1
L3.
Pub Talk and the King
?/p>
s English(
酒吧闲谈与标准英?/p>
)
Henry Fairlie
(
亨利·费尔?/p>
)
1.
Conversation is the most
sociable
of all human activities.
And it is
an
activity
only
of
humans.
However
intricate
the
way
in
which
animals communicate with each other, they do not
indulge in
anything
that
deserves
the name of conversation.
人类的一切活动中,闲谈是最?/p>
交际性的
sociable
(主题句),也是人类特有的。而动物之
间的信息交流,无论其方式何等
复杂
intricate
,也是称不上交际的?/p>
1.
And it is an activity only of humans. (para1)
并且它是人类特有的一?/p>
活动?/p>
And conversation is an activity which is found only among human
being
?/p>
Sociable
[
ˈ
so
ʊʃ
ə
bl]
adj.
随和的,好交际的,友善的
friendly or agreeable,eapecially in an
easy,informal way(
用书?/p>
intricate
(adj) : hard to follow or understand because full of puzzling parts
?/p>
details
?/p>
or
relationships
错综复杂的;难以理解的,难懂?/p>
Indulge
:
任凭自己沉溺于……;耽于
to allow yourself to have or do sth that you like,eapecially
sth that is considered bad for you
----indulge in sth, indulge yourself.
例:
Women do not indulge in to the same extent as men.
deserve
:
值得;应?/p>
2.
The
charm
of
conversation
is
that
it
does
not
really
start
from
anywhere, and no one has any idea where it will go as it
meander
s or
leap
s and
sparkle
s or just
glow
s. The enemy of good conversation is
the
person
who
has
?/p>
something
to
say.
?/p>
Conversation
is
not
for
making a point.
Argument may often be a part of it, but the purpose of
the argument is not to
convince
. There is no winning in conversation.
In fact, the best
conversationalist
s are those who are prepared to
lose
.
Suddenly they see the moment for one of their best
anecdote
s, but
in a
flash
the conversation has moved on and the opportunity is lost. They
are ready to let it go.