Tina:Click “go to the cart and place the order” to confirm your order.
Jane:What about the delivery?
Tina:The goods will be sent to your door in a few days.
Jane:Then what should I care about while shopping online?
Tina:Choose the website of high credit and be careful to present your personal information.
Jane:Then how should I pay?
Tina:You pay on arrival.
Jane:Tina, you said it. The virtual world is surely changing our way of shopping.
Tina:Yes. This is the most popular way shopping right now.1
网上购物
简: 嗨,蒂娜!你能不能带我到网络商店看看。
蒂娜:当然了。一般情况下,你要登陆网上,注册取得合法会员身份。注册填充个人信息时要谨慎一些。
简:明白了。然后我怎么办呢?
蒂娜:选择你要的东西,把它加到购物车里。然后点去“去购物车”,链接到下订单的地方。
简:东西选好了,然后怎么做呢?
蒂娜:点去“去购物车订货”确认你的订单。
简:那怎么送货呢?
蒂娜:几天之内它们会送货上门。
简:还有网上购物时我应该注意什么?
蒂娜:选择信用好的网站,填写个人信息要小心。
简:我怎么付钱呢?
蒂娜:货到付款。
简:蒂娜,你说得对。虚拟世界确实正在改变我们的购物方式。
蒂 娜:是的,这是现在最流行的购物方式。
register ['redaist] v. 注册
affiliate [a'fileit] n. 身份
cart [kat] n. 购物筐
credit ['kredit] n. 信誉
This is the most popular way of shopping right now? 这是现在最流行的够物方式?the most popular是形容词popular的最高级形式。popular是一个多音节的形容词,多音节形容词的最高级形式不是在其后面est,而是在其前面加most。例如:interesting—most interesting。popular最常用的词组是be popular with:受……欢迎。例如:This magazine is very popular with young people. 这本杂志很受年轻人欢迎。
24.Online Chatting 网络聊天
Online Chatting
Henry: I am crazy about Net chat. I can make friends with people from different countries. Have you heard QQ?
Diane:Yes, but I don’t know how to use it.
Henry:You can download a free QQ software and apply for a QQ number.
Diane:Is it similar to ICQ and MSN?
Henry:Yes.
Diane:I see. Does QQ have the voice chat function?
Henry:Of course. It is very appropriate for me to talk with people.
Diane:Cool! Whom do you chat with on line?
Henry:Usually I chat with strangers.
Diane:Really? You should be careful. Online chatters aren’t always so harmless.
Henry:I know, but I have made a lot of friends through the Net. We talk about everything and learn a lot.
Diane:I’ve never tried that.
网络聊天
亨利: 我很喜欢网上聊天。我可以结交来自各国的朋友。你听说过QQ吗?
黛安:是的,但我不知道怎么用。
亨利:你可以下载一个免费的QQ软件,再申主表一个QQ号。
黛安:和ICQ和MSN很相似吗?
亨利:是的。
黛安:我明白了。QQ有语音聊天功能吗?
亨利:当然有啊。这个功能非常适合我和人们进行交谈。
黛安:太棒了!你在网上和谁聊天?
亨利:通常是和陌生人聊天。
黛安:真的吗?那可以小心啊。网聊者并不都是正人君子。
亨利:我知道,但是我通过网络交了很多朋友,我们无所不谈,可以学到很多东西。
黛安:我从来没有尝试过。
download ['daunlud] v. 下载
software ['softw] n. 软件
similar ['simil] a. 相似的
function ['fakan] n. 功能
I am crazy about Net chat. 我很喜欢上网聊天。be crazy about:对(人、物)疯狂的着迷。例如:
—Do you like football? 你喜欢足球吗?
—Sure, I am crazy about playing football. 当然,我很热衷于踢足球。
25.Movies 电影
Going to the Movies
Henry: Hey, Kathy, how about getting together for a movie tonight?
Kathy:Sure. What’s playing?
Henry:Well, let me check the newspaper. We’ve got Quantum Apocalypse, The Graves, and The Bounty Hunter.
Kathy:The Graves sounds great. I love horror movies.
Henry:No way. I don’t want to be scared out of my wits.
Kathy:OK. How about Quantum Apocalypse?
Henry:I’m not in the mood for science fiction.
Kathy:How come?
Henry:I saw the trailer the other day. I don’t recommend seeing it.
Kathy:It seems we don’t see eye to eye with each other1.
Henry:How about The Bounty Hunter? I think you’d like it. It is a romantic comedy.
Kathy:Is this the Jennifer Aniston’s movie?
Henry:Yes. I heard that it is Aniston’s best movie so far.
看电影
亨 利: 嗨,凯西,今晚一起去看个电影吧?
凯 西:好啊!有什么电影在上演?
亨 利:让我看一下报纸。有《量子启示录》、《猎杀禁地》和《赏金猎手》。
凯 西:我想看《猎杀禁地》。我喜欢恐怖片。
亨 利:不要,我不想吓得半死。
凯 西:好吧!那《量子启示录》怎么样?
亨 利:我不是很想看科幻片。
凯 西:为什么?
亨 利:我前几天看过这部电影的预告片,不建议你去看。
凯 西:看来我们好像很难达成共识。
亨 利:要不要看《赏金猎手》?这是浪漫的喜剧片,你会喜欢的。
凯 西:是珍妮弗·安妮斯顿主演的片子吗?
亨 利:是的,我听说这是安妮斯顿表现最好的一部片子。
horror ['har] n. 令人恐怖的事物
scared [skad] a. 害怕的
wit [wit] n. 智慧
fiction ['fikan] n. 虚构小说
trailer ['treila] n. 预告片
see eye to eye with 和……意见相同
It seems as if we don’t see eye to eye with each other. 看来我们好像很难达成共识。
常见句型It looks/seems as if…表示“看起来似乎……”。其中it为无人称代词,本身并无词义。looks/seems是系动词,as if引出状语从句。例如:It looks as if it is going to rain. 看来要下雨。
26. Balls 舞会
Balls
Jeff: Why are there so many people in the party?
Joan:Who know?
Jeff:It’s loud, isn’t it?
Joan:Yes. Those flashing lights make everything strange.
Jeff:They are used for atmosphere.
Joan:Look, they are dancing gracefully.
Jeff:And they are well matched.
Joan:Do you like the fox trot?
Jeff:Yes, but I’m only a beginner.
Joan:Really?
Jeff:Yes, this is the second I attend a dance party.
Joan:May I have the next dance?
Jeff:It’s a great pleasure.1
舞会
杰夫: 舞会上怎么有那么多的人?
琼:谁知道啊!
杰夫:声音够大的了,是不是?
琼:是的,那些闪光灯把一切都照得稀奇古怪。
杰夫:那些灯是用来制造气氛的。
琼:看,他们跳得多优雅。
杰夫:而且跳得很合拍。
琼:你喜欢跳狐步舞吗?
杰夫:喜欢,不过我只是个初学者。
琼:真的吗?
杰夫:是的,这是我第二次参加舞会。
琼:下个舞可否请你和我一起跳?
杰夫:真是太荣幸了。
flashing ['flai] a. 闪烁的
atmosphere ['atm,sfia] n. 气氛
gracefully ['reisfuli] a. 优雅的
It’s a great pleasure. 真是太荣幸了。It’s a pleasure.这是一句非常常用的口语,意思是“这是我的荣幸”,也有“乐意为人家效劳”的意思。此外,It’s a pleasure也可表示“不用谢,甭客气”,回答对方表示感谢的话。常见句型如下:It’s a pleasure to do sth/that+clause(从句)十分荣幸...。例如:It’s a pleasure to help you. 帮助你是我的荣幸。
27. Smoking 吸烟
Smoking
Emma: When did you start smoking and why?
Daniel:I started smoking when I was 17. At that time, some of my friends smoked and they thought smoking was the “grow up” thing to do.
Emma:So you joined them?
Daniel:Most of us didn’t know that smoking was bad for our health and for the health of people who were around smokers.
Emma:But why do you continue smoking after you know smoking is bad for our health?
Daniel:Smoking makes me feel relaxed and it also helps me to calm when I am under pressure.
Emma:We all know that the more you smoke, the more you feel the need to smoke.1
Daniel:Yes, exactly.
Emma:Why don’t you stop smoking?
Daniel:I have tried several times, but it is really difficult.
Emma:Smoking is really bad for our health, and cigarettes cost a lot of money which could be used for other healthier things. So you’d better try your best to stop smoking.
Daniel:I agree with you.
吸烟
爱 玛: 你什么时候开始吸烟的?为什么?
丹妮尔:我17岁的时候开始吸烟的。那时候我的一些朋友吸烟,并且他们认为吸烟是长大的表现。
爱 玛:因此你就加入了他们的队伍?