华尔街高级英语Lesson 3

55. Coming!
56. Gosh! it’s true!
57. What?
58. Sorry. Good morning, madam. Are you the only person in this house?
59. No, I share it with three other people. Why? What’s it do with you?
60. Next question. Is the house owned or rented, and if rented is it furnished¹ or unfurnished?
61. We rent it unfurnished. Look would you mind telling me who you are? I’m sure I’ve seen you somewhere before.
62. Yes, my name’s John Berry².
63. John Berry?
64. Yes.
65. Who used³ to live next door to my father? What the hell⁴ are you doing here?
66. Gee, of course! You’re Annie Peters. Gosh I’m sorry, I didn’t recognize⁵ you! You’ve changed a lot!
67. Your hair’s different; you’re just as pretty as ever though. Gosh ,fancy⁶ that! Fancy us meeting each other again like this!
68. Do you remember the good old days, when Hugo and I were neighbors, and. Hey, I’m sorry Annie, I shouldn’t have mentioned Hugo.
69. I’m real sorry about what happened.
70. So am I. Now, would you hurry up and explain what you are here for?
71. Er, yeah, sure, like, I’m here to demonstrate⁷ this amazing new machine, which makes clothes and washes coffee.
72. No, I mean it washes clothes and..
73. So you didn’t know I lived here? You just came here by accident, not on purpose?
74. Oh no. As I was saying, this machine..
75. Ok, that’s all. Please go now.
76. Hey, Annie! Look, never mind about the machine! Are you doing anything tonight? What about tomorrow night?
77. Go away?
78. Oh darn it! I shouldn’t have tried to sell her a machine; I should just have asked her out to dinner.
79. What else did Madam Olga say? Some stuff⁸ about meeting interesting new people, wasn’t it?

1 furnished   

adj.配备了家具的

参考例句：

• The room was furnished with a cupboard and some old furniture.房间里有一个碗柜和几件旧家具。
• They furnished their house with red carpets.他们用红地毯装饰了他们的房子。

2 berry   

n.浆果(如草莓等)

参考例句：

• This kind of jam is made of berry.这种果酱是由浆果做的。
• Every berry and cherry carried in the ferry is very merry.渡船里载运的每一颗草莓和樱桃都很快乐。

3 used   

adj.用旧了的，旧的；习惯于…；过去惯/经常

参考例句：

• I used to work until nearly 6:00 o'clock each day.我过去常常工作到6:00左右。
• He used to walk anywhere from two to five miles an hour.他过去经常一小时走二至五英里。

4 hell   

n.地狱，阴间；用以咒骂或表示愤怒，不满

参考例句：

• It's a hell of a hike from Sydney to Perth.从悉尼到珀斯的徒步旅行简直苦死了。
• The boss really gave me hell today.老板今天着实数落了我一通。

5 recognize   

vt.认出，认可，承认，公认，识别，赏识；vi.承认，具结

参考例句：

• How will I recognize you?我怎样才能认出你？
• I want to recognize Mr.Green.我想要认识格林先生。

6 fancy   

n.想像力，幻想；喜好，爱；adj.想像的，时髦的，华丽装饰的，奢侈的；技巧的；vt.想象，自认为，喜好

参考例句：

• He seemed to have taken quite a fancy to her.他似乎相当喜欢她。
• I have a fancy that it's going to rain.我想大概要下雨。

7 demonstrate   

vt.论证，证明；示范；显示；vi.示威游行

参考例句：

• Let me demonstrate to you how this machine works.我给你演示一下这台机器的运转情况。
• How can I demonstrate to you that my story is true?我怎样才能向你证明我的话是真实的呢？

8 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。