捷进英语 Lesson 37
日期:2006-05-10 23:20

(单词翻译:单击)

NATHAN:My my,we are eager to answer the phone tonight.

Do you think the owner's going to call?

Danny,you can relax,man,because he's fast asleep.

DANNY:Just serving the customer,Nathan.She had questions.I had answers.

NATHAN:I don't suppose this new work ethic extends to the supply room,does it?

We need some things.

DANNY:No,thanks.I'll man the front desk.Answer the phones.

NATHAN:I guess I should be glad you'll do anything.

DANNY:Kinko's.This is Danny.Can I help you?

Hi.No,this is fine.Call me here for those early morning assignments.

So,where do I go today?Wait,wait,wait.They want me to dress as a what?

What do you mena,a prince?Listen,I'm not an actor.I'm a guy in a tuxedo.

I don't have the costumes to be a prince.

Or a king.Or a clown.Where do I pick them up? Downtown.Nine o'clock.Bye.

NATHAN:Tough customer,huh?

CONSTANZA:Richard!Hello.I hope I haven't kept you waiting very long.

RICHARD:No,no.We just arrived.Nancy,this is Constanza Fuentes.

Constanza,my wife Nancy.

CONSTANZA:I am so pleased to meet you.

CONSTANZ:Listen,let's go upstairs.I'd love to show you around.

Is it Nancy Hobart,or did you keep your own name?

NANCY:It's Hobart.I took Richard's name when we got married.

CONSTANZA:Oh,I took my husband's name too.But that was a long time ago.

These days,many women don't.

NANCY:At the time,it was more trouble to keep my own name tahn to change it to his.

So we gave mine to our daughter as a middle name.

CONSTANZA:Your daughter is Beth,right?

NANCY:Elizabeth Jane Ellis Hobart.

CONSTANZA:Oh,it's beautiful.It sounds like an author's name,doesn't it?

RICHARD:I think it sounds like an attorney's name.

CONSTANZA:And what does Beth think?

NANCY:She'd like to think it's the name of a great tennis player.

CONSTANZA:I'm glad to hear it.

You know the families of candidates are often in the public eye.

Some kids have a hard time with it.

But perhaps that daughter of yours wouldn't mind it so much.

NANCY:We'll see.It's all very new to her the idea of her father as a celebrity.

RICHARD:Nancy.... NANCY:A minor celebrity.

CONSTANZA:Oh,no,Nancy.If we are going to have a celebrity,

let's do it in a big way.Let's have a star!

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重点单词
  • celebrityn. 名人,名誉,社会名流
  • supplyn. 补给,供给,供应,贮备 vt. 补给,供给,提供,
  • minoradj. 较小的,较少的,次要的 n. 未成年人,辅修科
  • tuxedon. 男士无尾半正式晚礼服