Eztalk美语【63】He's prejudiced. 他有偏见

Ron: Yes. But you know him. He's just worried¹ that you're not Italian²...
Nicole: He's prejudiced, isn't he?
Ron: No. He's afraid that no one will cook as³ good as his mother did⁴.
Nicole: Ah⁵! I know a way to convince⁶ him that Americans can make good Italian food!
Ron: How's that?
Nicole: You'll see next week. I'll come by one day at lunchtime⁷.

prejudiced (a.) 　
有偏见的

convince (v.) 　
说服
A: Judd doesn't want to go swimming with us. 贾德不想跟我们去游泳。 B: I'll try to convince him. 我来试着说服他。

朗恩：他知道。不过你也知道他。他只是担心你不是意大利人……
妮可︰他有偏见，对不对？
朗恩︰不对。他只是怕没有人像他妈妈一样会做菜。
妮可︰啊！我有个方法可以说服他，美国人也能做一手意大利好菜！
朗恩︰怎么说服？
妮可：下个星期你就知道了。我会找个午饭时间过来。

1 worried   

adj.烦恼的，为难的，焦虑的

参考例句：

• He was worried about the safety of me.他为我的安全担心。
• He worried his father to buy a new car.他苦苦缠着父亲要买一辆新车。

2 Italian   

adj./n.意大利的；意大利(人/语)的

参考例句：

• They were speaking in Italian.他们在讲意大利语。
• We'll cook them a nice Italian meal.我们会给他们做一顿美味的意大利餐。

3 as   

conj.按照；如同

参考例句：

• He got work in a hotel as a waiter.他在一家旅馆找到了当服务生的工作。
• In the hotel,the old men were drinking away as usual.在旅馆里，这些老人和往常一样喝个不停。

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 ah   

int. 啊!呀!嗳!哈!(表现痛苦，感叹，惊奇，怜惜，厌弃，欢喜等)

参考例句：

• Ah!This is a waste of time!啊，真是浪费时间！
• Ah,I've got it.哦，我想起来了。

6 convince   

vt.使确认，使信服；使认识错误

参考例句：

• It requires a lot of talking to convince him.要说服他很费口舌。
• I have given over trying to convince him.我已经不再试图说服他了。

7 lunchtime   

n.午餐时间

参考例句：

• We only had a little snack at lunchtime.我们午饭只吃了一点小吃。
• It was close to lunchtime when the children arrived.孩子们到家时，已近午饭时间。