英语流行口语 21.Criticism批评

[00:02.85]21 批评
[00:05.69]A:Where's Martin tonight?
[00:07.61]A:今晚马丁儿去了?
[00:09.53]B:He's gone to the pictures with a friend.
[00:11.61]B:和朋友看电影了.
[00:13.69]A:What,again?B:Yes,I'm afraid so!
[00:16.22]A:什么?又看电影?B:恐怕是吧.
[00:18.76]A:That's the fourth¹ time he's been out this week in the evening
[00:21.49]A:这是这周他第四次晚上外出,
[00:24.22]and yet² he complains³ that he's behind with his studies and getting poor results⁴
[00:27.49]可是他还抱怨学习赶不上,成绩不好.
[00:30.77]B:Well,it's his own⁵ fault,he shouldn't go out so much;
[00:33.59]B:哎,这该怪他.他不应该老出去,
[00:36.41]he should stay at home more and work.
[00:38.65]他该多呆在家里学习才是.
[00:40.88]A:He should invite⁶ his friends here instead⁷ of going⁸ out
[00:43.36]A:他该把朋友邀请到这里来而不是出去.
[00:45.84]B:No,not here!His friends are so noisy.
[00:48.52]B:不,不能来这儿!他的朋友太吵闹
[00:51.20]They're always singing,dancing and playing music at any time of the day or night
[00:54.53]他们总是唱啊,跳啊,放音乐啊,才不管什么白天夜晚呢!
[00:57.86]It's impossible⁹ to sleep when they come round
[01:00.34]他们来了别想睡觉.
[01:02.82]A:Yes,I know what you mean.
[01:04.55]A:噢,我懂了.
[01:06.27]B:In fact,I couldn't sleep last night because Martin was¹⁰ making so much noise
[01:09.66]B:事实上,昨天晚上我都没睡,马丁太吵了,
[01:13.04]He should turn his radio down at night.
[01:15.10]晚上他不该打开收音机,
[01:17.17]He's so clumsy¹¹ too.He never does anything quietly¹².
[01:20.04]他笨手笨脚的,干什么也没安静儿.
[01:22.91]He ought¹³ to walk a little more quietly when he's upstairs¹⁴
[01:25.50]上楼时他要是走路轻一点,
[01:28.08]and I wish he wouldn't bang¹⁶ the doors all the time!
[01:30.46]关门轻一点儿就好了.
[01:32.84]A:Was it Martin's turn to cook the meal¹⁷ tonight?
[01:35.36]A:今晚是不是轮到马丁做饭了?
[01:37.88]B:Yes,it was!He should have washed the dishes¹⁸ last night too,but he didn't
[01:41.16]B:是啊.昨天上他就该沃洗盘子,可是他没干.
[01:44.44]A:He's so lazy¹⁹.
[01:46.12]A:真懒!
[01:47.81]B:I'm fed up with him.
[01:49.58]B:我真受够了.
[01:51.36]He's left all his clothes and shaving²⁰ things in the bathroom again.
[01:54.09]他又把衣服,剃须用具扔在了盥洗室.
[01:56.82]It looks like a building-site!
[01:58.70]简直像个工地!
[02:00.58]A:If he cleaned his room and tidied the bathroom more often,
[02:03.40]A:他要是经常清扫房间,整理盥洗室,
[02:06.22]he would¹⁵ be a pleasanter²¹ person²² to live with.
[02:08.59]和他一块儿住要愉快得多

1 fourth   

n.四分之一；num.第四

参考例句：

• The fourth lesson is science.第四节是科学课。
• The Fourth of July is the national holiday of the US.七月四日是美国国庆日。

2 yet   

adv.还，仍然，即刻；conj.尽管，然而

参考例句：

• I am not ready yet.我还没有准备好。
• Beautiful as she is,she didn't find a boyfriend yet.尽管她很漂亮，但还没找到男朋友呢。

3 complains   

v.抱怨，诉苦，投诉( complain的第三人称单数 )；申诉，控诉，抗议；诉说，申诉，控告[后面常跟从句]

参考例句：

• The girl always complains about lacking suitable raiment. 这个女孩总是抱怨没有合适的衣服。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She often complains that he is dishonest. 她常埋怨说他不诚实。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 results   

n.后果，结果( result的名词复数 )；成绩（包括比分、得票、获胜者或当选者名单等）；成功实现的事v.发生( result的第三人称单数 )；导致；随着发生；结果发生

参考例句：

• There is reasonable concordance between the two sets of results. 两组结果之间有着合理的一致。
• I'm still waiting for confirmation of the test results. 我仍在等待考试结果的通知书。

5 own   

v.拥有，持有；adj.(属于)自己的，特有的

参考例句：

• I need my own space.我需要自己的空间。
• Everything I own is yours.我所有的一切都是你的。

6 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。

7 instead   

adv.代替；顶替

参考例句：

• She decided to leave here on Sunday instead of Monday.她决定星期日而不是星期一离开这里。
• Will you go to the party instead of me?你替我赴宴好吗？

8 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。

9 impossible   

adj.不可能的，不容易的，令人无法忍受的

参考例句：

• I mean that it is impossible.我的意思是说那不可能。
• It is kind of fun to do the impossible.去做不可能的事是一种乐趣。

10 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。

11 clumsy   

adj.笨手笨脚；不圆滑的，缺乏技巧的

参考例句：

• He is clumsy with his hands.他的一双手很笨。
• Its body looks heavy and clumsy when it has eaten its fill.它步态蹒跚，吃饱了的身体更显得笨拙可笑。

12 quietly   

adv.安静地，沉着地，稳地

参考例句：

• Winter has been come to quietly.冬天悄然地来了。
• You have to play quietly.你要安安静静地玩。

13 ought   

v.aux.应该，大概；n.责任

参考例句：

• Ought I to hand in the homework today?我应当在今天交上作业吗？
• They ought to be here by now.他们这个时候该到了。

14 upstairs   

adj.楼上的；adv.在楼上，往楼上，高水平地，上层地，头脑上地；n.楼上

参考例句：

• He would prefer to meet me downstairs rather than upstairs.他宁愿在楼下见我，而不愿在楼上。
• I think I'll go upstairs and have a sleep.我想上楼去睡一觉。

15 would   

aux.will的过去式；愿，要；常常；大概；将要，会

参考例句：

• Why would you say that?为什么你会这么说？
• Would you please help me?你能帮帮我吗？

16 bang   

n.巨响，猛击；vi.砰砰作响；vt.砰地敲，猛击

参考例句：

• Pack it up, you kids;or I'll bang your heads together!住手，你们这些小孩，再弄就揍你们！
• She fell and got a nasty bang on the knee.她摔倒了，膝盖猛撞在地上。

17 meal   

n.膳食，一餐，谷物粗粉；vi.进餐

参考例句：

• Did you enjoy the meal?你喜欢这顿饭吗？
• Mother cooked us a good meal.妈妈给我们做了一顿可口的饭。

18 dishes   

n.盘( dish的名词复数 )；餐具；一盘食物；外貌有吸引力的人

参考例句：

• a pile of unwashed dishes 一堆未洗的碟子
• The dishes were many, but they were all poorly cooked. 菜很多，但烧得都不好吃。 来自《简明英汉词典》

19 lazy   

adj.懒惰的

参考例句：

• Lazy people seldom succeed.懒惰的人很少会成功。
• Don't be so lazy.不要这样懒惰。

20 shaving   

n.剃胡子，修面；削；刨花v.修面，剃(shave的现在分词)

参考例句：

• Mike cut himself shaving. 迈克刮胡子时把脸划破了。
• I use a styptic pencil on shaving cuts. 我用止血笔处理刮胡子割破的伤口。

21 pleasanter   

adj.可爱的( pleasant的比较级 )；令人愉快的；有趣的；晴朗的

参考例句：

• However, life would be pleasanter if Rhett would recant his heresies. 不过，如果瑞德放其他的那套异端邪说，生活就会惬意得多。 来自飘（部分）
• Tito had pleasanter occupation for his thoughts. 蒂托的头脑里本来就有更加愉快的事情可想。 来自辞典例句

22 person   

n.人

参考例句：

• I would never trust in that kind of person.我绝不会相信那种人。
• She is the very person I wanted to see.她正是我要见的人。