英语口语课堂 22 好奇

 

Curiosity¹ 好奇

[00:06.09]Hey ,what's going on here?

[00:09.42]喂,这儿怎么了?

[00:12.75]A:Hey,what's going on here?

[00:14.68]A:喂,这儿怎么了?

[00:16.61]B:Well,Anny hurt her leg.We're going to take her to the hospital.

[00:19.70]B:安妮伤了腿,我们要把她送医院.

[00:22.78]A:Let's go together.

[00:24.56]A:咱们一起去吧!

[00:26.33]How on earth did...manage to...?

[00:29.86]......到底是怎么......的?

[00:33.38]A:Did you hear that National Bank was robbed² last week?

[00:36.18]A:国家银行上周被抢,听说了吗?

[00:38.97]B:Yeah,How on earth did they manage to do that?

[00:41.76]B:听说了.他们到底是怎么抢的?

[00:44.54]A:God knows.

[00:46.07]A:天知道.

[00:47.60]I wouldn't mind knowing about...

[00:50.52]我倒想知道......

[00:53.45]A:What did Uncle Green come here for?

[00:55.64]A:格林大叔来这儿干什么?

[00:57.84]B:Maybe just came by and drop in on us.

[01:00.20]B:也许就是路过顺便来看看.

[01:02.56]A:I wouldn't mind knowing about his real intention⁴.

[01:05.10]A:我倒想知道他来的真正意图.

[01:07.63]B:To borrow some money,most probably.

[01:09.90]B:很可能是来借钱.

[01:12.18]I'd give a lot to know about...

[01:15.26]我很想知道......

[01:18.34]A:Elizabeth II sank in the deep sea,you know that?

[01:21.58]A:伊丽莎白二世号沉入海底,你知道吗?

[01:24.82]B:Yes,I've heard about it .

[01:26.86]B:听说了.

[01:28.89]A:I'd give a lot to know about that.

[01:30.92]A:我很想听听这事的原委.

[01:32.94]B:They said she ran into an iceberg⁵.

[01:35.14]B:人们说船撞上了冰山.

[01:37.33]I'd love to know about...

[01:40.00]我想知道......

[01:42.66]A:Did they find a way at last?

[01:44.89]A:他们最后找到办法了吗?

[01:47.13]B:Yes,they worked out a plan.

[01:48.96]B:是的,他们制定了一项计划.

[01:50.79]A:I'd love to know about it.

[01:52.71]A:我想了解了解.

[01:54.63]B:But they wanted to keep it a secret.

[01:56.55]B:但是他们想保密.

[01:58.47]What's in your mind?

[02:01.60]你在想什么呢?

[02:04.73]A:What's in your mind,Cindy?

[02:06.56]A:辛迪,你在想什么呢?

[02:08.39]You haven't moved a bit for a long time.

[02:10.72]你好长时间没动了.

[02:13.04]B:I'm homesick⁶.

[02:14.57]B:我想家.

[02:16.10]A:Oh,come on.The holiday will start in only a month and a half.

[02:19.04]A:别想了,还有一个半月就放假了.

[02:21.98]Can someone tell me about

[02:26.06]谁能告诉我......的情况吗?

[02:30.15]A:Can someone tell me about the strange man?

[02:32.42]A:那个陌生人的情况谁能告诉我吗?

[02:34.70]B:We only know he's a relative of Dr³ White.

[02:37.37]B:我们只知道他是怀特大夫的亲戚.

[02:40.05]A:But he's not kind to Dr White.And they quarreled just now.You know why?

[02:43.68]A:可他对怀特大夫并不好,刚才还吵架,你知道原因吗?

[02:47.31]Did they...at last?

[02:50.44]他们最终怎么样了?

[02:53.56]A:The criminal⁷ who had killed three cops⁸ escaped last night.

[02:56.44]A:杀死三个警察的那个罪犯昨天晚上逃跑了.

[02:59.33]B:Yeah.We knew this from the newspaper.

[03:01.66]B:是啊,我从报纸上了解到的.

[03:03.98]A:Did they catch him at last ?

[03:05.81]A:他们抓到了他了吗?

[03:07.64]B:No,they didn't.

[03:09.37]B:没有.

[03:11.11]Does anyone know...?

[03:13.75]有谁知道...吗?

[03:16.39]A:Does anyone know why that country is so poor?

[03:19.12]A:有谁知道那个国家为什么那么穷?

[03:21.85]B:It's short of natural resources⁹

[03:23.92]B:国家缺乏资源.

[03:26.00]But I'd rather say it is because of the system[03:28.52]A:可我倒认为是体制的问题.

[03:31.04]What I'd really like to find out is ...

[03:34.58]我想知道的是......

[03:38.12]A:The teacher said that four of us had failed the geography exam[03:41.15]A:老师说我们中有四人地理考试没及格.

[03:44.18]B: Yeah.Don't worry.You're not one of them.

[03:46.61]B:不错,别担心,没有你.

[03:49.04]A:But what I'd really like to find out is who had failed[03:52.22]A:可我想弄清楚到底是谁没过.

[03:55.39]I suppose it was ...,wasn't it?

[03:59.22]我想......,是吗?

[04:03.04]A:I suppose it was dangerous to fly in a spaceship,wasn't it?

[04:06.22]A:我想驾驶宇宙飞船很危险,是吧?

[04:09.39]B:I don't think so.They have very complete safely systems.

[04:12.33]B:我可不那么认为.他们有很完备的安全系统.

[04:15.27]A:No wonder I seldom hear of the death of astronauts.

[04:18.09]A:我懂了,难怪很少听说宇航员死亡的事.

[04:20.91]I wish I knew more about......

[04:24.95]真希望能多了解...一些.

[04:28.98]A:You seem to like Rose very much,don't you?

[04:31.56]A:你好像很喜欢罗斯,是吗?

[04:34.13]B:I can't deny¹⁰ that.I wish I knew more about her.

[04:36.95]B:我不否认.真希望多了解了解她.

[04:39.77]A:Maybe she's not the kind of girl you dreamed of .

[04:42.15]A:或许她不是你想象中的那种女孩.

[04:44.53]B:How can you say that?

[04:46.26]B:你怎么这么说呢?

[04:48.00]I wish someone would tell me about......

[04:51.54]真希望有人能告诉我......

[04:55.08]A:Why did he leave without telling anybody?

[04:57.40]A:他为什么不辞而别呢?

[04:59.73]B:We're also curious about that.

[05:02.11]B:我们也想知道.

[05:04.48]A:I wish someone would tell me something about it.

[05:06.70]A:真希望有人能对我讲讲此事.

[05:08.92]B:Only God knows.

[05:10.61]B:只有天知道.

[05:12.29]It must be...,mustn't it?

[05:16.37]一定......,是不是?

[05:20.44]A:It must be wonderful being married,isn't it?

[05:22.82]A:结婚很好,是不是?

[05:25.20]B:It's not that wonderful as you think.A:Why?

[05:27.73]B:不像你想象的那么好.A:为什么?

[05:30.27]B:You'll know that once you get married.

[05:32.45]B:结了婚你就知道了.

[05:34.63]I wonder if...

[05:37.41]不知道你是否......

[05:40.19]A:I wonder if you could tell me why the teacher kept him in the office after school[05:43.61]A:老师为什么放学后把他留在办公室,能告诉我吗?

[05:47.04]B:It might be that he broke a window while playing football.

[05:49.92]B:有可能是踢球时打破窗子的事吧.

[05:52.81]A:Will he have to pay for that.B:I guess so.

[05:55.29]A:他一定要赔吗? B:我猜是吧.

[05:57.77]What happened then?

[06:00.56]后来怎么样了?

[06:03.34]A:The bear followed her to the house.

[06:05.62]A:大熊跟着她走到家.

[06:07.91]B:What happened then?

[06:09.44]B:后来呢?

[06:10.96]A:Power was cut off,so none of us saw the ending.

[06:13.59]A:断电了,我们谁也没有看到结尾.

[06:16.22]B:Oh,that was too bad!

[06:18.10]B:呀,太糟糕了.

[06:19.98]I'm most curious about...

[06:22.96]我很想知道......

[06:25.93]A:Mary and Peter finally got the award.

[06:28.27]A:玛丽和彼得最后获得了那份奖励.

[06:30.61]B:I'm most curious about how they achieved their success.

[06:33.34]B:我很想知道他们是如何获得了成功.

[06:36.07]A:It was perseverance¹¹ and determination.

[06:38.50]A:是靠毅力和决心.

[06:40.93]I'd particularly like to know about ...

[06:44.35]我尤其想知道......

[06:47.77]A:You know something about the new employee¹²? B:A little[06:50.61]A:你对那个新雇员有些了解,是吗?B:是的.

[06:53.44]A:I'd particularly like to know about her past.

[06:55.76]A:我尤其想了解她的过去.

[06:58.09]I'm told she dropped out of school very early.

[07:00.52]听说她很早就辍学了.

[07:02.95]I'd be most interested to discover...

[07:06.28]我很想弄清楚......

[07:09.61]A:Have you heard about travelling in a spaceship?

[07:11.99]A:听说过乘飞船旅行吗?

[07:14.36]B:Yeah,everyone knows it.

[07:16.40]B:当然,妇孺皆知.

[07:18.44]A:I'd be most interested to discover how fast a spaceship can travel[07:21.31]A:我很想弄清楚飞船的飞行速度.

[07:24.19]B:Much faster than a Buick,I think.

[07:26.37]B:我想些别克车快多了.

1 curiosity   

n.好奇心，新奇的事物，珍品

参考例句：

• He gave in to curiosity and opened my letter.他抑制不住好奇心，拆开了我的信。
• The children are dying of curiosity to see what's in the parcel.孩子们出于好奇，迫不及待地想看看包裹中是什么东西。

2 robbed   

v.抢夺( rob的过去式和过去分词 )；抢劫；掠夺；使丧失

参考例句：

• Would you be able to identify the man who robbed you? 你能够认出那个抢你东西的人吗？ 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They stood looking on while the man was robbed. 正当那个人被抢劫时，他们却站在那儿袖手旁观。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 Dr   

n.医生，大夫；博士(缩)（= Doctor）

参考例句：

• Dr.Williams instructs us in botany.威廉博士教我们植物学。
• The ward of the hospital is in the charge of Dr.Green.医院的这间病房由格林医生负责。

4 intention   

n.意图；目的；打算

参考例句：

• I'm sorry I offended you,but it wasn't my intention.对不起，冒犯你了，但我绝不是有意的。
• We understood her intention.我们明白了她的心意。

5 iceberg   

n.冰山，流冰，冷冰冰的人

参考例句：

• The ship hit an iceberg and went under.船撞上一座冰山而沉没了。
• The glacier calved a large iceberg.冰河崩解而形成一个大冰山。

6 homesick   

adj.想家的；患思乡病的

参考例句：

• She's feeling a little homesick.她有点想家。
• He left his job largely because he was homesick.他辞职不干主要是因为他想家。

7 criminal   

n.罪犯，犯人，刑事；adj.犯了罪的，罪的，有罪的

参考例句：

• He is a habitual criminal.他是一个惯犯。
• We captured the criminal.我们捕获了那个犯人。

8 cops   

n.堆，顶；警察( cop的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• As usual, the cops get the baddies in the end. 跟平常一样，警察最后把坏人都抓起来了。
• Somebody call the cops! 去个人报警啊！

9 resources   

n.勇气；才智；谋略；有助于实现目标的东西；资源( resource的名词复数 )；[复数]物力；办法；来源

参考例句：

• The world's resources are rapidly diminishing. 世界资源正在迅速减少。
• a policy to equalize the distribution of resources throughout the country 使资源在全国分布均衡的政策

10 deny   

vt.否定，否认；拒绝相信，拒绝接受，拒绝给予；vi.否定，拒绝

参考例句：

• Don't imagine you can deny that.你休想低赖。
• He didn't deny the facts.他没有否认这些事实。

11 perseverance   

n.坚持不懈，不屈不挠

参考例句：

• It may take some perseverance to find the right people.要找到合适的人也许需要有点锲而不舍的精神。
• Perseverance leads to success.有恒心就能胜利。

12 employee   

n.职员，员工，受雇人员

参考例句：

• Each employee received a like bonus.每个雇员都得到了相同数目的奖金。
• They brought around a new employee this morning.他们今天早晨请来了一位新雇员。