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Lesson 127 A famous actress || 著名的女演员
一 听音频磨耳朵
二 文章内容与解释
KATE: Can you recognize that woman, Liz?
[凯特:莉兹,你能认出那个女人吗?]
LIZ: I think I can, Kate. It must be Karen Marsh, the actress.
[莉兹:我想我认得出来,凯特。那一定是女演员卡伦·马什。]
KATE: I though so. Whos that beside her?
[凯特:我也这样想。她旁边的那个人是谁?]
LIZ: That must be Conrad Reeves.
[莉兹:一定是康拉德·里维斯。]
KATE: Conrad Reeves, the actor? Its can be. Let me have another look. I think you e right! Isn he her third husband?
[凯特:康拉德·里维斯,那个男演员吗?不可能是。让我再看一看。我想你是对的。他不是她的第3个丈夫吗?]
LIZ: No. He must be her fourth or fifth.
[莉兹:不,他一定是她的第4个或第5个丈夫。]
KATE: Doesn Karen Marsh look old!
[凯特:卡伦看上去不显老嘛!]
LIZ: She does, doesn she! I read shes twenty-nine, but she must be at least forty.
[莉兹:是的,谁说不是呢!我从报上看到她是29岁,但她一定至少有40岁了。]
KATE: Im sure she is.
[凯特:我肯定她有40岁了。]
LIZ: She was a famous actress when I was still at school.
[莉兹:当我还是学生时,她就是个著名的演员了。]
KATE: That was a long time ago, wasn it?
[凯特:那是好久以前的事了。是吗?]
LIZ: Not that long ago! Im not more than twenty-nine myself.
[莉兹:不,没有那么久。我自己现在还没29岁呢。]
三 New Word and expressions & 生词和短语
famous adj. 著名的;actress n.女演员;at least至少;actor n.男演员;read (read, read) v.通过阅读得知;
四 Notes on the text & 课文注释
[1]I thought so.我也这样想。
so 是代词,意为“这样”、“如此”。 I think so的否定式为I don think so(我不这样认为)。类似用so的短句如:
eg: I hope so. 我希望如此。
eg: I expect so. 我期待如此。
eg: I told you so. 我这么告诉过你的。
[2]have another look,再(仔细)看一眼。
[3]look old,看上去老。这里look是系动词,后跟表语。
[4]at least,至少。
[5]Im sure she is.我肯定她有40岁了。 其后省略了 at least forty。
[6]not more than twenty-nine myself,我自己还没29岁。
其中not more than是“不超过”、“不到”的意思。这里反身代词myself是I的同位语,用来加强语气。
eg: She did it herself. 这事是她自己做的。
[7] her fourth or fifth. 后面省略了husband。
五 Grammar in use & 语法
表示猜测和推断的情态助动词must和can (1)
[1]表示最有力的推论的最常用的形式是must和can 。这时,它们一般与系动词be连用。肯定的推断用 must be来表示,否定的推断用 can be来表示,而不用mustn 。请看例句:
eg: He can be a doctor. He must be a dentist.
他不会是个医生。他一定是位牙医。
eg: She can be Danish. She must be Norwegian.
她不会是丹麦人。她一定是挪威人。
eg: He can be shaving. He must be having a bath.
他不可能在剃胡子。他一定是在洗澡。
eg: It can be cheap. It must be expensive.
它不会便宜。一定价格昂贵。
eg: He can be ill. He must be tired.
他不可能生病了。他肯定是累了。
六 Word study & 词汇学习
[1]famous adj.
[1-1]闻名的;出名的:
eg: Shes a very famous actress.
她是一位非常闻名的女演员。
[1-2]第一流的;极好的:
eg: To my surprise, he had a famous appetite.
让我感到惊奇的是,他有着极好的胃口。
eg: This is famous weather for a stroll.
这是散步最理想的天气。
[2]at least
[2-1]至少:
eg: This antique vase is worth at least £20,000.
这只古花瓶至少价值两万英镑。
eg: At least, you should consider our suggestions.
至少你应该考虑一下我们的建议。
[2-2]反正;无论如何;不管怎样:
eg: He has no plans to go abroad yet, at least as far as I know.
他尚未有出国的计划,至少据我所知是这样的。
eg: hat party wasn exciting at all, but at least it filled the time.
那个聚会一点儿都不令人兴奋,但不管怎样,它使人打发了那段时光。
【周末愉快,Happy Weekend!】