ACT 2-1 我以前从没有去过那儿
【故事梗概】
Michelle和她的朋友们到了Susan的公寓,她把她们介绍给Susan。
Michelle: Oh, Daddy! We had such a good time at the aquarium. I saw a real shark. I could almost touch it.
Harry: I’m so glad. Hi Michelle, why don’t you introduce everybody to Susan?
Michelle: Hi, Susan.
Susan: Hi.
Michelle: I’d like you to meet Audrey and her mother, Mrs. Cooper.
Susan: Hello, Audrey. Nice to meet you, Mrs. Cooper. I’m Susan Stewart.
Michelle: And this is Shirley and Nicole.
Susan: Hi, girls.
Harry: Come on in. Come on in, Mrs. Cooper. Come on in, everybody.
Mother: The aquarium was so exciting. I had never been there before. The girls learned a great deal. Frankly, so did I.
Susan: well, please sit down and tell us all about it during lunch.
Harry: We prepared some tuna fish and cheese sandwiches for lunch.
Michelle: I love tuna fish. Don’t you, Audrey?
Susan: I remember when I used to be a Girl Scout. My mother would take us everywhere, too.
【语言点精讲】
1. Why don’t you introduce everybody to Susan?
为什么把大家介绍给Susan呢?
这是用 why don’t句式提出建议的又一例。进行社交介绍时,一般是把客人、年纪较轻及地位较低的人介绍给主人、年长者和地位较高的人。
2. I’d like you to meet Audrey and her mother, Mrs. Cooper.
我来给你介绍Audrey和她的母亲Cooper夫人。
I’d like you to meet…: 我来向你介绍……。这是介绍人时常用的表达法。
3. Come on in.
进来吧!意思与“ Come in.”相同。这是比 Come in更随和、友好的说法。
4. I had never been there before.
我以前从没有去过那儿。这句话用的过去完成时态,表达的意思为“到我今天上午带孩子们去以前为止,我从未去过”。过去完成时用had +过去分词构成,表示过去某一时间以前完成的动作或状态。
5. We prepared some tuna fish and cheese sandwiches for lunch.
tuna fish: 金枪鱼,也称“鲔鱼”,常用来做三明治。
tuna fish and cheese sandwiches 是以金枪鱼为主,又加上一片干酪的三明治。金枪鱼常是罐头里开出来即用的,而干酪也常是制成薄薄的方片,每片分别包在塑料纸中,专供制三明治用的。
6. I remember when I used to be a Girl Scout. My mother would take us everywhere, too.
我记得我还是一名女童子军的时候,我母亲也常带我们到处去逛。
I remember when I used to be a Girl Scout. : 我记得我还是一名女童子军的时候。这里的when 引导的不是状语从句。这句话更完整的形式是 I remember the time when I used to be a Girl Scout, 所以when引导的是定语从句。
a Girl Scout: 美国有两个童子军组织,即男童子军(Boy Scouts)和女童子军(Girl Scouts)。男童子军创始于1910年,女童子军创始于1912年。组织童子军的目的是为了帮助男孩和女孩成为好公民,并且在心理和身体两方面得到健康发展。
would: 经常。用would描述过去的事情时,表示过去经常发生的事情。