英語笑話
The six-year-old John was terribly spoiled. His father knew it, but his grandma doted on him. He hardly left her side. And when he wanted anything, he either cried or threw a temper tantrum.
Then came his first day of school, his first day away from his grandmother's loving arms.
When he came home from school his grandma met him at the door.
Was school all right? she asked, "Did you get along all right? Did you cry?"
Cry? John asked. "No, I didn't cry, but the teacher did!"
中文翻譯
六歲的約翰嬌生慣養(yǎng)。他的父親知道這一點,可他的祖父母仍然寵著他。這孩子幾乎寸步不離他的祖母。他想要什么不是哭,就是鬧。
他第一天上學才離開祖母的懷抱。約翰放學了,他奶奶在門口接他并問道:“學校怎么樣?你過得好嗎?哭了沒有?”
“哭?”約翰問,“不,我沒哭,可老師哭了?!?/p>
詞匯點睛
terribly [?ter?bli] adv. 可怕地,糟糕地
spoiled [sp??ld] adj. 溺愛的
dote [d??t] v. 溺愛
temper [?temp?(r)] n. 脾氣
tantrum [?t?ntr?m] n. 勃然大怒,脾氣發(fā)作
語法分析
1. Then came his first day of school, his first day away from his grandmother's loving arms. 他第一天上學才離開祖母的懷抱。
解析 這是一個由時間副詞then引出的完全倒裝句。倒裝是將語句中的主語、謂語、賓語、狀語等顛倒順序的一種語法現(xiàn)象,用于表示一定的句子結構或強調某一句子成分。完全倒裝是將句子中的謂語動詞全部置于主語之前。此結構通常只用于一般現(xiàn)在時和一般過去時。例如:Then came the bus. 那時公交車來了。
Here is your book. 你的書。
口語實踐
A It's good being back in school.
B Yeah, we can meet many classmates and friends again.
A 回到學校感覺真好。
B 是啊,我們又能見到很多同學和朋友了。
A Do you know that Prof. Smith is hosting a lecture this evening?
B Of course I know. You know I am a fan of him.
A 你知道今天晚上的講座是史密斯教授主講嗎?
B 我當然知道。你知道我是他的粉絲。