PROGRAMME 36

第一部分对话：谈论钓鱼

Jenny, Richard相Tom还在渡船上聊天，他们谈起了钓鱼的事。下面是他们谈话的一部分内容。

Dialogue 1
英语情景对话1

JENNY: Richard, what do you think of that?
RICHARD: Mmm? Sorry, I was reading the newspaper．
JENNY: Tom watched TV on Saturday afternoon and went to sleep!
RICHARD: Oh. It wasn't a programme about fishing, then!
JENNY:（笑）No. Not fishing.
TOM: Oh. That reminds me．I haven't told you about the fish I caught on Sunday!
JENNY: No, Tom. You haven't told us.
TOM: Well, actually,I caught a beauty. A snapper. Four kilos.
RICHARD: Four kilos! Incredible!
JENNY: Isn't that terrific! Where did you catch it, Tom?
TOM: Off the rocks at Bondi Beach.
RICHARD: I didn't think that was a good spot.
TOM: Oh, but it is, you know. I've been fishing there for years.
RICHARD: A fisherman I know said it wasn't much good. He never catches anything there.
TOM: Oh. Maybe he uses the wrong bait…
JENNY: Hey, you two! You aren't going to settle that argument today. We're here!

第二部分：英语词汇表达

a fisherman 捕鱼的人，钓鱼的人
a newspaper 报纸
a snapper （又拼作schnapper）真鲷，加级鱼
impossible 不可能
incredible 不可思议
terrible 坏极了
terrific 好极了
a good spot 一个很好的地方
the wrong bait 用的钓饵不对
off the rocks at Bondi Beach 从Bondi海滩的岩石上
settle that argument 解决这场争论
nearly over 快结束了
We're here 我们到了
= we've arrived
= we're about to arrive

第三部分：课程

1. EXPRESSIONS OF SUBPRISE表示惊讶的词语
a) Really?
TOM: I was watching a TV programme about soccer.
RICHARD: Really?
b) You're joking!/You must be joking!
A: My neighbour can speak eight languages.
B: You're joking!
注：你还可以用You must be joking! 也可以用You're kidding!
这个说法更为口语化。
c) Impossible!
A: I learnt English in 6 months..
B: Impossible!（这个说法语气很重，有时显得不礼貌）
d) What!
JOHN: Barbara, can you give me a thousand dollars?
BARBARA: What!
e) Incredible!
TOM: I caught a four-kilo* snapper.
RICHARD: Four kilos*! Incredible!
*在用名词短语(如four kilos)作形容词修饰另一名词时，名词短语之间要加连字符号“-”，而且名词短语只用单数形式，如：
The snapper is four kilos.
It's a four-kilo snapper.
下面再举几例表示这类用法：
That boy is seven years old.
He's a seven-year-old boy.
The journey takes three hours.
It's a three-hour journey.
2. TWO ADJECTIVES COMMONLY USED TO EXPRESS REACTIONS表示惊讶常用的两个形容词
请注意下面这两个词的区别：
a) Terrific!
RICHARD: Tom caught a four-kilo snapper.
JENNY: Yes. Isn't that terrific!
b) Terrible!'
A: I've lost all my money.
B: Terrible!(That’s terrible!
或How terrible!)
注意：
这两个词都可以表示很强的语气。但在口语里，语气不一定很强。Terrible是个贬义词。Terrific有时是褒义词（见上面的例子），有时是贬义词，视上下文而定。terrific一词单独用来表示惊讶时，总是有褒义的。
试比较：
(a)I had a terrible day.(=very bad)
(b)I had a terrific day.(=wonderful)
3. NEGATIVE QUESTION FORM USED IN EXCLAMATIONS表示惊讶的否定疑问句式
先看上面举过的一个例子：
Isn't that terrific!（真不错！）
再举几个例子：
Doesn’t it feel cold!
Wasn’t it a good party last night!
4. SHORT QUESTIONS USED AS REACTIONS用简短问句对别人的话作出反应
A: I caught a four-kilo fish.
B: Did you?
A: Yes(I did)．
A: I was at home all day．
B: Were you?
A: Yes(I was).
A: I like your shoes.
B: Do you?
A: Yes(I do).
A: I won't be here.
B: Wont you?
A: No(I won't)．
A: I don't feel very well.
B：Don't you?
A：No(I don't)．
A: I'm not feeling a hundred per cent.
B: Aren't you?
A：No (I'm not)．
在上面的例子里，B用简短问句对A说的话作出反应，所使用的动词时态与A的一致。这种简短问句常可用来表示惊讶或感兴趣。A可以接下来简短地回答B的问话。
5．A POLITE WAY OF CONTRADICTING 客气地提出相反的看法
如果你想客气地提出相反的看法，可以用you know。
RICHARD：I didn't think that was a good spot(for
fishing).
TOM: Oh，but it is，you know．(= But it_is a good spot)
Tom提出了相反的看法，语气本来很强，加了you know这个短语，就显得比较客气，不那么突然。这个短语足不重读的，但是主句里的动词IS要重读。
6. AN EXPRESSION USED TO GIVE STRONG CONFIRMATION以较强的口气肯定某一事实在英语口语里，常在句昆用all right这一短语，使所说的话更为肯定。例如：
A: It's very hot today.
B: Yes,it's hot all right.
All right这个短语也可以用来重申自已的看法，并表示不同意对方的看法。例如，在广播里，Richard说Tom所说的那个地方不适合钓鱼，Tom说…but that's the spot all right他的意思是
but that's certainly the spot．
All right这样用的时候是不重读的，前面的重点词（例如这一句里的spot一词）要重读。
广播里还有下列句子：
a)…a fisherman I know
我认识的一个喜欢钓鱼的人
…the fish I caught on Sunday
星期天我钓的鱼
…the biggest fish I caught all day
我一整天钓的那条最大的鱼
这几句话有一个共同的结构，将在第55讲里详细加以说明。
b) He (the fisherman) said it wasn't much good.
钓鱼的人本来说的是：
“It isn't much good.”
广播里还有一个类似的例子：
I didn’t think that was a good spot.
他原来的想法是：
That isn't a good spot.
这两句话里的动词改成了过去时，因为它们在这里成了间接引语。这个问题将在第48和49讲里详细说明。