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At the door of Susan's apartment. Susan and Harry are waiting for Michelle and her friends to come inside.
Michelle：Oh, Daddy! We had such a good time at the aquarium. I saw a real shark1. I could almost touch it.
Harry：I'm so glad. [to Mrs. Cooper and the girls] Hi Michelle, why don't you introduce every body to Susan ?
Michelle：Hi, Susan.
Susan：Hi.
Michelle：I'd like you to meet Audrey and her mother, Mrs. Cooper.
Susan：Hello, Audrey Nice to meet you, Mrs. Cooper. [She shakes their hands.] I'm SusanStewart .
Michelle：And this is Shirley and Nicole.
Susan：Hi, girls. [She shakes their hands.]
Harry：Come on in.Come on in, Mrs. Cooper.
Come on in, everybody.
Mother：The aquarium was so exciting.
I had never been there before.The girls learned a great deal Frankly, so did I.
Susan：well, please sit down and tell us all about it during lunch.
[They all sit down at the table.]
Harry：We prepared some tuna fish and cheese sandwiches for lunch.
Michelle：I love tuna fish.Don't you, Audrey?
Susan：I remember when I used to be a Girl Scout.
My mother would take us everywhere, too.
Mother：Susan, I understand you're in the toy busi ness.
Susan：Yes, I am. My company manufactures toys and games for children.
Harry：Susan's vice-president in charge of new toys and games.
Susan：And the marketing of new toys and games.
Michelle：Can we test a new game for you, Susan?
Susan：That's an excellent idea, Michelle.
I happed to have a game which I brought home to study.
Michelle：Let us try it! Don't you want to play? Nicole? Shirley? Audrey?
Susan：[She takes out a game.] We tested it last week on twelve-to fifteen-year-olds,and they found it to be too easy-in other words … boring. We think it might be just right for ten-to twelve-year-olds.
Michelle：That's us, Susan.
Susan：First, you shuffle the deck and lay them face down. Then you select the leader. I'll be the leader. The leader takes the first ten cards and lays them face upon this stand. [She places the letters h-t-e-r-c-z-e-p-e-s on the stand.] Everyone gets a turn, going counterclockwise, left to right. You have thirtyseconds to make a word, using as many letters as possible. You get one point for eachletter, plus the person with the longest word gets ten extra points. The first one to get one hundred points wins.
Michelle：That's easy.
Susan：Ok, let's go around the table. You first, Audrey.
Audrey：[She gets up and points to the letters on thestand.] Chest-c-h-e-s-t.
Susan：Good That's five points Next, Nicole.
Nicole：[She also gets up and points to the letters.]Three----t-h-r-e-e.
Susan：Ok. That's five points also. It's your turn,Shirley.
Shirley：[She also gets up to make a word.] Creep-c-r-e-e-p.
Susan：Creep.That's another five-letter word. Fivepoints. So far,you're all tied.
Harry：[He calls out his word.] Sheet----s-h-e-e-t----sheet.
Susan：Sheet is a five-letter word.Michelle, yourturn.
Michelle：[She calls out her word.] Cheese----c-h-e-e-s-e.
Susan：Terrific! Michelle wins with a six-lettet word, plus she gets an additional ten points for atotal of sixteen points. How are you enjoying the game so far?
Michelle：I think it's too easy.
Susan：Too easy ?
Harry：Michelle!
Susan：It's Ok, Harry Michelle is quite right. She just said it's too easy .
Mother：I enjoyed lunch, Susan.Thank you so much, but we have to get going to meet the rest of the troop at two o'clock at the museum.
Susan：Oh, it was nice meeting all of you. I hope you have a wonderful time at the Museum of Natural History. [She walks them to the door.]
harry：Good-bye, everybody. Have a good time.
Girls：Bye.
Harry：[to Mrs. Cooper] See you in front of34 the museum at five o'clock.
Mother：Oh, Ok Thanks, Mr. Bennett. That'll be fine. And thanks again for the lunch and for the game.
Michelle：Good-bye, Susan. It's not a bad game. It's just… slow.
Susan：Just slow. You helped save our company a lot of money Bye-bye.
[Michelle and her friends leave with Mrs. Cooper.]
Harry：You are wonderful with kids.
Susan：I am.
Harry：Isn't there a conversation that we have to finish?
[Susan smiles.]
中英对照版
Oh, Daddy! 噢，爸爸！
We had such a good time at the aquarium. 我们在水族馆玩得真开心。
I saw a real shark. 我看到一条真正的鲨鱼。
I could almost touch it. 我几乎可以摸到它。
I'm so glad. 我真高兴。
Hi. Michelle, 嗨，Michelle。
why don't you introduce everybody to Susan? 何不将她们每一位介绍给 Susan。
Hi, Susan. 嗨 ，Susan。
Hi. 嗨。
I'd like you to meet Audrey and her mother, Mrs. Cooper. 我来向你介绍 Audrey和她母亲，Cooper太太。
Hello, Audrey. 哈，Audrey。
Nice to meet you, Mrs. Cooper. 很高兴见到你Cooper太太。
I'm Susan Stewart. 我是 Susan Stewart。
And this is Shirley and Nicole. 这是 Shirley 和 Nicole。
Hi, girls. 嗨 ，女孩们好。
Come on in. 请进。
Come on in, Mrs. Cooper. 请进 ，Cooper太太。
Come on in, everybody. 大家请进来。
The aquarium was so exciting. 水族馆真的很好玩。
I had never been there before. 我以前从来没有去过那儿。
The girls learned a great deal. 女孩们学到了许多东西。
Frankly, so did I. 坦白说，我也是。
Well, please sit down 嗯 ，请坐下来
and tell us all about it during lunch. 一面吃午餐，一面告诉我们一切。
We prepared some tuna fish 我们准备了金枪鱼
and cheese sandwiches for lunch. 和奶酪三明治当午餐。
I love tuna fish. 我喜欢吃金枪鱼。
Don't you, Audrey? 喜欢吗， Audrey ？
I remember when I used to be a Girl Scout. 我记得我还是一名女童子军的时候。
My mother would take us everywhere, too. 我妈妈也是带我们各处走。
Susan, I understand you're in the toy business. Susan ，听说你是在玩具公司工作。
Yes, I am. 是的。
My company manufactures toys and games for children. 我们公司专为孩子们生产玩具和游戏器具。
Susan's vice-president in charge of new toys and games. Susan是主管新玩具和游戏器具的副总裁。
And the marketing of new toys and games. 还有新玩具和游戏器具的营销。
Can we test a new game for you, Susan? 我们可以帮你试验新游戏吗，Susan？
That's an excellent idea, Michelle. 这是个好主意，Michelle。
I happen to have 我这儿碰巧有一个
a game which I brought home to study. 我带回来研究的游戏。
Let us try it! 让我们试试吧！
Do you want to play? 你们想玩吗？
Nicole? Shirley? Audrey? Nicole ？Shirley ？Audrey ？
We tested it last week on twelve- to fifteen-year-olds, 我们上一次曾在十二岁至十五岁的孩子中试过这项游戏，
and they found it to be too easy-- 他们发现字太简单---
in other words ... boring. 也就是说---无聊。
We think it might be just right for ten- to twelve-year-olds. 我们想它或许对十岁到十二岁大的孩子正合适。
That's us, Susan. 那正是我们，Susan。
First, you shuffle the deck 首先，你得洗一下牌
and lay them face down. 然后将牌盖住。
Then you select the leader. 然后，你们选出指挥。
I'll be the leader. 我来当指挥。
The leader takes the first ten cards 指挥拿出上面的十张
and lays them face up on this stand. 将它们掀开放在这个架子上。
h-t-e-r-c-z-e-p-e-s. h-t-e-r-c-z--e-p-e-s。
Everyone gets a turn, going counterclockwise, 每一个人按逆时针方向
left to right. 从左到右轮流玩。
You have thirty seconds to make a word, 你们有三十秒的时间造一个词，
using as many letters as possible. 尽可能多用字。
You get one point for each letter, 一个字母可得一分，
plus the person with the longest word gets ten extra points. 所造的字最长的人多得十分。
The first one to get one hundred points wins. 首先达到一百分的人赢。
That's easy. 那太容易了。
OK, let's go around the table. 好，让我们顺着桌子来。
You first, Audrey. 你先来 ，Audrey。
Chest--c-h-e-s-t. Chest---c-h-e-s-t。
Good. 好。
That's five points. 五分。
Next, Nicole. 下一位，Nicole。
Three--t-h-r-e-e. Three---t-h--r-e-e。
OK. 好。
That's five points also. 也是五分。
It's your turn, Shirley. 轮到你了，Shirley。
Creep--c-r-e-e-p. Creep---c-r--e-e-p。
Creep. Creep
That's another five-letter word. 又是五个字母的字。
Five points. 五分。
So far, you're all tied. 到现在为止，你们不分胜负。
Sheet--s-h-e-e-t. Sheet---s-h-e-e-t。
Sheet is a five-letter word. Sheet 是五个字母的单字
Michelle, your turn. Michelle ，该你了。
Cheese--c-h-e-e-s-e. Cheese---c-h-e-e-s-e。
Terrific! 好极了！
Michelle wins with a six-letter word, Michelle赢了，她的单字有六个字母，
plus she gets an additional ten points 加上另外的十分
for a total of sixteen points. 她一共得十六分。
How are you enjoying the game so far? 到现在为止你们喜欢这个游戏吗？
I think it's too easy. 我觉得它太简单了。
Too easy? 太简单？
Michelle! Michelle ！
It's OK, Harry. 没关系，Harry。
Michelle is quite right. Michelle说得对。
She just said it's too easy. 她仅仅说它太容易了。
Well, I like the game. 哦 ，我喜欢这个游戏。
I enjoyed lunch, Susan. 这顿午餐真不错，Susan。
Thank you so much, 非常感谢你。
but we have to get going 但我们必须走了
to meet the rest of the troop at two o'clock at the museum. 我们得在两点钟到博物馆与其他童子军会合。
Oh, it was nice meeting all of you. 哦 ，很高兴见到各位。
I hope you have a wonderful time 希望你们玩得开心
at the Museum of Natural History. 在自然历史博物馆。
Good-bye, everybody. 各位再见。
Have a good time. 玩得痛快。
Bye. 再见。
See you in front of the museum at five o'clock. 五点钟博物馆前再见。
Oh, OK. 噢 ，好的。
Thanks, Mr. Bennett. 谢谢 ，Bennett先生。
That'll be fine. 就这样说定了。
And thanks again for the lunch and for the game. 再次谢谢你们提供的午餐和游戏。
Good-bye, Susan. 再见， Susan。
It's not a bad game. 那游戏不错。
It's just ... slow. 只是……太慢了。
Just slow. 只是太慢了。
You helped save our company a lot of money. 你帮我们公司节约了许多钱。
Bye-bye. 再见。
You are wonderful with kids. 你对小孩子有一套。
I am. 的确这样。
Isn't there a conversation that we have to finish? 我们不是有话还没说完？
美国文化介绍
美国文化介绍
我们在学英语的过程中，无论是老师还是其他朋友经常告诉我们，学习一种语言，不只要学其语言，还要学其文化。现在就了解一下本文中出现的一些美国特色的文化吧！
美国童子军（The Boy Scouts of America，简称BSA）是美国童子军运动中成立的一个民间组织，在其他一些国家也有它的组织。BSA是美国最大的青年团体，成员超过100万人。BSA成立于1910年（1月8日），截至2005年底，成员已达2938698人，其中领导级成员1146130人，分属122582个基层组织。BSA主要接受由志愿者组成的管理委员会的管理，但在较高的组织级别上则聘请专职人员管理，某些商业性活动也由专人管理。
（20世纪初），美国一些专门为年轻人谋求社会福利的热心人士非常关注美国的进步运动，BSA就是在这样的社会背景下诞生的。BSA遵守童子军宗旨：把一些（美国人认为重要的）价值观传授给少年儿童，诸如自尊、公民意识及野外生存技能（outdoorsmanship，今改为survival）等，这些价值观的灌输是通过参加一系列户外活动而逐渐完成的，例如野营、水上训练及登山等。
BSA对童子军取得的成绩的认可办法包括级别晋升和设立各种特别奖励，具体办法根据不同对象或项目而定，例如7－17岁的男童子军与14－21岁的女童子军各有所区别。BSA一般由各地方自行组织和操作，当地的军队、特种兵及空军飞行员则作为志愿者领导和组织有关活动。
童子军会组织一些活动来给每个孩子提供获得晋升的机会，每个孩子参加完一项活动之后，总能感觉到自己获得了进步。很多晋升形式主要是“即时认定式”，也就是说，孩子一旦得到了应有的奖赏，晋升级别的认定会尽快完成。还有一些认定形式，就是在童子军大会上，当着全体童子军及其家长的面给予奖励。
童子军晋升制度由人为设置的一系列障碍和步骤组成，每个孩子都必须设法克服这些障碍，每个孩子都可根据相关规定来制订自己的进步计划，并通过参加军训而被承认其挑战某些项目的成功。队员每前进一步都会得到及时的奖励，目的是增强自信心。每一晋升级别中所设置的若干个步骤则以鼓励孩子独立自主及帮助他人为主。“雄鹰奖章”是童子军所能得到的最高奖励级别，一旦获此奖章，会被认为是至高无上的荣誉。很多成年人即使在获此殊荣若干年以后，都不会忘记在其个人简历中给予重重的一笔，以示荣耀。的确，童子军聚会的时候，你会听到那些已经四十好几、五十好几、六十好几甚至都七十多岁的老童子军们用一般现在时态自豪地宣布：“我是雄鹰！”
童子军运动和童子军是美国文化中众所周知的事物。在登上月球的12名宇航员中，就有11名曾是是童子军成员。而长达半个世纪以来一直由童子军组织的“春季庆典活动”——松木车德比大赛，则被美国《读者文摘》评为美国百佳庆典活动之一。美国前总统福特说：“我可以毫不犹豫地说，如果没有童子军精神，我不会成为一名好运动员，不可能成为一名好的海军军官，也不可能成为一名好的参议员，更不可能成为一名随时都能做好一切准备的总统。”
但是，BSA也制订某些规定以限制某些人加入该组织，其中有些关于会员资格的规定颇受争议，并导致一些童子军或童子军的成人领导者被开除出局，原因五花八门，如无神论者、异己分子或同性恋者，等等。
BSA及其支持者则认为，BSA之所以制订这些规定，是为了给年轻人灌输某些终身的价值观和民族特征，并声明这是完全必要的做法。批评家则认为，BSA的某些规定是错误的，且有种族歧视之嫌。
这个组织制订有关规定的权利一直都得到联邦政府和州政府的支持。2000年，美国最高法院认定：美国童子军是一个纯属私人性质的组织，有权设置属于自己的会员资格标准。近些年来，就有关规定的争议甚至引发法律诉讼，例如对童子军组织是否有资格使用政府公共资源（包括国有土地使用权问题）的有关法律条款所开展的辩论等。
The Boy Scouts of America
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is a United States Scouting organization, with some presence in other countries. The BSA is the largest youth organization in the United States; over one hundred million Americans have been members. Founded in 1910, the movement had a registered membership of 2,938,698 youth with 1,146,130 leaders in 122,582 units as of the end of 2005. The BSA is administered mostly by committees of volunteers, but employs professionals at the higher levels of administration and for commercial activities.
The BSA sprang from the concerns of the progressive movement in the United States from people who sought to promote the social welfare of young men. The BSA adheres to the Scout method to teach values such as self-esteem, citizenship, and outdoorsmanship through a variety of outdoor activities such as camping, aquatics, and hiking.
The BSA recognizes the achievements of Scouts through advancement in rank and various special awards. It includes several program divisions, targeted at boys ages seven through seventeen and young men and women ages fourteen through twenty-one. The BSA operates locally, through volunteer-led units such as troops, packs, and crews.
Cub Scouting provides advancement opportunities throughout the program to help each Scout feel that he has accomplished something when completing an activity. Many advancements in Cub Scouting are of the "Immediate Recognition" type; that is they are designed to be given as soon as possible after the award is earned. Others are to be given ceremoniously at Pack meetings in front of all the Scouts in the unit and their parents.
The Boy Scouting advancement system consists of a series of obstacles and the steps that boys must take to overcome them. The system is designed so that a Scout will plan his advancement and by participating in the troop program, be recognized as he overcomes each challenge. The Scout is rewarded at each step of the way, which is intended to develop self-confidence. The steps in the advancement system are designed to help him grow in self-reliance and the ability to help others. The highest level of Boy Scout advancement is the rank of Eagle Scout; an award considered by some to be so prestigious that many adults continue to list it as a major accomplishment or award on their resumes or CVs, many decades afer they were initially awarded the badge. Indeed, the rank of Eagle Scout is generally spoken of in the present tense, and it is not unusual, at Scout gatherings, to hear men in their 40s, 50s, 60's or even 70's, proudly proclaim: "I'm an Eagle Scout!"
Scouting and Boy Scouts are well known throughout American culture. Eleven of the twelve men to walk on the Moon were Scouts. The "Pinewood Derby," for half a century "a celebrated rite of spring," has been named part of "America's 100 Best" by Reader's Digest magazine. President Gerald Ford said, "I can say without hesitation, because of Scouting principles, I know I was a better athlete, I was a better naval officer, I was a better Congressman, and I was a better prepared President."
But BSA has policies which prohibit or restrict certain people from membership and participation. Some of these membership policies are controversial and have resulted in the dismissal of Scouts and adult Scout leaders from the BSA or a Scouting unit for being an atheist, agnostic, or homosexual.
The Boy Scouts of America and its supporters contend that these policies are essential in its mission to "instill in young people lifetime values and develop in them ethical character".Critics believe that some or all of these policies are wrong and discriminatory.
The organization's right to set such policies has been upheld repeatedly by both state and federal courts. Moreover, in 2000, the Supreme Court of the United States affirmed that the Boy Scouts of America is a private organization which can set its own membership standards. In recent years, the policy disputes have led to litigation over the terms under which the BSA can access governmental resources including public lands.
趣味阅读
When I was a boy, I belonged to the Boy Scouts(童子军)，so I used to go camping every summer ,and once something happened which I hxdye never been able to explain.
We were camping in a place above a river. After arriving, we all rushed down to the river and had a swim. Standing by the river, we noticed that it was surrounded(环绕)by cliffs(悬崖).If someone wanted to reach the river at this point, he had to past our camp.
Several days later, the scoutmaster had to be away for a day. That afternoon, we had supper early. We were sitting round the fire, eating and talking, when a man walked past and went down towards the river. We all felt that this man looked very strange, but, because each of us was afraid of looking very stupid, no one said anything.
We ate rather slowly, taking as long as possible. After finishing, we collected our plates together so that we could take them to the river where we always washed them. But no one moved towards the river -we stood looking at each other ashamed. Then all shouting at once, we began talking about the man who had walked past us. We agreed how strange he looked and we wondered what he could be doing by the river. We knew that he could only return by passing through our camp.
An hour passed. Then one of the boys suggested we should creep(悄悄移动)down by the river so that we could see what the man was doing. Moving very slowly and keeping in the shadow, we crept down towards the bank. One boy climbed a tree so that he could see everything clearly. He called to us that there was no one there, so we ran down to the bank, looking everywhere carefully. We could not understand where the man had gone.
When it got dark , we went back to our camp feeling bewildered. We told the scoutmaster what had happened in the evening. Smiling, he doubted that we had seen the man , but finally suggested we go and look again. We did, but there was no one there.
Many years hxdye passed, but I still remember it as if it were yesterday. What did we see? I do not know.
小笑话
Rescue
A troop of Boy Scouts was being used as "guinea pigs" in a test of emergency systems. A mock earthquake was staged, and the Scouts impersonated wounded persons who were to be picked up and cared for by the emergency units.
One Scout was supposed to lie on the ground and await his rescuers, but the first-aid people got behind schedule, and the Scout lay "wounded" for several hours.
When the first-aid squad arrived where the casualty was supposed to be, they found nothing but a brief note: "Have bled to death and gone home."
