听播客学英语 170 与朱丽叶“的一天

 　　Juliet is seven years old. Her mother has just had a new baby, so it is arranged¹ that Juliet can stay with Kevin and Joanne for a few days, so that her Mum can rest. Joanne told Kevin that Juliet was coming to stay, but Kevin was watching a football match on television and just grunted².

　　The next day Juliet arrived. “Hello, Kevin. I’m going to stay at your house so that my Mum can look after my baby brother.” Juliet sat down at the kitchen table. “I want some orange juice and a biscuit. Have you got orange juice and biscuits?” So Kevin gave Juliet a glass of orange juice and a biscuit.

　　Then Juliet said, “I want to draw a picture.” So Kevin found Juliet some paper and a pencil, and Juliet drew a picture of her house, and her garden, and her Mum and her baby brother, and the sun shining.

　　“Now you draw me a picture,” said Juliet. So Kevin drew Juliet a picture of men playing football.

　　“That’s a nice picture”, said Juliet. “I want to go for a walk now”. So Kevin found Juliet her shoes and her coat, and Juliet put them on. They walked up the road, past the newsagent’s shop.

　　“Please Kevin, can you buy me a comic,” said Juliet. So Kevin went into the newsagent’s and bought Juliet a comic.

　　They went to the park, and played with a ball. Juliet kicked the ball into some bushes³. “Please Kevin, can you fetch me the ball?” So Kevin fetched Juliet the ball.

　　Juliet played on the swings, and then it was time to go home. “I want a cake for tea,” said Juliet. “Please Kevin can you make me a cake”. So Kevin made Juliet a chocolate cake. It was quite a good cake, especially since Kevin had never made one before. Juliet licked⁴ the mixing bowl.

　　Then Kevin got Juliet her tea – bread, cheese, apple and chocolate cake. After tea Juliet watched television, and then it was time for bed. “Please Kevin, read me a story, ” said Juliet. So Kevin read Juliet a story. “Tell me another story”. So Kevin told Juliet another story. “Show me the pictures in the book.” So Kevin showed Juliet the pictures in the book. “I want to go to sleep now, “said Juliet.”Give me a good-night hug.” So Kevin gave Juliet a hug, and Juliet went to sleep.

　　Later, Joanne came home, and Kevin told her what he and Juliet had done. Joanne laughed. “That girl has got you wrapped⁵ round her little finger,” she said. “I know,” said Kevin. “Just get me a beer.”

　　In this podcast there are lots of sentences which contain indirect⁶ objects. There is a grammar and vocabulary note which explains all about them.

1 arranged   

adj.安排的v.安排，准备( arrange的过去式和过去分词 )；把…（系统地）分类；整理；改编（剧本等）

参考例句：

• The party was arranged quickly. 聚会很快就安排好了。
• Chairs in rows are not as conducive to discussion as chairs arranged in a circle. 椅子成排摆放不如成圈摆放便于讨论。

2 grunted   

（猪等）作呼噜声( grunt的过去式和过去分词 )； （指人）发出类似的哼声； 咕哝着说

参考例句：

• She just grunted, not deigning to look up from the page. 她只咕哝了一声，继续看书，不屑抬起头来看一眼。
• She grunted some incomprehensible reply. 她咕噜着回答了些令人费解的话。

3 bushes   

n.灌木（丛）( bush的名词复数 )；[机械学]（金属）衬套；[电学]（绝缘）套管；类似灌木的东西（尤指浓密的毛发或皮毛）

参考例句：

• There was someone skulking behind the bushes. 有人藏在灌木后面。
• The boy chased his sister in and out among the bushes. 那个男孩在灌木丛里跟着他姐姐追过来追过去。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 licked   

舔( lick的过去式和过去分词 )； 打败； （波浪）轻拍； （火焰）吞卷

参考例句：

• He licked his fingers. 他舔了一下自己的手指。
• The flames of the fire licked the sides of the fireplace. 火焰卷烧着壁炉的边缘。

5 wrapped   

adj.有包装的，预先包装的v.包( wrap的过去式和过去分词 )；覆盖；用…包裹（或包扎、覆盖等）；卷起

参考例句：

• The chocolates are individually wrapped in gold foil. 巧克力用金箔纸一颗颗独立包装。
• Would you like the chocolates gift-wrapped? 你要把巧克力糖打成礼品包吗？

6 indirect   

adj.间接的，转弯抹角的，非直接的

参考例句：

• What he said was very indirect.他的话很婉转。
• He gave only an indirect answer.他只作了间接的回答。