A Date 约会

 　　Brother : Hey, Sally! Are you going¹ to stay in that bathroom for the rest of your life²?

　　Sister : (From the bathroom) Come on, I just got³ in here.

　　Brother : You're kidding me. You've been in there for two hours twenty-four minutes and fifteen seconds.

　　Sister : All right! Five more minutes, OK?

　　Brother : What're you doing in there?

　　Sister : (Coming out from the bathroom) Taking a bath. What do you do in a bathroom? Get a sun tan⁴?

　　Brother : A bath for two and a half hours?

　　Sister : What's wrong with that? I'm going out with Daniel tonight.

　　Brother : You what? No way! Mom doesn't let you go out on dates. Everybody⁵ knows that.

　　Sister : Yes, she does: She said⁶ I was⁷ old enough to make decisions⁸.

　　Brother : That's a quick change.

　　Sister : Do I look good in red? Or maybe black?

　　Brother : No, you look awful⁹ in either¹⁰ red or black. I think white is better.

　　Sister : Is that so?...I better ask Mom for opinions¹². Are you free¹³ tonight?

　　Brother : Yeah....No, you're not going to use my car.

　　Sister : Come on, this is my first time going out on a date. I'll give you Stella's telephone number in exchange¹⁴.

　　Brother : That's a deal¹⁵.

　　Vocabulary¹⁶

　　注释

　　1. Opinion¹¹ n．看法、观点

　　2. exchange n．交换，亦可做动词

1 going   

n.去，离去，地面(或道路)的状况，工作情况；(复数形式）goings: 行为；adj.进行中的，流行的，现存的

参考例句：

• We're going to listen to a report this afternoon. 今天下午我们要去听报告。
• He hates leaving the office and going on holiday.他不愿离开办公室去度假。

2 life   

n.生活；生命

参考例句：

• The doctor came in time to save his life.医生及时来抢救他的生命。
• At last he knew the meaning of life.终于，他知道了生命的意义。

3 got   

v.(get的过去式)得到，猜到，明白

参考例句：

• I just got some bad news.我刚得到一些坏消息。
• I have got far too much work to do.我要做的事太多了。

4 tan   

n.鞣制革，黄褐色；adj.黄褐色的，鞣皮的；vt.晒黑，鞣(革)，鞭打；vi.晒成棕褐色

参考例句：

• She had gotten a good tan after the holiday at the sea.在海边度假之后，她的皮肤晒得黑黑的。
• His arms and legs had a dark tan.他的手臂和腿晒得黑黑的。

5 everybody   

pron.每人，人人(=everyone)

参考例句：

• Christmas is a holiday for everybody.圣诞节是所有人的节日。
• It is difficult to find a time that suits everybody.很难找到一个对每人都合适的时间。

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 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。

8 decisions   

n.决定( decision的名词复数 )；果断；决议；（法院的）判决

参考例句：

• Let's not make any hasty decisions. 我们不要匆忙作决定。
• I wish my mother would stop interfering and let me make my own decisions. 我希望我母亲不再干预，让我自己拿主意。

9 awful   

adj.极坏的；极讨厌的；令人畏惧的，可怕的；威严的，庄重的；极度的，非常的

参考例句：

• The weather is awful today.今天天气坏透了。
• An awful accident has happened.发生了一起可怕的意外事故。

10 either   

adj.任一，两方的；prep.任一，随便任一个；conj.或，也

参考例句：

• I have bought two books,you can have either.我买了两本书，你要哪一本都可以。
• I don't think either of them are at home.我想他们中任何一个都不在家。

11 opinion   

n.看法，意见；v.判断，意见，主张

参考例句：

• My opinion is on the whole the same as yours.我的意见大体上同你的差不多。
• I quite agree to your opinion.我很赞成你的看法。

12 opinions   

n.意见( opinion的名词复数 )；评价；舆论；（专家、医生、律师等的）专门意见

参考例句：

• He felt that the book misrepresented his opinions. 他觉得这本书歪曲了他的观点。
• We were invited to give our opinions about how the work should be done. 我们应邀就如何开展工作提出意见。

13 free   

adj.自由的，免费的；v.使自由；adv.随意地

参考例句：

• I don't have much free time.我没有多少空闲时间。
• There really is no free lunch.天下果然没有免费的午餐。

14 exchange   

n.交换，汇兑，交易所；v.交换，交易，兑换

参考例句：

• You two boys exchange places.你们两个孩子交换一下位置。
• He likes to exchange ideas with others.他喜欢与别人交流思想。

15 deal   

n.交易，协定，份量；v.(dealt,dealt[delt])处理，应付，分配

参考例句：

• Be careful. She is very difficult to deal with.可得当心，她很难对付。
• Deal with a man as he deals with you.以其人之道，还治其人之身。

16 vocabulary   

n.词汇，词汇量；词汇表

参考例句：

• How can I widen my vocabulary?怎样扩大自己的词汇量？
• You can find all the new words in the vocabulary of the text.你能在课文的词汇表中找到所有的生词。