Lesson 63
She was not amused
她并不覺得好笑
First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音,然后回答以下問題。
Why did Jenny want to leave the wedding reception?
Jeremy Hampden has a large circle of friends and is very popular at parties. Everybody admires him for his great sense of humour -- everybody, that is, except his six-year-old daughter, Jenny. Recently, one of Jeremys closest friends asked him to make a speech at a wedding reception. This is the sort of thing that Jeremy loves. He prepared the speech carefully and went to the wedding with Jenny. he had included a large number of funny stories in the speech and, of course, it was a great success. As soon as he had finished, Jenny told him she wanted to go home. Jeremy was a little disappointed by this but he did as his daughter asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed the speech. To his surprise, she said she hadnt. Jeremy asked her why this was so and she told him that she did not like to see so many people laughing at him!
New words and expressions 生詞和短語
circle n. 圈子
admire v. 贊美,欽佩
close adj. 親密的
wedding n. 婚禮
reception n. 招待會
sort n. 種類
參考譯文
她并不覺得好笑
杰里米.漢普登交際甚廣,是各種聚會上深受大家歡迎的人。人人都?xì)J佩他那絕妙的幽默感 -- 人人,就是說,除他6歲的女兒珍妮之外的每一個人。最近,杰里米的一個最親密的朋友請他在一個婚禮上祝詞。這正是杰里米喜歡做的事情。他認(rèn)真準(zhǔn)備了講稿,帶著珍妮一道去參加了婚禮。他的祝詞里面加進(jìn)了大量逗人的故事,自然大獲成功。他剛一講完,珍妮就對他說她要回家。這不免使杰里米有點掃興,但他還是按照女兒的要求做了。在回家的路上,他問珍妮是否喜歡他的祝詞。使他吃驚的是,她說她不喜歡。杰里米問他為何不喜歡,她說她不愿意看到那么多的人嘲笑他!
【New words and expressions】 生詞和短語
★circle n 圈子
★admire v 贊美, 欽佩
admire sb for sth : 因為...羨慕某人
I admire him for his richness/house/clever daughter/konwledge.
★close adj 親蜜的
close friend
‘my best friend's’ –《我最好朋友的婚禮》,羅伯茨主演的一部影片
★wedding n 婚禮
reception = party
wedding reception婚宴
news conference新聞發(fā)布會, 記者招待會
★reception n 招待會
★sort n 種類
type 種類, 有特殊特征的
一般情況都用kind, sort
習(xí)慣用sort的時候:1、那種人that sort of person
2、sort可含有諷刺意味
that's the sort of thing you like best
【課文講解】
1、have a large circle of friends有一個很大的朋友圈子, 交際很廣
=sb has/have a lot of friends
he has a large circle of friends他有很多朋友
2、that is一旦插在句子當(dāng)中, 是作為固定結(jié)構(gòu), 意思是那就是說,其解釋作用
3、prepare sth后面跟內(nèi)容有關(guān)系
prepare for sth后面不一定跟內(nèi)容有關(guān)系
speech發(fā)言: I am preparing a speech.
4、as從句 : 正如, 方式狀語從句
a little 稍微, 有一點
be disappointed by因為某事感到失望
do as you are told按你被告知的做
5、why this was so
this 可以作主語, 也可以作賓語
so 只能作賓語, 只能放在動詞后面
I think so / I hope so / I guess so
do so / I refuse to do so. 我拒絕這樣做
I expect so
like to do 某一次
like doing習(xí)慣
see sb doing看見某人正在作某事
so many people : 跟數(shù)字相連的前面一定要用so
This is the sort of thing.
the sort of, the kind of的后面加單數(shù)
He had included...
included 包含, 把里面內(nèi)容的一部分挑出來說
contain強(qiáng)調(diào)容器里的包含, 后面一定要把所有的東西都列舉出來
It was a great success. 表示這事做的不錯,不同凡響,很成功都可以用
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