戴尔英语红宝书 第110期

 

Topic¹: She has a winter house in the mountains.

Victor： 今天我们来谈论一下房屋的话题。

Nancy： She has a winter house in the mountains.

Victor： A winter house? What’s that Nancy?

Nancy： Well Victor，a winter house is when wealthy² people have a second (or maybe a third) house that they only use during³ the winter.

Victor：哦，明白了，就是表示这个人非常的富有，还有一个winter house in the mountains。

Nancy：That’s good for skiing，and things like that.

Victor：比如说用来滑雪啊，居住旅游等。

Nancy：But I think it’s more popular⁴ to have a summer house.

Victor：很多人愿意叫summer house，夏天的房子也可以。

Nancy：I think most people like summer better.

Victor：I love it too.She has a winter house in the mountains.

Nancy：Me too. So, she has a winter house in the mountains.

Victor：She has a winter house in the mountains.

Nancy：That’s all for today!

1 topic   

n.题目，话题，主题

参考例句：

• On what topic are you talking?你在谈论什么话题？
• This is a topic sentence.这是个主题句。

2 wealthy   

adj.富有的，丰裕的，充分的

参考例句：

• He grew up in a wealthy family.他在一个富有的家庭里长大。
• That young man was the son of a wealthy planter.那年轻人是一位富有的农场主的儿子。

3 during   

prep.在…期间，在…时候

参考例句：

• What did you do with yourself during the summer holidays?暑假你是怎样度过的？
• London is full of visitors during May and June.五六月间伦敦挤满了游客。

4 popular   

adj.受欢迎的；流行的；通俗的

参考例句：

• " Mary " is a very popular name for a girl.“ 玛丽 ”是个很常见的女孩名字。
• He likes to play football and to sing popular songs.他喜欢踢足球和唱流行歌曲。