements are very unpleasant.

unpleasant [npleznt] a. 使人不愉快的

很多人认为广告很讨厌。

Useful Dialogue 实用会话

Views on advertisement

Sophia: Nowadays, more and more advertisements appear on newspapers, broadcasts, magazines as well as streets.

Anna: Yeah, there are so many advertisements.

Sophia: What’s your opinion on advertisements

Anna: As for me, I think advertisements are very unpleasant. I think people are often cheated by the false advertisement on which people always waste a great deal of time.

Sophia: Yes, I totally agree with you.

Anna: We can’t believe everything that is from the advertisement.

Sophia: Absolutely.

Anna: What’s more2, I feel annoyed to be interrupted when they are watching TV plays.

Sophia: So advertisements should be limited, I think.

Anna: But whether you like it or not, advertisements have become a part of our life.

Sophia: We cannot help but accept it.

Anna: Anyway, advertisements are really unpleasant.

对广告的看法

索菲娅:现在越来越多的广告出现在报纸、广播、杂志甚至街头。

安娜:是啊,广告太多了。

索菲娅:你对广告有什么看法?

安娜:对于我来说,我觉得广告很令人讨厌。消费者经常被虚假广告欺骗,而且人们在这些广告上浪费了大量的时间。

索菲娅:是的,我完全同意你的看法。

安娜:我们不能完全相信广告。

索菲娅:当然。

安娜:更有甚者,我觉得看电视剧时插播广告特让人心烦。

索菲娅:因此,我觉得广告应该受到限制。

安娜:但是不管你喜不喜欢广告,它已经成为我们生活的一部分。

索菲娅:我们不得不接受啊。

安娜:总之,广告真的很令人讨厌。

Notes 注释

nowadays [naudeiz] adv. 现在,如今

as well as(除 ... 之外)也,又

cheat [tit] v. 欺骗

false [fls] a. 虚假的

annoy [ni] v. 使烦恼

interrupt [intrpt] v. 打断

小叮咛

①What’s more 更有甚者。What’s more:这是表示递进和补充的句子,大多用于补充的情况。且是突出其后面的意思。例如:I don’t want to set off at once. First of all, time is limited. What’s more, it is raining heavily. 我不想立刻出发。首先,时间有限。而且,雨下得很大。

Smoking

吸烟

Classic Sentences 经典句子

01|The first wealth is health.

wealth [welθ] n. 财富

健康是人生的第一财富。

02|I’m going to stop smoking when I finish this pack of cigarettes.

等我抽完这包烟我就戒烟。

03|I’ve decided to give up smoking.

我已经决定戒烟了。

04|Smoking is bad for your health.

吸烟有害健康。

05|Smoking is a nasty habit.

吸烟是个坏习惯。

06|How do you know you can give up smoking

你怎么知道你能戒烟呢?

07|This is a non-smoking section, isn’t it

这是一个禁烟区,是不是?

08|Do you feel like a smoke

你想抽支烟吗?

09|Do you mind my smoking here

你介意我抽支烟吗?

10|Are you smoking a lot

你抽烟很多吗?

11|Did you have to stop smoking

你一定得戒烟吗?

12|Do you smoke this kind of cigarettes

你抽这种香烟吗?

13|I guess you don’t smoke, right

我猜你不抽烟,对吗?

14|The doctor advised me give up smoking.

医生建议我戒烟。

15|The doctor asked me to watch what I eat.

医生要我注意饮食。

Useful Dialogue 实用会话

Smoking

Emma: When did you start smoking and why

Daniel: I started smoking when I was 17. At that time, some of my friends smoked and they thought smoking was the “grow up” thing to do.

Emma: So you joined them

Daniel: Most of us didn’t know that smoking was bad for our health and for the health of people who were around smokers.

Emma: But why do you continue smoking after you know smoking is bad for our health

Daniel: Smoking makes me feel relaxed and it also helps me to calm when I am under pressure.

Emma: We all know that the more you smoke, the more you feel the need to smoke.

Daniel: Yes, exactly.

Emma: Why don’t you stop smoking

Daniel: I have tried several times, but it is really difficult.

Emma: Smoking is really bad for our health, and cigarettes cost a lot of money which could be used for other healthier things. So you’d better try your best to stop smoking.

Daniel: I agree with you.

吸烟

爱玛:你什么时候开始吸烟的?为什么?

丹尼尔:我17岁的时候开始吸烟的。那时候我的一些朋友吸烟,并且他们认为吸烟是长大的表现。

爱玛:因此你就加入了他们的队伍?

丹尼尔:我们当中的大部分人都不知道吸烟有害自己的健康,也有害于我们身边的人的健康。

爱玛:但是在你知道吸烟有害健康以后为什么还要吸呢?

丹尼尔:吸烟让我觉得很轻松,并且当我有压力的时候,它能帮助我平静下来。

爱玛:我们都知道吸得越多,烟瘾越大。

丹尼尔:是的,确实是这样。

爱玛:你为什么不戒烟呢?

丹尼尔:我试过好几次了,但是真的很难。

爱玛:吸烟对健康真的很不好,吸烟会花很多钱,而这些钱本来可以用于其它更健康的东西上面的。所以你最好努力把戒烟掉。

丹尼尔:我同意。

Notes 注释

join [din] v. 加入

relaxed [ril 8kst] a. 放松的

calm [kɑm] v.(使)平静

pressure [pre(r)] n. 极好的,卓越的