Lesson 91 Poor Ian! 可怜的伊恩!
Listen to the tape then answer this question. Who wanted to sell the house?
听录音,然后回答问题。谁想卖房?
原文
CATHERING: Has Ian sold his house yet?
JENNY: Yes, he has. He sold it last week.
CATHERING: Has he moved to his new house yet?
JENNY: No, not yet. He's still here. He's going to move tomorrow.
CATHERING: When? Tomorrow morning.
JENNY: No. Tomorrow afternoon. I'll miss him. He has always been a good neighbour.
LIDA: He's a very nice person. We'll all miss him.
CATHERING: When will the new people move into this house?
JENNY: I think that they'll move in the day after tomorrow.
LINDA: Will you see Ian today, Jenny?
JENNY: Yes, I will.
LINDA: Please give him my regards.
CATHERING: Poor Ian! He didn't want to leave this house.
JENNY: No, he didn't want to leave. But his wife did!
New Word and expressions 生词和短语
still adv. 还,仍旧
move v. 搬家
miss v. 想念,思念
neighbor n. 邻居
person n. 人
people n. 人们
poor adj. 可怜的
参考译文
凯瑟琳:伊恩已指他的房子卖掉了吗?
詹 尼:是的,卖掉了。他上星期卖掉的。
凯瑟琳:他已经迁进新居了吗?
詹 尼:不,还没有。他仍在这里。他打算明天搬家。
凯瑟琳:什么时候?明天上午吗?
詹 尼:不,明天下午。我会想念他的。他一直是个好邻居。
琳 达:他是个非常好的人,我们大学都会想念他的。
凯瑟琳:新住户什么时候搬进这所房子?
詹 尼:我想他们将会在后天搬进来吧。
琳 达:詹尼,您今天会见到伊恩吗?
詹 尼:是的,我会见到他。
琳 达:请代我问候他。
凯瑟琳:可怜的伊恩!他本不想离开这幢房子。
詹 尼:是啊,他是不想离开,可是他妻子要离开。
Lesson 93 Our new neighbour 我们的新邻居
Listen to the tape then answer this question. Why is Nigel a lucky man?
听录音,然后回答问题。为什么说奈杰尔很幸运?
原文
Nigel is our new next-door neighbour. He's a pilot.
He was in the R.A.F.
He will fly to New York next month.
The month after next he'll fly to Tokyo.
At the moment, he's in Madrid. He flew to Spain a week ago.
He'll return to London the week after next.
He's only forty-one years old, and he has already been to nearly every country in the world.
Nigel is a very lucky man. But his wife isn't very lucky. She usually stays at home!
New Word and expressions 生词和短语
pilot n. 飞行员
return v. 返回
New York n. 纽约
Tokyo n. 东京
Madrid n. 马德里
fly (flew, flown) v. 飞行
参考译文
奈杰尔是我们新搬来的隔壁邻居。他是个飞行员。
他曾在皇家空军任职。
下个月他将飞往纽约。
再下个月他将飞往东京。
现在他在马德里。他是一星期以前飞到西班牙的。
再下个星期他将返回伦敦。
他只有41岁,但他却过世界上几乎每一个国家。
奈杰尔是个很幸运的人。但他的妻子运气不很好。她总是呆在家里!