詳解實(shí)用對(duì)話

Being Surprised

Glyn：Morning, Ellie.

Ellie：Hi, Glyn. Do you know who’s just got married?? Old MacDonald.

Glyn：You’re joking. I can hardly believe my ears. He’s over eighty! Who’s the lovely bride?

Ellie：He’s nearly ninety. He met a woman at a church dance and I guess it was love at first sight? for both of them. I guess they are both quite active at their church, so it was easy to meet and spend time together.

Glyn：Wow! Close to? ninety? Are you sure? What about her?

Ellie：I’m positive. I just saw them and asked how they were doing. She is eighty-four and on her sixth marriage.

Glyn：Is she really?

Ellie：Yes, she is. And guess what? She has 34 grandchildren and almost 50 great-grandchildren.

Glyn：Really? Quite? a woman, isn’t she?

驚　訝

格林：早啊，埃莉。

埃莉：你好，格林。你知道誰剛結(jié)婚了嗎?老麥克唐納。

格林：你在開玩笑呢吧。我簡(jiǎn)直不能相信自己的耳朵了。他都80多歲了!可愛的新娘是誰呢?

埃莉：他都快90歲了。他在教堂的舞會(huì)上認(rèn)識(shí)了一個(gè)女人，我想他們兩個(gè)也算是一見鐘情吧。他們倆都挺積極參加教堂活動(dòng)的，所以就很容易見面并呆在一起。

格林：喔!都快90歲了?你肯定嗎?那她呢?

埃莉：我肯定。我剛遇見他們了，并且問了一些他們的事情。她84歲了，這已經(jīng)是她第六次結(jié)婚了。

格林：她真是這樣的嗎?

埃莉：是啊，她就是這樣的。你知道嗎?她已經(jīng)有34個(gè)孫子孫女和將近50個(gè)曾孫了。

格林：真的?真是個(gè)不一般的女人，不是嗎?

詳細(xì)解說

?“get married”這個(gè)詞組的意思是“結(jié)婚”，強(qiáng)調(diào)動(dòng)作，而“be married”強(qiáng)調(diào)已婚狀態(tài)，例如：Are you married?(你結(jié)婚了嗎?)另外，“marry” 是及物動(dòng)詞，“和某人結(jié)婚”直接說成“marry sb.”即可。

?“love at first sight”是指“一見鐘情”。關(guān)于“love”的短語還有“fall in love with sb.”，表示“愛上某人”;“Platonic love”指“柏拉圖式的戀愛，精神上的戀愛，男女間純潔的友誼”。

?“close to”可用作形容詞或副詞，意思是“接近的(地)”，例如：We live close to the park. (我們住得離公園很近)。

?“quite”表示“相當(dāng)?shù)?，頗”。注意：在修飾可數(shù)名前時(shí)，一定不要落掉不定冠詞“a”，例如：Our maths teacher is quite a character. (我們的數(shù)學(xué)教師是個(gè)相當(dāng)有個(gè)性的人。)

單　詞

? bride n. 新娘

church n. 教堂

active a. 積極的，活躍的

positive a. 肯定的

marriage n. 婚姻

FUN 輕松：貼士

go(get)onto the

Internet

explore(surf)the Internet

download sth

摘自《萬用英語口語詞典》