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January 07
今天考试考得好烂哦，本来就对那些基本知识不会过份的上心。今天就丢脸了，为此我特意搜索出来，以后都会记得了。。
不过有空还是要多看书哦 
1.发热反应
1.1 发病特点 在输液过程中患者突然畏寒，不自主颤抖，迅速转为高热，严重发绀，面色苍白，重者心率快，脉细速，虚脱，多数经处理后迅速好转。发热反应是输液反应中最常见的一种，较常见的原因有致热原病菌（普通菌和毒菌等）或其他物质污染液体或输液用品，也可能因药物不纯或药物有配伍禁忌所致。
1.2 防治和护理 在输液过程中，寒战反应一旦出现，应立即暂停或完全停止输液，并详细检查发生反应的原因。寒战发冷时保暖，立即注射非那根（25～50 mg）或其他抗过敏药物，艾灸百会穴等。发生虚脱时可针刺人中，严重时可注射肾上腺素（0.5～1 mg）。留观病人待退热至38℃以下，并无其他不适才可离开。
2 血栓性静脉炎
由于长期输注高渗葡萄糖液体和血管内膜药物所引起病变的静脉内膜发炎并导致静脉管腔内血液凝成血栓。
2.1 主要症状 局部沿静脉径路上有红肿、触痛、热痛等，但一般无全身症状或仅有不适感。
2.2 防治和护理 安慰病人消除紧张情绪，为病人更换注射部位使患肢休息，局部热敷，严重时局部用95％酒精或50％硫酸镁行热湿敷。
3 急性肺水肿
3.1 发病特点 输液过量或过快，特别是输入含钠液体过多时，容易发生急性肺水肿，原有心脏病，心功能不全者，肺功能不全者，老年体弱儿童输液应特别注意，发病时患者突然感到呼吸困难、气促、剧烈咳嗽、烦躁不安、口唇发绀，严重时口鼻可喷涌出大量粉红色泡沫样液，听诊两肺出现干湿性啰音，心音弱速。
3.2 防治和护理 发现这种情况，应立即停止输液，取端坐位，两腿下垂，以减少静脉回流，减轻心脏负担，立即加压吸氧。湿化瓶给予20%～30%酒精，湿化吸氧，必要时静脉滴注氨茶碱，利尿药液以利尿排水。西地兰0.4 mg加50％葡萄糖40 ml缓慢静注等对症处理。
4 过敏反应
4.1 主要为药物性过敏性反应为多见 目前，在临床上多见于清开灵注射液、双黄连注射液、氧氟沙星类注射液，静脉输液时10 min～1 h左右病人出现皮肤荨麻疹、有瘙痒，重者胸闷、发热、口唇发绀，此时应注意休克发生。
4.2 防治和护理 立即更换药液和输液管，即用5％葡萄糖维持输液，以便抢救用药，立即注射非那根25 mg，地塞米松5 mg，严重者给予吸氧，肌注肾上腺素1 mg，有过敏性休克者按抗休克处理。严密观察病人全身情况，直至症状完全消失才可离院。
5 空气栓塞
5.1 发病特点 由于输液管输液时空气未排尽，输液管连接不紧密，加压输液，连续输液接瓶时不及时而又没有注意重排空气，使空气进入静脉，随血流经右心房到右心室内阻塞肺动脉口，使血液不能进入肺内，引起严重缺氧。此时，病人感到胸闷，呼吸困难或严重发绀，听诊心前区可闻及一个响亮的“水泡声”。
5.2 防治和护理 立即停止输液，通知医生，积极配合抢救，安慰病人，以减轻恐惧感。立即为病人至左侧卧位和头低足高位，以减少空气进入肺动脉口。并给予氧气吸入，严密观察病人全身情况，必要时对症处理。
6 输液反应的临床调查
调查了新洲社康中心2003～2005年的输液人数和在临床上发生的输液反应类型及结果，见表1。表1 2003～2005年输液人数和在临床上发生的输液反应类型及结果注：2003～2005年输液人数16880人，输液反应44人，占2.6‰
以上调查资料说明一般的输液反应只要及时发现，及时处理，预后是良好的，极少有并发症发生。但是，输液反应也有可能会导致严重后果。所以，我们应强调预防为主的原则，护理人员应具备良好的职业道德，对病人的用药认真查对，对每一项无菌技术操作一丝不苟、精益求精。在病人输液过程中做到经常巡视，随时注意观察病人，如有可疑反应症状出现应立即暂停或更换液体，严密观察并及时采取必要的相应措施，才能确保病人的安全 December 20 好久好久没上传照片，更加久没在这发发牢骚哦，因为2007年快要结束了，我却在这一年里发生很多的事情，最重要的是做了一个以前跟自己说决不做的决定~~~
新环境，新工作，用了将近三个月的时间才算是有点适应，但并不能说得上合适。。
虽然到现在还是未能完全明白当时怎么会做出这样的决定，但路就是这样走开了，怎么艰辛还是要走下去的，努力吧，往好的方面想，总会走出一条合适的路的。。
在这么痛苦的时期，真的好幸运地有人一直在支持，关心，开导，陪我走过来，让我在摇摆不定的思想斗争中，挺过来了。。
还好最安慰与最享受的就是，辛苦的夜班之后，可以回到家，很简单的跟家人吃吃饭，聊聊天，还可以跟好朋友行街，食饭，无厘头地大笑聊天，可以说这就是辛苦上班的最大动力了，你会发觉辛苦上班，其实最后要求的东西会是最简单的，就是珍惜你的家人与朋友，这也是最好的减压方法。。
人，好像总是贪心的，总会想着自己事业，爱情，家庭都顺利的，当然我也不例外，但往往事与愿违。。
虽然事业才刚刚起了个头，但前面的路真的是蛮朦胧的，急也没用，你不慢慢走下去，还真不知道下一步该如何走去好。
爱情，很顺其自然地展开了，看着好朋友的结婚照片，多多少少会些羡慕，不知自己的爱情树什么时候才会开花？不知道自己以后会不会也是一样的幸福？
但也会非常的担心，毕竟两个人生活矛盾就会多起来，再加上两个家庭的牵涉，就会有莫名的恐惧。此时还真不知道是期待还是抗拒了。虽然这也是迟早的环节。。
新一年快到了，期待着下一年更多的精彩及如意，平常心对待生活，在平凡的生活中活出不平凡吧，FIGHTING,Linda~~~~~ September 05
| The Circuit Box Assignment
Mr.Rathbone: Well, how are you doing1?
Eugene: Fine, sir. The computer section is coming along2 nicely. I should be finished with it by this afternoon.
Mr.Rathbone: Oh, that is great, great. But, I need to pull you off3 the computers for a little while and put you on something else4.
Eugene: Something else?
Mr.Rathbone: Yeah, yeah. Listen, you know about electricity, don't you?
Eugene: Well, as that is the power source for most computers, I do possess a rudimentary5 knowledge of it of course.
Mr.Rathbone: Oh, that is great, great! That's just what I wanted to hear.
Eugene: Uh, why?
Mr.Rathbone: Because of6 this.
Eugene: The main circuit7 box?
Mr.Rathbone: That's right. Notice something odd8 about it?
Eugene: Well yes. None of the wires appear to be attached9.
Mr.Rathbone: Nobody gets to the heart of a problem10 as quick as you. Up to now, we've been powering the place with a generator11, but it's time for that to stop12. I want you to fix the circuit box.
Eugene: Fix it?
Mr.Rathbone: Yeah, you know, attach the wires.
Eugene: Uh, am I to understand that you wish me to wire your building?
Mr.Rathbone: No, no. I don't wish you to do it. I want you to do it. You got everything you need here: transformer, wire, fuses13.
Eugene: Mr.Rathbone, while I do know something about electrical current14, I am not a certified15 electrician.
Mr.Rathbone: Did I say you had to be?
Eugene: You don't understand. This job requires16 the services of a true professional17.
注释：
1.How are you doing?你干得怎么样？类似的有：What's up?/Are you doing ok?
2.come along：进展
用法：The students have come along very well in Germany since the new teacher came.
自从新老师来了以后，学生们的德语进步得很快。
3.pull…off:让…暂时离开…
4.put you on something else:派你做别的事
5.rudimentary:基本的、初步的
用法：I sent my daughter to a rudimentary violin class.
我把女儿送去念小提琴初级班。
6.because of:由于
用法：Many tourists became sick because of the vident motion of the ship.
由于船的剧烈晃动，许多游客晕船了。
7.circuit:电路
用法：The electrical circuit doesn't work well, because something is wrong with one of the wires.
有根电线出毛病了，所以电路不能正常工作。
8.odd:奇怪的、古怪的
9.attached:连在一起的
用法：He studied the attached photographs with the letter and found nothing.
他认真检查随信附上的电报，什么都没发现。
10. get to the heart of a problem:看问题一针见血
11. generator:发电机
12. it's time for…to do…:到……干……的时间了
用法：Hurry up, it's time for you to get on the train.
快点，该上火车了。
13. transformer, wire, fuses:变压器、电线、保险丝
14. electrical current:电流
15. certified:有经营执照的
用法：She dreamt of becoming a certified accountant.
她梦想成为一个注册会计师。
16. require:要求
用法：Only the most important branches require special protection.
只有最重要的部门才需要特别保护。
17. professional:专家、行家
用法：The professional football player is coaching a team of highschool students.
那个职业足球运动员正在训练一群高中生。
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| Long Conversations (长对话)
1.Conversations: (Find a partner and practice these dialogues.)
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| A:
Teacher: (Saying to the principle of the school) Look at little Reggie's history homework, Mr.Bumper.
Bumper: Cartoons? Drawings? (Saying to Reggie) Just what has this to do with history, young man?
Reggie: It's a history of our class in 1999.
Bumper: You may go, Miss Mood. I'll deal with1 little Reggie.
Teacher: Yes, sir.
Reggie: (Talking to himself) How many days of detention2 am I going to get now?
B: (Miss Mood walks out of the office.)
Bumper: Why do you waste your time doing these silly cartoons?
Reggie: I like to draw! Besides, all the kids are paying me to draw pictures of them.
Bumper: Paying you? To do these? If everyone looked like this, they should be in a comic3 book!
Reggie: Hey! That's a great idea! I can just see it…a history of our school with drawings and cartoons of the kids!
Bumper: I doubt if that has ever been done before!
Reggie: You bet4! It would be a first…I can see you becoming famous, Mr.Bumper.
Bumper: I--I would?
Reggie: We could write stories about school, our teacher, even about you!
Bumper: It does sound terrific5, doesn't it?
Reggie: It'll be a fantastic educational comic book, Mr.Bumper.
Bumper: I like it! I like it! We'll do it, little Reggie! You'll produce a comic book about our wonderful school! Get some paper, pencil, Indian ink, brushes and pens. You've got work to do! Reggie, you could sell ice cubes6 to Eskimos7! I hope the first issue is as good as you say!
C: (Miss Mood rushessintosthe office.)
Miss Mood: What happened? Little Reggie's taken over8 the whole art room!
Bumper: That's right, Miss Mood! We're going to do an educational comic book! Our school is about to go down in history!
Miss Mood: If little Reggie is doing it, that just may happen! Who thought up that crazy idea!
Bumper: You're standing right next to him!
D: (Later)
Reggie: It's finished! I'll rush9 our first two pages to Mr.Bumper.
(In the office)
Reggie: Here it is, Mr.Bumper! Right off the drawing board!
Bumper: Oh! I can hardly wait to see them! (Looking at the pages angrily and shouting) Stop the press! Do you realize you made me a complete joke?
Reggie: Wait, Mr.Bumper! This is the next page!
Bumper: Thank you, children. I like this happy ending!
Reggie: It was a happy ending for both of us!
注解
1 deal with:安排，处理
用法：The goverment has tried for several times to deal with traffic problems.
政府曾数次尝试解决交通问题。
2 detention: (处罚学生的)课后留校，禁闭，拘留
用法：He is in detention in connection with the bribery affair.由于牵连到受贿，他现在已被拘留。
3 comic: amusing or humorous; contrary to tragic滑稽的、喜剧的，comic strip连环画
用法：Nearly all the children like to read comic strip.几乎所有的孩子们都喜欢读连环画。
4 You bet:当然！
5 terrific: very good, splendid. (口)
6 ice cubes: small pieces of square ice(小方形的)冰块
用法：In summer, people like to add ice cubessintostheir drinks.夏天，人们喜欢在饮料里放冰块儿。
7 Eskimo:爱斯基摩人。
8 take over:接收,接管
用法：After the death of the millionaire, his little son took over all the wealth.百万富翁死后，他的小儿子接收了所有财产。
9 rush:迅速地交或送
用法：She called an ambulance to rush the child to the hospital.
她打电话叫救护车送孩子去医院。 |
| The Electric Palace Inventory
Eugene: Since your business is called The Electric Palace, might I assume1 it will have something to do with2 electronics?
Rodney: Nothing gets by3 you, does it?
Mr.Rathbone: Knock it off4, Rodney. You're absolutely right, Eugene. We'll offer every conceivable5 electronic device for every conceivable need.
Whittaker: Well, if that includes parts, I might be able to throw some business your way6.
Mr.Rathbone: Yeah? Who?
Whittaker: Me! I mean I need transformers7 for the train station.
Mr.Rathbone: Listen, you got 'em. As soon as our inventory8 comes in, they are yours.
Whittaker: Well, when will that be?
Mr.Rathbone: Let's see, let me see it's uh…a week from Friday.
Whittaker: Ooh, today's Monday. Your inventory will be here in two weeks?
Mr.Rathbone: Yeah.
Whittaker: Ooh. swheresare you going to keep it?
Mr.Rathbone: In our building. The walls will be up9 next Wednesday.
Whittaker: That soon?
Mr.Rathbone: I got some friends in the construction business. Our grand opening10 is in three weeks.
注释：
1. assume:假定
用法：I haven't heard from him since, so I assume he got what he expected.
此后我就再也没有他的消息了，所以我猜想他已经得到了他想要的。
2. have something to do with:与……有点关系，与……有些瓜葛
用法：It seems to beggar belief that the fall in crime in recent years does not have something to do with the increase in imprisonment.
似乎很难让人相信近几年来犯罪的减少与关押人数的增加无关。
3.get by:躲过、未被……注意
用法：The spy used a clever subterfuge to get by the guard.
那个间谍用非常巧妙的托词躲过了警卫的检查。
4. knock it off: to cease doing or saying sth.停止做……或说……类似的有：Cut it out!闭嘴！住手！
用法：The party was interrupted by a scream on the other side of the wall, "Knock it off, it's 2 a.m., you idiot!"
墙的另一边传来一声大叫打断了聚会："别吵了，凌晨两点啦……你们这些白痴！"
5. conceivable:可以想到的
用法：It's hardly conceivable that she should do such a thing.
简直难以想象她会干这种事。
6. throw some business your way:给你些生意做
7.transformer:变压器
8. inventory:库存货物，库存清单
用法：She sat there quietly, taking an inventory of the furniture, and calculating its expense.
她静静地坐在那儿，盘点着库存的家具，计算着费用。
9. be up：建成的，盖完的
用法：The new building hasn't been up long.新楼没建成多久。
10. grand opening:盛大的开业典礼
用法：The supermarket's owner planned to postpone the grand opening until Saturday.
超市的业主打算把开业典礼推迟到周六。
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| Long Conversations (长对话)
1.Conversations: (Find a partner and practice these dialogues.)
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| A:
Helen: Victor, there's a good review of your article on pollution in today's paper.
Victor: Really? Maybe I should go pick up a few extra copies.
Helen: Do you have change1?
Victor: No! I'm totally broke2 as usual. But I did notice a dollar on your dad's desk when I was sharpening my pencil in the study3.
Helen: I hardly think he's going to miss it. Help yourself.
Victor: I'll grab it, and be back in a flash4.
B: (Soon)
Helen: Hi, dad! I'd better warn you. Victor's here. He just stepped out for a minute.
Dad: Wonderful! I'll be in my study!
(Helen walks in the study when she hears her dad's shouting.)
Helen: Dad? Are you okay?
Dad: My dollar! It's gone! It was on my desk and now it's gone!
Helen: Dad, it was just a dollar! There's millions5 moreswheresthat came from!
Dad: That was my lucky dollar! The first one I ever made in business! I had it out to frame it!
Helen: Uh…maybe Victor sort of borrowed it.
Dad: He what?
Helen: He said he saw a dollar on your desk, so I told him he could borrow it.
Dad: Without my lucky dollar I'll lose everything! I should have known Victor would be the cause of my downfall6!
(Victor walks in.)
Victor: I'm back. Here's your change, Mr.Dodge. I'll pay you back tomorrow.Dad: Get out! Right now!
Helen: Dad, try to control yourself!
C: (Helen and Victor walk out.)
Helen: Victor, it seems that dollar was the first one dad ever made. It's a 1965 dollar and my dad signed and dated it on the back. We have to get it back for him!
Victor: Sure!
D: (In the storeswheresVictor bought the newspaper awhile ago)
Cashier: I don't see a dollar like that in here. I must have given it to someone else.
Helen: Oh, no!
Victor: Who's been in here since me?
Cashier: Let's see…old lady Sedgewick and Reggie!
Victor: Helen, you take Mrs. Sedgewick. I'll take Reggie.
Helen: Gotcha!
(Mrs.Sedgewick answers the door.)
Mrs.Sedgewick: A 1965 dollar, huh? Come on in, dearie, and I'll check. How about some tea first?
(Victor runssintosReggie.)
Victor: Reggie, you were just at the corner store7, weren't you?
Reggie: What's it to you, Victor?
Victor: I gave the guy a wrong dollar by mistake and he might have given it to you as change.
Reggie: A special dollar, huh? Let's see if I have it and then we'll talk terms8!
(Reggie takes several dollars out of his pocket.)
Victor: It's not there! Were these the only ones you had?
Reggie: Well, I did just pay back Richard a dollar I owed him!
Victor: I've got to find Richard fast! A dollar won't last long in his hands!
(At Mrs. Sedgewick's)
Mrs.Sedgewick: Let's see!swheresdid I put my purse?
Helen: Oh, brother!
(Richard is walking on the street.)
Victor: Richard! Hold it right there!
Richard: Huh? What is it?
(Victor grabs the dollar bill from Richard's hand and the bill is torn apart.)
Victor: Mr. Dodge is really going to kill me now. I only have half of his lucky dollar!
Richard: You mean this one with his name and a date on it?
Victor: That's it! Richard, you're the greatest!
(At Helen's home)
Victor: Helen, I've got it!
Helen: Thank goodness!
Dad: At last! My lucky dollar is safe from Victor forever! Let me put it in this stamp album. I can relax now! Oh, gee! Helen! A rare 1806 uncancelled stamp must have fallen out of my album, did you find it?
Helen: My goodness! Victor just left to mail a letter! You don't think…
注解
1 change:零钱,找头
2 broke:没有钱；一个子儿也没有；破产
用法：Could you lend me ? I'm completely broke!
你能借给我10美元吗？我一个钱也没有！
3 study: a room for studying and writing(家里的)书房
4 in a flash:即刻；一瞬间
5 There's millions: <口语> 有很多
6 downfall: a sudden loss of wealth衰败,垮台
用法：The downfall of the company was caused by secret disclosure.公司的垮台是由于泄密。
7 at the corner store:住宅区附近的商店
8 terms: conditions with regard to payment付款条件，此句中talk terms为口语说法，意思是：谈谈条件看怎么回报我。 |
| The Electric Palace Unveiled
Rodney Rathbone: I thought I saw you over here.
Lucy: Robbie Rathbone, you scared me1!
Rodney: Why? Doing something you're not supposed to2 be doing?
Lucy: No. What are you doing here?
Rodney: I live around the corner3. What are you doing here? You live across town4.
Lucy: I'm here for a good reason and that's none of your business5.
Rodney: Yeah? Well you better not be messing up6 the place. My dad wouldn't like it.
Lucy: First of all, this is a construction site7. It's already a mess. And second, what does your dad have to do with this? Is he some sort of litter8 monitor or something?
Rodney: No. He's not some sort of litter monitor or something.
Lucy: Then why should he care if this place gets messed up or not?
Rodney: Because it's his new business site, that's why.
Lucy: What?
Rodney: You heard me. You're looking at the site of the Rathbone's new business: The Electric Palace.
Lucy: Oh no.
注释：
1.scared me：吓我一跳
用法：A noise from the tomb scared me.
从坟墓里传出来的声音让我很害怕。
2.be supposed to：应该，必须，被期望
用法：Athletes who competed in the Olympic Games were supposed to be amateurs.
在过去，奥运会的参赛运动员应该是业余选手。
3.around the corner：在附近(不能理解成住在街的拐角处)
用法：They only live just around the corner ---so we see them all the time.
他们就住在附近，所以我们总能看到他们。
4.live across town：live on the other side of the town本句指虽住在同一个镇上但彼此相隔的距离很远，相当于说：我住在镇的这头你住在镇的那头。在美国，town小于city大于village。
5.none of your business:不干你的事。类似说法有：have nothing to do with you
用法: They are teaching their children; it's none of your business.
他们是在管教自己的孩子，又不关你的事。
6.mess up：搞糟。在下文的"It's already a mess."中mess意为"一团糟"。
用法(1) How could you mess things up so badly in one day？
你怎能在一天之内把事情搞得如此一塌糊涂？
(2)The house is a mess and I'm supposed to have friends to dinner tonight.
这房子一团糟，而我今晚还要请朋友来吃饭。
A construction site：建筑工地
用法：On a construction site, everyone is required to wear a hard cap.
在建筑工地，每一个人都要载安全帽。
litter: n.(四处)乱扔垃圾，乱糟糟不整洁的状况。litter monitor意谓制止乱丢垃圾的监督员。
用法：He is a litterbug. He never uses a litterbag to hold trash.他是个喜欢在公共场所乱丢垃圾的人，他从来不用小垃圾袋来装垃圾。
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| Long Conversations (长对话)
1.Conversations: (Find a partner and practice these dialogues.)
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| A:
Dad: No! You are not going on a vacation1 by yourself! I forbid2 it!
Claire: Dad! I'm a big girl now! Besides, it's only for four days!
Mom: I need a vacation! You two have been at this all week!
Dad: No more of this…I'm finished!
Claire: And I'm packed3! My plane leaves in two hours for Port of Palms.
Dad: (Sighing) All right, you win! You're off on your own. Let me call you a cab.
Mom: And you can call me astonished4!
Claire: That's my dad!
B: (Ten minutes later, a cab arrives.)
Claire: Bye, Mom and Dad!
Mom: (Saying to Dad) You certainly relented5 in a hurry! You used to be so over- protective of your daughter.
Dad: I still am, my dear. That is not an ordinary cab and driver I've called…I had this planned! My man, Alex is at the wheel6. He's a master of disguise7 and he'll follow Claire everywhere.
Mom: Good grief!
C: (In the cab)
Claire: (Sitting in the back seat) Hmm! Cool shades! Imported Super-Egos! Uncommonly expensive. Rarely seen on cabbies!
(Claire steps out of the cab and walks to the terminal8 building.)
Alex: Take the cab back, Henry!
Henry: Good luck, Alex!
D: (In the coach of the plane)
Claire: There's another pair of those imported Super-Egos on that redheaded9 man! What a coincidence! Yeah, coincidence?
(Claire arrives at the beach.)
Claire: Those disguises don't fool me! I'm sure dad's sent "Mr. Sunglasses" to watch over me!
(Day Four)
Claire: This is my last day and it calls for a donkey cart ride up to the famous Fort Ford that once guarded Oyster Bay. Maybe I can do this alone! Forget it! Hmm…I noticed our "guide" removed his Super-Egos while walking us up through Queen Vic Tunnel. I'm gonna show dad two can play this game!
Claire: (Reaching for the sunglasses left by Alex and shouting to Alex)Oops! S'cuse me10! Dropped my purse!
Alex: (Turning around) My sunglasses! I can't reveal11 my identity12. (Without being able to find his sunglasses ,Alex has to cover his head with a straw-hat13.)
Claire: Looks like our guide's afraid of sunstroke14!
(Arriving at the hometown airport)
Claire: Cabbie! Take me to Macy's Department Store and please wait for me.
Alex: (Calls Claire's Dad on the phone) Sir, I broke off surveillance15 when she entered Macy's. She should be home shortly.
(Claire's dad and Alex rush back home.)
Dad: Claire!
Mom: Yes, Claire came home a while ago and she was watching TV up in the west den.
(They runsintosthe den and see that Claire is sitting on the couch with her back turned towards them.)
Dad: Oh, princess, I want you to meet somebody, as I have a little joke to share with you.
Alex: (Shouting to Claire's dad surprisingly) Sir, there's just a dummy16 here, holding a piece of paper in the hand!
Dad: Hand it to me, Alex! (Reading the note) Dad, dear, this dress looks much better on the mannequin17, so I bought it too! I'm off on a real vacation of undisclosed18 destination. Love, Claire.
注解
1 go on a vacation:去度假
用法：The thief stole all the things from the family when they went on a vacation to the sea.当这家人去海上度假时，小偷偷光了他们家所有的东西。
2 forbid:禁止、不同意
用法：Smoking is forbidden here.此处禁止吸烟。
3 packed:打好行装的
用法：I'm busy packing for New York.我正忙着为去纽约打点行装。
4 astonished: surprised惊讶的
5 relented:心变软的
6 at the wheel:握方向盘(驾驶)
用法：We decided to take turns at the wheel.我们决定大家轮流开车。
7 disguise:伪装
用法：His friends can't recognize him with the disguise.他伪装的特别好，他的朋友们都认不出他了。
8terminal:机场候机楼
9redheaded: red-haired红头发的
10S'cuse me:即Excuse me的缩略形式
11reveal: to disclose; to make known暴露
用法：He doesn't want to reveal the secret about his past.他不想暴露他过去的隐秘。
12identity: the state or fact of showing who a person is身份
用法：An identity card is a plastic card with your name, date of birth, photograph or other information on it that proves who you are.身份证是一张塑料卡片，上面印有一个人的姓名、出生日期、像片或其它信息，用来证明一个人的身份。
13straw-hat:草帽
14sunstroke: a disease caused by the excessive exposure to sun中暑
15surveillance: supervision and monitor监视,监督
用法：The suspect was placed under around-the-clock surveillance.嫌疑犯被全天候地监视着。
16dummy:假人
用法：There are many finely dressed dummies in the shopwindow.
橱窗里有许多衣着华丽的假人。
17mannequin: (用硬塑料等做的)人体模型
18undisclosed:未泄露的
用法：The secret should be kept undisclosed otherwise unexpected results would be got.这个秘密不能泄露否则意想不到的结果就会产生。
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| Mr.Everett Speechless
Richard Everett: Blackard!
Blackard: Yes, Mr.. Everett?
Everett: I'm speechless1. My wife is speechless and my daughter is in tears2.
Blackard: Ah, moved3 is she?
Everett: Moved? Sick4. How dare you let our poor little girl get on that stage and make such a fool out of herself5!
Blackard: What?
Everett: We never pretended that she was the most talented girl around, but for you who should know better6 to let her get up and, and…I'd sue7 you for malpractice8 if such a thing were possible!
Blackard: But I did it for you, the money, for the class.
Everett: The money for the class? You can forget about that.
Blackard: What?
Everett: The only way I'd give you a penny for your class is if I had my brain replaced by a very small cauliflower9. I hope you're satisfied! I'm coming, I'm coming…
Blackard: But Mr.. Everett! I don't understand.
注释：
1.speechless:无言的
用法：She was speechless in horror when watching that moive.
看那部电影的时候，她恐惧得说不出一句话来。
2.in tears:流泪
用法：She left that country in tears after breaking up with her husband.
和丈夫决裂后，她流着泪离开了那个国家。
3.moved:被感动的
用法：I'm easily moved to emotion.我这个人容易动感情。
4.sick: (骂人时用的)有毛病的，恶心人的，讨厌的
5.make a fool of oneself:因做蠢事而出丑
类似的有：make a fool of someone愚弄某人
用法：I make a fool of myself to shout at him in public.
我在公共场合对他大喊大叫，出了个大丑。
6.know better:明白，清楚地知道
用法：You will know better what the emphases are if you've prepared.你如果预习过就能清楚重点所在。
7.sue:起诉
用法：He swore he would sue for damages.
他发誓要起诉请求赔偿损失。
8.malpractice:玩忽职守、失职
9.cauliflower:花椰菜、菜花
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| Long Conversations (长对话)
1.Conversations: (Find a partner and practice these dialogues.)
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| A:
Victor: You look beautiful, love bug1!
Helen: I do, don't I?
Victor: Why, you could pass for2 a movie star, or a glamorous top fashion model!
Helen:…Hic…Hic!…Hic!…Hic!
Victor: Baby! You've got the hiccups3!
Helen: Hic! Hic! Tell me something I…Hic!…don't know.
Victor: (Giggles4) Sure!
Helen: Like how…Hic…to get rid of…Hic…them! (Realizing Victor is giggling)
Laugh…Hic…and you're…Hic…dead meat5!
Victor: Oh, never, sugar plum6!
B: (They keep walking in the corridor.)
Helen:…Hic…They're getting worse! Maybe…Hic…you'd just…Hic…better take me…Hic…home.
Victor: Let me get my coat.
C: (Helen passes by the dean's office.)
Dean: What time will that national TV news reporter be here, Mrs. Johnson?
Secretary: He said by lunch time.
Helen: (Stops and listens)…Hic!
Dean: Since they're broadcasting live7, he wants to interview as many students as he possibly can.
Helen: Live TV national news, here at school today? Hic!
(Victor returns.)
Helen: Er…Victor…Hic…I've decided to stay and battle it out!
Victor: Okay, I guess. See ya later.
D: (Helen walks to the wash room.)
Helen: Hic! I've got three hours to get rid of these hideous8 hiccups! Fortunately, they'll never miss me first hour in study hall…Hic!
(In the wash room)
Helen: I'll try drinking some water…Ahh…! Much better already! Hah! Curing them was certainly a piece of cake! Hic!…Hic!…Hic! Darn9 it! They're worse than ever! I'll try holding my breath!
(In the corridor)
Helen: Hic!…Hic!
Student A: Helen! Are you okay? Your face is turning blue!
Helen: I'll give a…Hic…hundred dollars to the…Hic…first person who…Hic…can cure me!
Student A: Has Victor worked up the courage to tell you about our engagement10 yet?
Helen: (Anger stops her hiccups immediately.) What?
Student A: See! No more hiccups! You're cured! That'll be one hundred dollars for Dr. Cooper, please.
Helen: Bill me later! Right now I've got things to do. I've got just enough time to make myself gorgeous for that live TV coverage!
Student A: Cheap-skate11!
注解
1 love bug: a pet name showing intimate relationship (昵称，类似于honey，sweetheart)
2 pass for :to be accepted as; be considered被当成……；被认为是……
用法：Do you think this jacket and pants will pass for a suit? They're almost the same color.你觉得这件短上衣和裤子看上去象是一套的吗？它们颜色几乎一模一样。
3 hiccup:打嗝
用法：What should I do if I have hiccups?我要是老打嗝怎么办？
4 giggle: to laugh in a silly, often high-pitched way傻笑
5 dead meat：dead死定了(常用于诅咒或威胁)
6 sugar plum：(昵称，类似于honey，sweetheart)
7 live: on the scene实况转播的
用法：The world cup was shown on TV live.世界杯是电视实况转播的。
8 hideous: horrible or terrible可怕的、讨厌的
用法：The hideous tale made the children cry.那个可怕的故事把孩子们吓哭了。
9 darn: it is used to express dissatisfaction and annoyance(用于惊叹语表示不满和恼怒)该死的，可恶的
用法：That darn cat ate all the fish in the kitchen！
那只该死的猫吃掉了厨房里所有的鱼!
10 engagement: the act of engaging to订婚
用法：There is no diamond on my engagement ring.我的订婚戒指上一颗钻石都没有。
11 cheap-skate:也拼写为cheapskate,意思是miser吝啬鬼
用法：I felt like a cheapskate, tipping the waitress only one dollar.我觉得自己太抠门了，只给了女服务员一美元作小费。 | http://edu.sina.com.cn/en/2003-04-11/11103.html
Connie's play
Whittaker: Now wait a minute, Connie. Edwin Blackard wants to produce1 your play about the desert2 island?
Connie: Yeah! Why are you acting so surprised?
Whittaker: I guess you've re-written it since last time I read it.
Connie: No. I haven't touched a word.
Whittaker: Really?
Connie: Whit, what's wrong?
Whittaker: Connie, you remember what I said when I read your play.
Connie: Well, you didn't like it?
Whittaker: No, it's not that3 I didn't like it. It's that it wasn't a good play. Your characters were weak, your dialogue was clichéd4 and you didn't have much of a story5.
Connie: Yeah, besides that.
Whittaker: If you haven't re-written it, then why in the world6 would Blackard want to produce it?
Connie: Obviously he knows talent7 when he sees it.
Whittaker: Uh, yes, he does, but …er…, I'd like to knowswhereshe sees it in this idea.
注释：
1.produce: 制作
用法：This hit Disney movie was produced by a bigwig.
这部走红的Disney大片是一位业内大腕级人物制作的。
2.desert: 沙漠
用法：The desert stretches far and wide.
沙漠伸展得一望无际。比较：dessert(餐后)甜食
3.It's not that… / It's (just)that…：不是（说）…，而是（说）…。这一对句型在口语中极常出现。
用法：It's not that she doesn't love you anymore. It's just that she's too busy these days.
不是她不再爱你了，只是她近来太忙了。
4.clichéd: 陈词滥调的、老生长谈的
用法: “No pains no gains” is a clichéd expression students like to use。
“一分耕耘一分收获”是一个被学生用滥的谚语。
5.you didn't have much of a story: 你没有太多故事情节
6.in the world: 究竟，类似的有：on earth, in the hell
用法：How in the world did you know that he was in the house?
你究竟是怎么知道他在这个房子里的？
7.talent: 天才、天资
用法：He has a talent for languages. 他有语言天赋。
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Long Conversations （长对话）
1.Conversations: (Find a partner and practice these dialogues.)
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A:
Victor: Hey, Mike!swheresare you off to?
Mike: I'm heading for the Price Chopper. I do a lot of the family shopping since my mom got a part-time job.
Victor: Can you give me a ride1? I want to get some drinks.
Mike: Sure! Let's go!
Victor: Do you enjoy shopping?
Mike: Enjoy? I don't mind admitting I hate shopping almost as much as I hate algebra.
Correction! I hate shopping even more than I hate algebra.
Victor: Yipes! A loose shopping cart!
B: (They walk in from the entrance.)
Mike: Today I'm proud of myself. I remembered to bring along my shopping list.
Victor: You're becoming an experienced shopper!
Mike: Gosh! Wrong shopping list!
Victor: I'm sorry to hear that.
Mike: But it's okay! I'm sure I can remember most of the six or seven items that my mom wanted me to pick up.
Victor: Watch out for the cart, Mike!
Mike: Thanks! You know, as I scamper2 through the aisles3 I can always successfully avoid the flying carts of my fellow shoppers.
Victor: Whew! That was close!
C: (They move up and down the aisles.)
Mike: Victor, you see! I manage to pick up what I want in record4 time!
Victor: Great! Let's head for the express5 line. Everyone knows express lines move much faster than regular lines.
Mike: All right!
(They get in line.)
Mike: Unfortunately, this express line doesn't move at all!
Cashier: (Shouting) Price check6 on Munchy Cereal and Florida Grapefruits!
Customer: Nowswheresdid I put my checkbook7 and store coupons8?
Victor: The next line has one shopper. Let's switch lines!
(After switching lines)
Mike: Holy cow! Her cart looks like Mt. Everest! (Thinking of switching lines) Good grief9! It's too late to go back to my original line. By now the line is three times as long as it was before!
D: (At the check-out counter)
Victor: Thank God! The line moves along at a real fast pace.
Mike: Gee! I forgot one thing! (Saying to a lady) Uh, ma'am, would you please mind my cart for a second?
Female Customer: Sure!
(A few minutes later)
Mike: Miracle of miracles! I managed to get back to my cart just as it's my turn to be totaled! I'm here.Female Customer: Computer break-down9 !
Mike: Computer break-down?
Female Customer: Not to worry. It never takes more than a half hour to clear up!
Mike: A half hour?! But you have only one more item to total. Can't you do it in your head?
Female Customer: Sorry, sir. We're not allowed to.
(Finally the computer kicks in and Mike's agony9 is gone.)
Bagger: Paper or plastic, sir?
Mike: Ellen!
Bagger: Hi, Mike!
Mike: (Saying to Victor in a low voice) She's the new girl in my history class, the one I've been dying to meet!
Bagger: Are you going to the school dance this Friday?
Mike: Uh, I am, if you are.
Bagger: Then I guess I'll be seeing you at the dance, Mike!
Mike: Count on it! (He waves good-bye to Ellen.) Oh, wow! Oh, wow! What was I saying to myself before I met Ellen? Oh, now I remember. I can't think of anything I enjoy more than shopping!
注解
1 give somebody a ride: 让别人搭便车
用法：David always gave Jane a ride after school. Jane放学后总是搭David的便车。
2 scamper: to run or go too quickly快速地跑或走
用法：It is dangerous to scamper through the street. 急匆匆跑着过马路很危险。
3 aisle: a walkway between or along sections of seats, shelves, counters（剧场、教堂、超市中的）过道；express line 指超市付钱时，只收现金的“快队”
用法：You'll find the shampoo and the toilet tissue in Aisle C.在过道C你能找到洗发水和卫生纸。
4 record: 创纪录的
用法：The amount of eggs he is able to eat in an hour is a record one.
他在一小时内吃下的鸡蛋数创了记录。
5 express: 快速的、特快的
用法：Many companies use the EMS (Express Mail Service) to deliver their business letters. 很多公司使用特快专递递送商务信件。
6 Price check on …! 请查一下……的价钱！（商店中有的物品上没有贴条形码，收款员经常会向值班经理问这句话）
7 checkbook: （个人）支票簿
8 coupon: （在一个商店里购买商品时可打折的）优惠券
9 Good grief！: (表示诧异, 吃惊, 恐惧的感叹语)哎呀! 天哪! 类似的有：Oh, gosh! Oh, my goodness! Oh, gee! Oh, boy!
用法：Good grief! You've messed my hair! 天哪，你弄乱了我的头发！
10reak-down: an instance of ceasing to function (计算机)出毛病，坏了
用法：I cannot hand in my paper on time because of the break-down of my computer. 由于电脑坏了，我不能按时交论文。
11 agony: pain 苦恼, 极大的痛苦
用法：He fellsintosextreme agony for the death of his mother. 母亲的死使他陷入极大的悲痛之中。
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The Mystery of the Secret Letter
Miss Minion: Mr. Blackard?
Blackard: Come in, Miss Minion.
Minion: I'm sorry to bother1 you, sir, but this envelope arrived2 for you.
Blackard: Who is it from?
Minion: I've no idea3. Somebody apparently4 left it while I was away from my desk.
Blackard: Hand it to Shakespeare, please, and thank you.
Minion: You're welcome, sir.
Shakespeare: It looks to be another anonymous5 note.
Blackard: Well, what is it?
Shakespeare: “Dear Mr. Blackard, I wanted to thank you again for teaching the class. It went very well. Keep up6 the good work. Signed, your secret friend.”
Blackard: Well!
Shakespeare: It looks like the same handwriting7 as the original8 anonymous note.
Blackard: Isn't that interesting? So, our secret sponsor9 is actually in the class!
Shakespeare: Or connected with someone in the class.
Blackard: Who might it be? I don't know them well enough to guess. They all seem too poor to give me that kind of money.
Shakespeare: It could be the parents of one of your students.
Blackard: True. It's a mystery10, Shakespeare. And you know how mysteries make me feel.
Shakespeare: Nervous and sweaty11.
Blackard: Exactly. This means I'm going to have to be nice to everyone in the class.
注释：
1.bother: 打扰
用法：My little brother kept on bothering me when I was busy with my homework. 我忙着写作业的时候，弟弟不停地来打扰我。
2.arrive: 到达
用法：He insisted upon coming up by boat and did not arrive until after seven.
他坚持要乘船来，结果过了七点才到。
3.have no idea: 不知道,料想不到
用法：I have no idea why she dumped me. 我不知道她为什么把我蹬了（男女一方把另一方甩了）。
4.apparently: 显然地
用法：Promotion based on performance is apparently fairer than seniority.
根据业绩提拔人显然比按年资更公平。
5.anonymous: 匿名的
用法：Many corrupt officials have been exposed by anonymomous tipoffs.
许多贪官是被匿名检举的。
6.keep up: 继续
用法：I cannot keep up the conversation, because it has got out of my depth.
我不能再继续这个谈话了，因为它太深奥，我已无法理解了。
7.handwriting: （手写的）笔迹
8.original: 最初的
用法：She searched for the original document in her computer.
她在电脑里寻找原始文件。
9.sponsor: 赞助人，赞助机构
用法：The plan will be ceased if we fail to find a new sponsor.
如果我们找不到一个新赞助人，这个计划就只能搁置。
10.mystery: 不可思议的事物，迷
用法：The theme of her last novel remained a mystery until her death.
直至逝世，她最后一本小说的主题都一直是个谜。
11. sweaty: （因紧张而）被汗水湿透的
用法：The workers in the workshop wiped their foreheads from time to time.
车间里的工人时不时擦拭汗湿的额头。
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Long Conversations （长对话）
1.Conversations: (Find a partner and practice these dialogues.)
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A:
Mr. Johnson: (His tie is hooked1.) Hey!
Andy: Sorry, dad! I was practicing my fishing technique.
Mr. Johnson: Nice work, Andy. Now can I have my tie back?
Andy: Fred's cousin lent him his boat, dad! Me, John and Fred are going fishing in the bay tomorrow!
Mr. Johnson: What about Helen and Mary?
Andy: We're always hanging with2 the girls, dad. This fishing trip is gonna3 be strictly a guy thing!
Mr. Johnson: Oh yeah?
B: (The next day)
John: Man! Look at all these beautiful fishing boats!
Andy: Which one belongs to your cousin, Fred?
Fred: It's down here, guys.
(Fred points to a small boat.)
Andy: That's our boat?
John: It looks more like a bathtub4!
Fred: Hey! What do you expect for free. A luxury liner5? Besides, if you want us to be close pals, you can't get any closer than in this boat!
John: This is ridiculous! We can't compete with6 the other boats in these waters!
Fred: Cut it out7! Let's row8 over to the bridge. There aren't any boats in that part of the bay.
C: (Later)
Andy: You were right, Fred. Nobody is bothering us, especially the fish! We haven't caught a thing!
Fred: Grab the oars9, Andy, and let's get out of here!
Andy: Right! Hey! I'm rowing but I ain't10 moving!
Fred: Uh-oh! We're too close to the bridge! The currents here are really strong!
John: Well, how do we get away from the bridge, Fred?
Fred: Um…we don't, unless somebody rescues us!
John: What?
Andy: Oh no! Here come Helen and Mary on Bob's yacht11!
D: (The yacht is getting closer.)
Helen: Hey, boys! We heard you were out fishing.
Mary: Care to join us for lunch?
Fred: Lunch? Sure…
John: Thanks, girls, but this is a guys-only thing! We'll see you girls later.
(The yacht leaves.)
Andy: Why did you do that, John? They could have helped us!
Fred: And fed us12!
John: Because it's embarrassing to be rescued by two women when we're doing some male bonding13! We'll just wait here for somebody else to come by and rescue us!
(Much later…)
Andy: We've been sitting here all day!
John: At least I saved us the humiliation14 from being rescued by Helen and Mary!
Andy: Hey! Here comes a boat!
John: It's the coast guard! Yo! Over here! We had a rough time, guys, but at least we saved our male pride!
Andy: Uh… Are you sure about that, John? Just our luck!
John: Oh no! Rescued by the only all female crew in the entire coast guard!
注解
1 hook: to attach or catch with a hook钩住
用法：Hooked by a nail, Tom's T-shirt was torn.
汤姆的T恤被一颗钉子钩破了。
2 hang with: spend time with somebody 花时间同…在一起（玩）
用法：I want to hang with my old friends this summer vacation.
这个暑假我想和老朋友们一起度过。
3 gonna: = going to
4 bathtub: 浴缸, 澡盆
5 luxury liner: 豪华邮轮
6 compete with: 和...比赛, 竞争
用法：The five candidates competed with each other for the grand prize. 五位选手角逐大奖。
7 cut it out: 住嘴（相当于shut up）
8 row：划船
9 oar: 桨, 橹
10 ain't: = am not; are not; is not/ = have not; has not; do not; does not; did not
11 yacht: a very fast boat for visitors游艇, 快艇
12 fed us：给我们东西吃（a joke）
13 bonding: a close friendship 亲密的关系
14 humiliation: the act of humiliating耻辱, 蒙羞
用法：Humiliation is an very improper way to teach children
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The Mystery Benefactor
Blackard: Whit, we're broke. We're on the verge of1 going out of business2. But someone promised us a lot of money to do this class, and we think it's someone connected3 with the class. But we don't know who! So…
Whittaker: So you don't want to offend4 anyone, just in case5. And that's why you're doing this program.
Blackard: Exactly.
Whittaker: Oh, that certainly explains6 a lot. I'm glad to know that it's only a problem with judgment7.
Blackard: Judgment?
Whittaker: Well, if you want my humble8 opinion…
Blackard: Oh, yes, yes.
Whittaker: … you've put yourself in an impossible position.
Blackard: I know, I know.
Whittaker: Not only9 are you trying to please everyone in the entire class, but you've let money become the center of your thinking!
Blackard: But we're going broke, Whit! I had to do something!
Whittaker: But is this the best thing to do? I'm sure whoever gave you the money wanted you to be less concerned about offending your students than to guide and instruct10 them, so they'd be good at acting.
Blackard: And if they aren't very good?
Whittaker: Then it's better to be truthful and help them understand that.
注释：
1.on the verge of:快要…，险些…
用法：He is on the verge of bankruptcy for the investment.
由于投资问题他快要破产了。
2.out of business:破产，倒闭
用法：The competition was destroyed here in this town when his branch store drove three small groceries out of business.
他的分店使小镇上的三家小杂货店破产，竞争于是不复存在。
3.connected: 相连的，有关的
用法：The Internet connected people of different places.
互联网将不同地方的人们联结起来。
4.offend:冒犯
用法：The servants did not like to offend their young master for fear of losing their job.
仆人们由于害怕丢掉工作而不想得罪他们年轻的主人。
5.in case:以防万一，作为准备
用法：It may rain, you'd better take your umbrella just in case.
可能会下雨，你最好带上伞以防万一。
6.explain:解释
用法：We shall in another chapter explain this celebrated author's fallacious conclusions respecting commercial restrictions.
我们会在另一章解释这位著名的作者关于贸易限制的荒谬结论。
7.judgment:判断
8.humble:谦卑的。humble opinion 意为“愚见”、“鄙意”
9.not only… but (also)…:不仅……而且（not only 用于句首时后面的动词倒装）
用法：Not only did I hear it, but I saw it.
我不但听到了，而且也看到了。
比较：I not only heard it, but saw it.
10.instruct: 指导、教导
用法：When I met him, he was instructing his son how to deal with the car problem.
当我见着他时，他正在教儿子修汽车。
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Long Conversations （长对话）
Conversations: (Find a partner and practice these dialogues.)
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Pop:(Working at his desk) Hi, kids!
Dick:Whoa, Pop! What's going on? We came here to get away from1 the schoolwork stuff.
Pop:Victor's convinced me to get wired2.
Dick:What? Are you drinking more coffee?
Pop:No! Wired in an electronic sense! My place is becoming a cyber3 cafe! I'm putting in a few computers with Internet access. Not to mention that my sales and inventory now will all be done on computers!
Dick:As long as your triple-cheeseburgers4 stay the same, I'm here.
Pop:I don't have a computer to do that yet.
B:(They start playing with the computer.)
Dick:Cool! Let's go surfing5!
Pop: Okay, Dick. Just because you're online doesn't mean you can get out of ordering.
Dick:Then I'll take a large burger and a Diet Coke. Wait a minute! Some pickles6 and French fries, please.
(Victor and two other guys walk in the cafe.)
Pop:Victor! This was a brilliant idea!
Guy:What's going on here? Homework?
Dick:Of course not! Pop's gone cyber! Everyone's cruising7the net! (Watching the computer screen) Hey, check this out! Oh, great! It's for me!
Guy2:You've got a bunch of8 stuff on this one, too!
Guy1:Here also!
Dick:What can I say! I'm a popular guy!
Pop:(Looking shocked) Dick, are youshavingsall your e-mail sent to my accounts?
Dick:Just the overflow9! My computer at home can only handle so much of my fandom10！
C:(Three girls walk in.)
Girl1: Hello, Pop!
Pop:Good evening, ladies! Thanks for joining us.
Girl1:Pop, I'd like you to meet Tiffany and Stephanie.
Pop:Charmed! Can I get you girls anything? Shakes? Sundaes?
Girl1:I'll take an Espresso.
Girl2:That sounds delicious. Put me down for one, too. 11
Girl3:Make mine a Cappuccino.
Pop:Uh…I'm sorry, but we don't have Espresso or Cappuccino.
Girl1:Bummer12! How can this be a cyber cafe if there's no Espresso or Cappuccino?
Pop:I do have coffee.
Girl2:Yeah. What flavors?
Pop:Flavors?
D:(Pop hears a lot of noise and turns around.)
Pop:Dick, what's going on over here?
Dick:Just printing out my latest bit of fan e-mail from the girls I met on the net.
(A delivery boy walks in.)
Delivery Boy:Pizza delivery!
Pop:Is this a joke? Why would someonesgroupsfood from another restaurant?
Delivery Boy:It says right here, “Deliver to Pop's Cafe.”
Pop:I ordered it? Oh, gee! Dick!
Dick:Well, it's 20% off if yousgroupsa delivery online!
(Another delivery boy walks in.)
Delivery Boy:Did someonesgroupsChinese food?
Pop:Dick!
Dick:Uh…but it comes with free collectible13 chopsticks!
注解
1 get away from: to escape from ,to flee from 摆脱, 逃离
2 get wired: very excited and energetic极其兴奋的
用法：After drinking a pot of coffee, he got wired the whole night. 喝完一壶咖啡，他整整一夜变得极其兴奋。
3 cyber: 网络上的虚拟空间
用法：Some youngsters are quite addicted to wandering in the cyber space.有些年轻人十分沉缅于网络漫游。
4 triple-cheeseburger: 夹三层肉饼的奶酪汉堡包
5 go surfing: surf on the Internet 网上冲浪
用法：The teenagers nowadays always like to go surfing on the Internet all day and all night. 现在的孩子们喜欢整日整夜地上网冲浪。
6 pickle: 酸黄瓜 (最常见的西式泡菜)
用法：The Korean restaurants are famous for their pickles.韩国饭店以泡菜著称。
7 cruise: wander around in boat on the sea巡游, 巡航，乘游轮出游
用法：They always go cruising in their holidays.假日里他们总是乘游轮出游。
8 a bunch of: 一捆，一束，一堆，一群
用法：He held a bunch of flowers at the school gate to wait for his girlfriend. 他举着一束花在学校大门口等他的女朋友。
9 overflow: an excess or superabundance泛滥、过量，这里指邮件泛滥成灾
用法：The city hospital is full enough already, withoutshavingsto cope with the overflow of patients from other hospitals. 即使没有其他医院来的病人，这家市医院已经够满的了。
10 fandom: fan 运动迷, 影迷等 （集合名词，指全体）
11 Put me down for one, too. 也给我来一杯吧
12 bummer: any unpleasant or disappointing experience真差劲，真叫人失望
13 collectible: 收藏品
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Peace on False Pretences
Whittaker: The problem might be that you tried to make peace1 on false pretences2.
Connie: False what?
Whittaker: Pretences. It's uh, well…well, let me put it another way3. You tried to make peace by ignoring4 the source of the conflict5 rather than6 resolving7 it.
Connie: What does that mean?
Whittaker: You expected Donna and Jessie to apologize for8 saying things that may well9 be true. Donna might be a take-charge10 kind of person, so Jessie isn't actually wrong when she says so. And maybe Jessie really isn't very organized, so…
Connie: Donna isn't wrong for saying so, either. Yeah, I get it.
Whittaker: Well, there's no place for11 name-calling12. But there's also no point13 in making them apologize for being right about each other. Even if they did apologize, it wouldn't bring lasting14 peace. Sooner or later15, it would all come up16 again.
Connie: Well, then what are you saying I should do?
Whittaker: Well, I suppose before you try to get them to make up with each other, you need to make your own peace with them.
注释：
1.make peace:讲和
用法：She needs your help. It's a good opportunity to make peace with her.
她需要你的帮助。这是与她讲和的好机会。
2.pretence:借口，假装
3.put it another way:换种说法来说
4.ignore:忽视，置之不理
用法：I taught her to ignore insulting remarks.
我让她别把那些悔辱性的话当一回事。
5.conflict:矛盾、冲突
6.rather than:而不是
用法： I think I'd rather stay home this evening than go out.
今晚我想呆在家里而不愿意出去。
7.resolve:解决
用法：These issues will have to be left to fate and chance to resolve.
这些问题的解决只好听天由命了。
8.apologize for:为…道歉
用法：I endeavored to apologize for the accident, but it was evident that these books which I had so unfortunately maltreated were very precious objects in the eyes of their owner.
我努力为这次意外事件道歉，显然这些被不幸损坏了的书对主人来说极为珍贵。
9.may well:（有充分的理由）（完全）可能
用法：His opinions are candid that may well have been a little irritating.
他的意见很坦诚，极有可能令人不快。
10.take-charge:负责 （源于take charge (of) 短语）
用法：She is the youngest manager who takes charge of the overseas business in the company.
她是这个公司里负责海外业务最年轻的经理。
11.be no place for …:没有…的余地，决不可以…
用法：There was no place for doubt.
那无可置疑。.
12.name-calling:骂人 （源于call sb. names）
用法：He started to call me names when I showed disagreement to his idea.
当我对他的观点表示不同意时，他竟开始骂起我来了。
13.no point:没有意义，没有必要
用法：There's no point arguing with your boss -- just do as you're told.
跟你老板板争论一点用都没有---就按照他跟你讲的去做就是了。
14.lasting: 永久的，持久的
用法：Love and war is the lasting topic of film.
爱情和战争是电影历久不衰的题材。
15.sooner or later:迟早
用法：Sooner or later your mother will find the secret that you cheat on the exam.
迟早你妈妈都会发现你在考试里作弊这个秘密的。
16.come up:发生
用法：I presume it is not this old tragedy that has come up again?
我想不会是这种历史悲剧又发生了吧？
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Long Conversations （长对话）
1.Conversations: (Find a partner and practice these dialogues.)
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A:
Carl:(Seeing Victor passing by angrily) Victor's still burning about that wallpaper bit, Bobbie!
Bobbie:Well, we got him out…and I did apologize!
Carl:Yeah, but you know Victor…He likes to get even.
Victor:(Shouting at Bobbie) How about playing me, Bobbie! Or are you chicken?
Bobbie:Of course not!
Carl:He's a good player! Maybe you should think twice about this! And if you do play, remember, it's no big deal if he beats you. Matter of fact, when he serves up that killer swing, get out of the way.
Bobbie:What sort of nutty1 pep2 talk is this? I'm going out there and I plan to win! I know he's good, but I'll play to his weakness!
Carl:Then, good luck!
B:(They start playing. Victor serves first.)
Bobbie:Wow! Nice serve, Victor!
Victor: The idea is to hit it back3, Bobbie!
Bobbie:Fantastic job, Victor!
(Victor serves again.)
Bobbie:Wow! Beautiful backhand4! Amazing power!
Victor:Ready to quit?
Bobbie: Oh no! I'm enjoying this. (Saying to herself) This game isn't won with hands or feet. It's won with the head!
C:(Bobbie starts to make a fool of Victor by jumping around and shouting.)
Bobbie: Man! Nice going, Victor! You're sensational5! Oh! Nice shot!
Victor:She's driving me crazy! I've got all the points, but that jerk6'sshavingsall the fun!
(Shouting at Bobbie) I've thrown my best shots at you and you're still smiling! I can't take it anymore! I quit! (Victor left.)
Carl:Victor forfeited, Bobbie! You win, Bobbie!
Bobbie: (Smiles) Life's a lot like Tennis…It's the comeback7 that counts!
注解
1． nutty: frantic and fervent or enthusiastic about something狂热的、疯狂的、愚蠢的
用法：The football fans were a//group//of nutty guys.
橄榄球球迷们是一群狂热的家伙。
2． pep: vigor 活力, 精力，劲头
用法：I'm always full of pep at night.
我总是夜里来神儿。
3． hit...back: fight back and resist severely反击
用法：The Belgium team hit the American team back in the second part of the football match and as a result tied with the American team.
比利时球队在下办场橄榄球比赛时反击美国队最终同美国队打成平手。
4． backhand: 反手击球 (forehand 正手击球)
5． sensational: outstanding and fantastic非常好的
用法：The football game is sensational.
这场橄榄球比赛太棒了。
6． jerk: （骂人的话）a foolish, stupid person 混蛋，蠢货（相当于说：an idiot; a dope）
7． comeback: recovery 恢复, 复原
用法：The city made a splendid comeback.
这个城市恢复了旧时的风采。 | http://edu.sina.com.cn/en/2003-03-28/10681.html
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