Lesson 127 A famous actress的女演員
Listen to the tape then answer this question.Who is only twenty-nine, and why is it so unclear?
聽(tīng)錄音，然后回答問(wèn)題。誰(shuí)只有29歲？為什么這件事如此含糊不清？
Kate: Can you recognize that woman, Millie?
凱特：莉茲，你能認(rèn)出那個(gè)女人嗎？
Millie: I think I can, Kate. It must be Karen Marsh, the actress.
莉茲：我想我認(rèn)得出來(lái)，凱特。那一定是女演員卡.馬會(huì)。
Kate: I thought so. Who’s that beside her?
凱特：我也這樣想。她旁邊的那個(gè)人是誰(shuí)？
Millie: That must be Conrad Reeves.
莉茲：一定是康拉德.里弗斯。
Kate: Conrad Reeves, the actor? It can’t be. Let me have another look.
I think you’re right! Isn’t he her third husband?
凱特：康拉德.里弗斯，那個(gè)男演員嗎？不可能是。讓我再看一看。
我想你是對(duì)的。他不是她的第3個(gè)丈夫嗎？
Millie: No, He must be her fourth or fifth.
莉茲：不，他一定是她的第4個(gè)或第5個(gè)丈夫。
Kate: Doesn’t Karen Marsh look old!
凱特：卡倫看上去不顯老嘛！
Millie: She does, doesn’t she! I read she’s twenty-nine, but she must be at least forty.
莉茲：是的，誰(shuí)說(shuō)不是呢！我從報(bào)上看到她是29歲，但她一定至少有40歲了。
Kate: I’m sure she is.
凱特：我肯定她有40歲了。
Millie: She was a famous actress when I was still a schoolgirl.
莉茲：當(dāng)我還是學(xué)生時(shí)，她就是個(gè)的演員了。
Kate: That was a long time ago, wasn’t it?
凱特：那是好久以前的事了。是嗎？
Millie: Not that long ago! I’m not more than twenty-nine myself.
莉茲：不，沒(méi)有那么久。我自己現(xiàn)在還沒(méi)29歲呢。
New words and Expressions生詞和短語(yǔ)
famous
adj. 的
actress
n. 女演員
at least
至少
actor
n. 男演員
read (read, read)
v. 通過(guò)閱讀得知
Notes on the text課文注釋
1 在It must be Karen Marsh...這一句中，must be是英文中用來(lái)表示根據(jù)事實(shí)所作的推論，往往譯為
"一定"。must be的否定式是can't be，如Kate的話“It can't be.”是對(duì)Liz的推論("That must be Conrad Reeves.")的否定。同時(shí)，請(qǐng)注意這里的can't be(表示不可能)和第45課中I can't type this letter.(表示能力)的區(qū)別。
2 Who's that beside her?
本句中that指人。
3 her fourth or fifth后面省略了husband。
4 Not that long ago!
句中的that是副詞、指像Kate所說(shuō)的“那么”遙遠(yuǎn)，可譯作“那樣”，“那么”。課文中用斜體印刷表示一種強(qiáng)調(diào)，顯然Liz對(duì)Kate的判斷和對(duì)她本人年齡的估算很不滿意。