1、1美国校园口语 50 例1. Wake up,Joe 乔，快醒醒A: Wake up, Joe. Its seven oclock. If youre going to work youll have to get up now. Hey, Joe. Wake up.A：乔,快醒醒。七点钟了。如果你要上班,现在该起床了。喂,乔,醒醒。B: Mmmmmmmm.B：嗯 A: Joe. Get up.A：乔，快起床。B: Is It seven oclock already?B：真是七点了吗？A: Yes. Its seven.A：是七点了。B: Well, wake me up in twenty
2、 minutes. I decided to catch the late bus.B：好吧，过二十分钟再叫醒我，我决定搭晚一班的公共汽车。A: Uh, uh.you told me last night not to let you argue me out of getting you up on time. So, get up.A：啊昨天晚上你还告诉我，不要让你任性,务必叫你按时起床。所以，起来吧。B: Okay, okay, stop yelling. Im up.B：好吧，好吧，别嚷嚷了。我起床。2Notes:wake up 醒来argue sb. out of dissuade,
3、 or persuadre someone not to do something 课文中的you told me last night not to let you argue me out of getting you up on time 的意思是：昨晚你还告诉我。不要让你任性，务必叫你按时起床。stop yelling 别嚷嚷了（美国青年常用语）3. Breakfast 早餐A: Okay, Bob. IM ready for beak-fast. Wheres the coffee?A：好，鲍勃，我已准备好吃早饭了。咖啡在哪儿？B: Its in that pan there. Je
4、an broke the Silex last week, so Im still boiling it.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: It tastes like crankcase oil, but delicious.A：这味道有点像汽车里的机油，不过还是很好吃。B: Thats good. You can always make beaskfast yourself if you dont like it.B：那好，如果你不喜欢，你随时可以自己动手做早饭。A: What is the rebesides coffee?A：咖啡旁边是什么东西？B:
5、 I warmed a coupleof snails, and your eggs are in the frying pan.B：我热的两个面包卷。你的鸡蛋在平煎锅里。A: Say, what time is it? Is it really only seven-fifteen. My watch says eight-fifteen.A：告诉我，现在几点钟了？真的只有七点十五分吗？我的表已经八点十3分了。B: You forgot to set your watch back. Daylight saving time was over at midnight last night.B
6、：你忘了把表拔慢一小时。夏令时间已在昨天午夜结束了。A: Gee.I couldve slept another hour. A：唉！我本来可以再多睡一小时的。Notes:Silex 一种咖啡渗滤壶的牌名 snail 面包卷crankcase oil (汽车发动机中的)机油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 couldve slept another hour 我本来可以再睡一个小时的 .4. Before class 上课前A: Hello, Bob. Have you got your work done
7、for today?A：喂，鲍勃。今天的功课做完了吗？B: No, But maybe the teacher wont ask for it.B：没有，也许老师不会收作业。A: No such luck. The last time he forgot to collect our homework was the day he came down with the flu. Hes in better shape now. He wont forget again.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。4B: I know. Tha
8、t was a great week. I went out with Mary three nights running.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: Whos Mary?A：谁是玛丽？B: You know, the dark-haired girl who sits in the front row.B：你知道，就是坐在前排的那个黑发姑娘。A: Oh, her. Ive never met her. A：哦，她。我同她从没有接触。B: Sorry, friend. You wont if I have my way.B：对不起，朋友。如果我按照自己的愿望
9、行事，你当然见不到她。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 have my way-if things happen as I want them to5. Sorry, Im Late. 对不起，我迟到了A: Well, you finally got here. Its about time. Ive been waiting in this restaurant a full thirty
10、 minutes.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: Sorry, Jeannie. You know me. Im always late.B：对不起，珍妮。你是知道我的，我总是迟到。A: Everybody knows, and every bodys getting tired of it. Five,5ten, thirty minutes all the time. No one is that busy. Even in school you always interrupt the teacher right in the middle of a s
11、entence. The whole class has to wait while you sit down and put down your books. It annory s him and everyone else.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: All I can say is sorry. Maybe Ill reform, but dont count on it.B：我所能说的只有抱歉。也许我会改正，不过
12、别对我抱太大希望。Notes:its 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)6. The First Class 第一堂课A: Today I had my first English classA：今天我上了第一堂英语课。B: How was it?B：课上得怎样？A: It was interesting. The teacher gave us three ways to help ourselves
13、learn the language. First, stop talking anything except English. Then learn many complete 6sentences by heart. Finally, have American friends tell us how they say things we have trouble with, and always imitate them.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
14、子，他们是怎样表达的,并且要一直模仿他们。Notes:by heart 默记 imitate 模仿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7. Hearing and Writing 听和写A: Tell me about your English class, Mary.A：玛丽，给我说说你们英语课。B: Well, yesterday the teacher wro-te some sentences on the board. The first was “if you cant produce the
15、sounds of a langua-ge acceptable, then you cant really hear them when other people make them“. Next he worte, “if you cant hear the sounds of a language then you probably cant write the language well. Your inadequate pronunciation contributes to making your writing substandard.“B：好吧，昨天老师在黑板上写了一些句子。第
16、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。”7A: Do you think thats right?A：你认为这对吗？B: I dont know, Bob. Ill tell you when the course is over.B：我不知道，鲍勃。等这门课结束时我会告诉你的。 NotesSubstandasd-unacceptable, inferior8. Learning English 学英语A: Ralph, do
17、 me a favor, will you?A：拉尔夫，帮我一个忙，好吗？B: That all depends on what it is.B：这要看帮什么忙。A: This is the proble, Im 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 arent English. I wanted you to be the Ameri
18、can.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: What goodll it do? You never speak English unless you absolutely have to. Ill help you if you promise to speak noting but English all the time.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。8A: All right.
19、 Maybe Ill do that. Its the only way Ill be able to learn English fast enough, I guess.A：好吧，也许我能办得到。我想这是我能迅速学会英语的唯一方法。NotesWhat goodll it do? - it will be uselessUnless you absolutely have to 除了你非 不可Make a bargain with sb. 同约定9. Learning Vocabulary 学习词汇A: I dont understand why we have to memorize co
20、nversations. We need more vocabulary, not pronunciation.A：我弄不懂为什么我们一定要记住会话。我们需要的是词汇，而不是发音。B: Dont you think memorizing conversations is a part of learning vocabulary? Every time we memorize a conversation, were memorizing a whole series of contexts. Each context tells us one way a word can be used,
21、I know from my own language that I cant always use words by simply looking them up in a dictionary and then putting them into sentences. Some words have many meanings. We have to know which meanings go where.B：你不认为记住会话是学习词汇的一个组成部分吗？每当我们记住一句会话，我们就记住了全部的上下文。而这上下文可以供我们了解一个单词的一种用法。我从自己的语言中意识到，光靠查词典然后把这些
22、词汇拼成句子，并不意味着会正确使用这些词。有些意识有很多解释。我们必须弄9清楚在哪种情况下适用哪一种解释。NotesContext (文章或讲话中的)前后文(根据前后文的逻辑可以确定某一个具有多种解释的词或短语的含义)Which meanings go where 哪一种解释讲得通10.Spelling 拼音A: You know, Ralph, since I started speaking English all the time my pronunciations getting better and even the grammars beginning to make some s
23、ense. But I dont think Ill ever be able to spell.A：拉尔夫，你知道，自从我开始所有时间都讲英语以来，我的发音有了进步，而且语法也开始理顺了。不过我不认为我能把字拼出来。B: Youre not alone there. I have trouble with spelling too. When I was in grade school, I learned which words were the most frequently misspelled, but I never did learn how to spell them.B：不是
24、你一个人如此。我在拼音方面也有困难。当我上小学的时候，我知道哪些词是经常拼错的，但我没有学会如何拼这些词。A: Since its so difficult, why is it so important to learn how to spell properly?A：既然这么难，为什么学会准确拼音又如此重要呢？B: Because if you spell satisfactorily, youre considered educated. If you dont, youre not.B：因为如果你能准确无误地拼音，人家就会把你看作受到教育的人。否则，在别人眼里你是个缺乏教育的人。10N
25、otesMake sense - to become understandableGrade school (美国的)小学11.Two-word Verbs 成语动词A: Hi, Mary, how are you doing?A：喂，玛丽，你好吗?B: Fine. What happended to you yesterday? I didnt see you in class.B：很好。昨天你出了什么事？我在课堂上没有见到你。A: Oh, I overslept as usual. What went on anyway?A：啊，像往常一样睡过头了，难道有什么事？B: We heard a
26、bout two-word verbs.B：我们学了一些成语动词。A: Whats a two-word verb?A：什么成语动词？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 two-word verb?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？NotesHow are you doing? 同 how are you? (美国人见面时常用的问候语)
