口语

  • humble 谦虚的
  • arrogant 傲慢的
  • sociable 善于交际的
  • hard-working
  • silly 愚蠢的

He was so shy in high school and now he’s the most sociable person in the room.

  • to memorise 记住
    • I’m not able to memorise my phone number. 我记不住自己的电话号码。
    • Do you know any tricks to memorise the new vocabulary I’m learning? 你知道有什么技巧可以帮助我记忆正在学习的新词汇吗？

It was a Friday afternoon. I was going to meet Luna for lunch. We were meeting in a Thai restaurant near my workplace. I remembered Luna loved Asian food, so I was sure she would love it. As I was near the restaurant, I saw Luna drive past really fast, faster than it’s allowed in this area. I recognised her car immediately because nobody else in this town drives a 1980 green Pontiac(旁蒂克). The next thing I saw was that she drove into rubbish containers

新概念 2 L57 Can I help you, madam?

词汇

  • jeans
    • trousers / pants
    • shorts
  • hesitate vi. 犹豫，迟疑
    • hesitate about/over sth. 对…犹豫不决
      • I hesitate about whether to buy the jeans.
    • hesitation n. 犹豫，迟疑
      • without hesitation 毫不犹豫 = without a second thought
  • serve v. 服务，接待
    • Are you being served? 有人接待你吗?
    • servant n. 仆人，佣人
    • civil servant 公务员
  • scornfully adv. 轻蔑地
    • scorn n./v. 轻蔑，鄙视
    • do sth with scorn
    • scorn 对…不屑，鄙视
  • punish vt. 惩罚
    • punish sb for sth
    • The teacher punished me for my annoying handwriting.
    • punishment n. 惩罚
  • fur n. 皮毛
    • skin 生皮
    • leather 皮革（加工过的）
    • hair n. 毛
      • body hair
      • fine hair 汗毛
  • eager a. 迫切的，热切地
    • be eager to do
      = be anxious to do
      = be dying to do
      = can’t wait to do

原文

A woman in jeans stood at the window of an expensive shop. Though she hesitated for a moment, she finally went in and asked to see a dress that was in the window. The assistant who served her did not like the way she was dressed. Glancing at her scornfully, he told her that the dress was sold. The woman walked out of the shop angrily and decided to punish the assistant next day. She returned to the shop the following morning dressed in a fur coat, with a handbag in one hand and a long umbrella in the other. After seeking out the rude assistant, she asked for the same dress. Not realizing who she was, the assistant was eager to serve her this time. With great difficulty, he climbed into the shop window to get the dress. As soon as she saw it, the woman said she did not like it. She enjoyed herself making the assistant bring almost everything in the window before finally buying the dress she had first asked for.

参考译文：

一位穿着牛仔裤的妇女站在一家高档商店的橱窗前。她虽然犹豫了片刻，但终于还是走进了商店，要求把陈列在橱窗里的一件衣服拿给她看。接待她的售货员不喜欢她的那副打扮，轻蔑地看了她一眼后，便告诉她那件衣服已经卖出去了。这位妇女怒气冲冲地走出了商店，决定第二天教训一下那个售货员。第二天上午，她又来到这家商店，穿了一件裘皮大衣，一只手拎着一只手提包，另一只手拿着一把长柄伞。找到那个无礼的售货员后，她还要看昨天的那件衣服。那个售货员没有认出她是谁，这一回接待她的态度非常殷勤。费了好大劲儿，他爬进橱窗去取那件衣服。这位妇女对那件衣服只看一眼，就说不喜欢。她开心地迫使那位售货员把橱窗里几乎所有的东西都拿了出来，最后才买下了她最先要看的那一件。

  • in + 颜色/衣服
    • She is in red.
    • She is in a red coat.
  • at 在什么旁边
  • the way + 句子：做…的方式
    • I don’t like the way you talk to me.
  • dress sb. 给某人穿衣服
    • She dressed her daughter this morning.
    • be dressed in = wear = be in 穿着
      • I am dressed in a white shirt.
  • 非谓语否定，前面加 not 即可
    • not to do
    • not doing
    • not having done