英语口语每天说001

 

　　一. Ability

　　1. Can you ride a bike?

　　2. Will you be able to finish your work by noon?

　　3. Are you capable¹ of painting beautiful pictures?

　　4. I can do it.

　　5. I know how to operate a computer.

　　6. It's not too difficult to climb up the tree.

　　7. I'm not too bad at telling stories.

　　8. I feel able to swim across the river.

　　9. I'm able to recite all Shakespeare's sonnets².

　　10. I'm afraid I can't cope³ with those troubles.

　　Dialogue 1

　　M: How many laguages can you speak?

　　W: I can speak French and German.

　　M: How well can you speak them?

　　W: I can speak German quite well, but I can't speak French very

　　well.

　　M: Can you help me to translate these sentences into German now?

　　W: No, but I'll be able to tomorrow.

　　Dialogue 2

　　W: Can you speak English?

　　M: Yes I can. I speak it very well.

　　W: Where did you learn it?

　　M: I lived in England when I was a child.

　　W: What else can you speak?

　　M: Well, I know a little Italian.

　　Dialogue 3

　　M: Most of our customers are foreigners. How many foreign languages

　　can you speak, Elizabeth?

　　W: Two. French and Spanish.

　　M: And how well can you speak them?

　　W: Well, French was my best subject at school. I can read and write

　　it pretty well.

　　M: And how about your Spanish?

　　W: Well, it's not as good as my French. I can speak it reasonably

　　well, but my written Spanish isn't very good.

　　M: I see. Well, we have a lot of Spanish customers, but you

　　wouldn't need to write any Spanish here.

　　W: In that case, I'm fit for the position I think.

　　Dialogue 4

　　W: Can you help me now?

　　M: No, but I'll be able to tomorrow.

　　W: That'll be too late.

　　M: Why don't you ask Bill if he can help?

　　W: I did, but he wasn't able to either.

　　M: Jane and Sally are friends. They are both married and they are

　　very proud of their husbands. One day, they met each other and they

　　started talking about their husbands. According to Jane, her

　　husband is big and strong and handsome. He is also very much of a

　　sportsman⁴. He can swim and ski, and he can play several ball games

　　such as football and cricket⁵. Sally's husband, however, seems to be

　　just the opposite. He is physically⁶ neither big nor strong, but he

　　excels⁷ in intelligence. He is good at languages and can speak six

　　languages, including French, German, Italian, Spanish, Arabic, and

　　Japanese. Besides, he is much of a funnyman. He can cook, sow, and

　　iron. Indeed, as Sally puts it, he is a good husband.

 

 

1 capable   

adj.有能力的，有才能的

参考例句：

• The new woman secretary was extremely clever and capable.这位新来的女秘书很是精明强干。
• Jim is capable at sports.吉姆擅长运动。

2 sonnets   

n.十四行诗( sonnet的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Keats' reputation as a great poet rests largely upon the odes and the later sonnets. 作为一个伟大的诗人，济慈的声誉大部分建立在他写的长诗和后期的十四行诗上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He referred to the manuscript circulation of the sonnets. 他谈到了十四行诗手稿的流行情况。 来自辞典例句

3 cope   

v.(with)竞争，对抗；对付，妥善处理

参考例句：

• He had a lot of work,but he was able to cope.他的活虽多，但还能应付得来。
• They have to cope with a mountain of problems.他们得应付成堆的问题。

4 sportsman   

n.运动员

参考例句：

• His brother is a sportsman of our school.他弟弟是我校的运动员。
• Everybody thinks he is an all-round sportsman.大家认为他是一个全能运动员。

5 cricket   

n.蟋蟀，板球运动；adj.公平的

参考例句：

• The England cricket team scored quite a useful total.英格兰板球队得分总数令人满意。
• We could hear the shrill of the midsummer cricket.我们可以听到仲夏时节蟋蟀的尖叫声。
• Your behaviour isn't cricket.你的行为不光彩。

6 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

7 excels   

优于，擅长( excel的第三人称单数 )； 胜过平时

参考例句：

• He excels as an orator. 他是一个出色的演说家。
• He excels in multiple-choice questions. 他擅长做选择题。