赖世雄中级美国英语 Lesson 98:Speaking from the Grave
日期:2008-12-26 10:53

(单词翻译:单击)

Two students, Beth and Carl, are talking about the red-haired mummies.


B: Can you imagine what it was like 4,000 years ago?
C: That's hard to imagine. But if the mummies could speak, they could certainly tell us a great deal.
B: Well, that, of course, is impossible. But scientists can tell a lot from the things the explorers found.
C: I know. For example, they think the 4000-year-old mummies were Celts.
B: Who were the Celts?
C: They were ancient European people who settled in Britain even before the Romans existed.
B: Wow! That's amazing!
C: So you see, although mummies don't really speak, they are "speaking" from their graves.
B: Stop it! you're giving me the creeps!

give sb the creeps = give sb goosebunps 鸡皮疙瘩
ghost story
tomb 冢(有碑) grave 坟地,墓穴 put sb into a tomb grave adj.= serious grave problem
juvenile delinquency 青少年犯罪 juvenile delinquent 不良少年
Can you tell me what it is like living in Shanghai?
imagine + V-ing imaginative 想象的 He has spoiled his image. spoiled his reputation
If I had money, I'd buy a car.
Nothing doing it = No way
Sean 人名(读音 Shawn)
shut up (very impolite) 应用:Stop it.

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重点单词
  • impossibleadj. 不可能的,做不到的 adj. 无法忍受的
  • imaginativeadj. 富于想象力的
  • settledadj. 固定的;稳定的 v. 解决;定居(settle
  • graven. 坟墓,墓穴 adj. 严肃的,严重的,庄重的
  • delinquentn. 行为不良的人,流氓 adj. 怠忽的,有过失的