赖世雄观光英语通76:令人不悦的意外

 　　赖世雄旅游观光英语通教你学会观光旅游的各种对话、句子。

　　Unpleasant Surprise

　　令人不悦的意外

　　Back at the hostel¹, Kathy makes an unpleasant discovery.

　　凯西回旅社后发现了一件令人不悦的事。

　　K:Would you hand me my pocketbook, please, Evan?

　　凯西：艾凡，麻烦你把我的钱包拿给我，好吗?

　　E:Sure. Er, where is it?

　　艾凡：没问题。呃，在哪儿?

　　K:On the bed.

　　凯西：在床上。

　　E:No wonder I couldn't find it! It's buried under a mound² of your clothes.

　　艾凡：难怪我找不到!原来是埋在你一大堆衣服底下。

　　K:OK, OK. I get the hint. I should hang up my clothes in the closet. You sound just like my mother.

　　凯西：好啦，好啦。我听懂你的暗示了。我应该把我的衣服挂在衣橱里。你说话的语气就像我老妈。

　　E:I just think you could be a little neater; that's all. Anyway, here's your pocketbook.

　　艾凡：我只是认为你可以更有条理些，如此而已。不管怎样，这是你的钱包。

　　K:I want to check through my things. We'll be going back to New York soon, and I want to make sure I've got everything.

　　凯西：我想检查一下我的东西。我们马上就要回纽约了，我想确定每样东西都在。

　　E:That's a good idea. I'll check my wallet, too.

　　艾凡：主意不错。我也来检查我的皮夹子。

　　K:Gee, it was here a few days ago.

　　凯西：咦，它前几天还在这儿的。

　　E:Is anything missing?

　　艾凡：有东西不见了吗?

　　K:I must have put it in something else.

　　凯西：我一定把它放到别的东西里面去了。

　　E:What's missing?

　　艾凡：什么东西不见了?

　　K:I can't find my passport!

　　凯西：我找不到我的护照!

　　E:Oh, no! This is really bad. What are we going to do?

　　艾凡：哦，糟了!这下可惨了。我们要怎么办呢?

　　K:Well, let's not panic. If it doesn't show up, we'll have to go to the American Embassy.

　　凯西：嗯，咱们不要惊慌。如果找不到的话，就只好到美国大使馆去了。

　　单词短语精讲：

　　1. make a discovery有了一项发现

　　diseoverv 发现

　　例:The biologist made a diseovery in his laboratory that brought him fame and wealth overnight.

　　(那名生物学家在他的实验室里有厂一项发现，这项发现使他一夜间名利双收。)

　　2. mound[ 堆

　　a mound of...一堆……

　　3.hint 暗示

　　get the hint了解暗示

　　例:When Mrs. Bright started looking at hen watch frequently，Milly got the hint，excued herself，and went home.

　　(当布莱特太太开始不断地看表时，蜜莉明自厂这个暗示，告退回家

　　了。)

　　The boss hinted that if we worked hand and finished the y-oject early，wemight get a raise.

　　(老板暗示如果我们努力工作早点完成这份企划，我们可能会加薪。)

　　4. neat 整洁的;有条理的

　　5. missing 不见的;走失的

　　例:Every ear hundreds of missinn ehildren

　　are nsuet found.

　　(每年有好儿白个失踪儿童没有被寻获。)

　　6. panic 惊慌

　　be in a panic 惊慌中

　　7. the American Embassy 美国大使馆

　　embassy 大使馆

1 hostel   

n.（学生）宿舍，招待所

参考例句：

• I lived in a hostel while I was a student.我求学期间住在青年招待所里。
• He says he's staying at a Youth Hostel.他说他现住在一家青年招待所。

2 mound   

n.土墩，堤，小山；v.筑堤，用土堆防卫

参考例句：

• The explorers climbed a mound to survey the land around them.勘探者爬上土丘去勘测周围的土地。
• The mound can be used as our screen.这个土丘可做我们的掩蔽物。