新视野大学英语视听说教程3 Unit 9-10

Now Your Turn
SAMPLE DIALOG¹
 A: Are you okay? You look terrible! Where did you go?
 B: Just to the comer, but I'm frightened out of my wits².
 A: What's up? You said you were only going to the store for a coke.              
B: All over people wore strange clothes and masks, with some in tall, pointed³ hats .I was scared silly when a guy with a bloody⁴ mask jumped out from a street comer all of a sudden.
A: Ah, it's October 31st, Halloween, the day for dressing⁵ like witches and ghosts.
B: I was terrified when kids gave out horrible cries like ghosts.
A: Don't worry. They meant no harm. They did that just for fun.
B: A group of children came over to me shouting, "Trick or treat?"
A: They were hoping you'd treat them with candy.
B: Well, I didn't know that, so I simply ignored them.
A: Then they'd play a trick on you, I guess.
B: Exactly, they threw eggs at my car window. It's a funny kind of holiday. What's it called? Halloween?
A: Yes, it's one of the oldest holidays in the West. Today it's mainly for kids.
B: I myself will never dress like a ghost and shout, "Trick or treat?"

1 dialog   

n.对话，对白

参考例句：

• At last there can be a reasonable dialog between our two governments.我们两国最后终于能理智地进行对话了。
• Address every primary view and dialog possible.要尽可能考虑到所有主要的视图和对话。

2 wits   

n.风趣( wit的名词复数 )；善于说俏皮话的能力；心智；才智v.风趣( wit的第三人称单数 )；善于说俏皮话的能力；心智；才智

参考例句：

• The authorities are at their wits' end about juvenile delinquency. 当局对青少年犯罪束手无策。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• You have to have your wits about you in a dangerous situation. 在危急的情况下，你得随机应变。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

4 bloody   

adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染

参考例句：

• He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
• He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。

5 dressing   

n.(食物)调料；包扎伤口的用品，敷料

参考例句：

• Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
• The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。