标准美国英语口语 10 Talking About Dreams

Unit Ten Talking About Dreams

181.What is your dream?

182.My dream is to become a millionaire.

183.Her dream is very beautiful.

184.She dreams of becoming a movie star.

185.When i was little, I dreamed of becoming a banker and now my dream is to become a lawyer.

186.Everyone has a dream.

187.Our lives would be miserable¹ without dreams.

188.My dream of being an astronaut has finally come true.

189.My brother realized the dream of his lifetime.

190.She is a daydreamer².

191.She lives in a dream.

192.She wishes she would marry a handsome prince.

193.She wishes she were richer.

194.He has a dream that someday he could conquer Mars³ and make it a nice planet for human beings and animals to live on.

195.She is depressed⁴ because her long-cherished dream is broken.

196.She could see no light at the end of the tunnel.

197.I had a nightmare⁵ last night.

198.Last night,i dreamed a strange dream.

199.I dreamed of three blind mice running after a farmer's wife.

200.When I was in perschool, I never dreamed that he would become my future husband.

Floating in English Our Dreams

Everyone dreams. Most dreams are beautiful. Ourl lives would be miserable without such pleasant dreams. Some dreams will come true but some won't. If you fail to realize your dream, don't be too depressed. Dream another dream. Your life and hope will go on.

Two years ago,our father and mother died in a car accident. My mother's parents took us to live with them in Hollywood, California. My sisters and I went from living our worse nightmare to being in the city of sweet dreams. Sometimes it seems odd to live in such a place, because most people only visit here as tourists. Cathy, Wendy and I love it.

Cathy's dream is becoming a captain of a big ship. She wants to cross huge oceans under blue skies and white clouds. She will never be afraid of storms. Because she is oldest, Cathy always has to be brave. My father taught her to sail our Lighting⁶ four years ago. After our parents died, she taught me how to swim and sail. Cathy is only 16, but knows she will either realize her dream or find a better one.

Wendy, our eight-year old sister, is a real dreamer. When she was in kindergarten, she dreamed of becoming a movie star. Now she dreams marrying a millionaire or a handsome prince who might help her become a movie star. She often pretends she lives in a royal family. Cathy ofen says, “Good luck, Wendy! You have lots of time to find the husband of your dreams!”

My dream is to become an astronaut. I want to help explore Mars, someday, humans will try to transform Mars. We will make it a wonderful planet for humans, plants, and all creatures to live on. It is a fantastic dream. This project will take several hundred years to do, but it can be done. And I want to be part of the beginning of it. Some people laugh at my dream. They say it is not realistic. But as my father used to say , “No guts⁷, no glory.”

Conversation One Fanny's Nightmare

Andy: Hi,Fanny.

Fanny : Hi,Andy.

Andy: Are you feeling OK? You sound a little tired this morning.

Fanny : I did not sleep much last night. I really feel bad. It was a crazy night.

Andy: What happened?

Fanny: I had a bad dream. I was walking alone in the graveyard⁸, and suddenly all the ghosts jumped out of their graves. They began to chase me through the graveyard and shouted that they wanted my blood.

Andy: Oh,what a nightmare! Then what happened?

Fanny: My mother woke me up. She had heard me crying out for help.

Andy: You have got a great mother.

Fanny: I felt embarrased. After all, I am 18 years old. Mom gave me some chocolate cookies and a glass of milk.

Andy: That sounds good!

Fanny: Yeah, but i was afraid to fall back asleep. I am worrying about getting into the University of Miechigan.

Andy: Me too. But I tell myself that id they don’t accept me,another school will.

Conversation Two Fanny's Dream Is Crushed

Arthur: Hi,how is your family?

Ella: Everybody is fine, except for my daughter, Fanny.

Arthur: What is the matter with Fanny?

Ella: She is depressed because her long-dream is crushed.

Arthur: What dream was that?

Ella: She wanted to go the University of Michigan, one of the best schools in America, but because for low SAT scores, they did not accept her. Instead she will go to Northern Michigan University.

Arthur: I am sorry to hear that. Maybe in the long run she will be happier at N orthern Michigan University. They do have an Olympic Training Center on their campus.

Ella: That sounds good.

Arthur: It may not be real famous, but it is a pretty school.

Ella: Fanny takes failure too seriously. She has stayed at home for 2 days, doing nothing at all but crying. When her friends call,she won’t even talk to them. Fanny says there is no light at the end of the tunnel. She even mumbles⁹ about committing suicide¹⁰.

Arthur: Thats silly! Tell Fanny that she will do just fine wherever she goes. And if she really wants to go to the University of Mechigan, she can transfer in at the beginning of her junior year.

Ella: Oh,i did not know that.

Arthur: Yes,it is true. If she does well at another university for two years, the University of Michigan will then be willing to accept her.

Ella: Arthur, I need you come over and talk to her. She will listen to you. Ever since my divorce, she hasn’t seen much of her father. For the last four years, you are about the only man that has shown much interest in her.

Arthur: She was a good little worker here in this grocery last summer. But do you really think she will listen to me?

Ella: Yes.

Arthur: Ok. I will bring some pizza over tonight at about 6:00.

Ella: I will make the pizza. You just show up!

Arthur: It is a deal!

1 miserable   

adj.悲惨的，痛苦的；可怜的，糟糕的

参考例句：

• It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
• Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。

2 daydreamer   

n.空想家

参考例句：

• Don't trust him any more. He is always living as a daydreamer. 别再相信他了，他是个一直住在空中楼阁里的空想家。 来自互联网
• A developed and strong imagination does not make you an impractical daydreamer. 一种扩展和坚固想象力不是一种不实用的空想家。 来自互联网

3 Mars   

n.火星，战争

参考例句：

• As of now we don't know much about Mars.目前我们对火星还知之甚少。
• He contended that there must be life on Mars.他坚信火星上面一定有生物。

4 depressed   

adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的

参考例句：

• When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
• His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。

5 nightmare   

n.恶梦，可怕的事物，无法摆脱的恐惧

参考例句：

• I was glad to awake from such a nightmare.我庆幸终于从噩梦中醒来了。
• I had a nightmare last nightand,lost sleep.昨夜我作了个恶梦，失眠了。

6 lighting   

n.照明，光线的明暗，舞台灯光

参考例句：

• The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
• The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。

7 guts   

v.狼吞虎咽，贪婪地吃，飞碟游戏（比赛双方每组5人，相距15码，互相掷接飞碟）；毁坏（建筑物等）的内部( gut的第三人称单数 )；取出…的内脏n.勇气( gut的名词复数 )；内脏；消化道的下段；肠

参考例句：

• I'll only cook fish if the guts have been removed. 鱼若已收拾干净，我只需烧一下即可。
• Barbara hasn't got the guts to leave her mother. 巴巴拉没有勇气离开她妈妈。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 graveyard   

n.坟场

参考例句：

• All the town was drifting toward the graveyard.全镇的人都象流水似地向那坟场涌过去。
• Living next to a graveyard would give me the creeps.居住在墓地旁边会使我毛骨悚然。

9 mumbles   

含糊的话或声音，咕哝( mumble的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He always mumbles when he's embarrassed. 他感到难为情时说话就含糊不清了。
• When the old lady speaks she often mumbles her words. 这位老妇人说起话来常常含糊不清。

10 suicide   

n.自杀，自毁，自杀性行为

参考例句：

• The number of suicide has increased.自杀案件的数量增加了。
• The death was adjudged a suicide by sleeping pills.该死亡事件被判定为服用安眠药自杀。