Mother:Can't you see a notice on the bench,Alice
Alice:Yes,I can.
Mother:What does the notice say
Alice:I can't read it.Can you read the notice,Tommy
Tommy:I can read it.It says"Wet Paint"!
油漆未干
汤米:妈妈,我到处找遍了,都没有找到一条长凳可以坐。我们可以坐在草地上吗?
母亲:不行,不可以,汤米。草地是湿的。
艾莉丝:看,妈妈!我看见树旁边有一条长凳。
汤米:我们可以坐那儿。
母亲:不,孩子们,不能坐那儿。那长凳也是湿的。
艾莉丝:妈妈,没有下雨啊,长凳不会湿的。
母亲:艾莉丝,难道你没有看见长凳上的布告吗?
艾莉丝:是的,我看见了。
母亲:布告上说了些什么?
艾莉丝:我不会读。汤米,你能读那个布告吗?
汤米:我能读。它写着“油漆未干”。
词汇档案
bench [bent] n.长凳
notice [nutis] n.布告
小叮咛
①Mum,I looked high and low for a bench to sit,but I still can't get one.妈妈,我到处找遍了,都没有找到一条长凳可以坐。look high and low的字面意思是“高处低处都找遍了”,意指“到处都找了”。例如:
-Have you found your necklace找到你的项链了吗?
-Not yet,but I have looked high and low.
还没呢,但我都找遍了呀。
Photography
摄影
01锦囊妙句
01.Do you like taking pictures
你喜欢拍照片吗?
02.He's been taking photographs for many years.
他从事摄影许多年了。
03.She loves photography very much.
她非常喜欢摄影。
04.Photography is the one thing I really enjoy.
我对摄影真是乐此不疲。
05.It's a good picture.
这张照片照得不错。
06.May I take pictures here
我能在这里照相吗?
07.Press the button.
button [btn] n.按钮
按快门。
08.You are very photogenic.
photogenic [futudenik] a.上相的,适合摄影的
你非常上相。
09.When did you take this picture
你什么时候照的这张相?
10.Where was this picture taken
这张相片在哪里拍的?
11.Is this really you in the picture
这张相片里的真是你吗?
12.How do you like your new digital camera
你喜欢你的新数码相机吗?
13.Why don't you get this picture enlarged
enlarge [inlɑd] v.放大(照片)
你为什么不放大这张照片?
14.Where did you get the picture frames
frame [freim] n.框子
你在哪儿买的相框?
15.I came out really bad in the picture.
我这张照片照得不好。
02实用对话
Photography
Cathy:Congratulations,Green!You've won the Photographic Prize for this year.
Green:Wonderful!I'm really happy.
Cathy:Well,your pictures are very good.How long have you been a photographer
Green:Not very long…for about three years.
Cathy:You are really good at that.
Green:Yeah.That's the one thing I really enjoy.
Cathy:What's the most exciting photographic job you've ever worked on
Green:Oh,definitely the visit of Hawaii!I took hundreds of pictures.
Cathy:Really Could I see them
Green:Hold on a second.They are right here.
Cathy:Wow!These are gorgeous.They came out really well.①
Green:Thanks.
摄影
凯西:格林,祝贺你获得了今年的摄影大奖!
格林:太好了,我真是开心极了。
凯西:你的照片拍得非常好。你搞摄影多长时间了?
格林:不长……三年吧。
凯西:你干这个确实得心应手。
格林:对。对摄影我真是乐此不疲。
凯西:最让你激动的摄影工作是哪一次?
格林:哦,毫无疑问是去夏威夷。我照了上百张照片。
凯西:真的吗?我能看看照片吗?
格林:请稍等一会儿。都在这里。
凯西:噢!真美。照片都照得很好。
格林:谢谢!
词汇档案
photographer [ftɡrf] n.摄影师
definitely [definitli] adv.肯定地
gorgeous [ɡds] a.极好的
小叮咛
①They came out really well.照片都照得很好。
come out: 很上相。除了“很上相”以外,come out有很多意思。
(1)太阳、星星可以升起可用come out,例如:The sun is coming out.
(2)花儿绽放也可以用come out,例如:The flowers are coming out finally.
(3)消息传出来可以用come out,例如:The news came out.
(4)事实真相也总有一天会“大白天下”,例如:The truth ever comes out.
(5)如果 Your new book came out.那就说明你的新书“出版”了。
03经典背诵
A Entangled Dragonfly一只被困的蜻蜓
I once rescued a magnificent golden dragonfly from a church pew where it had become entangled in spiders' webs.It was feebly trying to free its wings and legs.In a few seconds I had pulled away the strands,allowing it to rise up once again into the ******* of the Sunday morning air.
It made me think about myself,and about all of us.Here was this powerful creature of intricate beauty left unable to fly because of a few sticky threads.Its whole life was paralyzed.
How often we become buried in darkness and depression because of one insignificant worry or frustration!The angrier we become,the less able we are to escape.Eventually we cannot move any more,stuck in our own misery.But if we choose to let it go,to refuse to allow ourselves to be trapped in self-pity,we'll be free to move on,and to be healed.
曾经有一次,我在教堂内长椅上救了一只无比美丽却被蜘蛛网粘住的金色蜻蜓。当时它正软弱无力地挣扎,试图摆脱缠着它翅膀和腿的蛛丝。短短几秒钟,我就把粘 丝拨开了,这只蜻蜓再次在周日的天空中自由自在地飞翔起来。
此情此景不禁让我想到了自己和我们所有的人。我们看到的是一个无比美丽而又具有强大生命力的生灵,却因为一点粘丝的束缚而无法飞翔,整个生命因此陷入瘫痪 。
我们人类不也常常因为一些无关紧要的忧虑或者挫折而坠入黑暗与沮丧中无自拔吗?我们越生气,就越难以得到解脱。最后我们再也无法动弹,终于陷入自己制作的 痛苦中。但是如果我们选择了释放,不再因自我怜悯而无法自拔,我们就会自由自在继续前行,心灵的创伤也会随之不治而愈。
Stamp Collecting
集邮
01锦囊妙句
01.I'd like to buy some postcards.
我想买几张明信片。
02.I'd like to have some commemorative stamps.
我想买纪念邮票。
03.My friend is a stamp-collector.
我朋友是集邮爱好者。
04.I recommend the Olympic Game Stamp.It is just issued.
我给你推荐奥运会的邮票,它是刚刚发行的。
05.When did stamp collecting begin
集邮是什么时候开始的?
06.I wonder whether you are really fond of collecting stamps.
我想知道你是否真的喜欢集邮。
07.Have you ever been to a stamp exhibition
你去过邮票展吗?
08.I've collected few stamps years.
这几年我没收集到几张邮票。
09.When did you begin collecting stamps
你什么时候开始集邮的?
10.My husband is a stamp collector.
我丈夫是个集邮者。
11.He is enamored of stamp collecting.
他迷恋于集邮。
12.The trouble with stamp collecting is that it's an expensive hobby.
集邮不好的地方在于它花费太大了。
13.He is a stamp collector.
他是一个集邮者。
14.When and where was the first stamp made
第一张邮票是什么时候在哪里发行的?
02实用对话
Stamp Collecting
Henry:I heard you had spent so much time and money in collecting stamps.
Maria:No,not so much,only in my spare time with fifty yuan a month on it.
Henry:When did you begin collecting stamps①
Maria:Since I was 8 years old.
Henry:Oh,you must have a big collection by now.
Maria:Yes,except those inherited from my father,I have fifty albums of stamps.
Henry:Fifty!Great!And I think you must be a millionaire now.
Maria:Yes,but not a millionaire of money,but of spirit,say,from it I've learned a lot of knowledge,seen many beautiful places and made a great deal of friends and so on.
Henry:What you've said makes me itch to have a go.Is it too late for me to collect stamps now
Maria:No,not late at all."The latecomers surpass the old-timers."Have you ever heard the saying
Henry:Yes,I do hope so!
集邮
亨利:我听说你在集邮上花了许多时间和金钱。
玛丽亚:不,不算多。我只是利用业余时间,每月只花50元钱。
亨利:你什么时候开始集邮的?
玛丽亚:8岁。
亨利:噢,到现在你一定集了很多吧。
玛丽亚:是的,除了继承我爸爸的那些以外,我已经有50本邮册的邮票了。
亨利:50本!了不起!我想你现在一定是个百万富翁了。
玛丽亚:是的,但不是金钱上的百万富翁,而是精神上的百万富翁。比如说,我从中学到了许多知识,看到了许多名胜古迹,交了许多知心朋友等。