直捷英语(附mp3)(字幕版) Unit 25

KEVIN:Baseball.Tennis.Look at that.Football.GEORGE:Yeah.
[00:27.79]KEVIN:American football.
[00:30.98]DEAN:I couldn't agree with you more,Kevin.
[00:34.18]I think football is a violent,over-rated sport.
[00:39.05]KEVIN:Do you call that violent?
[00:41.04]With all that padding?You don't see padding in rugby.
[00:44.74]DEAN:Now take baseball:a game of skill,finesse,strategy.
[00:50.64]KEVIN:I don't agree with you there,Dean.
[00:52.94]Let's face it.Baseball's just dull version of cricket.
[00:57.34]KEVIN:What do you think?
[00:59.93]GEORGE:I'm with you kevin.Baseball is boring.Not as boring as soccer.what?!
[01:08.11]DEAN:Now that's boring.I say,let them use their hands.
[01:12.60]KEVIN:You're both very unreasonable¹.
[01:15.29]GEORGE:Kev,name one sport more boring than soccer.
[01:20.18]KEVIN:Golf. GEORGE:What?
[01:23.06]DEAN:He's got a point.
[01:24.55]GEORGE:That's your opinion.
[01:25.94]KEVIN:What's your opinion?
[01:27.84]GEORGE:Golf is very exciting.
[01:32.04]KEVIN AND DEAN:Oh ho!
[01:38.95]ANNE:We have the results of the guest survey.
[01:49.63]The good news is,our guests think we do a very good job.
[01:54.53]But we did learn more about some of their preferences.
[01:57.62]NULA:Like what?
[01:58.61]ANNE:For instance,in the newsstand.
[02:00.50]12%of all guests think there should be more foreign newspapers and magazines.
[02:05.09]SIMON:I certainly agree.
[02:06.74]ANNE:28% would like to see more news magazines.
[02:11.33]26%would like to see more fashion and life style magazines,and less news.
[02:16.73]NINA:I wonder who's who.
[02:18.31]SIMON:Men and women.
[02:19.99]NINA:Business travelers and vacationers?
[02:22.08]ANNE:We can't tell from the numbers.
[02:24.38]ANNE:14% had no opinion about the newsstand.9% think we should sell cold drinks.
[02:30.29]7% would like a newsstand on every floor.And 4% don't know we have a newstand.
[02:35.57]SIMON:How can they miss it?
[02:37.46]NINA:They're having too good a time to notice.
[02:42.05]WILLAM:This is exactly what I've been looking for.
[04:18.84]I'm having my kitchen re-modeled. Cool.
[04:24.05]WENDY:William,look at this.Here,she's had her nose fixed².
[04:31.94]Then,she's had her wrinkles removed.And here,she's had her behind lifted.
[04:41.14]WENDY:I think it's a big deal when I get my hair cut.
[04:44.21]EILLIAM:Seriously.
[04:45.70]WENDY:Which,by the way,you didn't notice.
[04:49.58]WILLAM:But I did notice. What?
[04:52.97]WILLAM:You got your hair cut.
[04:55.66]WENDY:You hate it.
[04:57.43]WILLAM:It's fine.It's very nice.
[05:01.42]WILLIAM:I'm gooing to have this packed up.
[05:04.30]WENDY:Ugh.You can get your ears flattened³.
[05:10.39]WILLIAM:Really,Wendy,don't change a thing

1 unreasonable   

adj.不讲道理的，不合情理的，过度的

参考例句：

• I know that they made the most unreasonable demands on you.我知道他们对你提出了最不合理的要求。
• They spend an unreasonable amount of money on clothes.他们花在衣服上的钱太多了。

2 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

3 flattened   

[医]（水）平扁的，弄平的

参考例句：

• She flattened her nose and lips against the window. 她把鼻子和嘴唇紧贴着窗户。
• I flattened myself against the wall to let them pass. 我身体紧靠着墙让他们通过。