裕兴新概念英语第二册笔记-第89课

PAGE4Lesson89Aslipofthetongue口误Whomadetheonlyfunnyjokethateveningandwhy?Peoplewilldoanythingtoseeafreeshow--evenifitisabadone.WhenthenewsgotroundthatacomedyshowwouldbepresentedatourlocalcinemabytheP.andU.BirdSeedCompany,weallrushedtoseeit.Wehadtoqueueforhourstogetinandtheremusthavebeenseveralhundredpeoplepresentjustbeforetheshowbegan.Unfortunately,theshowwasoneofthedullestwehaveeverseen.Thosewhofailedtogetinneednothavefeltdisappointed,asmanyoftheartisteswhoshouldhaveappeareddidnotcome.Theonlyfunnythingsweheardthateveningcamefromtheadvertiseratthebeginningoftheprogramme.Hewasobviouslyverynervousandforsomeminutesstoodawkwardlybeforethemicrophone.Assoonasheopenedhismouth,everyoneburstoutlaughing.Weallknowwhatthepoormanshouldhavesaid,butwhatheactuallysaidwas:'ThisisthePooandEeSeedBirdCompany.Goodladies,eveningandgentlemen!"参考译文人们总要想尽办法看不花钱的演出——哪怕是拙劣的演出。当“皮尤”鸟食公司将在我们当地影院演出喜剧节目的消息传开后，我们都赶紧跑去观看。我们不得不排了好几个小时才进得场去。在演出开始前场内肯定已有好几百人了。不幸的是，这次演出是我们看过的最乏味的演出了。那些没能进到场内的人没有必要感到失望，因为很多应该出场的专业演员都没有来。那天晚上唯一有趣的事情是节目开始时那个报幕员的开场白。他显然非常紧张，局促不安地在麦克风前站了好几分钟。但他刚一开口说话，人们便哄堂大笑起来。我们都明白那个可怜的人应该说些什么，而他实际说的却是：“这是‘浦伊’鸟食公司，好女士们，晚上和先生们！”【Newwordsandexpressions】（7）1slip[slip]n.小错误2comedy ['kɔmidi]n.喜剧present[pri'zent,'prezənt]v.4queue[kju:]v.排队5dull[dʌl]a.枯燥，无味6artiste[ɑ:'ti:st]n.艺人7advertiser['ædvətaizə]n.报幕员一．单词讲解：★slip（1） n.小错误makeaslip失误,犯小错误、说漏嘴aslipofthetongue失言,口误（2）v.滑、滑倒slideeg：Thehammerslipped,andhehurthisfinger.锤子滑掉了，他画伤了他的手指。eg：Islippedontheicyroadandbrokerightleg.我滑倒在结冰的路上，摔断右腿。eg：Theglassslippedoutofhishand.玻璃从他手中滑落。（3）v.遗忘、忽略slipone’smind忘掉了；slipone’smemory使某人一时想不起forgetv.忘记，遗忘；(about)不放在心上，丢开（4）v.悄悄移动、使悄悄移动、溜进去、溜出来eg：Itisimpossibletoslipintotheconferenceroomunnoticed.想要不被注意溜进会议室这是不可能。eg：Itisimpossibletoslipoutoftheconferenceroomunnoticed.想要不被注意溜出会议室这是不可能。eg：Sheslippedawayfromthepartytomakeaphonecall.他从聚会中溜出来想打个电话。★comedy n.喜剧←→tragedy悲剧amusicalcomedy音乐喜剧eg：Hedoesn’tlikecomedyverymuch.他非常不喜欢喜剧。comediann.喜剧演员★present（1） v.演出presentashow进行一场演出（2）提出、引起presentone’sviews发表意见presentproblems存在问题presentadj.出席，到场的←→absenta.缺席的；缺乏的,不存在的;心不在焉的eg：Whoelsewaspresentonthatoccasion？那一次还有谁在场。present[ˈprezənt]n.礼物★queue（1）（按顺序等待的人、车等的）行列linejointhequeue加入等候的队伍；jumpthequeue不按次序排队，插队（2）v.排队queueupforabus排队等候公共汽车★dull（1） adj.枯燥，无味adullbook枯燥无味的书（2）adj.头脑迟钝的、愚钝的adullchild愚钝的孩子（3）adj.（疼痛等）隐约的eg：Ihaveadullpaininmystomach.我的胃部有点隐痛（4）adj.（刀等）钝的adullknife钝刀※queuev.排队n.队伍roweg：Therewasalongqueueoutsidethecinema.电影院门外已经排成了长队.eg：IenjoyedtheperformancebecauseIhadaverygoodseatinthefifthrow.我可以好好欣赏表演，因为在第五排的座位很好。Unfortunately,theshowwasoneofthedullestwehaveeverseen.不幸的是，这次演出是我们看过的最乏味的演出了。Thosewhofailedtogetinneednothavefeltdisappointed,asmanyoftheartisteswhoshouldhaveappeareddidnotcome.那些没能进到场内的人没有必要感到失望，因为很多应该出场的专业演员都没有来。※failtodo未能(做)...,没能(做)...eg：Thecarfailedtostopattheredlight.遇到红灯却没有停车。eg：Ifailtoseethereason.我不懂原因。eg：Neverfailtowritetome.别忘记给我写信。※neednothavefeltdisappointed本来没有必要感到失望feeldisappointed感到失望as因为※shouldhaveappeared本该出场（但实际上没有出场的意思）Theonlyfunnythingsweheardthateveningcamefromtheadvertiseratthebeginningoftheprogramme.那天晚上唯一有趣的事情是节目开始时那个报幕员的开场白。※funny有趣的（1）adj.可笑的、有趣的（同意词interesting）afunnystory滑稽的故事eg：What’ssofunnyaboutthatjoke？那个笑话有什么好笑的?adj.古怪的、奇怪的eg：It’sfunnythathesaidsuchathing.他说的事情很古怪。eg：There’ssomethingfunnyaboutthishouse.那间房子有一点奇怪。※comefrom来自,起源于comeof由...引起,来自...；comein进来,起作用（1）来自、出身于eg：Wheredoyoucomefrom？你来自哪里？eg：Hecomesfromanoblefamily.他出身于一个贵族家庭eg：Hecomesofanoblefamily.他出身贵族家庭（2）产生（商品等以某种形式）供售eg：Winecomesfromgrapes.Wine是用葡萄酿制的。eg：Thoseshoescomeinseveralsizesandcolors.这些鞋有多种尺寸和颜色Hewasobviouslyverynervousandforsomeminutesstoodawkwardlybeforethemicrophone.他显然非常紧张，局促不安地在麦克风前站了好几分钟。※obviouslyadv.显然eg：Obviouslyhecan’ttellthedifferencebetweenthem.显然他无法区别二者的不同。obviousadj.显然的、明显的anobviouslie一个明显的谎言eg：Itisobviousthathedidn’tdoithimself.很显然的布事他自己做的。※awkwardlyadv.笨拙地、不熟练地awkwardadj.awkwardmovements笨拙的动作anawkwardchild一个笨拙的孩子anawkwardsilence令人尴尬的沉默.Assoonasheopenedhismouth,everyoneburstoutlaughing.但他刚一开口说话，人们便哄堂大笑起来。※burstoutlaughing哄堂大笑起来burstoutcrying突然哭了起来burstintolaughter突然大笑burstintotears突然哭起来burstintocheers突然欢呼、Weallknowwhatthepoormanshouldhavesaid,butwhatheactuallysaidwas:'ThisisthePooandEeSeedBirdCompany.Goodladies,eveningandgentlemen!"我们都明白那个可怜的人应该说些什么，而他实际说的却是：“这是‘浦伊’鸟食公司，好女士们，晚上和先生们！”四．SpecialDifficulties：※新东方补充：【SpecialDifficulties】FreeandSinglefree①adj.免费的，无偿的Shehasgotsomefreetickettothecomedyshow.Thepeoplearefreetochoosewhowillgovernthem.②adj.自由的，没束缚的，不受控制的，空闲的Youarefreetomakeyourowndecision.I’mfreeonFridayevening.singleadj.单身的，独身的，未婚的Ienjoybeingsingle.Areyoumarriedorsingle?asingleparent单亲（独自一人养育儿女的父亲或母亲）QueueandRowqueue①vi.排队Wehadtoqueueforhourstogetin.Shehastoqueueforthebuseverymorning.②n.（按顺序等待的人、车等的）行列、队（通常为纵队）There’salongqueue/lineofpeoplewaitingforthebus.We’dbetterjointhequeuefortickets.rown.（人或物的）一排、一行（通常为横的）Youcanseemeinthisoldphoto,standinginthebackrow.Pleaseputthedesksinfourrows.Funny①adj.有趣的，滑稽的，逗人发笑的（与amusing同义）Heincludedalargenumberoffunnystoriesinhisspeech.②adj.反常的，古怪的，奇怪的（口语）Ithoughttherewassomethingfunnyabouttheparcel,soIphonedthepolice.ThismorningIsawherwearingafunnyhatwhichlookedlikealighthouse.五．Exercise：1.Peoplewilldoanythingtoseeafreeshow-evenifitisd.a.badlyb.badonec.abadd.bad2.Manyoftheartisteswhodidnotcome.a.oughttoappear应该出场b.shouldappear应该出场c.hadtoappear必须出场d.ough