许国璋英语听力第一册 Lesson 14
A LETTER TO A FRIEND
Beijing
October 21, 1961
Dear Liying,
How time flies! This is already my seventh week at college. We are very busy here and life is very interesting. There are so many new things to learn. We have English lessons every day and I like them very much. We also study Chinese and World History.
After class we have all kinds of activities. Sometimes we work on the college farm. On Saturday afternoon we usually have our class meeting. Sometimes we listen to a report. On Saturday evening there is a film or a dance.
Autumn is the best season in Beijing. The days are warm and sunny. We are planning an outing for next Sunday.
How are you? Are you still busy with the harvest? Please write to me soon and tell me about your life as a teacher.
Yours ever,
Wu Ming
给朋友的一封信
亲爱的丽英:
时间过得真快!现在是我上大学的第七周了。我们这儿很忙,生活也很有意思,有那么多的新东西要学。我们每天都有英语课,我很喜欢它。另外我们还学习汉语和世界史。
课后我们开展各种活动。有时去校办农场劳动。星期六下午通常是开班会,有时也听报告。星期六晚上不是有电影就是有舞会。
秋天是北京最美的季节,每天都暖融融的,充满阳光,我们正筹划下星期天出去郊游呢。
你怎么样?还在忙着秋收吗?请快快写信告诉我你当教师的生活。
朋友:吴明
1961年10月21日于北京
WEATHER
— What's the weather like in your hometown?
— It's very nice. It's usually warm and sunny in spring and autumn.
— Does it often rain there?
— Yes, it does, especially in summer.
— Is it very cold in winter?
— No, it isn't. It seldom snows there.
天气
— 你家乡的天气怎么样?
— 非常好,在春天和秋天通常都是温暖和阳光明媚的。
— 那里经常下雨吗?
— 是的,特别是在夏天。
— 那里冬天非常冷吗?
— 不,不很冷。那里冬天很少下雪。
NOTES TO THE TEXT
A LETTER TO A FRIEND
是课文的标题,不是信内容的一部分。
书信中的日期:
21 October, 1961 the twenty-first of October,1961(英)
October 21, 1961 October (the) twenty-first, 1961(美)
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书信中的称呼:
英文书信中的开头称呼一般用Dear,后面可跟名或姓,后面跟姓时一般要在姓的前面加上先生 / 太太 / 女士 / 小姐等。
Madam 女士(社交场合对妇女的尊称)
Ms 女士(未婚或已婚均可)
Mrs ……太太(已婚,用夫姓),如:Mrs. Smith 史密斯太太
Miss 小姐(未婚)
Dear Liying 熟人间直接用名字,这里Liying是名不是姓。
称呼之后英国人习惯用逗号,美国人习惯用冒号。
How time flies! 时间过得真快!(岁月如流)
这是由how引出的感叹句,how没有实际意义。
There are so many new things to learn. 有很多新的东西要学。
不定式to learn是名词修饰语,修饰名词things,在结构上与things有动宾的关系。这里learn不能用study来代替,study也是“学习”但更多地带有“钻研、研究”的含义。
We also study Chinese and World History. 我们还学习汉语和世界史这两门课程。
Chinese 和 World History,因为是课程名称,所以每个单词的头一个字母要大写。
After class we have all kinds of activities.
all kinds of activities 各种各样的活动
all kinds of 各种各样的(后面所接名词要用复数形式)
On Saturday evening there is a film or a dance. 星期六的晚上,不是有电影就是有舞会。
a film or a dance是主语;连词or表示选择,意思是“或者”,在意义上表示单数,所以be动词用is。
Autumn is the best season in Beijing. 秋天是北京最好的季节。
the best表示“最好的”,best前面一般要用冠词the。
We are planning an outing for next Sunday. 我们正在计划下星期天去郊游呢。
are planning是动词plan的现在进行时态,表示“正在做……事”;outing的读音以元音字母o开始,所以前面的冠词用an;介词for表示约定的时间,例如:
a meeting for Monday 星期一的会议
a dance for tomorrow 明天的舞会
How are you?
你好吗?/ 你近来情况怎么样?(问候语)
回答:I’m fine, thank you. / Very well, thank you. 我很好,谢谢。
Are you still busy with the harvest? 你们还在忙着收割庄稼吗?
be busy with 忙于干……事,例如:
I’m very busy with my work. 我工作很忙。
Please write to me soon and tell me about your life as a teacher. 请尽快给我写信,给我讲讲你当老师的生活情况。(祈使句)
write to me = write a letter to me 给我写信;介词短语as a teacher意为“作为一名老师”,修饰life;tell me about“给我讲讲”,例如:
Tell me about your work. 给我讲讲你的工作情况。
I want to tell him about my plan. 我想给他说说我的计划。
书信的结尾谦称(complimentary close):
Yours sincerely,(比较正式) Yours truly,
Lovingly yours, With love, Best wishes,
信封的格式:
Wu Ming
English Department Stamp
Beijing Foreign Studies University (邮票)
Beijing 100081
Mr Wang Liying
Department of Foreign languages
Fudan University
Shanghai 200433
NOTES TO THE DIALOGUE
What’s the weather like in your hometown? 你家乡那儿天气怎么样?
英语中询问天气有两种表达方式:
What’s the weather like?
How is the weather?
It’s very nice. It’s usually warm and sunny in spring and autumn.
(1)非人称代词it作主语,在此表天气。英语中表示天气、季节和时间的句子常用非人称代词it作主语,
表时间:
It is eight o’clock in the morning.现在是早上八点。
It takes an hour to go there. 到那去要一小时时间。
表天气:
It is hot in summer and cold in winter. 夏天热冬天冷。
It often rains here.这儿常常下雨。
描述天气的形容词:nice, warm, sunny, hot, cold, awful糟糕的, cool凉爽的, windy风大的,有风的, cloudy有云的, foggy有雾的, clear晴朗的, dry干燥的, damp潮湿的, humid湿润的(指空气), stormy有暴风雨的
(2)In Britain the weather changes a lot, so talking about the weather is a good and safe way to start conversation with someone especially with stranger.
在英国天气经常发生变化,所以人们比较喜欢谈论天气,一方面通过谈论天气大家可以了解天气的变化,另一方面谈论天气还有助于自然地引起话题,尤其是和陌生人交谈。有时人们借助天气来表达感情,例如:When it rains, it pours. 祸不单行。


