王强口语 第一册 Short conversation 008

　　Lesson Eight
Short Conversations
Connie's play
Whittaker: Now wait a minute, Connie. Edwin Blackard wants to produce your play about the desert island?
Connie: Yeah! Why are you acting² so surprised?
Whittaker: I guess you've re-written it since last time I read it.
Connie: No. I haven't touched a word.
Whittaker: Really?
Connie: Whit¹, what's wrong?
Whittaker: Connie, you remember what I said when I read your play.
Connie: Well, you didn't like it?
Whittaker: No, it's not that I didn't like it. It's that it wasn't a good play. Your characters were weak, your dialogue was clichéd and you didn't have much of a story.
Connie: Yeah, besides that.
Whittaker: If you haven't re-written it, then why in the world would Blackard want to produce it?
Connie: Obviously³ he knows talent when he sees it.
Whittaker: Uh, yes, he does, but ...er..., I'd like to know where he sees it in this idea.

1 whit   

n.一点，丝毫

参考例句：

• There's not a whit of truth in the statement.这声明里没有丝毫的真实性。
• He did not seem a whit concerned.他看来毫不在乎。

2 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

3 obviously   

adv.显然；明白地

参考例句：

• Obviously they were putting him to a severe test.显然他们是在给他以严峻的考验。
• Obviously he was lying.显然他是在撒谎。