书城外语超级英语情景100话题
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第35章 交际闲聊篇(3)

Sophia:We cannot help but accept it.

Anna:Anyway,advertisements are really unpleasant.

对广告的看法

索菲娅:现在越来越多的广告出现在报纸、广播、杂志、甚至街头。

安娜:是啊,广告太多了。

索菲娅:你对广告有什么看法?

安娜:对于我来说,我觉得广告很令人讨厌。消费者经常被虚假广告欺骗,而且人们在这些广告上浪费了大量的时间。

索菲娅:是的,我完全同意你的看法。

安娜:我们不能完全相信广告。

索菲娅:当然。

安娜:更有甚者,我觉得看电视剧时插播广告特让人心烦。

索菲娅:因此,我觉得广告应到受到限制。

安娜:但是不管你喜不喜欢广告,它已经成为我们生活的一部分。

索菲娅:我们不得不接受啊。

安娜:总之,广告真的很令人讨厌。

词汇档案

nowadays [naudeiz] adv.现在,如今

as well as(除……之外)也,又

cheat [tit] v.欺骗

false [fls] a.虚假的

annoy [ni] v.使烦恼

interrupt [intrpt] v.打断

小叮咛

①What's more 更有甚者。What's more:这是表示递进和补充的句子,大多用于补充的情况,且是突出其后面的意思。例如:I don't want to set off at once.First of all,time is limited.What's more,it is raining heavily.我不想立刻出发。首先,时间有限,而且,雨下得很大。

03想唱就唱

Dreams梦想

Dreams

Oh my life is changing everyday

In every possible way

And though my dreams

It's never quite as it seems

Never quite as it seems

I know I felt like this before

But now I'm feeling it even more

Because it came from you

Then I open up and see

The person fumbling here is me

A different way to be

......

I want more

Impossible to ignore

Impossible to ignore

And they'll come true

Impossible not to do

Impossible not to do

And now I tell you openly

You have my heart so don't hurt me

For what I couldn't find

Talk to me amazing mind

So understanding and so kind

You're everything to me

Oh my life is changing everyday

In every possible way

And though my dreams

it's never quite as it seems

‘cause you're a dream to me

Dream to me

哦,我的生活时时变幻

光怪陆离

尽管我的梦

从不像它看起来的那样

我的感觉依旧

甚至更加强烈

因为它源自于你

当我张开双眼,发现

那追梦人正是自己

陌生又熟悉

我想要的更多

这个梦萦绕心头,挥之不去

相信它们终会成真

终会成真!

让我向你坦白一切

我的心永属于你,

不要因为我的疏忽就将我辜负

向我打开你的心扉,告诉我你的思绪

你善解人意又体贴温柔

你就是我的一切

哦,我的生活时时变幻

甚至光怪陆离

尽管我的梦

从不像它看起来的那样

我的梦中人

只因你是我的梦中人

Sign

星座

01锦囊妙句

01.What's your sign

你是什么星座的?

02.Sagittarius is Fire energy.This is a very active,extroverted sign.

extroverted [ekstrvtid] a.性格外向的

射手座是火相星座。射手非常主动、外向。

03.Capricorn is the leader of the Earth signs.

魔羯座是土相星座的领头人。

04.Scorpio is a Water element,and this makes it a somewhat enigmatic sign.

enigmatic [eniɡmtik,iniɡmtik] a.谜的

水相星座的特质使天蝎座有些神秘。

05.Leo is Fire to the core.

狮子座是火相星座的中心。

06.The Earth element of Taurus brings strength and the desire for solid ground form and structure.

solid [slid] a.可靠的

土相星座的特质让金牛座渴望并具有脚踏实地的能力。

07.Pisces is extremely receptive,compassionate,and other-directed.

双鱼座非常善于接纳,富有同情心,并且很为别人着想。

08.Good memory is Cancer's born gift.

良好的记忆力是巨蟹座与生俱来的天赋。

09.Libra represents the Air element.

天秤座是风相星座。

10.Libra is a sign that is more extroverted and active.

天秤座的特性比较外向和主动。

11.Study would never be a problem for Scorpio.You just need more confidence.

学习对蝎子来说从来都不是问题。你只需要更多自信。

12.Patience and caution are Capricorn's advantages.

魔羯座的优点是耐心和谨慎。

13.Diligence is Virgo advantage.

处女座的优点是勤奋。

14.Virgo actually finds the encyclopedia exciting and reads self-help and fitness books for fun.

encyclopedia [ensaiklupidi] n.百科全书

处女座可能会发现百科全书、自助书籍或健身书籍很有趣。

15.Gemini are avid readers,so almost any book will keep them busy.

双子座喜欢读书,几乎任何书都能让她们立刻投入其中。

02实用对话

What's her sign

Lily:What's the trouble with you

Pat:I wonder what gift I should give my girlfriend.

Lily:Oh,what's her sign Maybe I can give you some suggestions.

Pat:Really She is a Leo.

Lily:Let me check it for you.It is said that Leo is easy to shop for if you can carry that much gold.Gifts of gold are the thingsfor Leo.Anything classy and monogrammed will usually work.Theater tickets for the best play will also go over big.Then I think you can give her a ticket.

Pat:Great.Then I will see what's on at the moment.

Lily:What's your sign

Pat:Well,I'm an Aries.So what①

Lily:From your signs,I can tell you how your relations with your girlfriend.

Pat:Oh,I see.

Lily:Great! You are good and having a lasting relationship.

Pat:I'd like to hear that.

她是什么星座的?

丽莉:你怎么了?

帕特:我在发愁给我女朋友买什么礼物。

丽莉:噢,她是什么星座的?或许我可以给你一些意见?

帕特:真的吗?她是狮子座的。

丽莉:我帮你查一查。上面说狮子座的人比较容易买礼物,如果你有那么多金钱的话。金子做的礼物就是送给狮子座的东西。任何亮丽而有字母组合图案的东西一 般都能行得通。好戏剧的戏票也很受欢迎。我想你可以送她一张戏票。

帕特:太好了!那我去看看这几天有什么戏剧。

丽莉:你是什么星座啊?

帕特:嗯,我是白羊座。怎么了?

丽莉:从你们的星座,我就可以告诉你,你们的关系会怎么样。

帕特:好吧,我明白了。

丽莉:很棒啊!你们是个甜蜜持久的组合。

帕特:这句话我爱听。

词汇档案

wonder [wnd] v.想知道

classy [klɑsi] a.上等的

relation [rilein] n.关系

小叮咛

①So what 怎么了。so what是英语中一条很有用的口语,它主要的用法有:1、表示不在乎或无所谓,意为:那有什么关系?2、用于对别人的质问或责难反 唇相讥,意为:那有什么不行的? 那为什么不行? 那有什么了不起?3、表示藐视别人的炫耀,意为:那算什么?那又怎样?例如:

-I'm afraid it's too expensive.恐怕太贵了。

-So what We have plenty of money.

那有什么关系?我们有的是钱。

03经典背诵

Blinking眨眼睛

Scientists have figured out why we rarely notice our own blinking.Our brains simply miss it,they say.

Researchers found that visual sensitivity starts decreasing just before we blink.But what goes on in the brain remained a mystery.

In the new study,scientists put fiber-optic lights in the mouths of people.The lights were powerful enough to penetrate the roofs of their mouths and strike their retinas,where light is recorded.They wore goggles to block outside light.

When the test subjects blinked,the amount of light hitting their retinas didn't change.Activity in their brains was monitored by functional magnetic resonance imaging.

During blinking,brain activity was suppressed in areas that respond to visual input,the scientists report.

"Transiently suppressing these brain areas involved in visual awareness during blinks may be a neural mechanism for preventing the brain from becoming aware of the eyelid sweeping down over the pupil during a blink and the world going dark,"said Christopher Frith at the University College London.

科学家日前发现为什么我们很少注意到自己在眨眼睛。科学家给出的答案是:仅仅是我们的大脑将它忽略了而已。

研究人员发现,视觉敏感性会在人们眨眼之前开始变弱,但此时大脑内部又发生了什么?人们对此还不得而知。

在一项新的研究当中,科学家把光学纤维灯放置在人们的嘴里,而这种灯发出的光线足以透过人们的口腔上颚,到达视网膜。在视网膜内,光线被记录下来。同时, 这些人还戴着护目镜,以阻挡来自外界的光线。

当参与试验的人们眨眼时,落到他们视网膜上的光线量没有发生变化。他们脑部的活动由功能磁共振成像技术进行监控。科学家发现,在人们眨眼的过程中,他们脑 部的活动在一个对视觉输入做出反应的区域内被抑制住了。