DIALOGUE 51
Goiing to School
1--Go really fast,Cindy!
2--I can’. The speed limit here is thirty miles an
hour.
1--What a pity! I love going fast.
2--How do you usually get to school?
1--We never go by car! We usually walk or go by bus.
2--How long does it take you?
1--About twenty minutes by bus.
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注解：
1）speed limitzhi指交通規(guī)則所限定的行車速度。
2）About twenty minutes by bus是省略句。全句應(yīng)是
It takes us about twenty minutes to get to school
by bus. take作“花費”“需要”解，其后的us是間接
賓語，about twenty minutes是直接賓語。it是形式
主語，真正的主語是不定式短語to get to school by
bus.
===================================
譯文:
1--開快點,辛迪!
2--不能再快了,這里的時速限制是30英里。
1--真遺憾！我就愛車開得飛快。
2--你們平常怎么去學(xué)校？
1--我們從來不坐小車！我們總是步行或者乘公共汽車去。
2--路上得走多長時間？
1--乘公共汽車20分鐘左右。
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DIALOGUE 52
About School
1--How many hours a week do you work, Sue?
2--We have to start at nine o’clock in the morning.
but I’m always at school by a quarter past eight,
in fact. Erm, we finish at four o’clock 4 days a
week, and I usually do go home at four o’clock,
and I’m usually home by half past four. Wednesday
afternoon is free, so we finish at twelve o’clock
on Wednesday.
1--How long have you been intereted in computers, Sue?
2--Interested. I suppose I got interested when I did
my master’s degree.
1--What sort of things do you do with your computer?
2--Well, I use my computer, personally, as a word
processor, quite a lot, but I also use it for playing
around creating programs.
===================================
注解：
1）How long have you been interested in computers?
此句直譯：你對計算機感興趣有多長時間了？
2）I got interested in...：got是系動詞，與be interested
相比，前者強調(diào)"action"，后者強調(diào)"state"。
3）master’s degree：碩士學(xué)位。大學(xué)授予的學(xué)位分三級，最低
級稱作“學(xué)士”(Bachelor’s degree)，中級稱“碩士”，級
稱“博士”(Doctor’s degree)。
4）sort：種類，類別。與kind同義。
5）word processor：文字處理機。
6）play around creating programs：他在計算機上編制
程序等等只是為了娛樂消遣，并非正經(jīng)的工作，所以才這樣
說。play around作"spend time having fun","to amuse oneself
with..."解。
===================================
譯文：
1--你一個星期工作多少小時，休？
2--我們早上必須9點開始工作。但實際上我總是8點
15分就到學(xué)校了。每個星期有四個下午是4點結(jié)束
工作。所以我經(jīng)常是4點鐘就往家走。4點半鐘到家。星期
三下午沒事，所以我們星期三中午12點就完事了。
1--休，你從什么時間起對計算機感興趣的？
2--我想是從碩士學(xué)位時我就對計算機感興趣。
1--你都用計算機干些什么事？
2--嗬，我自己是用計算機進(jìn)行文字處理，用得很多，
但有時也用計算機編程序取樂。
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DIALOGUE 53
Benefits of Having a Student Card
1--Do English students have to pay for their education?
2--No, the fees are usually paid by the state.
1--Do they get a grant as well?
2--Yes, most of them get a grant.
1--Can they live on it?
2--It’s very difficult. Most people take a summer job
or work for the post office at Christmas to earn a
bit of extra money.
1--And what are the benefits of having a student card?
2--Cheap rail travel, cheap theatre tickets, cheap
entrance to some art exhibitions and concerts.
Things like that.
===================================
注解：
1）grant：通常指由國家撥給學(xué)校辦學(xué)或資助學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)的款項。
2）extra：額外的（這里是與grant相對而言）。
3）benefit：好處，利益。
4）entrance：入場券。
===================================
譯文：
1--英國學(xué)生上學(xué)要交學(xué)費嗎？
2--不交學(xué)費。學(xué)費通常是由國家負(fù)擔(dān)。
1--他們還有助學(xué)金嗎？
2--是的，大多數(shù)學(xué)生都有助學(xué)金。
1--助學(xué)金夠維持他們的生活嗎？
2--很困難。大多數(shù)人靠夏天打工或圣誕節(jié)期間到郵局
干活再掙些錢。
1--有學(xué)生證可享有哪些福利？
2--坐火車、買戲票、參觀藝術(shù)館或聽音樂會都可以憑
學(xué)生證購買便宜票。如此等等。
DIALOGUE 54
Education in Britain
1--At what age do children start school in your
country?
2--At five.
1--Do boys and girls go to school together?
2--Yes, they do.
1--Do you think this is a good idea?
2--Yes, I do.
1--Do some children go on to university?
2--Yes, they do.
1--What examinations do they take first?
2--’O’ levels and ’A’ levels.
1--How long do they usually stay at university?
2--Three or four years.
===================================
注解:
1）Do boys and girls go to school together?意思是男
女生是否同校就讀。男女生同校的教育制度稱作coeducational
system。英國早期是男女生分開學(xué)校讀書的。
2）O levels(ordinary levels)指高級水平
測試，相當(dāng)高中畢業(yè)水平，通過測試的學(xué)生，可升入
大學(xué)或大專學(xué)校學(xué)習(xí)。
===================================
譯文：
1--在你們國家兒童幾歲上學(xué)？
2--5歲。
1--男孩子和女孩子同校上學(xué)嗎？
2--是的。
1--你覺得這樣好嗎？
2--我認(rèn)為很好。
1--有些孩子一直讀到大學(xué)嗎？
2--是的。
1--上大學(xué)首先要通過哪些考試？
2--O水平測試和A水平測試。
1--他們一般讀幾年大學(xué)？
2--3至4年。
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DIALOGUE 55
I’m a Bit Fed Up
1--You’re not looking very cheerful. What’s the
matter with you?
2--Oh, nothing special. I’m just a bit fed up.
1--With the job?
2--With everything, with catching the same train
every morning, sitting in the same office all
day watching the same television programmes...
1--You need a holiday.
2--It wasn’t always like this, you know.
1--How do you mean?
2--Well, our great-great-grandfathers had more
fun, didn’t they? I mean, they hunted for their
food and grew their own vegetables and did
things for themselves. We do the same sort of job
for years and years. There’s no variety in our
lives.
1--You need a holiday. That’s what’s the matter with
you.
===================================
注解：
1）be fed up(with)：（對....）感到厭煩。
2）fun；樂趣。
3）variety：多樣化；變化。
4）That’s what’s the matter with you相當(dāng)于That’s
the problem with you. what’s the matter with you
是名詞性從句作表語。
===================================
譯文：
1--你看起來不太高興。出什么事兒了？
2--沒什么事兒。我只是感到有些膩煩。
1--是對工作感到膩煩？
2--什么都感到膩煩。早上趕火車，整天坐辦公室，晚上
看老一套電視節(jié)目。都讓人感到膩煩。
1--你該休假了。
2--你瞧，早先的日子也不這樣。
1--這話怎講？
2--你看，我們的先輩們，他們過得更開心，是不？他們
自己打獵取食，自己種菜，什么都自己辦。我們一年一年
地干同樣的工作，生活中一點變化都沒有。
1--你是該休假了。這就是你的癥結(jié)所在。
Goiing to School
1--Go really fast,Cindy!
2--I can’. The speed limit here is thirty miles an
hour.
1--What a pity! I love going fast.
2--How do you usually get to school?
1--We never go by car! We usually walk or go by bus.
2--How long does it take you?
1--About twenty minutes by bus.
===================================
注解：
1）speed limitzhi指交通規(guī)則所限定的行車速度。
2）About twenty minutes by bus是省略句。全句應(yīng)是
It takes us about twenty minutes to get to school
by bus. take作“花費”“需要”解，其后的us是間接
賓語，about twenty minutes是直接賓語。it是形式
主語，真正的主語是不定式短語to get to school by
bus.
===================================
譯文:
1--開快點,辛迪!
2--不能再快了,這里的時速限制是30英里。
1--真遺憾！我就愛車開得飛快。
2--你們平常怎么去學(xué)校？
1--我們從來不坐小車！我們總是步行或者乘公共汽車去。
2--路上得走多長時間？
1--乘公共汽車20分鐘左右。
-----------------------------------------------------
DIALOGUE 52
About School
1--How many hours a week do you work, Sue?
2--We have to start at nine o’clock in the morning.
but I’m always at school by a quarter past eight,
in fact. Erm, we finish at four o’clock 4 days a
week, and I usually do go home at four o’clock,
and I’m usually home by half past four. Wednesday
afternoon is free, so we finish at twelve o’clock
on Wednesday.
1--How long have you been intereted in computers, Sue?
2--Interested. I suppose I got interested when I did
my master’s degree.
1--What sort of things do you do with your computer?
2--Well, I use my computer, personally, as a word
processor, quite a lot, but I also use it for playing
around creating programs.
===================================
注解：
1）How long have you been interested in computers?
此句直譯：你對計算機感興趣有多長時間了？
2）I got interested in...：got是系動詞，與be interested
相比，前者強調(diào)"action"，后者強調(diào)"state"。
3）master’s degree：碩士學(xué)位。大學(xué)授予的學(xué)位分三級，最低
級稱作“學(xué)士”(Bachelor’s degree)，中級稱“碩士”，級
稱“博士”(Doctor’s degree)。
4）sort：種類，類別。與kind同義。
5）word processor：文字處理機。
6）play around creating programs：他在計算機上編制
程序等等只是為了娛樂消遣，并非正經(jīng)的工作，所以才這樣
說。play around作"spend time having fun","to amuse oneself
with..."解。
===================================
譯文：
1--你一個星期工作多少小時，休？
2--我們早上必須9點開始工作。但實際上我總是8點
15分就到學(xué)校了。每個星期有四個下午是4點結(jié)束
工作。所以我經(jīng)常是4點鐘就往家走。4點半鐘到家。星期
三下午沒事，所以我們星期三中午12點就完事了。
1--休，你從什么時間起對計算機感興趣的？
2--我想是從碩士學(xué)位時我就對計算機感興趣。
1--你都用計算機干些什么事？
2--嗬，我自己是用計算機進(jìn)行文字處理，用得很多，
但有時也用計算機編程序取樂。
-------------------------------------------------
DIALOGUE 53
Benefits of Having a Student Card
1--Do English students have to pay for their education?
2--No, the fees are usually paid by the state.
1--Do they get a grant as well?
2--Yes, most of them get a grant.
1--Can they live on it?
2--It’s very difficult. Most people take a summer job
or work for the post office at Christmas to earn a
bit of extra money.
1--And what are the benefits of having a student card?
2--Cheap rail travel, cheap theatre tickets, cheap
entrance to some art exhibitions and concerts.
Things like that.
===================================
注解：
1）grant：通常指由國家撥給學(xué)校辦學(xué)或資助學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)的款項。
2）extra：額外的（這里是與grant相對而言）。
3）benefit：好處，利益。
4）entrance：入場券。
===================================
譯文：
1--英國學(xué)生上學(xué)要交學(xué)費嗎？
2--不交學(xué)費。學(xué)費通常是由國家負(fù)擔(dān)。
1--他們還有助學(xué)金嗎？
2--是的，大多數(shù)學(xué)生都有助學(xué)金。
1--助學(xué)金夠維持他們的生活嗎？
2--很困難。大多數(shù)人靠夏天打工或圣誕節(jié)期間到郵局
干活再掙些錢。
1--有學(xué)生證可享有哪些福利？
2--坐火車、買戲票、參觀藝術(shù)館或聽音樂會都可以憑
學(xué)生證購買便宜票。如此等等。
DIALOGUE 54
Education in Britain
1--At what age do children start school in your
country?
2--At five.
1--Do boys and girls go to school together?
2--Yes, they do.
1--Do you think this is a good idea?
2--Yes, I do.
1--Do some children go on to university?
2--Yes, they do.
1--What examinations do they take first?
2--’O’ levels and ’A’ levels.
1--How long do they usually stay at university?
2--Three or four years.
===================================
注解:
1）Do boys and girls go to school together?意思是男
女生是否同校就讀。男女生同校的教育制度稱作coeducational
system。英國早期是男女生分開學(xué)校讀書的。
2）O levels(ordinary levels)指高級水平
測試，相當(dāng)高中畢業(yè)水平，通過測試的學(xué)生，可升入
大學(xué)或大專學(xué)校學(xué)習(xí)。
===================================
譯文：
1--在你們國家兒童幾歲上學(xué)？
2--5歲。
1--男孩子和女孩子同校上學(xué)嗎？
2--是的。
1--你覺得這樣好嗎？
2--我認(rèn)為很好。
1--有些孩子一直讀到大學(xué)嗎？
2--是的。
1--上大學(xué)首先要通過哪些考試？
2--O水平測試和A水平測試。
1--他們一般讀幾年大學(xué)？
2--3至4年。
-------------------------------------------------
DIALOGUE 55
I’m a Bit Fed Up
1--You’re not looking very cheerful. What’s the
matter with you?
2--Oh, nothing special. I’m just a bit fed up.
1--With the job?
2--With everything, with catching the same train
every morning, sitting in the same office all
day watching the same television programmes...
1--You need a holiday.
2--It wasn’t always like this, you know.
1--How do you mean?
2--Well, our great-great-grandfathers had more
fun, didn’t they? I mean, they hunted for their
food and grew their own vegetables and did
things for themselves. We do the same sort of job
for years and years. There’s no variety in our
lives.
1--You need a holiday. That’s what’s the matter with
you.
===================================
注解：
1）be fed up(with)：（對....）感到厭煩。
2）fun；樂趣。
3）variety：多樣化；變化。
4）That’s what’s the matter with you相當(dāng)于That’s
the problem with you. what’s the matter with you
是名詞性從句作表語。
===================================
譯文：
1--你看起來不太高興。出什么事兒了？
2--沒什么事兒。我只是感到有些膩煩。
1--是對工作感到膩煩？
2--什么都感到膩煩。早上趕火車，整天坐辦公室，晚上
看老一套電視節(jié)目。都讓人感到膩煩。
1--你該休假了。
2--你瞧，早先的日子也不這樣。
1--這話怎講？
2--你看，我們的先輩們，他們過得更開心，是不？他們
自己打獵取食，自己種菜，什么都自己辦。我們一年一年
地干同樣的工作，生活中一點變化都沒有。
1--你是該休假了。這就是你的癥結(jié)所在。