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Dialogue Script 2 对话原文 2
Tina: Oh my god! What on earth are you doing?! Tom: Oh, uh. I was just trying to do my chemistry homework. Tina: What are you talking about? Tom: You know. Chemical reactions. That sort of thing. Tina: Are you being honest with me? Your teacher assigned fireworks as homework? Tom: Well...not exactly. But it's related. Tina: Tom, I think you need to calm down a little and find another hobby.
讲解:
1. 对话中,Tina下班回到家发现Tom在玩鞭炮,把她吓了一大跳,Tom到底知不知道自己在干什么啊,What on earth are you doing? 当中的 on earth 起强调作用,表示“到底,究竟”。
2. Tom说他正在做化学作业,妈妈不知道他在说什么,Tom也说不明白,只能说就是化学反应之类的东西。sort of thing 这个用法表示“那一类的事情”,当你不想或者是没有办法详细解释,而对方又能够了解的时候,就可以在话尾加上这一句。这样可以起到“不言而喻”的效果。我们用一个对话作例子,---What'd you do last night? ---Oh, hang out, talk on the phone, that sort of thing. ---你昨天晚上做什么了?---哦,闲晃,褒电话粥之类的事情。
3. 妈妈觉得Tom没说真话,老师难道会让学生把鞭炮当成家庭作业?be honest with sb表示“跟某人说真话”。还有 to be honest 或者是 honestly 也可以作为一句话的开头,表示“说实话...”。比如说,To be honest, your daughter has no aptitude for a singer. 老实说,你女儿没有当歌星的潜力。
4. Tom解释说,虽然不是家庭作业,但是跟家庭作业有关,But it's related. related to sb/sth这个词组表示“与某人或者某事物有关的,有联系的”,比如说,He's related to her by marriage. 他跟她是姻亲。
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