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夜生活是西方的生活中不可缺少的一部分,比如酒吧和舞厅都是好的去处,不仅能玩得尽兴,也能交到朋友。

A:Could you buy me a drink?A:能请我喝杯酒吗?B:Why, of course.B:怎么了,当然可以啊。A:Where are you from?A:你从哪里来?B:I'm from Ireland. B:我老家在爱尔兰。A:You don't say, I am from Ireland too! Let's have another round to Ireland.A:真的吗?我老家也在爱尔兰!让我们为爱尔兰干杯。 B:Of course.B:当然了。A:I am curious. Where in Ireland are you from?A:我很好奇,你老家在爱尔兰什么地方?B:Dublin.B:都柏林。A:I can't believe it. I am from Dublin too! Let's have another drink to Dublin.A:简直难以置信,我也是都柏林人!让我们为都柏林干杯!B:Of course.B:当然了。A:What school did you go to?A:你上的是什么学校?B:Saint Mary's, I graduated in 62.B:圣玛丽,我是62年毕业的。A:This is unbelievable! I went to Saint Mary's and I graduated in 62, too.A:真令人无法相信!我也是圣玛丽毕业的,而且也是62年毕业的。C:What has been going on?C:发生了什么事吗?D: Nothing much, the O'Kinley twins are drunk again.D: 没什么大事,只是那一对奥金利双胞胎又喝醉了。

A:Hello!A:你好!B:Honey, it is me. Are you at the club?B:亲爱的,是我。你在俱乐部吗?A:Yes.A:是的。B:I am at the mall 2 blocks from where you are. I saw a beautiful mink coat… It is absolutely gorgeous! Can I buy it?B:太好了!我在离你两个街区的商场,我看见一件漂亮的貂皮大衣……简直是太美了!我可以买它吗?A:What's the price?A:多少钱?B:Only $150,000.B:只要150 000美元。A:Well, OK, go ahead and get it, if you like it that much…A:嗯,行,那就买吧。如果你那么喜欢它的话……B:Ahhh and I also stopped by the Mercedes dealership and saw the 2007 models. I saw one I really liked. I spoke with the salesman and he gave me a really good price…and since we need to exchange the BMW that we bought last year…B:啊,我在梅赛德斯代理商那里看到了几款2007年车型。其中一款我真的很喜欢。我问销售人员,他报给我一个很便宜的价格……既然我们需要更换去年买的那辆宝马……A:What price did he quote you? A:他报的价格是多少?B:Only $60,000…B:只要60 000美元……A:OK, but for that price I want it with all the options.A:行,但是按照这个价格,我要有全部的可选配件。B:Great! Before we hang up, something else…B:太好了!我们挂断之前还有一件事情……A:What?A:什么事?B:It might look like a lot, but I was reconciling your bank account and…I stopped by the real estate agent this morning and I saw the house we had looked at last year. It is on sale!! Remember? The one with a pool, English Garden, acres of park area, beachfront property…B:这可能是很多钱,我正在计算你的银行存款还剩下多少……我早晨在那个房产代理商那儿逗留了一会儿,我看见我们去年看到过的那栋房子。正在减价!记得吗?就是那栋带有游泳池、英式花园、大片的停车场、海边的地产……A:How much are they asking?A:他们要多少钱?B:Only $450,000… a magnificent price, and I see that we have that much in the bank to cover…B:只要45万美元……价钱太便宜了,而且我看到我们银行里有那么多的钱可以用……A:Well, then go ahead and buy it, but just bid $420,000. OK?A:嗯,那么就去把它买下来吧,但是要出价42万美元,行吗?B:OK, sweetie…Thanks! I will see you later! I love you!B:行,亲爱的……谢谢!一会儿见!我爱你!A:I do too, bye… Does anyone know who this phone belongs to?A:再见……我也爱你……有谁知道这部手机是谁的吗?

1.Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.

pence是“penny”的复数,是“便士”的意思。如:

You should turn an honest a penny.

你要用正当的手段挣一点钱。

2.We go to church for mass.

mass在这里是“弥撒”的意思。它还有“团,块,堆”的意思。如:

A mass of hot air.

一团热空气。

说话,评论comment

视觉范围range

炖stew

已……岁的aged

预测prediction

安慰comfort

焦虑anxiety

受感动的moved

眼泪tear

独占,将据为己有monopo

lize

令人迷惑的dazzling

陈述state

显著的significant

鲸鱼whale

小口地喝sip

约会date

庄重的solemnly

猛推shove

猎枪shotgun

停顿pause

司机motorist

警棍baton

大声地叫yell

蹒跚地走stagger

浸泡dunk

作曲家composer

生硬地,不流畅地stiffly

碎片scrap

传道士preacher

悲痛的,伤心的grieving

显示器monitor

尖锐的piercing

无意地,非故意地unintentionally

后果consequence

技术technology

鹦鹉parrot

背诵recite

短句verse

轿车limousine

便条note

一、翻译下列对话:

(一)Half a Head of Lettuce半个莴笋

A man walked into a supermarket, asking to buy half a head of lettuce. The stock boy hold him that they only sold whole heads of lettuce, but the man was insistent: he did not need a whole head, only a half head. The boy said he would go and ask his manager about the matter.

The boy walked into the back room and said:

“There is some jerk out there who wants to buy only half a head of lettuce.”

As he finished speaking, he turned around to find the man standing right behind him, so he added:

“And this gentleman wants to buy the other half.”

The manager okayed the deal and the man went on his way. Afterward, the manager said:

“You almost got yourself in a lot of trouble earlier, but I must say I was impressed with the way you got yourself out of it. You think on your feet and we like that around here. Where are you from, son?”

“Texas, sir.”

“Oh, really? Why did you leave Texas?” asked the manager.

“Nothing but whores and ball players down there.”

“Hey! My wife is from Texas.”

“No kidding, what team did she play for?”

(二)Talking Dog会说话的狗

A man tried to sell his neighbor a new dog.

“This is talking dog, and you can have him for 5 pounds.”

“Who do you think you are kidding with this talkingdog stuff? There is no such animal.”

Suddenly the dog looked up with tears in his eyes.

“Please buy me, sir. This man is cruel. He never buys me a meal, never bathes me, never takes me for a walk. I used to be the richest trick dog in Asia. I performed before kings. I was in the army and were decorated 10 times.”

“Hey! He can talk. Why sell him for just 5 pounds? ”

“Because, I am getting tired of all his damn lies.”

(三)When was Rome Built?罗马是何时建的?

A:When was Rome built?

B:At night.

A:Who told you so?

B:You did. You said Rome was not built in a day!

(四)Still not Perfect前功尽弃

A small schoolboy often wrote I have went instead of I have gone. At last, his teacher said to him:

“Stay after school this afternoon and write ‘I have gone’ a hundred times, then you will remember it.”

When the teacher came back, he found a letter from the boy on his desk. It said:

“Dear sir, I have wrote ‘I have gone’ a hundred times and now I have went.”

(五)An Unexpected Call意想不到的电话

Mrs. Brown dialed her daughter's number and sang out.

“Hello, darling. How are you?”

“Terrible, mom. My back is killing me, the children are acting up, the house is a mess… and I am expecting six guests for dinner.”

“Don't worry, darling. I am coming right over. I will feed the kids, clean up your place, and cook a dinner your guests will never forget.”

“You are an angel… How is Dad?”

“Dad?…Sweetheart, you know Daddy died nine years ago.”

“What number are you calling?”

“Hold on? Please! Does this mean you are not coming over?”

二、根据所提供词或词组完成下列句子:

relieve

fragrant

effect

pack

gift

quality

digestion

famous

A:Chinese tea is(1)all over the world. I want to buy several boxes.

B:There are various kinds of tea in China. It depends on the taste and (2).

A:Well, I do not know Chinese tea at all.

B:This is green tea, you can drink it in summer. It can(3)summerheat and it is good for maintaining your lung.

A:Sounds interesting. What about this?

B:It is black tea, it has a strong taste and promotes (4).

A:What's this? It smells (5).

B:It is jasmine tea of high(6). It is fragrant and has a pleasant taste.

A:I will take the jasmine tea. Could you (7)it with the wrapping paper and ribbon? It is a (8)for my friend.

B:No problem. Wait for a moment.

娱乐节目是人们生活中不可缺少的部分,很多娱乐节目都是生活乐趣的源泉。

A:There are so many gifts. All of them are from the children in kindergarten. You are a good teacher.A:这么多的礼物,都是幼儿园的孩子们送来的,你真是个好老师。B:I know what it is. Have you got me flowers?B:我能猜出里面的东西是什么,一定是花儿。A:That's right!But how did you know?A:说对啦!但你是怎么知道的?B:Just a wild guess.B:不过是随便猜猜罢了。A:The next,do you know?A:下一个,能猜出来吗?B:I love chocolates!B:我真的爱吃巧克力!A:That's right! But how did you know?A:太对了!但您是怎么知道的呢?B:Just a lucky guess.B:不过是恰好猜对了。A:The last one?A:最后一个呢?B:Mmmm, is it wine?B:嗯,是酒吗?A:No.A:不是。B:Oh,is it a nice vintage champagne,perhaps?B:哦,是葡萄香槟?A:Wrong.A:不对。B:OK,I give up.What is it?B:那好了,我猜不出了。里面究竟是什么?A:A puppy!A:是小狗!

A:George,everything looks great physically.How are you doing mentally and emotionally?Are you at peace with your A:乔治,你的体格极棒。不知道你的精神和情绪方面怎么样?你能保持平静的心态吗?你与上帝的关系如何?self,and do you have a good relationship with God?B:God and I are tight.He knows I have poor eyesight,so he's fixed it so that when I get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom,"poof" the light goes on,when I am done "poof" the light goes off.B:我和上帝的关系很密切。他知道我的视力不好,就帮我解决了这个问题。当我半夜起身上卫生间时,“噗”的一声灯就亮了,我解完之后,“噗”的一声灯又灭了。A:Wow! That's incredible!A:哇!简直不可思议。C:Hello?C:喂?A:Ethel, George is doing fine. Physically he is great. But I have to call because I am in awe of his relationship with God. Is it true that he gets up during the night and "poof" the light goes on in the bathroom,and then when he is through "poof" the light goes off?A:艾塞尔,乔治身体不错,体格很棒。但是,我必须给你打电话,因为我对他与上帝之间的关系惊异不已。他说他半夜三更起身上厕所,“噗”的一声灯就亮了,上完厕所之后,“噗”的一声灯又灭了,真是这样吗?C:Oh, my God! He's peeing in the refrigerator again!C:哦,上帝,他又往冰箱里撒尿了!

A:Doctor, my wife can't hear me.A:我的妻子听不到我说话。B:How old is it?B:严重到什么程度?A:I have no idea.A:我不知道。B:Well, please test her. Stand 20 feet away from her and say something. If she doesn't hear you, get closer and say the same thing. Keep moving closer repeating the comment until she does hear you. That way we will have an idea of her range of hearing loss.B:那么,请回去给她测试一下。站在离她20英尺远的地方对她说话。她要是听不到,你可以靠近一点再说同样的话。不断地向她靠近,不停地重复说话,直到她听见了为止。这样我们就能测出她失聪的程度。A:OK, I will try.

(At home)A:好的,我回去试试。

(在家里)A:What are we having for dinner?A:今天晚餐吃什么?B:No answer.B: 没有回答。A:What are we having for dinner?A:晚餐吃什么?B:For the fourth time. Beef Stew!B:我再说第四遍,炖牛肉!

1.Just a wild guess.

wild在这里不是“野生的,野蛮的”之意,而是“随性的,任意的”。如:

a wild fellow.一个浪子。

2.You have a good relationship with God.

relationship意思是“关系,联系”,也是“家属,亲属关系”的意思。如:

What is your relationship to the patient?你和病人是什么关系?

谚语proverb

礼仪protocol

再卖resale

正式请求requisition

溺爱dote

陪伴companionship

教区parish

神父priest

弥撒mass

动物creature

礼拜式service

宗派denomination

捐赠donate

门廊porch

扫帚broom

安慰性地reassuringly

保护protect

缝隙crack

仔细看peer

罪犯criminal

审判trial

抢劫robbery

陪审团jury

陪审团团长foreman

法警bailiff

判决verdict

纸条slip

敬神的divine

迷惘的bewildered

取回retrieve

可怕的horrible

同情地sympathetically

歇斯底里地hysterically

一、翻译下列对话:

(一)Just a Juggler只是变戏法

A man is driving home when he is pulled over by a patrolman for a broken blinker. The cop looks into the guy's car and sees a collection of knives in the backseat.

“Sir,”the cop says.“Why do you have all those knives?”

“They're for my juggling act.” the man says.

“I don't believe you,”says the cop.“Prove it.”

So the man gets out of his car and begins juggling the knives. At the same time, a car with two guys in it drives by.

“Man,”says the first guy. “I'm glad I quit drinking. These new sobriety tests are hard.”

(二)A Lesson about Blood Circulation血液循环原理

A doctor was giving a lesson to a group of boys on the circulation of the blood.Trying to make the matter clearer,he decided to give an example,so he said,“Now,boys,if I stood on my head,the blood would run into it, and I should turn red in the face.”

“Yes,sir.”the boys said in chorus.

“Then why is it that while I am standing upright the blood doesn't run into my feet?”

A little fellow shouted,“It's because your feet aren't empty.”

(三)Kid's Concern孩子所关心的事情

A father and his small son were standing in front of the tiger cage at the zoo. The father was explaining how ferocious and strong tigers are, and the son was taking it all in with a serious expression.

“Dad, if the tiger got out of his cage and ate you…”

“Yes, son?”

“What bus should I take home?”

(四)Place after Death死后的去处

A father decided his son was showing signs of taking him and his mother for granted, so he sat him down one day for a chat.

“Right, I think it is time you started treating your mother and me with a little more respect, young man. I mean, where would you be if we both died suddenly? ”

“Here, the question is, where would you two be?”

二、根据所提供词或词组完成下列对话:

specimens

published

change

scenery

collector

topical

set

release

A:Good morning, what can I do for you?

B:I am a stamp(1)and this is my first time coming to America. I want to buy some stamps for my collection. Do you have any mint stamp (2)for sale?

A:Here are the(3)about the American landscape and city(4).

B:They are really beautiful.

A:We also have(5)stamps for sale. The latest set is about AIDS which is (6)by American Topical Association.

B:Mmm. Please give me two sets of American Natural Landscape.

A:OK.

B:I also would like to buy the(7)of topical stamp.

A:All right. Both of them are 118 dollars.

B:Here are two hundred dollars.

A:Please keep the stamps and the (8). Have a good trip in America.

B:Thank you. Goodbye.

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  • 天才儿子腹黑娘亲

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    凰医帝临七神

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  • 无影魔君

    无影魔君

    江湖上,做了坏事的多半是好人。什么都没做,却会被人称为魔君。苏陌雪遭人陷害,神剑山庄被灭,从此远走漠北。等他回归江湖的时候,江湖中渐渐掀起惊天波澜。
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    成功的西方家教(大全集)

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