英语听力精选进阶版 19583

Everything but the kitchen sink 带的东西太多了

Neil: Hi, Li. The car's outside. Are you ready for our camping trip? Have you packed?

Li: Yes. I'm excited, Neil. This is my first camping trip! I have the plastic forks and spoons… and plates… and the cups that you told me to get…

Neil: Good. I have a couple of pans¹ and a small gas cooker. And I've got the tent and sleeping bags…

Li: Oh Neil, how about my TV? I can't miss my favourite programmes!

Neil: A TV?! Well… okay. 

Li: And… I can't sleep without my goose feather pillow². Actually, I use two of them.

Neil: Pillows³?… okay… 

Li: And chairs…. We have to take my comfortable chair. And… and my lovely soft rug⁴. 

Neil: A rug?! What? You want to take everything but the kitchen sink! 

Li: Oh, the sink? I might need a sink, Neil, but I think it will be difficult to move it. Unless I try to… well, I could call a plumber⁵… 

Neil: No plumber, Li! We're not taking a plumber camping! In English, when we say 'take everything but the kitchen sink', we mean take far more things than we need. 

Li: Ah.原来 'take everything but the kitchen sink'- 就是说 '把所有能带的东西都带上'，意思就是带的东西太多，没必要。这么说你觉得我打算带去野营的东西太多了？ 

Neil: Yes. 'Everything but the kitchen sink' is the expression in this edition of Authentic⁶ Real English. Now let's hear some examples of how it is used.

When Emma went on holiday to Greece, she took everything but the kitchen sink. She had to pay a lot extra at the airport!

Peter went to London for the weekend with a huge bag of things – clothes, computers, his special shampoo... He really took everything but the kitchen sink!

Li: Oh. No sink then. I think I'm ready to go now, Neil.

A sudden⁷ clap of thunder

Neil: Oh, no! 

Li: What is it? 

Neil: A storm is coming! That's not great for camping. I think this trip will have to wait, Li. 

Li: Oh, no problem. We can go camping another time. Why don't you enjoy my comfortable chair? 

Neil: Oh, let me just sit down here. Mmm… it is quite comfortable, isn't it? 

Li: Mmm…Who needs camping after all! You watch some TV while I go and wash some dishes in my nice and shiny… kitchen sink.Bye. 

Neil: Bye.

1 pans   

n.平底锅( pan的名词复数 )；（天平的）秤盘；马桶；盘状凹地（尤指盆地）

参考例句：

• Pots, pans, kettles and mops are kitchen utensils. 锅、盘、壶及拖把是厨房用具。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She clashed these pans down on the floor. 她将这些盘子哗啦一声摔在地上。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2 pillow   

n.枕头；枕垫；vt.作…的枕头；垫；枕于；vi.靠在枕上

参考例句：

• He fell asleep as soon as he touched the pillow.他脑袋一碰枕头就睡着了。
• She was found asleep on a pillow of leaves.有人看见她枕着树叶睡着了。

3 pillows   

n.枕头( pillow的名词复数 )；用作枕头的东西

参考例句：

• She lay back against the pillows. 她半躺半坐靠在枕头上。
• He sat propped up in the bed by pillows. 他靠着枕头坐在床上。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 rug   

n.毯子，地毯，旅行毯

参考例句：

• The rug can double up.这条地毯能卷起来。
• It will be more beautiful if you work some blue into the rug.如果你再织些蓝色的图案，这毯子会更好看。

5 plumber   

n.(装修水管的)管子工

参考例句：

• Have you asked the plumber to come and look at the leaking pipe?你叫管道工来检查漏水的管子了吗？
• The plumber screwed up the tap by means of a spanner.管子工用板手把龙头旋紧。

6 authentic   

a.真的，真正的；可靠的，可信的，有根据的

参考例句：

• This is an authentic news report. We can depend on it. 这是篇可靠的新闻报道, 我们相信它。
• Autumn is also the authentic season of renewal. 秋天才是真正的除旧布新的季节。

7 sudden   

n.突然，忽然；adj.突然的，意外的，快速的

参考例句：

• All of a sudden he turned about and saw me.他突然转过身来看见了我。
• The horse was badly frightened by the sudden noise.那匹马被突然而来的嘈杂声吓坏了。