【英语趣味课堂】关于公交车的故事-The Bus Story

 Charlotte: Hey Jessica, you've got a brother called Kirk?

Jessica: Yes, that's right. He is two and a half years older than I am and we get along very well now.

 

Charlotte: You get along very well now. How did you get along in the past?

 

Jessica: Not very well at all actually. He was always very mean and heartless, should we say.

 

Charlotte: What was the first thing you remember him doing to you?

 

Jessica: Perhaps the first thing was the time I fell asleep on the bus when I was on kindergarten. He actually left me there sleeping and I didn't wake up until my lunch box fell on the ground. When the bus driver was parking in the bus garage. So anyway, yeah, I learned¹ at that point not to really depend on him so much.

 

Charlotte: What did your mom say when you got home?

 

Jessica: My mom asked my brother,"Hey! Aren't you forgetting something?", referring to me and he responded, "Hey! How did you know I forgot my homework?" 

 

学习内容：

Learn Vocabulary from the lesson

get along

My brother and I get along very well.

To 'get along' with someone is to have a compatible² personality and like being around them.   Notice the following:

 

We didn't get along that well at first.

Do you get along with your sisters?

heartless

He used to be very mean and heartless.

Someone who is 'heartless' does not think about other people and is mean.  Notice the following:

 

How could you be so heartless?

She is a heartless old woman.

at that point

I learned at that point not to do that anymore.

We use a phrase 'at that point' to talk about a specific point in time.  Notice the following:

 

She was pretty lost at that point.

At that point I knew it was a bad idea.

depend on

I don't want to depend on my brother too much.

To 'depend on' someone is to need them for emotional³ reasons or because they provide for you financially.  Notice the following:

 

I depend on my friends when I have problems.

Do you depend on your parents or do you work?

how did you know

How did you know I forgot my homework?

When you ask someone 'how did you know' about something you want to know how they received the information or the knowledge that they have.  Notice the following:

 

How did she know where my house was?

How did you know it was my birthday?

1 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

2 compatible   

adj.兼容的；能和睦相处的，合得来的

参考例句：

• You should choose a roommate more compatible to your tastes.你应该挑个和你意气更相投的人同住一室。
• Health and hard work are compatible.健康与努力工作是一致的。

3 emotional   

adj.令人动情的；易动感情的；感情(上)的

参考例句：

• Emotional people don't stop to calculate.感情容易冲动的人做事往往不加考虑。
• This is an emotional scene in the play.这是剧中动人的一幕。