ACT 3-3 我无论如何都不会错过这个聚会

【故事梗概】

在享受老友重聚的欢乐的同时，大家都对Pete所说的惊喜非常好奇，并急于知道答案。

Lillian: Remember me, Malcolm?

Grandpa: Oh, beautiful as ever, Lillian. How’s Donald? [He suddenly realizes that he has said the wrong thing.]

Lillian: That’s OK, Malcolm. Donald passed away a couple of years ago.

Arnold: Sorry to hear that, Lillian.

Peggy: Oh, I’m so sorry.

Arnold: I would not have missed this get-together for the world!

Grandpa: And your little surprise, Pete? You really surprised me by having us all come together.

Pete: You don’t know what the surprise is yet? Come on! We’ll tell you the big surprise.

[They walk back to the table with Pete. Pete pours iced tea for them. ]

Pete: I’ve invited you here for the weekend to help celebrate.

Peggy: Celebrate?

Grandpa: Our fiftieth reunion?

Arnold: No.

Lillian: No. Pete wants to tell you ...

Pete: Now, let me have the honor, Lillian.

【语言点精讲】

1. Oh, beautiful as ever, Lillian.

噢，Lillian，你还是那么美丽。

as ever: 一直，依旧。

2. I would not have missed this get-together for the world!

我无论如何都不会错过这个聚会。

I would not have missed … for the world! : 这是个非正式的说法。当你要表达乐于参加某一活动时，可以用这种表达方式。

for the world: 是强调语，用在否定句中时表示“无论如何”，用在肯定句中时表示“每一方面都，从各方面来看都”，也可以说“for all the world”。

3. I’ve invited you here for the weekend to help celebrate.

我请你们大家到这儿来度周末，是想让你们帮助庆祝一下。

for the weekend: 度周末。

celebrate: 庆祝。

4. Our fiftieth reunion?

reunion: 在美国，同班同学通常都会聚会。这种聚会一般是从高中或大学毕业后的五或十年开始，以后每隔五年聚一次，通常在6月份，即学校举行毕业典礼的时候进行。很多人都喜欢和老同班同学聚会，来重温友谊，缅怀过去。不过，也有人因久不相见怕会感到不自在而回避这种聚会。

5. Now, let me have the honor, Lillian.

let me have the honor: 请让我有做这件事的荣幸，请允许我来做这件事。这是非常客气的话。have the honor:荣幸地，有幸地。