【大家说英语】 第400期:关于别人的故事

 　　Samantha and Eric were eating lunch. 萨曼莎和埃里克在吃午饭。

　　Samantha was¹ telling Eric a funny story about their biology² teacher. 萨曼莎和埃里克讲了一个关于他们生物老师的有趣故事。

　　It wasn't a mean story, but she wouldn't tell the story in biology class. 这个故事并不恶毒，但是她可不会在生物课上讲。

　　Eric started laughing and spat⁴ out his drink. 埃里克开始大笑，把饮料都笑喷出来了。

　　"That's such⁵ a funny story, Samantha!" he said⁶. 他说：“真是一个有趣的故事，萨曼莎！”

　　"But I have an even⁷ funnier one. Do you know Amelia?" “可是我有一个更好笑的故事。你认识阿梅利亚吗？”

　　Samantha did⁸ know her. 萨曼莎确实认识阿梅利亚。

　　Amelia was a new foreign⁹ student. 阿梅利亚是一个新来的外国学生。

　　She was studying at their school this semester¹⁰. 他这学期在他们的学校上学。

　　Samantha had¹¹ history class with her. 萨曼莎和她一起上过历史课。

　　Eric began his story about Amelia. 埃里克开始讲述关于阿梅利亚的故事。

　　It wasn't a nice story. It made¹² Amelia sound stupid¹³.  这不是一个很好的故事，让阿梅利亚听起来很愚蠢。

　　Samantha felt uncomfortable¹⁴, so she tried changing the topic¹⁵. 萨曼莎感到不太舒服，所以她尝试换个话题。

　　"What's wrong, Samantha?" Eric asked. "Don't you want to hear the rest of the story?" 埃里克问道：“怎么了，萨曼莎？你不想听故事剩下的内容了吗？”

　　"Not really. I don't like it very much," Samantha said to Eric. 萨曼莎对埃里克讲道：“不太想听。我不喜欢这个故事。”

　　But Eric wasn't happy with her answer. 但埃里克对她的回答并不开心。

　　"Why not? It's a true¹⁶ story. Besides¹⁷, you just told me a story about our biology teacher," Eric said. 埃里克说道：“为什么不呢？这是一个真实的故事。况且你刚刚不是还跟我说了我们生物老师的故事嘛。”

　　"That is different," she said. 萨曼莎说：“那不一样。”

　　"Not really. Come on. My story's not that bad. You'll like it," he said. 埃里克说：“没什么不一样。拜托。我的故事挺好的。你会喜欢的。”

　　What should Samantha do? What would³ you do? 萨曼莎应该怎么做？你会怎么做呢？

1 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

2 biology   

n.生物学

参考例句：

• Biology is the study of living things.生物学是对生物的研究。
• She has a degree in biology.她具有生物学的学位。

3 would   

aux.will的过去式；愿，要；常常；大概；将要，会

参考例句：

• Why would you say that?为什么你会这么说？
• Would you please help me?你能帮帮我吗？

4 spat   

n.口角，掌击；v.发出呼噜呼噜声

参考例句：

• Her parents always have spats.她的父母经常有些小的口角。
• There is only a spat between the brother and sister.那只是兄妹间的小吵小闹。

5 such   

adj.如此的，这样的；pron.这样的；adv.如此地

参考例句：

• He is such a man.他是这样一个人。
• He spent all his money,he is such a fool.他这样傻，花光了所有的钱。

6 said   

v.动词say的过去式、过去分词

参考例句：

• He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
• He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。

7 even   

adj.平坦的，偶数的，相等的；adv.甚至，恰好，正当

参考例句：

• It was cold yesterday,but it's even colder today. 昨天冷，今天更冷了。
• He's the best teacher even though he has the least experience.尽管他经验最少，但教得最好。

8 did   

v.动词do的过去式

参考例句：

• How many goals did you score in the last game?上一场比赛你们进了几个球？
• Why did you choose basketball in the first place?你为何首先选择篮球呢？

9 foreign   

adj.外国的；在外国的；来自外国的

参考例句：

• Are you interested in foreign languages? 你对外语感兴趣吗？
• To welcome our foreign friends. 欢迎我们的外国朋友。

10 semester   

n.一学期，半学年，六个月的时间

参考例句：

• A student will probably attend four or five courses during each semester.每个学生一学期可能要修四五门课程。
• I had an especially rough time during my first semester.我第一个学期的日子难受极了。

11 had   

vbl.have的过去式和过去分词；conj.有

参考例句：

• I just had a good idea!我有个好主意！
• The boy had a small branch of a tree in his hand.这个男孩手上拿一条小树枝。

12 made   

v.make的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• They were not made in china.它们不是中国制造的。
• The monkey made a long arm for the peach.猴子伸臂去摘桃子。

13 stupid   

adj.愚蠢的，笨拙的，麻木的，无趣味的；n.傻瓜

参考例句：

• The boy is too stupid.那个男孩太笨了。
• He must be really stupid.那他一定很傻。

14 uncomfortable   

adj.不舒服的，不合意的，不安的

参考例句：

• He looked shy and uncomfortable.他看起来羞怯又不自在。
• It makes me feel uncomfortable.弄得我浑身不自在。

15 topic   

n.题目，话题，主题

参考例句：

• On what topic are you talking?你在谈论什么话题？
• This is a topic sentence.这是个主题句。

16 true   

a.真实，不假的；忠实，可靠的；正确无误的

参考例句：

• He who doesn't reach the Great Wall is not a true man.不到长城非好汉。
• I will come and see if it is true.我要来了解一下，是否真有其事。

17 besides   

adv.此外；并且；prep.于…之外；除…以外

参考例句：

• He had other people to take care of besides me.除了我以外，他还需要照料其他人。
• Besides English, he has to study German and French.除英语外，他还要学德语和法语。