直捷英语(附mp3和字幕) Unit 40

NANCY:That's it Klara.We hope you like it.
[00:15.41]KLARA:Wonderful.Thank you.I love what you've done.
[00:19.70]KLARA:Now there are a few things I've been thinking about.
[00:23.50]Some of my original ideas were not quite right.
[00:27.89]For instance,the library as a gentlemen's club?
[00:32.38]I don't like that anymore.And the hallway¹ furniture will have to change.
[00:37.15]The guest room,the maids'rooms,Antonio's dressing² room...
[00:52.34]KLARA:And this color scheme³ strikes me as a little dull.
[01:04.15]Antonio's suggestion is to paint this...
[01:08.83]Now I know that today alone I have handed you two months'of work.
[01:29.62]But I do so want to stay on our original schedule.
[01:33.50]Could you come back in a few weeks?
[01:37.30]YVONNE:No problem! NANCY:No problem!
[01:43.08]RICHARD:Let me get this straight.The comopany is selling vitamins⁴.
[01:57.98]JOE:Right.
[01:59.18]RICHARD:And vitamins come from a natural source⁵.
[02:01.58]JOE:No.Some vitamins do.These do not.But the label⁶ says they're natural.
[02:06.38]RICHARD:This sounds familiar.Didn't we have a case like it a couple of years ago?
[02:10.49]JOE:The bottled water comopany.
[02:12.38]RICHARD:Yeah.They were bottling tap water and calling it mineral water.
[02:16.68]JOE:It's the same company.
[02:18.46]RICHARD:What?We won that case.
[02:21.14]JOE:They're in a new business.Vitamins.
[02:23.83]RICHARD:No,no,no.Let's pursue⁷ this one and put an end to it.
[02:28.13]Companies that do this should not be in business.
[02:30.72]JOE:OK.That's it.Time to do home.
[02:35.11]RICHARD:Joe,one more thing. JOE:Yes?
[02:37.90]RICHARD:Nancy and I have talked about it a lot and I am going to run for office.
[02:45.60]I won't announce it for a while,but I wanted you to know.
[02:49.80]JOE:I appreciate that,Richard.Good luck.
[02:54.41]RICHARD:Don't forget to tell Marie. JOE:Right.
[02:57.79]RICHARD:Are you surprised?
[02:59.78]JOE:No.But it won't be easy Richard.
[03:02.57]I always say that leaders are born
[03:05.26]but elected officials are very carefully manufactured⁸.
[03:09.55]RICHARD:Hmm.I know. JOE:Let me know if there's anything I can do.
[03:13.03]RICHARD:Thanks,Joe.Manufactured,huh? JOE:Nothing personal.
[03:27.14]NANCY:Hey you.You left laundry⁹ in the dryer¹⁰.
[03:47.45]You're supposed to do the whole load yourself start to finish.
[03:51.53]BETH:I forgot.I'm sorry.
[03:54.72]NANCY:So,what do you think of Dad's plans?
[04:01.82]BETH:It's cool I guess.If he wants to do it.Why now?
[04:08.02]NANCY:Well,it happens when you make a name for yourself.
[04:12.10]BETH:But he was just doing his job,right?
[04:15.10]NANCY:Pretty funny,huh?He was doing it so well,he's on the news.
[04:19.01]BETH:Will we be no the news?
[04:20.69]NANCY:Yes,I think so at some point.
[04:25.18]And some people may ask you a lot of questions.
[04:29.38]You have to decide for yourself whether to answer them.
[04:32.57]But you can always come to us and talk about it.You know that,right?
[04:38.95]BETH:Yeah.I just hope they don't get totally invasive.
[04:43.56]NANCY:We'll keep things as normal as possible for ourselves.
[04:47.35]At least here at home.Speaking of which,I am going to the pool tomorrow morning.
[04:53.64]Do you want to go swimming with me?
[04:55.22]BETH:Yes!Oh.What time?
[04:58.70]NANCY:Early,early,early.Oh,come on.It'll be fun.
[05:03.29]We can be in the water by 7:30 in the morning.
[05:05.76]BETH:Mom,you're crazy.
[05:07.85]NANCY:Don't make me go all by myself.
[05:10.51]BETH:Leave at ten and then I'll go with you. Ten!
[05:13.10]Eight o'clock. Nine.
[05:14.78]NANCY:Eight-thirty.Final offer.And breakfast at the Tasty Diner afterwards.
[05:20.38]BETH:Deal. NANCY:Good.Sleep tight

1 hallway   

n.门厅；走廊

参考例句：

• The restroom is at the end of the hallway to the right.洗手间在走廊尽头右转的地方。
• The two rooms connect by a hallway.这两个房间有过道相连。

2 dressing   

n.(食物)调料；包扎伤口的用品，敷料

参考例句：

• Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
• The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。

3 scheme   

n.安排，配置，计划，阴谋，方案，图解，摘要；v.计划，设计，图谋，策划

参考例句：

• The scheme seems on the surface to be quite practical.这个方案表面上看来似乎很实际。
• The scheme was a bad egg.计划失败了。

4 vitamins   

n.维生素（ vitamin的名词复数 ）

参考例句：

• essential proteins and vitamins 必不可少的蛋白质和维生素
• the vitamins that are vital for health 保持健康必不可少的维生素

5 source   

n.来源，水源；原始资料

参考例句：

• They mentioned you as a good source of information.他们说你消息灵通。
• All works of art have life as their source.一切文艺创作都来源于生活。

6 label   

n.卷标，标签，标记；称号，绰号；v.贴标签于，把…称为

参考例句：

• The label is on the inner side of the box.标签贴在盒子内侧。
• He has been given the label of "playboy".他被起了个“花花公子”的绰号。

7 pursue   

vt.继续，从事；追赶，追踪；追求

参考例句：

• He began to pursue an easy and comfortable life.他开始追求安逸舒适的生活。
• This is the path that we shall continue to pursue.这是我们要继续走的道路。

8 manufactured   

adj.人造的v.（大规模）制造( manufacture的过去式和过去分词 )；捏造；加工；粗制滥造（文学作品）

参考例句：

• a news story manufactured by an unscrupulous journalist 一位不道德的记者编造的一篇报道
• We want the machine manufactured to our own spec. 我们要求这台机器按我们自己的规格来制造。

9 laundry   

n.洗衣店，洗衣房；已洗好的衣物，待洗衣物

参考例句：

• Please send clothes to the laundry.请把这些衣物送往洗衣店。
• There's a lot of laundry in the basket.筐子里有许多要洗的衣物。

10 dryer   

n.干衣机，干燥剂

参考例句：

• He bought a dryer yesterday.他昨天买了一台干燥机。
• There is a washer and a dryer in the basement.地下室里有洗衣机和烘干机。