新概念 2 L63 She was not amused 她并不觉得好笑

词汇

  • circle
    • bicycle
    • tricycle
    • （社交）圈子
      • business circle
  • admire
    • 钦佩（人）
      • admire sb for sth
    • +事物：赞美，夸奖
  • close a. 近的
    • A be close to B
    • 亲密的
      • close friends
      • a close relative
  • wedding n. 婚礼
    • a wedding breakfast 婚礼早餐
  • sort = kind

原文

Jeremy Hampden has a large circle of friends and is very popular at parties. Everybody admires him for his great sense of humour – everybody, that is, except his six-year-old daughter, Jenny. Recently, one of Jeremy’s closest friends asked him to make a speech at a wedding reception. This is the sort of thing that Jeremy loves. He prepared the speech carefully and went to the wedding with Jenny. he had included a large number of funny stories in the speech and, of course, it was a great success. As soon as he had finished, Jenny told him she wanted to go home. Jeremy was a little disappointed by this but he did as his daughter asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed the speech. To his surprise, she said she hadn’t. Jeremy asked her why this was so and she told him that she did not like to see so many people laughing at him!

参考译文：

杰里米.汉普登交际甚广，是各种聚会上深受大家欢迎的人。人人都钦佩他那绝妙的幽默感 – 人人，就是说，除他 6 岁的女儿珍妮之外的每一个人。最近，杰里米的一个最亲密的朋友请他在一个婚礼上祝词。这正是杰里米喜欢做的事情。他认真准备了讲稿，带着珍妮一道去参加了婚礼。他的祝词里面加进了大量逗人的故事，自然大获成功。他刚一讲完，珍妮就对他说她要回家。这不免使杰里米有点扫兴，但他还是按照女儿的要求做了。在回家的路上，他问珍妮是否喜欢他的祝词。使他吃惊的是，她说她不喜欢。杰里米问他为何不喜欢，她说她不愿意看到那么多的人嘲笑他!

  • be popular with / among sb
  • sense n 感官，感觉
    • five senses
    • a sense of achievement
    • a sense of guilt
  • make a speech 做演讲
    • make a public speech
    • make an announcement
  • 包括：include(部分包括) / consist of（由什么组成）
    • The buffet(自助餐) includes 3 Indian dishes.（只是其中有三道印度菜）
    • The buffet consists of 3 Indian dishes.（由三道印度菜组成，只有这三个）
  • success
    • n. 成功（不可数）
      • achieve success
    • 成功的人；成功的事
      • Einstein is a great success.
    • iron
      • n. 铁(不可数)
      • an iron 熨斗
    • glass
      • n. 玻璃（不可数）
      • 玻璃杯（可数）
    • gold
      • 黄金（不可数）
      • 金牌（可数）
  • no sooner … than
  • be disappointed by/with …
  • to one’s + 名词
    • 使我兴奋的是 to my excitement
    • 使我高兴的是 to my happiness
    • 使我伤心的是 to my sadness
    • 使我失望的是 to my disappointment
    • 使我满意的是 to my satisfaction