【英语趣味课堂】桌子-The Table

Adrienne: Wow, Mary, that's a great dining room table. Where did you get it?

 

Mary: Oh, thanks. That is something, a project that Dave and I worked on over a couple of weekends. We really enjoy doing woodworking and he actually has a very elaborate¹ woodshop at his house and it's something I really enjoy working on too, so we thought of a project, which was the table and kind of designed what it would look like and bought some lumber² and used his tools to figure out exactly how to put it all together and the process was a lot of fun, um, making the plan and actually using four or five different kinds of tools to assemble³ it and get it all put together. I have to say that I wasn't quite sure what it was going to end up looking like cause in the rough⁴ form it wasn't impressing me too much but once everything was sanded and stained⁶ and done it really impressed me so it's a lot of fun to do.

 

Adrienne: So you made the table from scratch⁷?

 

Mary: Yep, Yep we did. Just bought some lumber, certain sizes of lumber and ended up cutting it to the different kind of things we needed so it was like making a pattern and then using all these raw materials to put together to create the final product.

 

Adrienne: Wow, that's really impressive⁸ cause it's a nice table.

 

Mary: I really like it. It was a lot of fun to do.

 

Adrienne: Um, any other projects you've done that you have in the house?

 

Mary: Um, well, not quite like the table, but just some general finishing things, for instance⁹ if something is broken, like I'm not sure if you noticed, but my front door has no doorknob at the moment so I do have a doorknob and I will be fixing that at some point, so

 

Adrienne: That falls, I'm sorry, does that fall into the category¹⁰ of woodworking?

 

Mary: It can cause it's gonna involve some tools.

 

Adrienne: I see. Very cool. Thanks.

 

学习内容：

 

woodworking

 

We really enjoy doing woodworking.

 

'Woodworking' is an activity that involves making furniture and other objects out of wood. 

 

Notice the following:

 

My best subject at school was always woodworking. 

It seems that not many girls take up woodworking. 

lumber

 

We thought of a project, which was the table and kind of designed what it would look like and bought some lumber.

 

'Lumber' is the name for wood that has been cut from a tree and made into long flat pieces which will be used to build things. 

 

Notice the following:

 

I worked at a lumber yard in my spare time. 

My dad always has some lumber lying around. 

assemble

 

The process was a lot of fun, making the plan and actually using four or five different kinds of tools to assemble it.

 

When you 'assemble' something it means¹¹ that you build it or you put all the pieces together. 

 

Notice the following:

 

You buy them flat packed and then you take them home and assemble it yourself. 

I think I will help to assemble the table. 

stain⁵

 

Once everything was sanded and stained and done it really impressed me.

 

In this case, 'stain' refers to a special type of liquid, similar to clear paint, that you put on wood to protect it and to give it a different color. 'Stained wood' has been covered with this wood.

 

Notice the following:

 

I need to stain the fence¹². 

We are going to redo the floor in our kitchen and want to find a good stain. 

doorknob

 

My front door has no doorknob at the moment.

 

A 'doorknob' is the handle that you use to push or pull a door open or shut. 

 

Notice the following:

 

I would like to buy a fancy¹³ doorknob for my front door. 

This doorknob only locks from the inside. 

1 elaborate   

adj.详尽的；复杂的；vi./vt.详述；详细制订

参考例句：

• You understand the situation;I needn't elaborate any further.你对情况是了解的，我不必再进一步详谈了。
• He made an elaborate hairstyle.他做了一个复杂的发型。

2 lumber   

n.木材，木料；v.以破旧东西堆满；伐木；笨重移动

参考例句：

• The truck was sent to carry lumber.卡车被派出去运木材。
• They slapped together a cabin out of old lumber.他们利用旧木料草草地盖起了一间小屋。

3 assemble   

vt.集合，召集；装配；收集；vi.集合，聚集

参考例句：

• Assemble your papers and put them in the file.把你的文件归拢放在这个文件夹内。
• The students assemble for class at 8 o'clock in the morning.学生早上八时聚集在一起上课。

4 rough   

adj.粗糙的；粗略的，大致的；粗野的，粗暴的

参考例句：

• It's just a very rough translation.这只是一篇非常粗糙的译稿。
• His reply was a bit rough.他的答复过于粗鲁了一点。

5 stain   

n.污染，污点，著色；v.沾染，染污，著色

参考例句：

• It will remain an indelible stain on his memory.这将成为他记忆中一个不可磨灭的污点。
• Does this material stain easily?这种料子容易染色吗？

6 stained   

adj.污染的，玷污的

参考例句：

• My dress was stained. 我的连衣裙弄上了污渍。
• The doors are then stained and varnished. 这些门还要染色涂清漆。

7 scratch   

n.草稿，抓痕，搔，抓，擦伤，刮擦声，乱写，零，起跑线，未中的一击；vt.搔，抓，挖出，擦

参考例句：

• Scratch my name out please.请把我的名字划掉。
• The suggestion is that they should start from scratch.提出的建议是，他们从头开始。

8 impressive   

adj.给人深刻印象的，感人的

参考例句：

• This cinema is so impressive that we can't help crying.这影片如此感人以至我们禁不住流下泪来。
• The suit made him look especially impressive.他穿上这套衣服真精神。

9 instance   

n.例，例证，实例

参考例句：

• Can you quote me a recent instance?你能给我举一个最近的例子吗？
• He's a greedy boy,yesterday,for instance,he ate all our biscuits!他是个贪吃的孩子――比如，他昨天把我们的饼干都吃了！

10 category   

n.种类；类别；范畴

参考例句：

• These questions may be included in the same category.这些问题可以归入一类。
• Class the books in this category.按目录把书分类。

11 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

12 fence   

n.围墙，剑术；v.用篱笆围住，练习剑术，防护；[计算机]栅栏

参考例句：

• They put a fence around the garden.他们在园子的周围建起了篱笆。
• The thief jumped himself over a fence and escaped.贼纵身跃过篱笆逃走了。

13 fancy   

n.想像力，幻想；喜好，爱；adj.想像的，时髦的，华丽装饰的，奢侈的；技巧的；vt.想象，自认为，喜好

参考例句：

• He seemed to have taken quite a fancy to her.他似乎相当喜欢她。
• I have a fancy that it's going to rain.我想大概要下雨。