英语口语每天说032

　　32. Promise

　　1) I promise you that I'll never be late again.

　　2) I assure¹ you.

　　3) Have my word.

　　4) I assure you that you'll pass next time.

　　5) Let me assure you that your service is quite satisfying².

　　6) I'll keep my promise that you can go with me next time.

　　7) She has made a promise that she'll bring us some of her

　　pictures.

　　8) She gave a promise that the product can be returned back if

　　it is not good enough.

　　9) I won't break my promise.

　　10) My parents promised him to buy him a bike.

　　Dialogue 1

　　W: Tom, you promised to cut the lung. You won't forget, will you?

　　M: No, I assure you.

　　W: And you'll repair the television, won't you?

　　M: Ok.

　　W: Do you promise?

　　M: Of course.

　　W: And Tom, you will help Johnny with his homework, won't you?

　　M: I'll see. I will if I can but I won't promise.

　　W: But you'll promise not to be late for dinner tonight, won't

　　you?

　　M: Yes. But only if you ask me nicely.

　　W: Tom, darling. You'll try not to be late for dinner tonight,

　　won't you? Please!

　　M: Ok. I'll keep my promise.

　　Dialogue 2

　　W: Mark, you are not tellimg me the truth. Now why?

　　M: Promise you are not going to be angry?

　　W: Yes, all right. So why? Go on then. Say it. Oh, really, Mark.

　　I promise I'm not going to be angry. Now why were you late?

　　M: I forgot.

　　W: You forgot? You...

　　M: Ah, ah, you promised, and remember?

　　Dialogue 3

　　M: They promised us a sea view.

　　W: Well, you can just see the sea. Between the factory chimneys³.

　　M: Isn't it awful? I can't bear to look at it. I don't think I

　　can stand this place for two weeks.

　　W: Well, it can't be helped. We'll just have to put up with it.

　　Dialogue 4

　　W: Did you promise me to get the bread?

　　M: Well, I remember walking pass the baker⁴ shop.

　　W: But you forgot to get the bread.

　　M: I'm afraid so. I don't remember you telling me about it.

　　W: Well, I certainly did.

　　M: What would you let me do now?

　　W: You are free. You can go now.

　　M: Really? You are so kind.

　　W: I'll do with the cake.

　　M: No. That's not enough. I've got some cereal⁵.

　　Dialogue 5

　　M: My word, you do look ill!

　　W: I'm quite out of thoughts recently.

　　M: You seem to have something on mind. Promise me, go to see the

　　doctor right now.

　　W: I'm worrying about my exam.

　　M: A piece of cake. You'll be successful.

　　Yesterday the sunshine, and it got quite hot. I decided⁶ to put on my light green summer skirt. But I got a shock. Really, it's a big shock! Promise me, I could not put it on exactlly. It was too small. It is possible that they got smaller during the winter, but I do not think so. I'm afraid I got bigger. So I'm going on a diet. I am going to lose some weight. Otherwise, I am an idiot⁷.

1 assure   

vt.使确信；向…保证，使有保证

参考例句：

• The only ladder to assure success is to work hard.确保成功的惟一途径是刻苦努力。
• I assure you that she can be trusted to do the job.我担保她能做好这项工作。

2 satisfying   

adj.令人满意的，令人满足的v.使满意，满足( satisfy的现在分词)

参考例句：

• It's satisfying to play a game really well. 一种游戏玩得特别好是一桩惬意的事。
• The book is more satisfying if you read each chapter in sequence. 这本书依次读各章会更好。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 chimneys   

n.烟囱( chimney的名词复数 )；烟筒；（岩石间可供攀登的）狭孔；狭缝

参考例句：

• the silhouette of chimneys and towers 烟囱和塔楼的轮廓
• You can differentiate between the houses by the shape of their chimneys. 你可以凭借烟囱形状的不同来区分这两幢房子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 baker   

n.面包师

参考例句：

• The baker bakes his bread in the bakery.面包师在面包房内烤面包。
• The baker frosted the cake with a mixture of sugar and whites of eggs.面包师在蛋糕上撒了一层白糖和蛋清的混合料。

5 cereal   

n.谷类，五谷，禾谷

参考例句：

• I have hot cereal every day for breakfast.我每天早餐吃热麦片粥。
• Soybeans are handled differently from cereal grains.大豆的加工处理与谷类的加工处理不同。

6 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

7 idiot   

n.白痴，傻子，笨蛋

参考例句：

• Only an idiot would make such a thoughtless remark.只有草包才会说出这样没有头脑的话来。
• You are behaving like a perfect idiot.你表现得像个十足的白痴。