NCE2 Lesson 63 She was not amused笔记

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Lesson 63     She was not amused

【New words and expressions】

circle           n. 圈子

admire           v. 赞美，钦佩

close            adj. 亲密的

wedding          n. 婚礼

reception        n. 招待会

sort             n. 种类

★admire     v. 赞美，钦佩

① vt. 钦佩，赞赏

I admire his music more than anyone else’s.

admire sb. for sth.      因为……羡慕某人

I admire him for his richness/house/clever daughter/konwledge.

② vt. 欣赏，观赏

While admiring the new building, I heard someone calling my name.

③ vt. (口语)夸奖，称赞

She likes to hear her children admired.

★close     adj. 亲密的

close friend     亲密的朋友

★reception      n. 招待会

reception ＝ party

wedding reception    婚宴

news conference      新闻发布会, 记者招待会

★sort      n. 种类，类型（常与of连用）

type 种类（有特殊特征的）

sort和kind有时可以互换，但在下面两种情况下用sort：

① that sort of person    那种人

② sort可含有讽刺意味

That's the sort of thing you like best.

You mustn’t mix with that sort of people.   你不得与那种人交往。

【Text】

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. 杰里米问她为何不喜欢, 她说她不愿意看到那么多的人嘲笑他!

【课文讲解】

1、Jeremy Hampden has a large circle of friends and is very popular at parties.

have a large circle of friends     有一个很大的朋友圈子, 交际很广

＝sb. has/have a lot of friends

He has a large circle of friends.     他有很多朋友

circle的含义之一是“（具有共同利益或兴趣等的人形成的）圈子，……界”

  Such things are never talked about in business circles.

  Jeremy used to have a large circle of friends, but now he likes being alone.

popular    adj. 受欢迎的，得人心的

  Mary is always popular with/among children.

2、Everybody admires him for his great sense of humour -- everybody, that is, except his six-year-old daughter, Jenny.

admire… for     钦佩……的……

that is为插入语，一旦插在句子当中, 是作为固定结构, 意思是“那就是说，亦即”，起解释作用

  He is coming home next Monday, that is, April 5th.

sense of humour   幽默感

  George has no sense of humour.

  He is a man without humour.

3、This is the sort of thing that Jeremy loves.

the sort of, the kind of的后面加单数

4、He prepared the speech carefully and went to the wedding with Jenny.

prepare sth.     准备做……，后面跟内容有关系

I am preparing a speech.     （speech    n. 发言）

prepare for sth.    为……作准备，后面不一定跟内容有关系

5、He had included a large number of funny stories in the speech and, of course, it was a great success.

included 包含（把里面内容的一部分挑出来说）

contain强调容器里的包含, 后面一定要把所有的东西都列举出来

It was a great success. 表示“这事做的不错,不同凡响,很成功”

6、Jeremy was a little disappointed by this but he did as his daughter asked.

a little 稍微, 有一点

be disappointed by…     因为……感到失望

as +从句      如同……那样，以……的方式（方式状语从句）

do as you are told     按你被告知的做

This fish isn’t cooked as I like it.

7、Jeremy asked her why this was so and she told him that she did not like to see so many people laughing at him!

why this was so（this 可以作主语, 也可以作宾语，so 只能作宾语, 只能放在动词后面）

I think so. / I hope so. / I guess so. / I expect so.

I refuse to do so.     我拒绝这样做

see sb. doing sth.     看见某人正在作某事

so many people 跟数字相连的前面一定要用so

★laugh   

① vi. (大)笑

You’re very kind to laugh when I tell a funny story.

Everybody laughed out loud when he said that.

② vi. 嘲笑（介词用at）

If you go round daying things like that, everyone will laugh at you.

如果你到处说那种话，所有的人都会嘲笑你的。

如果laugh at后跟的是物，表示“因……而发笑”：

  You’re very kind to laugh at my funny stories.