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欢迎
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您有新邮件
"Brinkley is my dog. We both love New York streets. " Although he likes to eat pizza and bagel off the sidewalk... ...and I prefer to buy it.
布克林是我的狗 他和我一样都喜欢纽约的街道 可是他会去捡路边的披萨和百吉圈 而我宁愿去买来吃。
Brinkley is a great catcher who was offered a tryout on the Mets.
布克林很会接棒球 大都会棒球队曾经请他去面试（美国臭名昭著的棒球队）
But he chose to stay with me so he could spend 18 hours a day......sleeping on a large pillow the size of an inner tube.
但是他宁愿和我在一起 这样他就可以一天18个小时 都躺在大绿枕头上
Don 't you love New York in the fall? Makes me want to buy school supplies.
你喜不喜欢纽约的秋天 这让我有冲动去买学校用品
I' m almost ready.
我快准备好了
I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils... ...if I knew your name and address.
如果我知道你的名字和住址 那我就可以寄给你一盒 新削好的铅笔
On the other hand, this not knowing has its charms.
但是换个角度想 不知道可以制造神秘感
Did you push it?
你有没有按下去
Yes, I pushed it.
有，我按下去了
I' m so late.
我已经迟到了
Random House fired Dick Atkins. Good riddance!
蓝登出版社开除了狄克艾金斯 这是个好消息
Murray Chilton died. That's one less person l' m not speaking to.
摩利查尔顿死了 又走了一个我讨厌的人
Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!
快点…
Vince got a great review. He'll be insufferable.
文斯的作品受到好评 他又该难以忍受了
Tonight, PEN dinner.
今晚要参加纽约诗人协会晚宴
Am I going?
我也要去吗？
Joy Fox, you promised!
乔福斯，你答应了。
It's black-tie. Can't I just give money instead?
这个太正式了，能不能捐钱了事
What is it this week? Free Albanian writers?
这个礼拜又要募捐什么？让阿尔巴尼亚有艺术创造自由吗？
I'm in favor of that.
这我很赞成
Okay, I'll go.
我去…
You're late.
你已经迟到了
I know, I know.
我知道…

影视精讲

语意表达：更喜欢；偏好If you prefer someone or something, you like that person or thing better than another, and so you are more likely to choose them if there is a choice.
prefer something(doing something) to something(doing something)
喜欢某物（做某事）胜过某物（做某事）
prefer somebody to do something
宁愿某人做某事
指点迷津：注意，prefer在日常对话中听起来往往很正式，像like&hellip；better和would rather这样的口头表达更为常用。例如，我们一般用I like football better than tennis（我更喜欢足球，而不太喜欢网球）代替 I prefer football to tennis，用 I'd rather have an apple（我宁愿吃苹果）代替 I'd prefer an apple，用 I'd rather walk（我宁愿走路）代替 I'd prefer to walk。
句型操练：
I prefer green tea to coffee. 绿茶和咖啡比较起来我更喜欢绿茶。
My daddy prefers me not to swim in that river because it's too dangerous.我爸爸宁愿我不要去那条河里游泳因为那太危险了。


语意表达：good riddance的中文翻译： 可喜的摆脱
Bill thought it was good riddance when his little brother broke his toy drum.
比尔的小弟弟弄破了他的玩具鼓时，他觉得很高兴。
句型操练：They [Their departure] will be a good riddance.
他们滚蛋最好。
I've thrown out all the old furniture,and good riddance!
我把那旧家具统统扔掉了，真是谢天谢地!
句型出处：Random House fired Dick Atkins. Good riddance!
蓝登出版社开除了狄克艾金斯 这是个好消息

语意表达：不能容忍的;难以忍受的 If you say that someone or something is insufferable, you are emphasizing that they are very unpleasant or annoying.
句型操练：His letters are insufferably dull...
他的信乏味不堪。
He found most of them insufferably arrogant.
他发现他们当中大部分人都傲慢得让人难以忍受。
句型出处：Vince got a great review. He'll be insufferable.
文斯的作品受到好评 他又该难以忍受了

考考你：用prefer、a bouquet of、on the other hand填空
With （ ） fresh-picked daisies in hand, he left for the train depot.
On one hand, building a factory would do some good to us. But （ ）, its side effects are still doubted to be unharmful.
I （ ） cooking myself to eating out. 我宁愿自己做饭也不愿出去吃。