华尔街高级英语 Lesson 60

28. Lovely morning, isn’t it, David? Hey, are you alright?
29. Sure, I’m just fine. I go through life, singing a happy song.
30. You must be awfully¹ worried about your father-in-law, I imagine.
31. Huh!
32. Have they paid any ransom² to the kidnappers³, as a matter of interest?
33. I don’t know, I don’t care, and I don’t want to talk about it!
34. Oh, sorry I spoke⁴! By the way, Mr. Heftklammer isn’t coming for his private lesson.
35. He called to say he’s got a stomach upset.
36. Oh, good! I’ll go out and grab a coffee, then.
37. Hold on, David! This gentleman here wants to enroll⁵ for an English course. He’s done his written test;
38. perhaps you could mark it and give him his oral test, as you’ve got a free period.
39. Oh, very well. Come with me, please.
40. Thank you very much.
41. We’ll use that classroom down the corridor on the left. Er…room 5’s not being used at the moment, is it?
42. No, it’s all yours.
43. OK, sit down, please. Now, how much English do you speak? A great deal of English, or only a tiny little bit of English?
44. I have a reasonable command of the language, I would say.
45. Oh. I’ll give you the advanced test, then. Can you give me your enrollment⁶ form, please?
46. Here you are.
47. I see you come from Finland. Whereabouts in Finland?
48. I come from Pelkosenniemi in the Province of Lappi, in the northeast of Finland.
49. Good. Can you tell me a bit about Pelko… whatever? What sort of place is it?
50. It’s a small town, or you could describe it as a large village, with about 3,000 inhabitants, in the middle of a beautiful.
51. unspoiled scenery. And nearby is the magnificent National Park of Pietendori, with its mountains, its rivers and its forests full of tall pine trees.
52. Oh! Have you finished?
53. Yes, I have.
54. Sorry, I was miles away. Now I’m going to ask you a bit about where you learned English. Did you study it at school?
55. Yes, I studied it both at elementary school and at secondary school.
56. However, we studied mainly the written form of the language, not the spoken form.
57. The method my teachers followed was very old-fashioned by today’s standards.
58. Yeah, it must have been terrible, I’m sure. Uh… next.
59. Would you tell me a bit about your educational background, including any degrees, certificates or diplomas?
60. You’re not a bit like your father, you know.
61. What?
62. I’ve been watching you throughout this nonsense; you’re not half the man he is.
63. I’m sorry, you must be confusing me with someone else. My father’s dead.
64. Rubbish! You know very well that he’s alive and here in Washdon. Well, where is he?
65. The bastard⁷ owes me a million marks, he’s not going to get away from me again!
66. Hey, look, I have no idea where he is! I mean, really! He hasn’t told me.
67. Then who has he told? Come on, out with it!
68. Well, he might have gotten in touch with my sister. Her address is 26 Chernobyl Avenue.
69. If I don’t find him, I’ll be back!
70. Why me? Why? I need a drink!

1 awfully   

adv.可怕地，非常地，极端地

参考例句：

• Agriculture was awfully neglected in the past.过去农业遭到严重忽视。
• I've been feeling awfully bad about it.对这我一直感到很难受。

2 ransom   

n.赎金，赎身；v.赎回，解救

参考例句：

• We'd better arrange the ransom right away.我们最好马上把索取赎金的事安排好。
• The kidnappers exacted a ransom of 10000 from the family.绑架者向这家人家勒索10000英镑的赎金。

3 kidnappers   

n.拐子，绑匪( kidnapper的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They were freed yesterday by their kidnappers unharmed. 他们昨天被绑架者释放了，没有受到伤害。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The kidnappers had threatened to behead all four unless their jailed comrades were released. 帮匪们曾经威胁说如果印度方面不释放他们的同伙，他们就要将这四名人质全部斩首。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

5 enroll   

v.招收；登记；入学；参军；成为会员（英)enrol

参考例句：

• I should like to enroll all my children in the swimming class.我愿意让我的孩子们都参加游泳班。
• They enroll him as a member of the club.他们吸收他为俱乐部会员。

6 enrollment   

n.注册或登记的人数；登记

参考例句：

• You will be given a reading list at enrollment.注册时你会收到一份阅读书目。
• I just got the enrollment notice from Fudan University.我刚刚接到复旦大学的入学通知书。

7 bastard   

n.坏蛋，混蛋；私生子

参考例句：

• He was never concerned about being born a bastard.他从不介意自己是私生子。
• There was supposed to be no way to get at the bastard.据说没有办法买通那个混蛋。