越说越地道英语1-4

31. Don’t underestimate¹ me.

W: Can you finish typing this file² in one day?

M: Don’t underestimate me.

W: Fine. Send it to my office tomorrow morning.

M: I can eat five steam³ bread for a meal. (这儿的steam bread不可数，听力材料里直接加的five，不知道算不算错。但是中国的包子就是一个是一个的，反正觉得用piece不合适)

W: You are lying.

M: Don’t underestimate me.

32. Bon voyage⁴.

W: You will return to Shanghai tomorrow, won’t you?

M: Yes.

W: Bon voyage.

M: I will go to America to study in a few days.

W: Really? Bon voyage.

M: Thank you.

33. It’ll drive me crazy.

W: There is too much homework today.

M: Yes. It’s impossible to finish.

W: It’ll drive me crazy.

M: It’ll drive me crazy.

W: What’s going on?

M: This file is too difficult to translate.

34. Hopeless⁵.

W: Wang Lei failed the math exam again.

M: Hopeless.

W: Yes, you really get worried for him.

M: I am really hopeless.

W: What’s wrong?

M: I made the same mistake again. （OK. 朗读者的口误）

35. He is too picky.

W: Why are you unhappy?

M: The general editor⁶ said I have mistakes in using punctuation⁷.

W: He is too picky.

M: What do you think of Zhang Tao?

W: He is too picky.

M: It’s hard to tell.

36. Please excuse me.

W: Please excuse me.

M: Are you busy?

W: It’s too late. I must go home.

M: Don’t forget we are going to the KTV to sing songs this evening.

W: Sorry. Please excuse me.

M: It’s a pity.

37. Don’t set yourself against me.

W: I want to smoke. Is it OK?

M: No. Go outside.

W: Don’t set yourself against me.

M: Don’t always set yourself against me, OK?

W: But I’m only trying to help you.

M: There is no need.

38. Don’t be long winded.

W: Don’t be long winded.

M: I just want to remind⁸ you.

W: But you make me sick.

M: Don’t read when you eat.

W: Don’t be long winded.

M: That’s good for you.

39. (但是朗读者读的是：37) Don’t make jokes about me.

W: You wrote this article really well.

M: Don’t make jokes about me.

W: This is my real word from my heart.

M: I didn’t do well in today’s exam.

W: But every time you are still Number 1.

M: Don’t make jokes about me.

40. I don’t know when I will see you again.

W: I would return to my country tomorrow.

M: So I don’t know when I will see you next (朗读者读的this) time.

W: I will come to see you when I have time.

M: When are you going to New York to work?

W: I should go this weekend.

M: So we don’t know when we’ll see each other again

1 underestimate   

vt.对...估价过低，低估

参考例句：

• Don't underestimate the role of theory.不要轻视理论的作用。
• I think a lot of people still underestimate him.我觉得很多人仍然低估了他。

2 file   

n.档案，公文箱，锉刀；v.列队行进，归档，申请；[计算机]文件

参考例句：

• Fran came in holding a blue file.弗兰拿着一个蓝色的文件夹进来了。
• The door won't fit;you'll have to file it down.这门关不上，你得把它锉一锉。

3 steam   

n.蒸汽，水汽；精力；vi.蒸发，行驶，发怒；vt.蒸，煮，散发

参考例句：

• Ice,snow and steam are different forms of water.冰、雪、蒸汽是水的不同形式。
• Steam trains gave way to electric trains.蒸汽火车被电气火车取代。

4 voyage   

n.航行，航海，航程，旅行，航空；vi./vt.航海，航行；渡过，飞过

参考例句：

• Life is compared to a voyage.人生好比航海。
• The December weather favoured our voyage.12月的天气使我们的航行顺利。

5 hopeless   

adj.无希望的，绝望的，毫无办法的

参考例句：

• Jim's plan seemed hopeless,but he brought it off.吉姆的计划看起来没希望实现，但是他成功了。
• I'm hopeless at Maths.我的数学很糟糕。

6 editor   

n.编者，编辑，主笔；v.编辑器

参考例句：

• He's the editor of the Riverdale paper.他是Riverdale报的编辑。
• He got a job as an editor of a newspaper.他在一家报社找到了一份编辑工作。

7 punctuation   

n.标点符号，标点法

参考例句：

• My son's punctuation is terrible.我儿子的标点符号很糟糕。
• A piece of writing without any punctuation is difficult to understand.一篇没有任何标点符号的文章是很难懂的。

8 remind   

vt.提醒，使想起；使发生联想

参考例句：

• These notes will remind you how to present your ideas.这些笔记可以帮你记起怎样讲清楚你的意思。
• May I remind you that time will soon be up?我可以提醒你时间快到了吗？