英语口语每天说042

　　42. Surprise

　　1. Good heavens¹!

　　2. How amazing!

　　3. I can’t believe my eyes.

　　4. This really is a surprise.

　　5. Bless² me!

　　6. Crazy!

　　7. He can’t be serious!

　　8. Never!

　　9. What!

　　10. I must say your memory surprises me.

　　Dialogue 1

　　W: Listen to this. Mary got married³.

　　M: Is she really? I can’t believe it!

　　W: Yes. Yesterday.

　　M: Good gracious⁴. That’s incredible⁵!

　　W: She married Jerrod.

　　M: You’re kidding.

　　W: She’s going to live in Paris.

　　M: Really? I’m surprised.

　　Dialogue 2

　　M: Do you know who’s just got married? Old Mc Donald.

　　W: Never! He’s over 80, isn’t he?

　　M: He’s nearly 90.

　　W: Good gracious! Are you sure?

　　M: I am. Whatsmore, his wife is 84.

　　W: Is she really?

　　M: Yes, she is. And guess what, he is her sixth husband.

　　W: Really? Quite a woman, isn’t she?

　　Dialogue 3

　　M: Judy, what is everybody talking about?

　　W: Haven’t you heard? Richard was fired by our manager.

　　M: You’re kidding. It can’t be true.

　　W: Believe it or not. Everybody is talking about it in the company.

　　M: Really? I’m surprised.

　　W: Me too.

　　Dialogue 4

　　W: My goodness⁷! You’re kidding!

　　M: No. I’m serious. I’m going to quit⁶ my job.

　　W: That’s amazing! You got a good pay here, didn’t you?

　　M: It’s true. But I can’t show my abilities.

　　W: Come on! Don’t be silly!

　　M: Your present job is something better. Why do you change?

　　W: Well. How do you know?

　　Dialogue 5

　　M: What a surprise meeting you here, Landy.

　　W: I’ m here as a tourist.

　　M: It’s a small world, isn’t it?

　　W: Yes, it’s a small world. We never know where we’ll meet someone we know.

　　How surprising! I’ve heard of a strange story in lady’s club. That’s a gentleman talking about food. It’s like this. There is not enough food in the world for everybody. Really, more than half the people are hungry. Do you know? When they get more food they have more babies. What a surprise! At this time, one of the ladies got up and said, “well, why don’t we find them and stop them?”

1 heavens   

n.天( heaven的名词复数 )；天堂；上帝；极乐

参考例句：

• The map of the heavens showed all the northern constellations. 这份天体图标明了北半部所有的星座。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Our sun is only one of many suns in the heavens. 我们的太阳只是天际中许多恒星之一。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 bless   

v.祝福，感激，保佑，保护

参考例句：

• May God bless you with a long life!愿上帝保佑你长寿！
• Bless you,my sister!祝福你，我的妹妹！

3 married   

adj.已婚的；与…结婚的

参考例句：

• I heard John got married.我听说约翰结婚了。
• They got married last autumn.他们在去年秋季结婚。

4 gracious   

adj.亲切的，客气的，宽厚的，仁慈的

参考例句：

• She was a very gracious lady.她是一位非常和蔼可亲的女士。
• She was gracious enough to show us round her home.她彬彬有礼地领我们参观了她的家。

5 incredible   

adj.难以置信的，不可信的，极好的，大量的

参考例句：

• Some planets run at incredible speed.某些星球以难以置信的速度运行着。
• Her answer showed the most incredible stupidity.她的回答显示出不可思议的愚蠢。

6 quit   

n.退出；vi. 离开，辞职，停止；vt.离开，放弃，解除，表现，停止

参考例句：

• If I don't get a pay rise,I'll quit.若不给加薪，我就不干了。
• I got my present job when I quit the army.我退伍后得到了现在这份工作。

7 goodness   

n.善良，善行，美德

参考例句：

• Would you have the goodness to turn off the radio?劳驾，请你把收音机关上好不好？
• Thank goodness,we've found a cure for the disease.好了，这病有救了！