1. Breakfast
早餐
A： Okay， Bob. I，m ready for breakfast. Where，s the coffee？
B： It，s in that pan there. Jean broke the Silex last week， so I，m still boiling it.
A： It tastes like crankcase oil， but delicious.
B： That，s good. You can always make breakfast yourself if you don，t like it.
A： What is the rebesides coffee？
B： I warmed a couple of snails， and your eggs are in the frying pan.
A： Say， what time is it？ Is it really only sevenfifteen. My watch says eightfifteen.
B： You forgot to set your watch back. Daylight saving time was over at midnight last night.
A： Gee. I could，ve slept another hour.
Notes：
Silex 一种咖啡渗滤壶的牌名
crankcase oil (汽车发动机中的)机油
snail 面包卷
daylight saving time 夏令时间(在美国大约每年四月上旬开始，十月下旬结束，把时钟向前拨一小时)
I could，ve slept another hour.我本来可以再睡一个小时的。
译文：
A：好，鲍勃，我已准备好吃早饭了。咖啡在哪儿？
B：在那只锅里。吉恩上星期把渗滤壶打碎了，所以我只能用锅煮咖啡。
A：这味道有点像汽车里的机油，不过还是很好吃。
B：那好，如果你不喜欢，你随时可以自己动手做早饭。
A：咖啡旁边是什么东西？
B：我热的两个面包卷。你的鸡蛋在平煎锅里。
A：告诉我，现在几点钟了？真的只有七点十五分吗？我的表已经八点十五分了。
B：你忘了把表拨慢一小时。夏令时间已在昨天午夜结束了。
A：唉！我本来可以再多睡一小时的。
2. Before Class
上课前
A： Hello， Bob. Have you got your work done for today？
B： No. But maybe the teacher won，t ask for it.
A： No such luck. The last time he forgot to collect our homework was the day he came down with the flu. He，s in better shape now. He won，t forget again.
B： I know. That was a great week. I went out with Mary three nights running.
A： Who，s Mary？
B： You know， the darkhaired girl who sits in the front row.
A： Oh， her. I，ve never met her.
B： Sorry， friend. You won，t if I have my way.
Notes：
no such luck 不会有那么好的运气
came down with… 患…(病)病倒了
in better shape 痊愈，复原
go out with… 同…去约会
three nights running 连续三个晚上
if I have my way - if things happen as I want them to
译文：
A：喂，鲍勃。今天的功课做完了吗？
B：没有，也许老师不会收作业。
A：没那么运气。上次他忘了收我们的家庭作业，是因为那天他患流感病倒了。现在他已痊愈，不会再忘了。
B：我知道。上星期实在太忙了。连续三个晚上我和玛丽有约会。
A：谁是玛丽？
B：你知道，就是坐在前排的那个黑发姑娘。
A：哦，她。我同她从没有接触。
B：对不起，朋友。如果我按照自己的愿望行事，你当然见到她。
3. Sorry， I，m Late
对不起，我迟到了
A： Well， you finally got here. It，s about time. I，ve been waiting in this restaurant a full thirty minutes.
B： Sorry， Jeannie. You know me. I，m always late.
A： Everybody knows， and every body，s getting tired of it. Five，
ten， thirty minutes all the time. No one is that busy. Even in school you always interrupt the teacher right in the middle of a sentence. The whole class has to wait while you sit down and put down your books. It annoys him and everyone else.
B： All I can say is sorry. Maybe I，ll reform， but don，t count on it.
Notes：
It，s about time． - You are late．(注意：这是一句表示生气的话，用于责怪对方不遵守时间。在青年人中常用)
get tired of… 对……感到厌倦
it annoys him 这使他讨厌
reform 改正(作风、做法)
译文：
A：啊，你总算来了。你迟到了。我在这家饭店足足等了三十分钟。
B：对不起，珍妮。你是知道我的，我总是迟到。
A：人人都知道，人人都对此感到讨厌，迟到五分、十分、三十分钟，老是这样。没有人会那么忙。即使在学校里，老师讲话讲到一半总是被你的迟到打断。全班不得不等你坐好放下书本。这使老师和每个同学都感到讨厌。
B：我所能说的只有抱歉。也许我会改正，不过别对我抱太大希望。
4. The First Class
第一堂课
A： Today I had my first English class．
B： How was it？
A： It was interesting. The teacher gave us three ways to help ourselves learn the language. First， stop talking anything except English. Then learn many complete sentences by heart. Finally， have American friends tell us how they say things we have trouble with， and always imitate them.
Notes：
by heart 默记
how they say things we have trouble with 我们感到难以表达的那些事物他们是如何表述的
imitate 模仿
译文：
A：今天我上了第一堂英语课。
B：课上得怎样？
A：很在意思。老师告诉我们有三种方法可帮助我们学习语言。首先，除英语外不要用其他语言谈话。其次，背下大量完整的句子。最后请美国朋友告诉我们，我们在口语中感到困难的那些句子，他们是怎样表达的，并且要一直模仿他们。
5. Hearing and Writing
听和写
A： Tell me about your English class， Mary.
B： Well， yesterday the teacher wrote some sentences on the board. The first was “If you can，t produce the sounds of a language acceptable， then you can，t really hear them when other people make them”. Next he wrote， “If you can，t hear the sounds of a language then you probably can，t write the language well. Your inadequate pronunciation contributes to making your writing substandard.”
A： Do you think that，s right？
B： I don，t know， Bob. I，ll tell you when the course is over.
Notes：
Substandard - unacceptable， inferior
译文：
A：玛丽，给我说说你们英语课。
B：好吧，昨天老师在黑板上写了一些句子。第一句话是“对于一种语言如果你不能正确地发音，那么当别人发这些音时你实际上不可能听懂。”然后他又写道：“如果你听不懂一种语言的发音，你大概也不可能很好地书写这种语言。你的不合格的发音将导致你的书写也不能令人满意。”
A：你认为这对吗？
B：我不知道，鲍勃。等这门课结束时我会告诉你的。
6. Learning English
学英语
A： Ralph， do me a favor， will you？
B： That all depends on what it is.
A： This is the problem， I，m still having trouble with my English. The instructor suggests that I ask an American to help me by telling me how he says the things I say which just aren，t English. I wanted you to be the American.
B： What good，ll it do？ You never speak English unless you absolutely have to. I，ll help you if you promise to speak noting but English all the time.
A： All right. Maybe I，ll do that. It，s the only way I，ll be able to learn English fast enough， I guess.
Notes：
What good，ll it do？ - It will be useless．
unless you absolutely have to… 除了你非……不可
make a bargain with sb. 同……约定
译文：
A：拉尔夫，帮我一个忙，好吗？
B：这要看帮什么忙。
A：我有个困难。我的英语仍然遇到麻烦。老师建议我请一位美国人帮助，要他告诉我，我说的那些根本不像英语的话应当怎样说。我想要你做这个美国人。
B：这有什么用？你除了非说不可的时候，你从来不说英语。好吧！我跟你达成一个协议：如果你保证在任何时候除了英语外什么也不说，我就帮助你。
A：好吧，也许我能办得到。我想这是我能迅速学会英语的惟一方法。
7.TwoWord Verbs
成语动词
A： Hi， Mary， how are you doing？
B： Fine. What happened to you yesterday？ I didn，t see you in class.
A： Oh， I overslept as usual. What went on anyway？
B： We heard about twoword verbs.
A： What，s a twoword verb？
B： Things like drop in， go over， get out， fill up. Listen to these two sentences： Citation will run in the third race tomorrow； Mr.Lee will run in to see you tomorrow. Can you tell which “run in” is the twoword verb？
Notes：
How are you doing？ 同How are you？ (美国人见面时常用的问候语)
What happened to you yesterday？ 昨天你出了什么事？
What went on？ 发生了什么事？
citation 一匹赛马的名字
run in 顺便来访
译文：
A：喂，玛丽，你好吗？
B：很好。昨天你出了什么事？我在课堂上没有见到你。
A：啊，像往常一样睡过头了，难道有什么事？
B：我们学了一些成语动词。
A：什么成语动词？
B：像drop in， go over， get out， fill up这些词。听听下面这两句话：Citation will run in the third race tomorrow； Mr.Lee will run in to see you tomorrow. 这两句中都有run in，你能说出哪一个是成语动词吗？
8. Speak Up
大声说话
A： I thought I was speaking English fairly well. Now I，m not so sure.
B： What did you say？
A： I said I thought I spoke pretty good English， but people keep asking me to repeat what I，ve said， so maybe I，m not doing so well after all.
B： There，s nothing wrong with your English. It，s just that no one can hear what you，re saying.
A： Is that what，s wrong？ But I think it，s impolite to talk loudly.
B： You don，t have to shout， but you do have to make yourself heard. Maybe Americans talk louder than other people. If so， you，ll just have to speak louder，too.
Notes：
fairly well 挺不错
Is that what，s wrong？ 这就是问题所在吗？