ACT 2-3 “这真是太好了！”

【故事梗概】

在他们在收拾东西准备离开时，Marilyn接到了磨坊旅馆的老板Montefiore女士打来了电话。原来磨坊旅馆有空房间了。

[The telephone rings.]

Marilyn: Hello? Yes, yes, this is she. Oh, hello! How nice of you to remember us! Yes, my husband did call. You do? Really? It won’t be any trouble? Oh, yes, I think we’d like that very much. Fifteen minutes! Thank you. Good bye. [She hangs up, turns to Richard, and smiles.] You will never guess.

Richard: Uh… I give up.

Marilyn: Mrs. Montefiore from the Watermill Inn.

Richard: What is she calling about?

Marilyn: They have an opening. Someone just checked out, and Mrs. Montefiore has reserved the honeymoon suite for us.

Richard: You’re kidding!

Marilyn: No. Isn’t it wonderful?

Richard: It’s fantastic! Oh, now all it has to do is stop raining. Let’s go.

[They kiss, gather their bags, and leave.]

【语言点精讲】

1. Yes, Yes, this is she.

是的，是的，我就是。

这里用主格she，是严谨的合乎语法的用法，因为它在句中是表语而不是宾语。

2. You will never guess.

你永远猜不到。这个句子表示有令人吃惊的消息。

3. Uh… I give up.

give up: 放弃。此处Richard的意思是他承认猜不到。

4. They have an opening. Someone just checked out, and Mrs. Montefiore has reserved the honeymoon suite for us.

他们有空房间了。有人刚结了帐走了，Montefiore夫人把蜜月套房留给我们了。

opening: 这里指的是空房间，相当于“an available room”。

suite: 套房，特别指旅馆中的套房。

5. It’s fantastic! Oh, now all it has to do is stop raining.

这真是太好了！现在只要不下雨就完美了。

修饰all的定语从句中，关系代词一般用that而不用which，且凡可省略时（在从句中为动词宾语或介词宾语），都省略。另外在stop前面本应有to，但在说明do的内容确指何事的句式中，动词不定式的to常省略。

stop raining: 雨停止。stop doing sth. 表示“停止做某事”，stop to do sth. 表示“停下（手中正在做的别的事）来去干某事”。