新概念英语第二册第54课-Sticky fingers

新概念英语第二册第54课:Sticky fingers

Lesson 54 Sticky fingers粘糊的手指 First listen and then answer the question.

听录音，然后回答以下问题。

What two interruptions did the writer have?

After breakfast, I sent the children to school and then I went to the shops. It was still early when I returned home. The children were at school, my husband was at work and the house was quiet. So I decided to make some meat pies. In a short time I was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry. At exactly that moment, the telephone rang. Nothing could have been more annoying.

I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and was dismayed when I recognized the voice of Helen Bates. It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later. At last I hung up the receiver. What a mess! There was pastry on my fingers, on the telephone, and on the doorknobs. I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead. This time it was the postman and he wanted me to sign for a registered letter!

参考译文

早饭后，我送孩子们上学，然后就去了商店。我回到家时，时间还早。孩子们在上学，我丈夫在上班，家里清静得很。于是我决定做些肉馅饼。不一会儿我就忙着调拌起了黄油和面粉，很快我的手上就沾满了粘粘的面糊。恰恰在此时，电话铃响了。没有什么能比这更烦人了。我用两个沾满面糊的手指捏起了话筒。当听出是海伦.贝茨的声音时，非常丧气。我用了10分钟的时间才说服她过会儿再来电话。我终于挂上了话筒。真是糟糕透了！我的手指上、电话机上以及门的把手上，都沾上了面糊。我刚回到厨房，门铃又响了起来，响声足以把死人唤醒。这次是邮递员，他要我签收一封挂号信！

New words and Expressions生词和短语 sticky

adj. 粘的

finger

n. 手指

pie

n. 馅饼

mix

v. 混合，拌和

pastry

n. 面糊

annoying

adj. 恼人的

receiver

n. 电话的话筒

dismay

v. 失望，泄气

recognize

v. 认出，听出

persuade

v. 说服，劝说

mess

n. 乱七八糟

doorknob

n. 门把手

sign

v. 签字

register

v. 挂号邮寄

Lesson 54 自学导读First things first 课文详注Further notes on the text

1．The children were at school, my husband was at work…孩子们在上学，我丈夫在上班……

school和work前都没加冠词，因为不是指具体那个学校或具体干什么工作，只是泛指他们在干什么。

2．at exactly that moment, 恰恰在此时。

exactly用于加强语气，表示“正”、“恰恰”：

That's exactly what I wanted to tell you.

那正是我想要告诉你的。

3．Nothing could have been more annoying.没有什么能比这更烦人了。

用这个句型可以表达许多感情，换一下最后的形容词即可：

Nothing could have been more exciting/ interesting/ embarrassing.

没有什么能比这更激动人心／有趣／令人尴尬的了。

4．It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later. 我用了10分钟的时间才说服她过会儿再来电话。

（1）it为先行主语，代指to persuade引导的不定式短语。

（2）表示说服某人做某事时，可以用persuade+sb.+to do sth.这个结构：

I persuaded him to give up that plan.

我劝他放弃那项计划。也可以用persuade+sb. +into doing sth. 这个结构：

I persuaded him into giving up that plan.

（译文同上）

（3）later可以表示“过后”、“以后”：

Ten minutes later, the bus arrived.

10分钟以后，公共汽车来了。

Please come back later(on).

请过会儿再来。

5．What a mess! 真是糟糕透了！

在口语中，a mess可以用来指“困境”、“窘境”、“一团糟”等含义：

I made a mess of my exam.

我考试考得一团糟。

Make some jam if you want to, but don't make a mess in the kitchen.

你如果愿意就做些果酱，不过别把厨房弄得一团糟。

6．I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead.我刚回到厨房，门铃又响了起来，响声足以把死人唤醒。

（1）连词no sooner…than…（刚……就……）用于过去完成时。（cf．第