白小琦《巧克力英语》第八课:我的美国朋友

2016-07-08 来源：巧克力英语评论1条

Jack Newton was my classmate and a friend of mine. He was an engineer and the chairman of a board. He graduated from an engineering school and was good at fixing car engines or motors. Jack was a choke expert, and a choke was a car part. When you use a car or jeep during really cold days, you don’t only need a pair of gloves; you have to use the choke on your car or jeep.

Jack married Mary in 1986. So, we called them Mr. and Mrs. Newton. They just loved each other so much that they even wanted to die for each other. Jack and Mary lived on the bank of a lake not far away from New York City. Their house was very big. There were upstairs rooms and downstairs rooms. Every room was very good. There was a spear on the wall of their living room. In old times, a spear was a weapon, just as a gun of today. The wall around their house was low. It was just for good-looking. You might (may) find sardine, crab, eel and gar in the lake near their house. The lake was surrounded by a big golf course. The air was new and fresh, and the sky was clear. You could (can) even hear the wave from the lake. Near their house, there were a pool and many pine and fir trees. Deer might appear on the pass to the gate of their house. It seemed to me they were living in a park which showed a beautiful picture of spring. You could easily see they were not poor people.

Mary was a homemaker. But she was a very lazy woman even though she was fair and smart. The lady was more beautiful when she was in her bikini lying on the sand bank of the lake. Her mouth looked like a rose bud. She loved cashmere jackets or T-shirts from Italy. She liked all kinds of rings on her ears and fingers. She only knew (know) how to make up and shampoo her long hair but didn’t read the Holy Bible or any other books. She loved playing poker day and night. When it was raining or snowing, she took a taxi to go out to the mall. She never took a bus or walked. Mary never made food by herself. When she was hungry, she would (will) pick up the phone and call the bakery in the city and asked the baker there to bake some chocolate crackers for her. Some chocolate crackers, some ice cream, some salad, some mashed potato and a glass of Coca-cola or Pepsi could be a good meal for her. She loved eating those sweets. And she hated eating sandwiches, McDonald’s hamburgers, toast, bacon, meat chops or meatballs. After she ate those, she would become ill. Then she must take many pills.

Thanks to Jack’s salary, they could live that kind of romantic life. Jack woke (wake) up when it was dark outside in the morning. Mary woke up late every morning. She merely lay (lie) in her bed with a blanket for a long time before she went (go) to do housework. It seemed to her that Jack was her slave. One afternoon, because of the typhoon, Jack’s car fell (fall) off the high way and crashed into a big tree. The car was towed away because it couldn’t be geared anymore. Besides a scar showed up on Jack’s forehead, the doctor didn’t find any real problems after Jack was x-rayed.

课文注释：1 be good at 擅长于; 2 so… that…如此…以至于…; 3 It seemed to me 在我看来似乎; 4 even though尽管；5 make up化装；6 day and night夜以继日; besides: 除...之外(尚具...)。

日常会话

A: Excuse me, Sir. May I ask you some questions?
B: Sure, anytime.
A: What do you call “qiaokeli”in English?
B: It’s called “chocolate”.
A: What does it mean?
B: It’s a kind of lovely candy.
A: How do you say “defu” in English?
B: It’s “dove”.
A: How do you pronounce “defu qiaokeli”?
B: We can say “Dove Chocolate”.
A: Excuse me. Please slow down. What is the difference between chocolate and Dove chocolate?
B:“Dove chocolate” is just a kind of chocolate.
A: I beg you pardon.
B:“Dove chocolate” is just a kind of chocolate.
A: How much do you know about how to make chocolate? Did you read anything about how to make it?
B: I just eat a lot. I don’t know anything about how to make it.

英语故事

中国的汽车司机们经常说：在某某高速公路上，我把车开到了120码。这种说法是极其错误的。这里的码指的是英语中的mile。而一mile实际上大约等于一点六公里。在中国能把汽车开到每小时120×1.6=192公里吗？

英语中有这样一个谜语：What is the longest word in English(英语中最长的单词是什么)? 谜底是 smiles（微笑）。因为，mile(英里)是英语中最长的长度单位，那么，在mile的前后各加一个 s肯定就是英语中最长的单词了。

值得注意的是，中国学生经常将smile念成smell。这是嘴里偷懒的结果。而smile和smell的意思有天壤之别。当我们说： She smiles时，那是说: 她在微笑。而如果说：She smells, 其意思是: 她浑身发臭。念英语千万马虎不得。

怎么样？同学们，你们不感到自己是学习英语方面的天才吗？几次课下来你们已经能够用英语进行阅读了。为了进一步展示你们的才华，不妨一起来读一读下面这篇较长的英语文学作品。

课后练习：请正确朗读、理解以下日常会话

A: Excuse me, Sir. May I ask you some questions?
先生，劳驾。我能不能问您一个问题？
B: Sure, anytime.
当然，随时。
A: What do you call “qiaokeli”in English?
“巧克力”用英语怎么讲？
B: It’s called “chocolate”.
用英语讲就是“chocolate”
A: What does it mean?
它的意思是什么？
B: It’s a kind of lovely candy.
那是一种可爱的糖果。
A: How do you say “defu” in English?
“德芙”用英语怎么讲？
B: It’s “dove”.
用英语讲就是“dove”。
A: How do you pronounce “defu qiaokeli”?
“德芙巧克力”用英语怎么发音？
B: We can say “Dove Chocolate”.
我们可以说“Dove Chocolate”
A: Excuse me. Please slow down. What is the difference between chocolate and Dove chocolate?
劳驾，请讲慢一点。巧克力和德芙巧克力之间的区别是什么？
B:“Dove chocolate” is just a kind of chocolate.
“德芙巧克力”只是巧克力中的一个品种。
A: I beg you pardon.
请您再说一遍。
B:“Dove chocolate” is just a kind of chocolate.
“德芙巧克力”只是巧克力中的一个品种。
A: How much do you know about how to make chocolate? Did you read anything about how to make it?
您了解多少制作巧克力的知识？您读没读过制作巧克力方面的书籍？，
B: I just eat a lot. I don’t know anything about how to make it.
我只是吃了很多巧克力。对于巧克力的制作我一窍不通。

本课要求：

1 正确朗读课文；
2 熟记课中的英语故事；
3 熟读日常会话。

白小琦《巧克力英语》第八课:我的美国朋友 - 1

作者白小琦，陕西省清涧县人，中国首支国家柔道队队员，教育学硕士学位，美国UCLA访问学者，Concordia College汉语及中国文化学分老师，现定居悉尼。

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