PROGRAMME 45

第一部分对话：支配时间

你还记得我们的老朋友Norm和Dons吗？Norm现在已经退休了。不过退休以后，无事可做，闲得难受。在这一讲里，你可以听到他们讨论怎样支配他的时间。

Dialogue 1
英语情景对话1

NORM: Why don't we go to the pictures, Doris?
DORIS：Not today, Norm．
NORM: Well, let's go down to the club.
DORIS: Not today, Norm. I'm too busy.
NORM: What about me? I've got nothing to do.
DORIS: Why don't you go fishing?
NORM: I'm sick of fishing Anyway, the tide's not right.

Dialogue 2
英语情景对话2

后来他们又讨论下星期六晚上做什么。

NORM: Where'll we go on Saturday night?
DORIS: We could go to the pictures.
NORM: I'm sick of the pictures
DORIS: Well, couldn't we just stay home and watch TV?
NORM: I'm home all the time now.
DORIS: I don't know what I'm going to do with you, Norm... you've been so restless since we got back from China.

第二部分：英语词汇表达

a car maintenance course 汽车保养课程，汽车保养训练
a broken chair 破椅子
a broken - down car 坏了的汽车
a caravan 旅行车（用小汽车牵引的拖车，很象一间平顶的小房子，外出旅行时可以居住）
a coach 长途汽车，长途游览汽车
a coast 海岸
a desert 沙漠
a hobby 业余爱好
love 亲爱的（夫妻之间亲切的称呼）
a mate 朋友，伙伴
retirement 退休
a senior citizens' club 长者俱乐部
a tent 帐篷
whisky 威士忌
admit 承认
camp 宿营
fix 修理
join 参加
seem 看起来
tour 周游
restless 焦燥不安
definitely not 肯定不……
get stuck 卡住，无法进行下去
have a lie-down 躺一会儿
I don't fancy it 我不喜欢……；我不愿意那样做
I'm no good with my hands 我的手不灵巧
I've got two left hands 我的两只手都是左手，意思是手笨
look forward to... 盼望着
take... up (a hobby) 从事（一种业余爱好）
The tide's not right 现在的潮水不合适
You've got to be joking 你一定是开玩笑吧

第三部分：课程

SUGGESTIONS木成熟的想法
1．MAKING SUGGESTIONS怎样提出不成熟的想法
提出不大成熟的想法，可以用下面这几个短语：
a) Why don't we?
Why don't we go to the pictures?
b) Let's
Let's go to the club.
c) How about?
How about going shopping?
d) What about?
What about going fishing?
e) Why don't you...？
Why don't you take up painting?
此外，还可以用.could和-couldn't例如:
We could go to the pictures.
Couldn’t we stay home and watch TV?
You could. take lessons, couldn't you?
如果你觉得对方可能没有想到或没有做过某件事，便可以这样说：
i) Have you (ever) thought of/about...?
Have you ever thought of goING to China?
Eave you thought about joinING the Senior Citizens' Club?
ii)(Have you) ever tried...?
Ever tried paintING?
2. REPLIES TO SUGGESTIONS惩样回答别人提出的不成熟的想法
一种办法是重复对方的说法，或用一个类似的说法来回答，例如： ．
Why don't we phone the dentist?
All right, why don't we?
O.K. Let's.
Let's go to the pictures.
Yes，let's．
Yes，why don't we?
此外，还可以用下面这些常用的说法来回答：
a) FRED：What about learning another language?
NORM：Don't make me laugh!
如果觉得对方的话滑稽可笑，还可以这样回答：
You've got to be joking!
You must be joking!
b) NORM: Have you ever thought of going to China?
FRED：(I) can't say that, have (thought of it)．
这样回答，表明自己没有想到过对方提出的想法。

第四部分：练习

用我们在这一讲里所学的说法和同学互相提出不大成熟的想法，请对方回答。