大家说英语 第618期:称谓是什么

Conversation A

对话A

James: Susie, what are you doing?

詹姆斯：苏希，你在做什么？

Susie: I'm writing a letter.

苏西：我在写一封信。

James: Who are you sending it to?

詹姆斯：是要寄给谁的？

Susie: An old friend. I need to address the envelope.

苏西：一个老朋友，我必须在信封上写上地址。

James: Do you know your friend's address?

詹姆斯：你知道你朋友的地址吗？

Susie: Yes, but I don't know her title². Is it Miss. White or Mrs. White?

苏西：知道，可是我不知道她的称谓。是怀特小姐还是怀特太太？

James: It could also be Ms. White.

詹姆斯：也有可能是怀特女士。

Susie: Hmm... Is she married³? I don't know. I haven't talked to her in years.

苏西：嗯...她结婚了吗？我不知道，我好几年都没有跟她联络了。

Conversation B

对话B

James: You look happy, Tina.

詹姆斯：蒂娜，你看起来很高兴。

Tina: I am happy. I just got some good news.

蒂娜：我确实很高兴。我刚收到了好消息。

James: What news?

詹姆斯：什么消息？

Tina: It's about my brother. He passed his exams.

蒂娜：是关于我弟弟的。他通过了考试。

James: That's great. What was he studying?

詹姆斯：那太好了。他在学习什么？

Tina: He was studying medicine. He was in medical school.

蒂娜：他在学医学。他在医学院。

James: And now he is done?

詹姆斯：现在他毕业了吗？

Tina: Yes. He was Mr. Jensen, but now he's Dr¹. Jensen.

蒂娜：没错。他本来是简森先生，现在是简森医生了。

1 Dr   

n.医生，大夫；博士(缩)（= Doctor）

参考例句：

• Dr.Williams instructs us in botany.威廉博士教我们植物学。
• The ward of the hospital is in the charge of Dr.Green.医院的这间病房由格林医生负责。

2 title   

n.头衔，名称，标题，所有权，资格，冠军；vt.赋予称号，加标题于；adj.标题的

参考例句：

• I don't think I am worthy of such an honourable title.这样的光荣称号，我可担当不起。
• She has won the title of the world's champion.她获得了世界冠军的称号。

3 married   

adj.已婚的；与…结婚的

参考例句：

• I heard John got married.我听说约翰结婚了。
• They got married last autumn.他们在去年秋季结婚。