看笑話學(xué)英語:Taking attendance 點名

Taking attendance 點名

英語笑話

On my first day of classes at my University I took a front-row seat in my literature course.

The professor told us we would be responsible for reading five books, and that he would provide us with a list of authors from which we could choose. Then he ambled over to the lectern , took out his class book and began, "Baker, Black, Brooks, Carter, Cook..."

I was working feverishly to get down all the names when I felt a tap on my shoulder. The student in back of me whispered, "He's taking attendance ."

中文翻譯

大學(xué)的第一天，文學(xué)課我坐在了前排。

教授告訴我們這學(xué)期必須得讀五本書，他提供我們可供選擇的作者名單。隨后他緩步走上講臺，拿出課本，開始念：“貝克、布萊克、布魯斯、卡特、庫克……”

為了寫下所有的名字，我不得不瘋狂地做著記錄，這時我感覺有人輕輕地拍我肩膀。坐在我后面的學(xué)生悄悄告訴我：“他在點名呢。”

詞匯點睛

literature [?l?tr?t??(r)] n. 文學(xué)，文學(xué)作品

be responsible for 須負(fù)責(zé)任，承擔(dān)責(zé)任

author [???θ?(r)] n. 作者

amble [??mbl] v. 乘騎緩行或漫步，徐行

lectern [?lekt?n] n. 講臺

feverishly [?fi?v?r??li] adv. 興奮地

tap [t?p] v. 輕叩（拍）

attendance [??tend?ns] n. 出席，到場，參加，出席人數(shù)

語法分析

1. The professor told us we would be responsible for reading five books, and that he would provide us with a list of authors from which we could choose. 教授告訴我們這學(xué)期必須得讀五本書，他提供我們可供選擇的作者名單。

解析 　這個句子比較長，結(jié)構(gòu)比較復(fù)雜，但只要找出句子的主干，也就不難分析句子成分了。這句話的主干是The professor told us…。us后面的內(nèi)容都是told的賓語，其中we would be responsible for reading five books是省略了that的賓語從句，在賓語從句that he would provide us with a list of authors from which we could choose中又包含了一個由介詞from+which引導(dǎo)的非限制性定語從句，修飾a list of authors。

2. I was working feverishly to get down all the names when I felt a tap on my shoulder. 為了寫下所有的名字，我不得不瘋狂地做著記錄，這時我感覺有人輕輕地拍我肩膀。

解析 　這是一個由when引導(dǎo)的時間狀語從句，表示做記錄的動作和感覺有人輕輕地拍我肩膀的動作同時發(fā)生。例如：

I'll call you when I get there. 我一到那里就給你打電話。

Don't get excited when you talk. 你說話時別激動。

口語實踐

A　I lost my notes, can I borrow yours?

B　Sure, that's okay with me.

A　Really? Thanks. When do you need to have them back?

B　You can return them two weeks before the exam.

A　我把筆記給丟了，能把你的借給我嗎？

B　當(dāng)然，這沒什么。

A　真的嗎？謝謝。我什么時候還給你呢？

B　考試前兩周還給我就行。