英语口语大赢家Topic70:问询处Information

爸爸在查询台让图书员帮他查一本书，但是健忘的他却忘记了书的作者和书名。那么最后爸爸找到了他想要的书吗？

 

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(Information desk)

Benjamin: Could you please help me to check out the book?

Librarian: Sure, what's the author's name, please.

Benjamin: I can't remember that clearly. It probably be Charles…

Librarian: Charles Dickens?

Benjamin: No, no, no. I'm not interested in literature.

Librarian: OK, do you know the title of the book?

Benjamin: Oh, sorry. I'm always absent-minded¹. I remember that I've put a note in my pocket.

Librarian: So, show me the note please.

Benjamin: I can't find it now.

Librarian: Oh, such bad luck, sir. Can you please name the category of the book?

Benjamin: Let me see. It's not fiction. It's biography².

Librarian: OK, I'll search it for you. A moment, please.

Benjamin: Thanks.

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（信息查询台）

本杰明：你能帮我查一本书吗？

图书员：当然可以啊，请告诉我作者的名字。

本杰明：我记得不太清楚了。好像是查尔斯……

图书员：查尔斯?狄更斯吗？

本杰明：不不不，我对文学不是很感兴趣。

图书员：好，那你知道书名吗？

本杰明：对不起，我总是很健忘。我记得我放了个便条在我的口袋里。

图书员：那把便条给我看看。

本杰明：我现在找不到了。

图书员：那真是倒霉啊，先生。那你知道书是哪一类的吗？

本杰明：让我想想啊，不是科幻小说。是自传。

图书员：好的，我帮你搜索一下。请等一会儿。

本杰明：谢谢。

经典背诵 Recitation
Librarian: I am a librarian in our city library. My job calls for great patience because there are so many people with a poor memory. They would always ask you to check out a book without telling you the author's name or even the title of the book. Anyway, I still like my job.

生词小结
probably adv. 可能地

literature n. 文学

title n. 标题

pocket n. 口袋

note n. 便条

category n. 类别

biography n. 自传

search vt. 搜寻

单词扩展 Vocabulary Builder
图书种类词汇

基础词汇

science fiction 科幻小说

fantasy 奇幻小说

novel 小说

cartoon 动画片

science 科学

geography 地理

history 历史

biography 自传

提高词汇

Gothic fiction 哥特式小说

horror³ fiction 恐怖小说

literature 文学

military 军事

preference 参考书

thriller⁴ 惊险故事

adventure 冒险

biology 生物

家庭总动员 Do it together
两人一组，一方随机大声读出上面基础词汇的英文和中文，另一方用该词汇填入下面的句子，大声朗读出来，并用中文给出一个理由。

I'm not interested in ( ).

[例]家长读horror fiction 恐怖小说

1 absent-minded   

adj.心不在焉的

参考例句：

• You are really absent-minded.你真是心不在焉！
• He had an absent-minded manner.他表现出心不在焉的样子。

2 biography   

n.个人经历，传记

参考例句：

• He is now collecting material for a biography of Tao Yuanming.他正在为写陶渊明传记搜集材料。
• Boswell wrote a famous biography of Dr.White.鲍斯韦尔为怀特博士写过一本著名传记。

3 horror   

n.惊骇，恐怖，惨事，极端厌恶

参考例句：

• The public has been awakened to the full horror of the situation.公众完全意识到了这一状况的可怕程度。
• The thought of working nights fills me with abject horror.一想到要夜间工作我就觉得惨兮兮的。

4 thriller   

n.惊险片，恐怖片

参考例句：

• He began by writing a thriller.That book sold a million copies.他是写惊险小说起家的。那本书卖了一百万册。
• I always take a thriller to read on the train.我乘火车时，总带一本惊险小说看。