Food and talk 进餐与交谈新概念英语-第2册-第040课
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Was Mrs. Rumbold a good companion at dinner?新概念英语 - 小编笔记
小编笔记:
新概念英语 - 教材原文
新概念英语-课文
Last week at a dinner party, the hostess asked me to sit next to Mrs. Rumbold.Mrs. Rumbold was a large, unsmiling lady in a tight black dress. She did not even look up when I took my seat beside her. Her eyes were fixed on her plate and in a short time, she was busy eating. I tried to make conversation. 'A new play is coming to "The Globe" soon,' I said. 'Will you be seeing it?'
'No,' she answered.
'Will you be spending your holidays abroad this year?' I asked.
'No,' she answered.
'Will you be staying in England?' I asked.
'No,' she answered.
In despair, I asked her whether she was enjoying her dinner.
'Young man,' she answered, 'if you ate more and talked less, we would both enjoy our dinner!"
新概念英语-单词和短语
hostess n. 女主人unsmiling adj. 不笑的,严肃的
tight adj. 紧身的
fix v. 凝视
globe n. 地球
despair n. 绝望
新概念英语-翻译
在上星期的一次宴会上,女主人安排我坐在兰伯尔德夫人的身旁。兰伯尔德夫人是一位身材高大、表情严肃的女人,穿一件紧身的黑衣服。当我在她身旁坐下来的时候,她甚至连头都没有抬一下。她的眼睛盯着自己的盘子,不一会儿就忙着吃起来了。我试图找个话题和她聊聊。 “一出新剧要来‘环球剧场'上演了,”我说,“您去看吗?”
“不,”她回答。
“您今年去国外度假吗?”我又问。
“不,”她回答。
“您就呆在英国吗?”我问。
“不,”她回答。
失望之中我问她饭是否吃得满意。
“年轻人,”她回答说,“如果你多吃点,少说点,我们两个都会吃得好的!”