成人高等教育英语教材第二册11

UNIT 11

Help Yourself, Please

Integrated¹ Skills Development

Dialogues
A. Cheers!

Zhou Hong, Dean² of the Department of Foreign Languages, and William Abel, a professor from England, are at a dinner party.
Zhou Hong: Would you like to use chopsticks or a knife and fork?
William: I think I'll try chopsticks and see if I can manage them.
Zhou Hong: Very well. Would you like wine or spirits?
William: I'd like to have a little Maotai, the famous Chinese spirit, please.
Zhou Hong: Here's to your health. Cheers!
William: And to yours. Cheers!
Zhou Hong: Now let's try the food. This is sea-cucumber.
William: Very delicious.
Zhou Hong: Help yourself to the duck, the crispy roast duck. Have it while it's hot.
William: It's very tender³ and crispy.

B. What About Some Fruit?

Zhou Hong and Professor Abel are continuing their conversation while having their meal.
Zhou Hong: Have some of the sweet and sour fish, please.
William: It's appetizing and tasty.
Zhou Hong: Will you have another cup of spirits?
William: No, thank you. I'm afraid it's a bit too strong for me.
Zhou Hong: How about having a glass of white wine to go with the fish?
William: That's a good idea. This dish is really wonderful.
Zhou Hong: What about some fruit? Help yourself to an apple, please.
William: It's very juicy. I must say we've had a splendid meal.

Passage How Americans Receive Their Guests at Home?

It was Christmas, and there was a big party in the house. Guests came and went but the party continued. Then the bell rang. Several people shouted, "Come in!" and a small man opened the front door and came in. Nobody knew him, but the host went to meet him, and took him to the bar for a drink.
The man sat there happily for an hour and drank. Then suddenly he stopped and looked at his host. "Do you know", he said, "nobody invited me to this party. I don't know you, I don't know your wife, and I don't know any of your guests. My wife and I wanted to go out in our car, but one of your guests' cars was in front of our gate, so I came here to find him — and my wife is waiting in our car for me to come back!"

New Words and Expressions

appetizing
a. 刺激食欲的，美味的

bar
n. 酒吧

Christmas
n. 圣诞节

crispy
a. 脆的，松脆的

dean
n. 院长，系主任

fork
n. 餐叉，叉子

juicy
a. 多汁的

manage
v. 操纵，支配

meal
n. 一餐，一顿饭

roast
a. 烤，烘

sea-cucumber
n. 海参

sour
a. 酸的，酸味的

spirit
n. [常用复数] 烈酒

splendid
a. 极好的，上等的

tasty
a. 美味的，可口的，好吃的

tender
a. 嫩的，柔软的

wine
n. 葡萄酒，果酒

to one's health
为健康干杯

go with
和…一起，相配

wait for
等，等待

Merry Learning⁴

A Riddle⁵

What breaks but never falls, and what falls but never breaks?
(Day and night.)

Phonetics

以 ed 结尾的动词过去式的读音：
opened covered learned⁶ dreamed arrived
liked walked stopped dropped shopped
acted posted needed accepted attracted

Pronunciation and Intonation⁷

A: Where are you from?
B: Can you guess?
A: You must come from Canada, don't you?
B: Yes, I am. How did you guess?
A: The way you speak.

1 integrated   

a.整合的，完整的

参考例句：

• A fully integrated low phase noise LC voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) is presented.介绍了一种全集成的LC压控振荡器(VCO)的设计。

2 Dean   

n.(大学)院长，系主任，教务长

参考例句：

• The students much like the new dean.学生们很喜欢这位新系主任。
• Who is the dean of the Foreign Languages Department?外语系主任是谁？

3 tender   

adj.嫩的，柔软的；脆弱的，纤细的；温柔的

参考例句：

• At the tender age of seventeen I left home.早在十七岁的小小年纪，我就离开了家。
• We were sent to boarding school at a tender age.很小的时候我们就被送到了寄宿学校。

4 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

5 riddle   

n.谜，谜语，粗筛；vt.解谜，给…出谜，筛，检查，鉴定，非难，充满于；vi.出谜

参考例句：

• The riddle couldn't be solved by the child.这个谜语孩子猜不出来。
• Her disappearance is a complete riddle.她的失踪完全是一个谜。

6 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

7 intonation   

n.语调，声调；发声

参考例句：

• The teacher checks for pronunciation and intonation.老师在检查发音和语调。
• Questions are spoken with a rising intonation.疑问句是以升调说出来的。