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新概念第二册课文翻译及学习笔记【Lesson40、41、

42】

【课文】

First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。

Was Mrs. Rumbold a good companion at dinner?

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 \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!\ 【课文翻译】

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!” 【生词和短语】 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 【知识点讲解】

1 Last week at a dinner party, the hostess asked me to sit next to Mrs. Rumbold.

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。 seat, sit辨析

这两个动词均含“坐”之意。

seat： 及物动词，常与反身代词连用，seat一定要加宾语,如果后面没宾语,后面就用seat的被动形式。 seat yourself be seated

sit： 多用作不及物动词，是主动,没有被动语态,后面不能加宾语。用作及物动词时，可与seat换用。sit down The farm sits on the side of the hill. 农场位于山坡上。

He seated himself at a writing table. 他在写字台前坐下。

2 She did not even look up when I took my seat beside her. 当我在她身旁坐下来的时候，她甚至连头都没有抬一下。 look up 查阅, 好转, 仰视, 看望

You can look up this word in the vocabulary. 你能够在词汇表里查这个词。

When looking up suddenly , Henry saw a rainbow in the sky . 亨利突然举目仰视时,发现天空有一道彩虹。 Do look me up next time you are in town. 下次进城请一定来看我。