英语大赢家 上册 037.Topic 1动物表演 Animal Performance

 经典语境背诵

 

Mom: My husband is alergic to some animals especially monkeyes. Everytime we go to the zoo he would refuse to go to see the circus performance with me, which is my favorite. That’s really funny. He is such a grownup. But, how could he be alergic of monkies? I just don’t understand.

节目介绍

 

全家人来到了动物园，爸爸和妈妈一组，姐姐和弟弟一组。妈妈看见有马戏团表演就想过去看，但是爸爸好像有点不乐意，怎么回事呢？

 

对话原文

 

Mom: Hey, look, there is a circus show over there.

 

妈妈：哎，看，那边有马戏团表演。

 

Dad: I’m not in the mood.

 

爸爸：我没有心情。

 

Mom: It’s the circus.

 

妈妈：是马戏团啊。

 

Dad: I don’t want to sit there and watch them torturing¹ the animals.

 

爸爸：我不想坐在哪儿看他们折磨那些动物。

 

Mom: Oh, come on, they give them treat too.

 

妈妈：哦，不会，他们也会好好照顾猴子的。

 

(Shirley and Benjamin is in the crowd of the people watching the monkey’s performance.)

 

（雪莉和本杰明挤在看猴子的人群中。）

 

Mom: Oh, look, that little monkey is so cute.

 

妈妈：看，那个小猴子真是可爱。

 

Dad: Cute? Hope so.

 

爸爸：可爱？希望吧？

 

Mom: Oh, it is coming to us, come on, Ben, get a banana to it.

 

妈妈：噢，天哪，它朝我们走过来了。本，给它根香蕉。

 

Dad: Me? No way, keep him away from me, please.

 

爸爸：我？没门，快让他离我远点。

 

Mom: Why are you acting² so strange today?

 

妈妈：你今天真是奇怪。

 

Dad: I’ve said that I’ve got a problem with the circus. I’m not kidding. 

 

爸爸：我说了我不是很喜欢马戏团。我没有开玩笑。

 

Mom: That’s weird³!

 

妈妈：真是奇怪！

 

在这个节目中我们将学到：

 

 

1 torturing   

使痛苦( torture的现在分词 )； 使苦恼； 使焦急

参考例句：

• demons torturing the sinners in Hell 地狱里折磨罪人的魔鬼
• He saw himself as a possible second in such a torturing destiny. 他觉得他自己很有可能是第二个受那样残酷命运支配的人。

2 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

3 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。