第十四课 Playing Games *#GX~3A ACT I p#>,{ dX-j3lM:# You like living in New York, don't you? 喜欢住在纽约约 是 zXe]P(p< Oh, I love it. 噢 我喜欢住住在纽约 !)`m mr It's so convenient. 一切都很方便 tNAmA I can take the bus to work ... 我可以坐公共共汽车上班… qR4-~p8 or the subway ... 或者搭地铁…… uY3?(f# or a taxi. 或者坐计程车车 eXkpU7w; And there's so much to do. 而且这 总是是有许多事可做 *QoQ$alHH Lots of movie houses, and the theater. 很多电影院 还有剧院。 ,5x9o"N! I know what you mean. 我懂得 的意意思 a24(9(yh I'd like to live in the city, 我也喜欢住在在 I1p{(fJ but living in New Jersey and the suburbs 但住在 New JJersey的郊区 _?XR;2] is better for Michelle. 对 Michelle乙 好些。 p;mV?B?oAQ Trees, grass. 有绿树 有草草地 K
)eyFc There's a lot of good things about suburban living. 郊区生活是有有许多优点 ~SwGZ I grew up in Riverdale, remember? 你记得吗 我我就是在 Riverdale长大 6hHMxS^o So I know. 所以我了解这这些 ~e5E%bXxC But, as a working woman, 但是就职业妇妇女来
?O9| I think New York has all the conveniences-- 我觉得纽约具具备了一切便利的条 yx7y3TSq including the best tomatoes. 包括上好的 选 t*-_MG The truth is, I'd like to live in the city. 老实说我也想想住到城 来 b>' c
Michelle's the right age. Michelle正处处於成长的年龄 0 4a@ There are lots of things for her here. 这 有许多适适合她的东西 LfvRH?<W You're right, Harry. 你说的对 HHarry。 Z0M|Bv9_ Today is the perfect example. 今天就是一个个很好的例子 i1Y<[s Michelle and her friends are at the aquarium in Brooklyn. Michelle和她她的朋友们在参观 Brooklyn的水族馆 | }d+BD They come back here for lunch, 他们回到这儿儿来吃午
O44Fj) then go uptown to the Museum of Natural History. 然後再往北去去自然历史博物馆
)t,efg There's so much for young people to see and do. 这 有很多可可供年轻人看和做的事情 ~6[3Km|2 It's just incredible! 简直是难以置置 c2PBYFCyC Not just for young people. 不仅仅对年轻轻人来说是这样 tHFUV\D;, What about me? 对我还不是一一 /5?tXH
" I've never been to the aquarium 我从来没有去去过水族 -r[O_[g w or the Museum of Natural History. 或自然历史博博物馆 f2ck=3 Have you? 呢 m;vm7]5 Oh yes, Harry. 去过了 Harrry。 `/(9#E My mother and father 我父母 bc2S?u{ My mother and father 我父母 ]'z 5%' often took us somewhere in the city on the weekends. 经常在 末带带我们去城 的一些地方 IYhn* Dad was a busy doctor, 爸爸是个很忙忙的医 0.B'Bvn=s2 but he usually managed to squeeze a Sunday in 但是他总会设设法挤出星期 m4R:K
jN* with Richard, Robbie, and me. 和 Richard Robbie及我在一起。 "_\77cqpTh I used to love to go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 我过去很喜欢欢去大都会美术馆 UxnZA5Lk* I've been there several times. 我到那儿去过过好几次 3+!G9T! Twice with Michelle. 其中两次是和和 Michelle去的 /^`do3a} You ought to think about spending more time with Michelle 你应当考虑多多花点时间陪 Michell 880T'5}S
: at all the great places in the city. 去城 所有的的好地方看看 6L-3cxqf\ Well, perhaps, 好的 也许 WKq{g+a you'll help me select some of the great places. 能帮我挑一一些好地方 {=+'3p And perhaps, you'll join us? 也许 能跟我我们一起 ayLINpL Perhaps I will. 也许吧。 :=K+~?
Well, there we are. 好了 就这样样了 Kw`}hSE>o All set for lunch, Harry. 午餐的一切都都准备好了 Harry cY|@s?3NND It looks inviting. 它看起来很令令人食指大动 z/pxZB~" I wish Michelle and her friends would get here. 我希望 Micheelle和她的朋友很快就到这 。 Z_Y gV:jc I'm starving, aren't you? 我饿了 呢 E.CG I can't wait to take a bite of the pumpernickel. 我简直迫不及及待想吃一口黑 包 O#)YbaE It smells so delicious. 它闻起来好香香 yz%o?%@ Coming! Coming! 来了 来了。 eqyUI|e Who is it? 是谁呀 hh-sm8 Who is it? 是谁呀 '.I0n Michelle. Michelle。 RuOse9 It's us, Susan. 是我们 Sussan。 so@ijl4{
Z Come in, Michelle, 请进 Micheelle QL-E4] and bring your friends along. 请带 的朋友友们进来 Pe@*')o* We're on the fifth floor. 我们在五楼。 )OFf nKh Oh, you've been here before. 噢 以前来来过的 \CYKj_c Susan, Susan = @lM*
I really appreciate 我真的很感谢 Na+3aM%% your doing this for Michelle and her friends. 为 Michellle和她的朋友所做的这些。 > v4+@o[~ Oh, please, Harry. 噢 拜 你 Harry。 rW*[sLl3 It's nothing. 这没什麽。 5zF$Q {3 I'm not just doing it for Michelle. 我不仅是为 MMichelle做这些 D<T:UJ I'm doing it for you. 也是为你做的的 6<YAoo Thank you. 谢谢 。 X6r3$2! I'm doing it for us, Harry. 我是为我们大大家做的 Harry ~{t<g
;F Well, 是的 -LlS9[r0 it's ... it's important for Michelle to see us together more often. 让 Michelle靠 到我们更常在一起是……是很重要的。 3.Jk-:u %m That's true. 确实是这样。 3WPZZN<K9 It's important 这是很重要的 *tl; 0<n for Michelle and me to get to know each other better. 让Michelle和和我彼此更了解 <{z-<D; That's important for us. 这对我们很重重要 {7EpljH@ That makes me feel good. 那使我感到很很高兴 ~@"H\):
/ That makes me feel good. 那使我感到很很高兴 "l B%"} What, Harry? 什麽 Harry J #;|P
-pt What makes you feel good? 什麽使你感到到高 u_Xp\RJ Well, that you care about Michelle, 哦 我是说你你关心 Michell -s7a\H{~ that you care about me, and 关心我 且 w|-m*v
. that you care about us. 关心我们大家家 Crezo? Well, Harry, that's because I do. 哦 Harry 那是因为我关心。
*~zB { I do care. 我真的关心。 12}!oS~_ They'll be here any minute. 他们马上就到到了 %D`j3cEp@ Susan, I'd like to continue this conversation later. Susan 我希希望等一下能继续我们的谈话 w[u>*I Of course, Harry. 当然可以 HHarry。 p }3$7CR/ We'll finish the conversation when they go to the museum. 他们去博物馆馆之後我们再聊 SjvSnb_3 I'd like that. 我很乐意。 Rvd'uIJ So would I. 我也是。 (b7',:_U7 iz27yXHZ~ I like living in the suburbs. Bsj^R\
Living in New Jersey b\UE+\a& in the suburbs )vGxF}I3 is better for Michelle. Yd<9Y\W%? Trees, grass. F1%^,; We have a nice house with trees 4!-/m7%eF in front of it and a backyard {wf5HA for Michelle and her friends to play in. u/J1Z>0 It's a quiet neighborhood GFvLd:p` [ where people like to take long walks. }RUK?:lEA The truth is, HgTBON( I'd like to live in the city and Michelle's the right age. /'bX}H(dq There are lots of things for her here. Y,-!QFS# Like today, for example, , Q ) Michelle and her friends #d$lN}8 went to the aquarium in Brooklyn pwA~?$B1 and then they went to the Museum of Natural History. MKX58y{+ I'd love to go there myself. K#R|GEwr We can look at the dinosaurs. 7MhaLkB_6 And Michelle likes the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Fh}GJE We went there together. <9S 5 And Susan likes the museum too. jEL"Q?# There's lots of things for us to do together in the city, H@
sM$8 like going to the South Street Seaport. HcGbe37Xq Ah, we had such a good time there, *1*i5c and Central Park. 8>|<m'e^\r Oh, what a beautiful ride we took in the park. $|I hO All those trees and the sunshine, Q3[nS(#Z/= like the suburbs. _CizU0S Or we could go to the Central Park Zoo. !HF<fn Michelle loves animals. p & i+i You ought to see there's so much to offer us, %kuUQ%W1 so much for us to do together. UTO$L|K Maybe Michelle and I would like it here. AH^ud*3F Hmmm. _lfS"ae Maybe we would. `6v24?z S) `@)sr cvjZ$Fcc%( -(zw80@& ACT II VwT&A9&{8 C-&s$5MzGb Oh, Daddy! 噢 爸爸 Wp^
A. We had such a good time at the aquarium. 我们在水族馆馆玩得真开心 _D8:p>= I saw a real shark. 我看到一条真真正的鲨鱼 _:KeSskuO I could almost touch it. 我几乎可以摸摸到它 O]t)`+%q I'm so glad. 我真高兴。 RG_6&
A Hi. Michelle, 嗨 Michell -=qHwcId why don't you introduce everybody to Susan? 何不将她们每每一位介绍给 Susa VL$?vI' Hi, Susan. 嗨 Susan。 WdbHT|.Aj Hi. 嗨。 Z OqD.=O( I'd like you to meet Audrey and her mother, Mrs. Cooper. 我来向 介绍绍 Audrey和她母亲 Cooper太太
k|cP]p4, Hello, Audrey. 哈 Audreey。 !j9(%
,PR Nice to meet you, Mrs. Cooper. 很高兴见到 Cooper太太。 L#N]1#; I'm Susan Stewart. 我是 Susan SStewart。 O{EbL5p And this is Shirley and Nicole. 这是 Shirleyy和 Nicole。 /{-J_+u*% Hi, girls. 嗨 女孩们好好 &
z5:v-G? Come on in. 请进。 MTn}]blH Come on in, Mrs. Cooper. 请进 Coopeer太太。 ov1#BeQ Come on in, everybody. 大家请进来。 {#z[iiB The aquarium was so exciting. 水族馆真的很很好玩 tQ)l4Y 8 I had never been there before. 我以前从来没没有去过那 Xvxrz{ The girls learned a great deal. 女孩们学到了了许多东西 Eg1|Kg\& Frankly, so did I. 坦白说 我也也是 wNMA)S Well, please sit down 嗯 请坐下来 0hq\{pw_y* and tell us all about it during lunch. 一面吃午餐 一面告诉我们一切。 !#S"[q We prepared some tuna fish 我们准备了 埚塾 ;33SUgX and cheese sandwiches for lunch. 和起士三明治治当午餐 J>fq5 I love tuna fish. 我喜欢吃鲔鱼鱼 ,8stEp9~h] Don't you, Audrey? 喜欢吗 AAudrey -#r= I remember when I used to be a Girl Scout. 我记得我还是是一名女童子军的时候 Wli!s~c5Fo My mother would take us everywhere, too. 我妈妈也是带带我们各处走 ~oRT@E Susan, I understand you're in the toy business. Susan 听说 是在玩具业工作。 4Dasj8GsV Yes, I am. 是的。 Ib"fHLWA^! My company manufactures toys and games for children. 我们公司专为为孩子们生产玩具和 戏器具 C-/+n5J My company manufactures toys and games for children. 我们公司专为为孩子们生产玩具和 戏器具 +ux`}L( Susan's vice-president in charge of new toys and games. Susan是主管行 玩具和新 戏器具的副总裁。 H:mcex And the marketing of new toys and games. 还有新玩具和和新 戏器具的行销 )O>
M~ Can we test a new game for you, Susan? 我们可以帮 试验 的新 戏吗 Susan 5qkyi]/U8 That's an excellent idea, Michelle. 这是个好主意意 Michelle j
OL=vG I happen to have 我这儿碰巧有有一 y)3OQ24 a game which I brought home to study. 我带回来研究究的 戏 vQ>8>V Let us try it! 让我们试试吧 gj82qy\: Do you want to play? 们想玩吗 +;
=XiB5R Nicole? Shirley? Audrey? Nicole Shiirley Audrey SGpe \P ]k We tested it last week on twelve- to fifteen-year-olds, 我们上一 曾曾在十二岁至十五岁的孩子中试过这项 [2ri=lf, and they found it to be too easy-- 他们发现字太太简单 /pJr%}sc in other words ... boring. 也就是说 Q>TNzh We think it might be just right for ten- to twelve-year-olds. 我们想它或许许对十岁到十二岁大的孩子正合适 Us3zvpy)o That's us, Susan. 那正是我们 Susan。 d26#0Gt-4i First, you shuffle the deck 首先 得洗洗一下 ,t39~w and lay them face down. 将牌盖住。 ;bFd*8?; Then you select the leader. 然後 们选出出指挥 ONLhQJCb I'll be the leader. 我来当指挥。 fd
gjTX The leader takes the first ten cards 指挥拿出上面面的十张 QfL8@W~e and lays them face up on this stand. 将它们掀开放放在这个架子上 :e\M~n+y h-t-e-r-c-z-e-p-e-s. h-t-e-r-c-z--e-p-e-s。 X&A2:A 6\+ Everyone gets a turn, going counterclockwise, 每一个人按逆逆时针方 tZ:fh p Everyone gets a turn, going counterclockwise, 每一个人按逆逆时针方 |wuN`;gc" left to right. 从左到右轮流流玩 Bf
Q#5 You have thirty seconds to make a word, 们有三十秒秒的时间造一个 2c3/iYCKP using as many letters as possible. 尽可能多用字字 Q;kl-upn~8 You get one point for each letter, 一个字母可得得一分 wIF)(t-): plus the person with the longest word gets ten extra points. 所造的字最长长的人多得十分 '
?EG+o8 The first one to get one hundred points wins. 首先达到一百百分的人赢 n.1$p That's easy. 那太容易了。 X|y0pH:S OK, let's go around the table. 好 让我们顺顺著桌子来 Iv?1XI= You first, Audrey. 先来 Auddrey。 u\)q.` Chest--c-h-e-s-t. Chest c-h-ee-s-t。 @`aPr26>? Good. 好。 [!4V_yOb That's five points. 五分。 DO~~ Next, Nicole. 下一位 Niccole。 X rut[)H Three--t-h-r-e-e. Three t-h--r-e-e。 y .a)M?3 OK. 好。 kWgrsN+Z That's five points also. 也是五分。 q0@b d2} It's your turn, Shirley. 轮到 了 SShirley。 5?TX.h9B4 Creep--c-r-e-e-p. Creep c-r--e-e-p。 !ozHS_ Creep. Creep \# 1p That's another five-letter word. 又是五个字母母的字 E>F6!qYm Five points. 五分。 GQ*or>R1 So far, you're all tied. 到现在为止 你们不分胜负。 J$&2GAi So far, you're all tied. 到现在为止 你们不分胜负。 }U**)" Sheet--s-h-e-e-t. Sheet s-hh-e-e-t。 ^j<2s"S Sheet is a five-letter word. Sheet 是五个个字母的单字 ,n$HTWa@0 Michelle, your turn. Michelle 父 了。 m
[BV{25 Cheese--c-h-e-e-s-e. Cheese c-h--e-e-s-e。 /km0[M Terrific! 好极了 h#uk-7 Michelle wins with a six-letter word, Michelle赢了了 她的单字有六个字 *7),v+ET plus she gets an additional ten points 加上另外的十十 7+rroCr" for a total of sixteen points. 她一共得十六六分 h2
>a_0" How are you enjoying the game so far? 到现在为止 们喜欢这个 戏吗 cpx:4R, I think it's too easy. 我觉得它太简简单了 >skl
-f Too easy? 太简单 zvT8r(<n} Michelle! Michelle +l<;?yk:; It's OK, Harry. 没关 Harrry。 /L` + Michelle is quite right. Michelle 非吵 对。 tNxKpA |F She just said it's too easy. 她仅仅说它太太容易了 S0;s
7X#c Well, I like the game. 哦 我喜欢这这个 戏 TtgsM}Fm I enjoyed lunch, Susan. 这顿午餐真好好 Susan 5E2T*EXSh Thank you so much, 非常感谢 。 ;s5JYR but we have to get going 但我们必须走走 MgHO WoF to meet the rest of the troop at two o'clock at the museum. 我们得在两点点钟到博物馆与其他童子军会合 ZsG
J[ Oh, it was nice meeting all of you. 哦 很高兴会会见 们各位 TU9$5l/;g I hope you have a wonderful time 希望 们玩得得开 yg"FF:^T I hope you have a wonderful time 希望 们玩得得开 UhSaqq at the Museum of Natural History. 在自然历史博博物馆 K\5/ ||gi Good-bye, everybody. 各位再见。 R)%I
9M, Have a good time. 好好玩。 9dp1NjOtAc Bye. 再见。 m21H68y See you in front of the museum at five o'clock. 五点钟博物馆馆前再见 && WEBQ Oh, OK. 噢 好的。 }jYVB|2 Thanks, Mr. Bennett. 谢谢 Benneett先生。 b>nwX9Y/U That'll be fine. 就这样说定了了 +SkfT4*U And thanks again for the lunch and for the game. 再次谢谢你们们提供了午餐和 戏 {-yw@Kq Good-bye, Susan. 再见 Susann。 _"82W^W i It's not a bad game. 那不是个坏 戏 >vNE3S_ It's just ... slow. 只是……太慢慢了 8[oZ>7LMzC Just slow. 只是太慢了。 ty8E;[' You helped save our company a lot of money. 帮我们公司司节约了许多钱 {Vf].l:kn Bye-bye. 再见。 J$,bsMIX You are wonderful with kids. 对小孩子有有一套 ![m6$G{y I am. 的确这样。 I1JF2 "{c Isn't there a conversation that we have to finish? 我们不是有话话还没说完 J n'SGR |43Oc:Ah+ Hello, everybody! >&Vz/0 It's time to play 'take my word.' {ApjOIxk Here are the rules of the game. nsu RG We'll ask you to make some words from these letters. EHrr}& We'll tell you how many letters l@>@2CB are in the word and we'll give you a clue. H)5" <=] Are you ready? y.::d9v Let's begin. 8 LsJ}c You are looking for a word with 3 letters. 5zH_yZ@+ A 3 letter word. _:!7M^IU Here's your clue "meow." BK
u<p< You have 5 seconds. 2QKt.a Go. Pe`jNiI Time's up. l2kUa'O- Who says "meow?" ^-(DokdBn A cat, of course.
`dIwBfg_ Now another word. u3IhB8' It has 4 letters. @[]#[7 A 4 letter word. KuMH,rXF Here's your clue-- P -X2A2 Max is Susan's nephew, \Z-Fu=8J8^ so Susan is Max's what? U Fyk%#L You have 6 seconds. 2W;2._ Go. M/YS%1 Your time is up. 1}OM"V Susan is Max's aunt. Dc0C
QGx9b Let's go on. ]vH:@%3U Another 4 letter word. K/8TwB?I You can wear this when it's cold outside. &PFK0tY You have 6 sceonds. )%HIC@MM6 Take my word. >&Y\g?Z6G All right. H_w?+Rig What do you wear when it's cold outside? "MyMByomQ Well, I don't know about you, j-t" but I wear a coat. {}BAQ9|q Let's keep going. y_2B@cj A 3 letter word and here's your clue. @R ;&P |