英语口语大赢家Topic20:路牌广告Advertisements

在出租车停靠的站点处，妈妈发现广告牌上贴着一张钢琴辅导班的广告宣传，随即抄下了相关内容。丹尼尔在一旁露出了不悦的神情，这是为什么呢？

 

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(Daniel speaks to himself.)

Daniel: That's great! We made 20 minutes earlier.

Mom: Good thing, we took a taxi.

Daniel: Mom, you are the best!

Mom: Hey, look there. It is an advertisement¹ of the piano training class on the billboard². The place is not far from our home.

Daniel: Mom, come on. What are you thinking³ about?

Mom: Your sister is in high school now; no one plays the piano at home.

Daniel: Don't tell me you want me to do that?

Mom: Why? Why not! The piano is right there.

Daniel: But I don't like playing the piano. And the homework keeps me busy enough.

Mom: Anyway, I will have a look at the piano class after work by myself.

Daniel: How depressed⁴!

听看学
（丹尼尔自言自语。）

丹尼尔：太好了！我们早到了20分钟。

妈妈：是啊，幸好我们搭了出租车。

丹尼尔：妈妈，你最棒了！

妈妈：喂，看那里。广告牌上有个钢琴培训班的广告。那个地方离我们家不远。

丹尼尔：妈妈，求你了。你又在想什么呢？

妈妈：你姐姐现在读高中了，家里的钢琴没人弹了。

丹尼尔：不要告诉我你想让我弹。

妈妈：为什么不呢？钢琴就摆在那里呢。

丹尼尔：但是我不喜欢弹钢琴。并且家庭作业已经够我忙了。

妈妈：不管怎样，下班后，我会自己先去看一下那个钢琴培训班。

丹尼尔：真郁闷。

经典背诵 Recitation
Daniel: Mom always wants me to take different training classes. These days she says I should learn to play the piano. That's really a disaster⁵ for me. The homework already keeps me busy enough. My poor little spare time! I am just a little boy!

生词小结
speak to oneself⁶ 自言自语

advertisement n.　广告

piano n. 钢琴

training n. 训练

billboard n. 广告牌

be far from 远离

think about 考虑

play the piano 弹钢琴

busy adj. 忙碌的

depressed adj. 沮丧的

Grammar 语法小结——反身代词
myself 我自己

yourself 你自己

himself/herself/itself 他/她/它自己

Ourselves 我们自己

Yourselves 你们自己

themselves 他们自己

1.反身代词在句子中主要作宾语

Enjoy yourselves! 玩得开心！

Let me introduce myself. 让我来自我介绍一下。

She speaks to herself. 她自言自语。

They teach themselves. 他们自学。

2.反身代词还可以用在一些固定短语中

(1)by oneself 独自一人，自己（没别人帮助）

I can do it by myself. 我能自己做。

He lives by himself. 他一个人住。

(2)for oneself 替自己，为自己

She cooks for herself. 她自己做饭。

I can buy food for myself. 我能为自己买食物。

You can decide for yourself. 你可以自己做决定。

家庭总动员 Do it together
两人一组，一方朗诵下面的中文句子，另一方挑选出合适的翻译。

1．他只考虑他自己。

2．我过去总把自己当作一个大人。

3．丹尼尔自言自语。

4．请注意你自己的行为！

5．丹尼尔可以自己弹钢琴吗？

1．Please behave yourself!

2．Can Daniel play the piano by himself?

3．Daniel speaks to himself.

4．He only thinks about himself.

5．I always thought of myself as an adult.

 

1 advertisement   

n.广告，启事，广告宣传

参考例句：

• Please post up this advertisement for our concert in your shop window.请把这张我们音乐会的海报贴在贵店窗户上。
• I wish to insert an advertisement in your newspaper.我想在贵报上登一则广告。

2 billboard   

n.布告板，揭示栏，广告牌

参考例句：

• He ploughed his energies into his father's billboard business.他把精力投入到父亲的广告牌业务中。
• Billboard spreads will be simpler and more eye-catching.广告牌广告会比较简单且更引人注目。

3 thinking   

n.思考，思想；adj.思考的，有理性的；vbl.想，思考

参考例句：

• All thinking men will protest against it.凡是有思想的人都会抗议这件事。
• Thinking is mainly performed with words and other symbols.思想主要是用言语和其他符号来表达的。

4 depressed   

adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的

参考例句：

• When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
• His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。

5 disaster   

n.灾难，灾祸

参考例句：

• God help us all at this time of national disaster.在这国难当头之际，愿苍天帮助我们大家。
• What a terrible disaster!真是了不得的大祸啊！

6 oneself   

pron.[反身代词]自己；亲自，本人

参考例句：

• If one wants to learn it,one must do it oneself.要想学会它就得亲自去做。
• It is not good to think only of oneself.只为自己着想是不好的。