Listen to the tape then answer this question.Why was the mother embarrassed?
听录音,然后回答问题。为什么母亲感到尴尬?
Last week, my four year old daughter, Sally, was invited to a children’s party.
上周,我4岁的女儿萨莉被邀请去参加一个儿童聚会。
I decided to take her by train. Sally was very excited because she had never travelled on a train before.
我决定带她乘火车去。萨莉非常激动,因为她从未乘过火车。
She sat near the window and asked questions about everything she saw.
她靠 车窗坐着,对她所看到的一切都要问个 明白。
Suddenly, a middle-aged lady got on the train and sat opposite Sally.
突然,一个中年妇女上了火车,坐在萨莉的对面。
“Hello, little girl.” She said. Sally did not answer, but looked at her curiously.
“你好,小姑娘,”她说。萨莉没回答,却好奇地看着她。
The lady was dressed in a blue coat and a large, funny hat.
那位妇女穿着一件蓝色的大衣,戴着一顶大而滑 稽的帽子。
After the train had left the station, the lady opened her handbag and took out her powder compact.
火车开出车站后,那位妇女打开了手提包,拿出了粉盒。
She then began to make up her face.
然后她开始打扮起来。
“Why are you doing that?” Sally asked.
“你为什么要那样做呢?”萨莉问。
“To make myself beautiful,” the lady answered. She put away her compact and smiled kindly.
“为了把自己打扮漂亮啊,”那位妇 女答道。她放好了粉盒,慈祥地微笑着。
“But you are still ugly.” Sally said. Sally was amused, but I was very embarrassed!
“可是你仍然难看呀,”萨莉说。萨莉感到很有趣,而我却很尴尬。
New words and Expressions生词和短语
excited
adj. 兴奋的
get on
登上
middle-aged
adj. 中年的
opposite
prep.在……对面
curiously
adv.好奇地
funny
adj. 可笑的,滑稽的
powder
n. 香粉
compact
n. 带镜的化妆盒
kindly
adv. 和蔼地
ugly
adj. 丑陋的
amused
adj. 有趣的
smile
v. 微笑
embarrassed
adj. 尴尬的
Notes on the text课文注释
1 my four-year-old daughter,我那4岁的女儿。
four-year-old是名词daughter的定语,常常用连字符连在一起,组成一个复合形容词。注意在这个复合词中仅用year,而不用复数。
2 Sally was invited to a children's party.
这是一个被动语态的例子。在英文中,如果想避免用含混不清的词(如someone等)作主语,常常可使用被动语态。被动语态由相应的be动词加上过去分词组成。
3 she had never travelled on a train before,
副词before通常用于完成时(现在完成时或过去完成时)的句子里,ago用在过去时的句子里。
4 be dressed in…,穿戴着……。
5 make up her face,往她的脸上施脂粉。
6 make myself beautiful,把自己打扮漂亮。
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