对话(在线收听)
 Fix:I
can’t understand it, the most shocking mistake.
It’s never happened in my career. It would seem,
Mr. Fogg, that I owe you an apology. The most
terrible thing has happened. The real culprit
was apprehended in Britain.
Fogg:Then I am no longer suspect?
Fix:No, not in the least. Oh, but I would like
to tell you that l’ve never had any personal animosity
for you. On the contrary you’ve always been a
perfect gentleman and most generous. It’s almost
a pity that you’re not the real robber. Yet you’re
so daring.
Fogg:Mr. Fix, now that you have successfully thwarted
me and placed in my path the only obstacle for
which I was unable to make provision, I feel that
I can tell you, I have never really enjoyed your
company very much. And furthermore you play an
abominable game of whist. Good day, sir.
Fix:The wager is lost.
译文
菲克斯:这真是不可思议,我犯了这么大的错,这在我的职业生涯中还从来没有发生过。福格先生,看来我应该向你道歉,最糟糕的事情发生了,真凶已在英国被捕了。
福格:那么我不再是嫌疑犯了?
菲克斯:不,不存在任何嫌疑。噢,但是我想告诉你我个人对你并没有任何敌意,相反你一直是一位最慷慨,且完美无缺的一位绅士。只是我几乎感到有点遗憾,你不是那个强盗,你看你的胆子大的吓人。
福格:菲克斯先生,你想方设法阻挠我,现在你已达到目的了。你在我的道路上设置的障碍是唯一一个我不能防备的障碍,既然你对我那么无情,我觉得我可以这样对你说,你的陪行从来没让我感到愉快过。而且,你的扑克牌打得极其糟糕。祝你好运,先生。
菲克斯:我们赌输了。
实用句型导航
句型1
the most shocking mistake最让人吃惊的错误
[剖析]此词组使用了shocking一词,充分的表示出了错误的巨大与惊人、出人意料。shocking是动词shock的现在分词形式,在这里作定语,shock的过去分词形式是shocked,表示某人被震惊了。
句型2
It’s never happened in my career.我从来没有碰到过这种事情。
[剖析]此句型使用了career一词来表示一个人的一生或很久的一段时间,实际上此词是夸张用法,说明说话人从来没有遇见过此种事情。我们还可以说:It’s
never happened in my life.或:It’s never happened
since I was born.
句型3
It would seem that I owe you apology.看来我应该向你道歉。
[剖析]would 在这里表示请求或个人的想法、看法,使语气婉转。我们一般把“It would
seem+that”从句当作一个固定句型,意为:“看来”。比如:It would seem
that he was right.(看来他倒是对的。)
句型4
no longer不再
[剖析]no longer这一词组一般指某人或某物现在已经不是曾经的模样了。例如:He is
no longer a student. He is a teacher now.(他不再是学生了,他现在是老师。)和no
longer同意的词组还有:not…any more或not…any longer。我们可以将前一句话换为:He
is not a student any more / any longer.
句型5
now that…既然,由于
[剖析]now that 也能表示原因,但是其表示原因的程度没有because强。例如:You
ought to write now that you know the address.(你既然已经知道地址,就应该写信了。)我们再来看一句用because引导的例句:Because
you made such a serious mistake, we lost at last.(就是因为你犯了这样严重的错误,最后我们输了。)很明显,我们就能感受到语气的强烈不同。
单词
culprit n. 犯人
apprehend v. 领会,理解
suspect n. 嫌疑犯
animosity n. 仇恨,憎恶
contrary n. 相反,反面
generous a. 大方,慷慨
robber n. 强盗,盗贼
daring a.大胆的
successfully adv.成功地
thwart v. 反对,阻碍
obstacle n.障碍
provision n.预防,预备
furthermore adv.此外,而且
abominable a. 讨厌的,令人憎恶的
whist n. 扑克牌游戏的一种
wager n. 赌博,赌注
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