Lesson 6

Text A How to Make Everybody Happy

Peter's uncle lived in the country. Once Peter went to stay with him for a few weeks.
Peter的叔叔住在鄉(xiāng)下。Peter有一次和他叔叔在一起住了段時間。

Whenever they went for a walk or for a drive in the car and they passed somebody, his uncle waved.
當他們出去散步或者開車經(jīng)過路人時，他的叔叔都會揮手。

Peter was surprised, and said, “Uncle George, you know everybody here. Where did you meet them all?”
Peter很吃驚，便說：“George叔叔，你認識這里的每一個人嗎，你在哪里認識他們所有人的？”

“I don't know all these people,”said his uncle.
“我并不認識這里所有的人，”他叔叔說。

“Then why do you wave to them?”asked Peter.
“那你為什么跟他們揮手呢？”Peter問到。

“Well, Peter,”answered his uncle,“when I wave to someone and he knows me, he is pleased. He continues his journey with a happier heart.
“嗯，Peter，”他叔叔回答，“當我向認識我的人招手時，他會很高興。他就能懷著開心的心繼續(xù)他的旅途。

“But when I wave to someone and he doesn't know me, he is surprised and says to himself 'Who is that man? Why did he wave to me?' So he has something to think about during the rest of his journey, and that makes his journey seem shorter. So I make everybody happy.”
但當我向不認識我的人揮手時，他會很吃驚并且問自己‘那個人是誰？為什么他向我揮手呢’那樣他剩余的旅途就有事情可想，那可以是他的旅途看上去變短了。所以我可以讓每一個人開心。”

你覺得這么做可以讓別人開心嗎？小編不敢茍同哎，如果路上一個陌生人向我揮手我會想好多事，比如我認識那個人嗎？會不會我忘記她了？那我豈不是很對不起她？別人跟我招手我卻一臉茫然太不禮貌了吧？等等之類想到我腦袋爆炸?；蛟S我想多了吧，嘿嘿，不過這么做確實也可能給別人造成困擾啦，我覺得微笑就足夠了，你覺得類？

Text B What Would You Like to Do Tonight?

Mary's cousins, Fay and Rosemary, are still at her house. The girls want to go to the movies. They look in the newspaper to see what time the movie starts. After seeing the movie, they go to an ice cream parlor and order their favorite desserts.

MARY: Girls, what would you like to do tonight?
MARY：女孩們，你們今晚想干什么？

ROSEMARY: Do you ever go to the movies?
ROSEMARY：你去看過電影嗎？

MARY: Of course. I often go to the movies.
MARY：當然啦。我經(jīng)常去看電影。

ROSEMARY: Well, let's go to the movies.
ROSEMARY：好極了，我們一起去看電影吧。

MARY: There's a good movie near here: Summer in Maine
MARY：這里有一個很好的電影：Summer in Maine

FAY: Fine. I heard it's a very good movie.
FAY：好啊。我聽說這是很不很好的電影。

ROSEMARY: Let's find out what time it starts.
ROSEMARY：讓我們找找它播出的時間吧。

MARY: Let's look at the newspaper. Movie programs are usually on page nine.
MARY：我們看下報紙吧。電影節(jié)目通常會在第九頁。

FAY: Here it is. Summer in Maine starts at 8 o'clock.
FAY：在這里。Summer in Maine八點開始。

? Read the following conversation once. Underline the key words while reading and retell to your partner the dialogue in your own words.

Fred: If I won the Pools, I'd go round the world.
Bert: Would you? I wouldn't.
Fred: What would you do?
Bert: Oh, I don't know. I'd buy a big house with a garden for my wife and kids, I
suppose. But it's difficult to imagine having a lot of money.
Fred: One thing's certain. If I had a lot of money, I wouldn't work any more.
Bert: Wouldn't you? What would you do with all that spare time?
Fred: As I said, I'd go round the world.
Bert: What would you do after that?
Fred: Oh, I don't know. It'd take me a long time to go round the world.
Bert: It doesn't sound very exciting.
Fred: Anyway, we haven't won the Pools, and we're not likely to win them. So there
isn't much point in talking about it, is there?
Bert: I'd be happy if I got a rise.
Fred: And my wife would be happy if I bought her a mink coat.
Bert: Well, I'm not likely to get a rise and you haven't the money for a mink coat, so let's come down to earth and have another drink.
Fred: What will you have?
Bert: I'll have a pint of the best.
Fred: I'd have a Scotch if I were you. We deserve it.
Bert: All right. Make it a double, will you?

常用口語：

1.What would you like to do tonight? 你（們）今晚想干什么？

這句話可以打開話匣子哦，當跟朋友談?wù)撟鍪裁词聲r不妨說："What would you like to do?"你的朋友們或許會出很多好主意呢。

2.I heard it's a very good movie. 我聽說這是很好的一部電影。

當跟別人討論一部電影或者其他事時可以使用這個句式，比如“我聽說那件外套很漂亮”就可以說“I heard it's a very beautiful coat." 又如“我聽說他是一個很好的人”為"I heard he's a very good man."