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