华尔街基础英语Lesson 47

- Passport please! And your landing¹ card.
- Here you are, my friend.
- Huh! This won’t do! You haven’t written your address in Washdon!
- I’m staying in a hotel.
- Which hotel are you staying?
- I’ve booked a room in the Hilton.
- Then haven’t you written it in your form³?
- Because I don’t know the address!
- Very well.
- What have you got⁴ in the bag, please.
- Balls.
- Don’t you talk to me like that!
- He really has got balls in his bag actually⁵. He is a soccer player⁶, you see.
- Will you open it, please?
- You see? Every ball has its story. For example, this one is from Germany⁸ against⁹ Uruguay! One of the Uruguayan’s camp¹⁰ like this. I took¹¹ the ball from him, and kicked¹² it-and it was² a goal¹³! Germany 1-Uruguay uil!
- Alright, alright, will you put your balls back and go, please?
- Certainly, my friend. Auf wiedersehen!
- My God¹⁴! Look at all these girls ! Are they waiting for you?
- I expect¹⁵ so. It usually happens, you know.
- Well bye-bye, then.Manfred. Nice to have met you.
- Thanks for your help, Macro.
- Oh-Would you like a couple¹⁶ of tickets for the match?
- Yes, thanks a lot.
- You are welcome. Hey I’ve just thought¹⁷: Germany are playing Italy¹⁸, and you are Italy-So why don’t you invite¹⁹ a German⁷ girl?
- I don’t know any German girl, actually.
- Then you play with her after the match! Do you get it? play with her after the match!
- Yes, I see.
- Anyway, bye-bye, Macro!
- Bye-bye, Manfred. And thanks for the tickets.

1 landing   

n.登陆；着陆；楼梯平台

参考例句：

• Owing to engine trouble,the plane had to make a forced landing.由于发动机出了毛病，飞机不得不进行迫降。
• When are we landing?我们什么时候着陆？

2 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。

3 form   

n.形式，形状，表格；v.形成，组成，建立

参考例句：

• It is an art form.它是一种艺术形式。
• My garden is in the form of a square.我的花园是方形的。

4 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。

5 actually   

adv.实际上，事实上，竟然，居然，如今

参考例句：

• he looks young, but she's actually 50.她看上去年轻，可是实际上已五十岁了。
• Actually,that's not quite right.实际上，那不完全对。

6 player   

n.运动员，做游戏的人，选手，队员，比赛者；演员，演奏者，自动演奏装置，戏子

参考例句：

• She is our best player.她是我们最好的运动员。
• He is quite a good player.他是一个满不错的选手。

7 German   

adj.德国的，德国人的，德语的；n.德国人，德语

参考例句：

• He is studying German.他在学习德语。
• Besides English,he has to study German and French.除英语外，他还要学德语和法语。

8 Germany   

n.德国

参考例句：

• Germany and France are European countries.德国和法国是欧洲国家。
• I was watching the England Germany football match on TV.我在电视里看英德足球赛。

9 against   

prep.与…对抗；对着

参考例句：

• You're against the traffic rules.你违反了交通规则。
• Are you for or against?你是赞成还是反对？

10 camp   

n.宿营；野营；营地；vi.露营，扎营

参考例句：

• We have to go back to camp now.我们现在该回营去了。
• We shall camp beside our church.我们应该在教堂旁边扎营。

11 took   

vt.带，载(take的过去式)

参考例句：

• I took my dog for a walk along the river.我带着狗沿那条河散步。
• It took me about two hours to cook the meat.我花了大约两个小时来煮这些肉。

12 kicked   

v.踢( kick的过去式和过去分词 )；踢蹬，踢（腿）；（因干了蠢事、失去良机等）对（自己）生气；体育运动

参考例句：

• She kicked her attacker in the groin. 她朝袭击者的下身踢了一脚。
• She was punched and kicked by her attackers. 她遭到袭击者的拳打脚踢。

13 goal   

n.(足球)球门；得分

参考例句：

• I shot the ball into the goal.我把球踢进球门。
• That was his best goal.那是他最好的一次得分。

14 god   

n.上帝，神；被极度崇拜的人或物

参考例句：

• God knows how the cat got up on the roof.只有天知道那只猫是怎样爬上房顶的。
• God wills that man should be happy.上帝愿人类幸福。

15 expect   

vt.预期，期待，料想

参考例句：

• Don't expect me to run after you all your life.别指望我伺候你一辈子。
• Don't expect too much of his idea.不要对他的主意期望过高。

16 couple   

n.对，夫妇，数个；v.加倍，成双，连结

参考例句：

• I have a couple of things to do.我有几件事要做。
• I'll come again in a couple of days.我过两天再来。

17 thought   

n.想法，思想，思维，思潮，关心，挂念；v.vbl.think的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• It was just a thought.这仅仅是一个想法。
• She thought he had a cold.她认为他感冒了。

18 Italy   

n.意大利

参考例句：

• Have you ever been to italy?你到过意大利吗？
• We lived in southern italy.我们住在意大利的南部。

19 invite   

vt.邀请，引起，招致；n.邀请

参考例句：

• We'd better not invite him.我们最好不要邀请他。
• They invite us to have dinner.我们邀请他们去电影院。