捷进英语 lesson 36

DOUGLAS:Richard?

RICHARD:Over there is fine.

NANCY:Yvonne!

YVONNE:I'm almost finished!

NANCY:Believe me,Douglas,yvonne promised she would take the day off.

She said she had done enough work for one week.

And now she is in there with a calculator¹.

DOUGLAS:I know.I know.

RICHARD:Douglas,don't be shy.

DOUGLAS:This looks great.

RICHARD:It smells fantastic.

NANCY:Dig in.Yvonne!

YVONNE:Two seconds!

RICHARD:Douglas,Yvonne mentioned you were in Chicago.

DOUGLAS:Yeah.For a seminar² on selling commercial property.

It was just a couple of days.This is delicious.

But the flight back was horrible.We flew through a huge storm.

NANCY:I hate airplanes.

RICHARD:You told me you were over that.

NANCY:Not when I hear these stories.

DOUGLAS:This was pretty bad.

At one point,the flight attendants³ told us we had to take crash positions.

NANCY:No.And then the pilot came on and said we couldn't land.

It was absolutely terrifying.

RICHARD:Of course,statistically,it's very safe.

NANCY:Tell that to the people in the crash position.

DOUGLAS:Well to be fair,I lived to tell the story.I am here.

NANCY:But your wife isn't.Yvonne!

DOUGLAS:Yvonne,we ate all the food!

RICHARD:There's nothing left.You missed it.

DANNY:OK.I'll tell him you called.Hey,that was Lisa.

She said you were supposed to meet her.

MICHAEL:I know.I was.Was she mad?

DANNY:Was she mad!

MICHAEL:Oh boy,I blew it.

DANNY:Well,she said she was going home and she'd call you later.What happened?

MICHAEL:I taped in the Square this morning.

Then I had a meething over at school with my advisor⁴.

First of all,he wea 45 minutes late.

Then after a complete progress report, he decides to go over the whole project from the top.

DANNY:Temper,Michael.He is your graduate advisor.

Lisa will calm down.It's nothing a little gesture on your part won't fix.

DANNY:Ask her to marry you.

MICHAEL:Let's not go to extetremes.

DANNY:Tell her it'll never happen again.

MICHAEL:I told her that the last time.

DANNY:Well well well,you do have a problem,don't you?

MICHAEL:I could grovel⁵.

DANNY:Groveling is an option.Now,personally I don't grouvel.

I just inspire women to break upo with me.

MICHAEL:Maybe you should try groveling.

1 calculator   

n.计算者，计算机

参考例句：

• Don't forget to bring your calculator that day.那天你可别忘了带计算器。
• I totaled my expenses with a calculator. 我用计算器算出开支的总金额。

2 seminar   

n.研究小组，研讨会，(大学的)研究班

参考例句：

• The seminar aims to provide an overview on new media publishing.研讨会旨在综览新兴的媒体出版。
• The seminar was to discuss diversification of agriculture.该研讨会讨论的是农业多种经营。

3 attendants   

n.服务人员( attendant的名词复数 )；侍者；随从；伴随物

参考例句：

• Other flight attendants and passengers are believed to have fought. 我们相信其他服务人员及乘客也都进行了斗争。 来自时文部分
• Psyche gave ear to the admonitions of her vocal attendants. 普绪喀听从这些有声无形的外人的意见。 来自辞典例句

4 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

5 grovel   

vi.卑躬屈膝，奴颜婢膝

参考例句：

• He said he would never grovel before a conqueror.他说他永远不会在征服者脚下摇尾乞怜。
• You will just have to grovel to the bank manager for a loan.你只得低声下气地向银行经理借贷。