纯正地道美语 第44期(外教讲解):Small Talk

Elementary¹ - Small Talk (B0044)

A: Morning.
B: Hi there Mr. Anderson! How are you on this fine morning?
A: Fine, thank you.
B: It sure is cold this morning, isn’t it? I barely² even³ get out of bed!
A: Yeah. It’s pretty cold, alright.
B: Did⁴ you catch the news⁵ this morning? I heard that there was⁶ a fire on Byron Street.
A: No, I didn’t hear about that.
B: Did you happen to watch the football game last night? The Patriots⁷ scored⁸ in the last minute!
A: No, I don’t like football.
B: Oh. . . By the way, I saw⁹ you with your daughter at the office Christmas party. She is really beautiful!
A: She’s my wife¹⁰! Oh, here’s my floor! Nice talking to you. Goodbye.
B: Sir this is the 56th floor! We are on the 70th!
A: That’s okay¹¹, I’ll take the stairs¹²!
 

1 elementary   

adj.初等的；初级的；初步的

参考例句：

• What were you like in elementary school? 你在小学是什么样的？
• This is an elementary question.这是一个基本的问题。

2 barely   

adv.仅仅，几乎没有，几乎不

参考例句：

• The male bird is barely distinguishable from the female.雄鸟和雌鸟几乎无法辨别。
• He took barely enough money to keep the children in bread.他赚很少的钱仅够孩子们勉强糊口。

3 even   

adj.平坦的，偶数的，相等的；adv.甚至，恰好，正当

参考例句：

• It was cold yesterday,but it's even colder today. 昨天冷，今天更冷了。
• He's the best teacher even though he has the least experience.尽管他经验最少，但教得最好。

4 did   

v.动词do的过去式

参考例句：

• How many goals did you score in the last game?上一场比赛你们进了几个球？
• Why did you choose basketball in the first place?你为何首先选择篮球呢？

5 news   

n.新闻，消息

参考例句：

• No news is good news.没有消息就是好消息。
• I like reading hot news.我喜欢读热点新闻。

6 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

7 patriots   

爱国者，爱国主义者( patriot的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Abraham Lincoln was a fine type of the American patriots. 亚伯拉罕·林肯是美国爱国者的优秀典型。
• These patriots would fight to death before they surrendered. 这些爱国者宁愿战斗到死，也不愿投降。

8 scored   

adj.有伤纹的，刮伤的

参考例句：

• Owen and Goddard scored a goal apiece. 欧文和戈达德各进一球。
• He scored a bullseye. 他命中了靶心。

9 saw   

vbl.看见(see的过去式)；n.锯；v.用锯子锯

参考例句：

• Would you like to saw a tree for me?你能为我锯棵树吗？
• The moment I saw you,I knew you were angry with me.我一看到你，就知道你在生我的气。

10 wife   

n.妻子，太太，老婆

参考例句：

• She is my wife.她是我妻子。
• He is a tall man but his wife is a short woman.他是个子很高的男人，但他妻子很矮。

11 Okay   

(=okey，O.K.)adj./adv.好，行，不错；n.同意

参考例句：

• The play is okay,but I still prefer the book.戏还可以，可我仍愿读原著。
• Is it okay with you if I borrow this book?我借这本书你不在意吧？

12 stairs   

n.楼梯

参考例句：

• He followed us up the stairs.他随我们上了楼。
• I waited at the top of the stairs.我在楼梯顶端等着。