情景英语口语100主题 097giving and receiving给予与接

97 giving and receiving

words
gift present annual prize award bonus recipient¹ prize winner ceremony party

phrases
be awarded a prize
hold an awards ceremony
be presented with an award
be the recipient of a prize
don’t look a gift horse in the mouth
give all you can
receive an award
attend a party
present a gift to someone


beginner
a; I heard you received a prize for you book.
B: yes, I did. I won a prize for “best local history book” at the annual book award.
A: congratulations! You must be very proud of your achievement.
B: actually, I was happy just to get the book published. Winning the prize was an added bonus.
A: what was the prize?
B: I won $200 to spend on any books of my choice.
A: that’s a great prize for a person who writes books! Have you ever won a prize before?
B: I shared a prize with some friends last week. We won a bottle of whisky³ at a pub² quiz.
A; I won $10 in the lottery⁴ last month. Perhaps next time, I’ll be luckier and win the jackpot!


Intermediate⁵
A: have you bought a present for jim’s birthday yet?
B: no, I haven’t. I can’t think of anything to get him.
A: I’m having the same problem. I want to get something really special. Jim always seem to know exactly what to get people as gift.
B: I know. He bought me that beautiful sweater for my birthday. It was exactly what I wanted. And it fit me perfectly⁶!
A: he bought me an iron.
B: that doesn’t sound like a great present.
A: maybe not, but my iron was getting old. In fact, it stopped working the week after jim bought me the new one. It’s as if he knew that my old iron would soon stop working!
B: let’s think. He loves football, doesn’t he? I saw signed photographs of famous footballers in a shop near hear. Let’s go and have a look. You know which team he supports, don’t you?
A: yes, I do. Let’s go. We should be able to find something suitable. We should get him something old…something historic⁷.
B: it’ll be an expensive present, but we can share the cost.
A: I’ll be happy to get him something special, even if it coasts a little extra.
B: yes. He always get us special gift. We should repay⁸ his kindness.
 

1 recipient   

a.接受的,感受性强的 n.接受者,感受者,容器

参考例句：

• Please check that you have a valid email certificate for each recipient. 请检查是否对每个接收者都有有效的电子邮件证书。
• Colombia is the biggest U . S aid recipient in Latin America. 哥伦比亚是美国在拉丁美洲最大的援助对象。

2 pub   

n.[英]旅馆，小店，酒馆

参考例句：

• He is the landlord of this pub.他是这家酒店的店主。
• They saw that four large men marched into the pub.他们看到四个彪形大汉走进了酒吧。

3 whisky   

n.威士忌酒

参考例句：

• I'm sure this whisky has been watered down.我敢肯定这瓶威士忌掺过水了。
• She poured herself a large tot of whisky.她给自己倒了一大杯威士忌。

4 lottery   

n.抽彩；碰运气的事，难于算计的事

参考例句：

• He won no less than ￡5000 in the lottery.他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。
• They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。

5 intermediate   

adj.中间的，居间的，中级的；n.中间体，媒介物

参考例句：

• This country is now at an intermediate stage of development.这个国家目前正处于发展的中间阶段。
• Gray is intermediate between black and white.灰色介于黑色和白色之间。

6 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

7 historic   

adj.历史上著名的，具有历史意义的

参考例句：

• This is a historic occasion.这是具有重大历史意义的时刻。
• We are living in a great historic era.我们正处在一个伟大的历史时代。

8 repay   

v.偿还，报答，还钱给

参考例句：

• I feel honor bound to repay the money I borrowed.我觉得有责任归还我借的钱。
• I must repay her for her kindness.我必须报答她的恩惠。