Lesson 10

Text A? A Beautiful Dress

One day Mrs. Jones went shopping. When her husband came home in the evening, she began to tell him about a beautiful cotton dress.
有一天，Mrs. Jones去購物。當(dāng)他丈夫晚上回家時，她就開始跟他丈夫說看到的一條美麗的純棉裙子。

“I saw it in a shop this morning,” she said, “and...” “And you want to buy it,” said her husband. “How much does it cost?”
“我今天早上在一家店里看到它的，”她說，“還有...”“還有你想要買它”她丈夫說，“多少錢？”

“Forty pounds.”
“40英鎊。”

“Forty pounds for a cotton dress? That is too much!”
“四十英鎊買一條純棉的裙子，那太貴了！”

But every evening, when Mr. Jones came back from work, his wife continued to speak only about the dress, and at last, after a week, he said, “Oh, buy the dress! Here is the money!” She was very happy.
但是每天晚上，當(dāng)Mr. Jones工作回來，他妻子就不斷地只談?wù)撃菞l裙子，最后，一個星期的持續(xù)以后，他說：“哦，買了那條裙子吧，給你錢！”她很高興。

But the next evening, when Mr. Jones came home and asked, “Have you got the famous dress?” she said, “No.”
但是第二天晚上，Mrs. Jones一回來就問：“買了那條有名的裙子了嗎？”她說：“沒有?！?/div>
“Why not?” he said.
“為什么不買？”他問。

“Well, it was still in the window of the shop after a week, so I thought, nobody else wants this dress, so I don't want it either.”
“嗯，因?yàn)樗匀辉谀羌业甑溺R柜里已經(jīng)一星期了，所以我覺得，沒有人想要那條裙子，所以我也不想要了?！?/div>

Text B? Which Bus Shall I Take?

Jane Foster has just met Henry Taylor. Jane is on her way to the hospital to see her friend, Susan Green.
Jane Foster 剛剛見到了Henry Taylor。Jane在趕去醫(yī)院看他的朋友Susan Green的路上。

HENRY: Where are you going, Jane?
HENRY：你要去哪里，Jane？

JANE: I'm going to the hospital to see Susan Green.
JANE：我要去醫(yī)院看Susan Green。

HENRY: I saw her yesterday. She was a little better.
HENRY：我昨天去看過她了，她已經(jīng)有些好轉(zhuǎn)了。

JANE: Must I catch a number 7 bus to get there?
JANE：我只能坐7路車去那里嗎？

HENRY: No, you needn't. A number 13 bus will also take you to the hospital.
HENRY：不，不是。13路車也能把你送到醫(yī)院。

JANE: Number 13 buses run much more frequently, don't they?
JANE：13路車會比較暢通，是嗎？

HENRY: Yes. I caught a number 7 bus yesterday, and I had to wait for half an hour at the bus stop.
HENRY：是的，我昨天坐的是7路車，但我在車站等了半個小時才等到車。

JANE: Thank you, Henry. I'll get a number 13.
JANE：謝謝你HENRY，我會坐13路車。

HENRY: But number 13 buses leave far from the centre of town. You'll have to walk two miles to catch one.
HENRY：但是13路車離鎮(zhèn)中心很遠(yuǎn)，你得再走兩英里里才能坐到車。

? Read the following passage once. Underline the key words while reading and retell the story to your partner.

Mrs. Jones was still cleaning the house when her husband came back from work. She was wearing dirty, old clothes and no stockings, her hair was not tidy, she had dust on her face, and she looked dirty and tired. Her husband looked at her and said, “Is this what I come home to see after a hard day's work?”

Mrs. Jones's neighbour, “Mrs. Smith, was there?” When she heard Mr. Jones's words, she quickly said, “Goodbye!” And ran back to her house. Then she washed, brushed and combed her hair carefully, put on her best dress and her prettiest stockings, painted her face, and waited for her husband to come home.

When he arrived, he was hot and tired. He walked slowly into the house, saw his wife and stopped. Then he shouted angrily, "and where are you going this evening?"

常用口語：

1. How much does it cost？這件多少錢??？ 此句對于喜愛逛街購物的MM們可是再實(shí)用不過了，使用頻率接近百分之百哈。

2. on one's way to... 在去……的路上??

3. May I catch a number 7 bus to get there? 我可以坐7路公交車去那里嗎？嗯，在城市交通高速發(fā)展的現(xiàn)代社會，搭公交可是很重要的出行方式哦，要善用這個句子呢，估計(jì)不太容易迷路了呵呵~~