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A Street in Season 年货大街(2)

http://www.sina.com.cn 2002/02/15 15:45 空中美语

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　　课文内容

　　Conversation C

　　Dean and Beth continue their exploration of Tihua Street.

　　Dean: You know what I like most about this place?

　　Beth: What’s that?

　　Dean: The shouting. I mean those guys yelling out prices, or at least I assume that’s what they’re doing.

　　Beth: Right. It’s real in-your-face marketing. I don’t really care for it.

　　Dean: Oh, I think it’s great. I wish there were more of it back in Minnesota.

　　Beth: At this time of year? Their tongues would probably freeze!

　　Conversation D

　　Beth: See that temple over there? It’s called the“City God”temple.

　　Dean: Great name! Does it have a role to play in all this excitement?

　　Beth: Actually, it contributes a lot of funds and manpower to support local events, and it’s been a part of the local scene since the street first got started as a marketplace.

　　Dean: Whoever the City God is, he sure knows how to pull in the crowds. I’m going to suggest some of these business strategies to my boss when I get home.

　　Beth: Well, don’t blame me if you’re given a long vacation on the grounds of mental health concerns.

A Street in Season 年货大街(2)

　　翻译

　　Translation-Conversation C

　　迪安与贝丝继续在蒂华街闲逛。

　　迪安：你知道这地方的什么我最喜欢吗？

　　贝丝：是什么？

　　迪安：叫喊声。我是指那些正在大声叫卖的家伙，至少我认为他们是在喊价。

　　贝丝：没错。他们都凑到你跟前叫卖了。我不太喜欢这种方式。

　　迪安：哦，我认为这样做挺好的。我希望明尼苏达也能多点这种叫卖声。

　　贝丝：在每年的这个时候？他们的舌头可能会被冻僵吧！

　　Translation-Conversation D

　　贝丝：看到那边那座庙了吗？它叫“城隍庙”。

　　迪安：多棒的名字！它和所有这些让人兴奋的事有关联吗？

　　贝丝：事实上，它为地方活动出钱出力，而且这条街开始作为集市后，它就一直是本地的一个景点。

　　迪安：不管城隍是谁，他还真知道该如何吸引人群。回家后我要向我的老板推荐这儿的一些经营策略。

　　贝丝：好啦，如果你被当作精神不正常而放长假，可别怪我。

　　A Street in Season II年货大街(2)

　　对话情境专栏

　　in-your-face“直截了当”(from Conversation C)

　　A: Jane told David she didn’t like him because he had bad breath.

　　B: I didn’t know Jane is so in-your-face with people.

　　A:简告诉大卫她不喜欢他是因为他有口臭。

　　B:我不知道简对人讲话这么直截了当,不给人留一点面子。

　　Don’t blame me“别怪我”(from Conversation D)

　　A: I’m going to tell Brad just what I think of him.

　　B: Well, don’t blame me if he never talks to you again.

　　A:我要告诉布莱德我对他的看法。

　　B:要是他不再和你说话，你可别怪我。

　　选择填空：将下列各短语填入空格内

　　(A) watch out (B) no wonder

　　(E) keep that in mind

　　Situations

　　1.A:My boss has told me that if I’m late again he’ll have to fire me.

　　B:Well, __(1)__. You have been late every day since you started.

　　A:It’s no surprise, I know.

　　2.A:I would avoid Rich if I were you. His team lost yesterday and he’s in a bad mood.

　　B:Thanks. I’ll __(2)__.

　　A:Oh, __(3)__! Here he comes.

　　3.A:Rita didn’t like the Christmas gift I gave her.

　　B:Did you spend much time choosing it for her?

　　A:No, I didn’t actually. I bought it __(4)__.

　　4.A:How are you doing since you broke up with Dan?

　　B: I was fine until yesterday when he introduced his new girlfriend to me.

　　A: That’s not nice. Why does he have to be so __(5)__ about it?

　　选择填空_答案:

　　(1) B (2) E (3) A (4) D (5) C

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What do you say(?)/你说呢(?)(2002/02/13/ 15:39)
A Street in Season 年货大街(1)(2002/02/11/ 11:42)

空中美语专栏

Annotation

1. exploration n.
to travel around a place to find out what it is
探索；探测
They sent a robot to conduct an exploration of Mars.
他们发送了一个机器人去探索火星。

2. assume v.
to imagine that sth. is true
假定
Many assume that I am American, but I’m not.
许多人认为我是美国人，但我不是。

3. care for phr.v.
to like sth. or sb.
喜欢；愿意
Would you care for a piece of cake?
要来块蛋糕吗？

4. freeze v.
to become solid due to extremely low temperatures
结冰；冷冻
Once, it got so cold here that the sea froze.
这里曾经冷得连海水都结冰了。

5. contribute v.
to give money or help
捐献；贡献
She contributed money to the charity.
她捐钱给慈善团体。

6. manpower n.
people available for work
人力
We’re going to need more manpower if we’re to finish this by morning.
如果我们想在早上完成这个工作就需要更多的人手。

7. pull in phr.v.
to attract
吸引(观众、支持者)
The garage sale pulled in more people than I had expected.
宅前出售旧物吸引了比我期待的更多的人。

8. strategy n.
a set of plans intended to achieve sth.
策略
We need to review our marketing strategy.
我们需要回顾一下我们的行销策略。

9. grounds n. pl.
the reason for sth.
原因
On what grounds were the police able to arrest him?
警察根据什么逮捕他的呢？

活用词汇

1. marketing n. 销售

2.”City God” temple n. 城隍庙

3. fund n. 资金

4. marketplace n. 市集；市场





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