口語(yǔ)情景對(duì)話:走遍美國(guó)精選 當(dāng)仁不讓 ACT 1 - 4
【故事梗概】
Ellen向當(dāng)?shù)貓?bào)紙的編輯Maxwell解釋了自己的競(jìng)選計(jì)劃。Maxwell同意給刊登一條她參加競(jìng)選的消息。
Maxwell: But what do you care about?
Ellen: Well, I care about the children of our town. I don’t want them to grow up without cultural programs in our school.
Maxwell: Do you have a plan?
Ellen: I want our children to learn more than reading, writing, and arithmetic. I want to keep the after-school programs -- the music, the concerts.
Maxwell: It’s not a bad plan. But who’s going to pay for all of this?
Ellen: We are. The citizensof Riverdale, of course. I plan to get help from the businessmen and the corporationsof Riverdale.
Maxwell: That’s fair enough. Exactly what do you want from me, Mrs. Stewart?
Ellen: You don’t know me. I can’t expect you to take my side against Boswell. But I do need some publicity so that the people of our town know that I’m running for office and that I care about our children.
Maxwell: Fair enough. I certainly can print the news. And you are now making news.
【語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)精講】
1. I want our children to learn more than reading, writing, and arithmetic. I want to keep the after-school programs -- the music, the concerts.
我要讓咱們的孩子不止學(xué)會(huì)讀、寫(xiě)、算。我想要保持課余的項(xiàng)目——音樂(lè)課,音樂(lè)會(huì)。
reading, writing and arithmetic: 閱讀、寫(xiě)作、算術(shù)。通稱 the three R’s,因?yàn)槎己凶帜竢。
2. That’s fair enough.
這倒很合理。
3. I can’t expect you to take my side against Boswell. But I do need some publicity so that the people of our town know that I’m running for office and that I care about our children.
我無(wú)法指望你支持我反對(duì)Boswell。可是我確實(shí)需要一些宣傳,好讓我們鎮(zhèn)上的人民知道我在競(jìng)選職務(wù),我關(guān)心我們的孩子。
expect sb. to do sth.: 期望某人做某事,指望某人做某事。
to take my side: 支持我。
run for office: 競(jìng)選職務(wù)。
publicity: 宣傳。
4. Exactly what do you want from me, Mrs. Stewart?
Stewart夫人,你究竟要我為你做什么呢?
5. I certainly can print the news. And you are now making news.
我當(dāng)然可以把這條消息刊登在報(bào)上,而你現(xiàn)在正在成為新聞來(lái)源。
print: 刊登在報(bào)紙上。
make news: 制造新聞。
