英语口语课堂 26 激动 期望 愿望与渴望

 

Excitement Anticipation¹ Desire and Longing² 激动 期望 愿望与渴望

A:You must be excited at the prospect³ of starting your spring break next weekA:想到下周春假就要开始了你一定很激动吧？

B:Yes,I am.I've been looking forward to it for ages.

B:是的,我盼了好久了.

It seems such a long time since we had a holiday last time从上次假期到现在时间可不短了。

A:What about your classmates?

A:你的同学们呢？

B:Oh,they're desperated to get away too.

B：他们也想离开，

they are anxious to their parents agagin.

都迫切希望看看父母。

A:Oh,you'll be staying with your parents then?

A：哎呀,那么你们要和父母在一起了？

B:Yes,for most of the time,

B：在部分时间吧

but some are keen on the idea of spending a few days travelling可有人很想花几天时间旅行！

A:It'd be nice to go travelling.

A：去旅行很好啊

I must say I'm looking forward to this break,too.

说真的我也盼着休假。

B:You haven't decided⁴ where you're going then?

B：还没有决定去什么地方吧？

A:No,not exactly.

A：没有，

I'd love to go to the south,but I can't afford it at the moment我想去南方，可是目前又没有钱。

I may borrow my friend's bike

我可以借我朋友的自行车

and go on a cycling tour of the country around the city.

骑车到城市周围的农村看一看

Seven days isn't really long enough though,to do justice to the suburban⁵ areas要想好好看看的话一周还直不够。

B:Would it be lovely to have a really long holiday;say a couple of months?

B：休个长假,比如休上几个月,不好吗？

A:Yes,marvelous!I'd give anything for a long,relaxing holiday!

A:好简直妙不可言！要我休长假的话叫我怎么都行！

B:Still,seven days isn't bad.

B：不管怎么说，一周不错了。

We should count ourselves lucky.Let's just enjoy it我们应该觉得够幸运的了。咱们好好乐一乐吧！

1 anticipation   

n.预期，预料，期望

参考例句：

• We waited at the station in anticipation of her arrival.我们在车站等着，期待她的到来。
• The animals grew restless as if in anticipation of an earthquake.各种动物都变得焦躁不安，像是感到了地震即将发生。

2 longing   

n.（for）渴望

参考例句：

• Hearing the tune again sent waves of longing through her.再次听到那首曲子使她胸中充满了渴望。
• His heart burned with longing for revenge.他心中燃烧着急欲复仇的怒火。

3 prospect   

n.前景，前途；景色，视野

参考例句：

• This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
• The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。

4 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。

5 suburban   

adj.城郊的，在郊区的

参考例句：

• Suburban shopping centers were springing up all over America. 效区的商业中心在美国如雨后春笋般地兴起。
• There's a lot of good things about suburban living.郊区生活是有许多优点。