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Who's a happy dog? Who's a happy dog?

谁是快乐的小狗？谁是快乐的小狗？

Welcome. Welcome.

欢迎欢迎

You've got mail.

你有新邮件

All right. Okay. Get down, get down.

好，下去，下去…

Dear friend: I like to start my notes toyou... ...as if we 're already in the middle of a conversation.

亲爱的朋友，我刚开始提笔假装我们已经谈了很久

I pretend that we 're the oldest anddearest friends... ...as opposed to what we actually are:

我喜欢假装我们是交心已久的挚友，虽然事实不然

People who don 't know each other'snames... ... and met in a chat room where we both claimed we 'd never beenbefore.

我们连对方的名字都不知道，只是在聊天室偶遇，还都说自己是第一次来

"What will NY152 say today?" Iwonder.

“今天NY152 会说什么？”我问自己

I turn on my computer.

我打开电脑

I wait impatiently as it connects.

很不耐烦的等上线

I go online... ...and my breath catches inmy chest until I hear three little words:

上线后，我摒住呼吸直到听到亲切的5个字

"You 've got mail. "

您有新邮件

I hear nothing, not even a sound on thestreets of New York.

我听不到，听不到纽约街头的声音

Just the beat of my own heart.

我只听到我的心跳声

I have mail...... from you.

我收到你的来信

影视精讲

重要词组
start my notes
提笔
my breath catches in my chest
屏住呼吸

语意表达：与…相对，与…相反as opposed to
句型操练：Learning by doing as opposed to learning by reading or listening.
要在干中学，而不是通过看书听广播学。
How strange are realities as opposed to illusion!
和幻想相反，现实是多么奇怪啊！
The action you take becomes determined by intuition, purpose and love as opposed to fear, stress and externalcircumstances.
你采取行动是由直觉、希望和爱来决定，而不是恐惧、压力和外部环境。
句型出处：I pretend that we 're the oldest and dearest friends... as opposed to what we actually are: 我喜欢假装我们是交心已久的挚友，虽然事实不然

语意表达：to say that sth is true although it has not been proved and other people may not believe it 宣称；声称；断言
指点迷津：这里的claim是say sth is true 表示真实性，而claim还有demand legal right 要求合法权利，如He's not entitled to claim unemployment benefit.他无权要求领取失业救济金。
句型操练：And you claim that you defend your family?
而且你还声称自己在保护家人？
He claims (that) he was not given a fair hearing.
他声称他未得到公正的申述机会。
句型出处：People who don 't know each other's names... ... and met in a chat room where we both claimed we 'd never been before.
我们连对方的名字都不知道，只是在聊天室偶遇，还都说自己是第一次来

考考你：用剧中的词wonder、claim、as oppose to填空，并注意时态
He（ ）the election was rigged.
他断言选举有假。
The visual arts are painting and dancing, etc. （ ）music and literature.
视觉艺术是绘画、舞蹈等，与音乐和文学相对。
I （ ）what that noise was...
我纳闷儿那是什么声音。