大家说英语 第504期:大家来打牌(1)

Conversation¹ A

对话A

Taylor: You won² last time, but I'll beat³ you next time!

泰勒：上次你赢了，但是我下次要击败你！

Linda: Who were you talking to?

琳达：你在和谁说话？

Taylor: James. He, Susie and I played cards yesterday. James won, and he's proud⁴ of himself⁵.

泰勒：詹姆斯。他，苏西和我昨天一起打了牌。詹姆斯赢了，他很得意。

Linda: What game did⁶ you play?

琳达：你们打的什么牌？

Taylor: We played rummy.

泰勒：我们玩儿的拉米纸牌。

Linda: I don't know that game.

琳达：我都不知道这个游戏。

Taylor: I can teach you. Play with us next time!

泰勒：我可以教你。下次和我们一起玩儿吧！

Conversation B

对话B

James: Hi, Susie. Do you want to play cards?

詹姆斯：嗨，苏西。你想打牌吗？

Susie: No, thanks. I don't want to lose⁷ again!

苏西：不，谢谢。我不想再输了！

James: Maybe you'll win this time.

詹姆斯：也许你这次能赢。

Susie: Maybe. But I don't have time to play now.

苏西：也许吧。但是我现在没有时间打牌。

James: Why not? It's lunch break. You have time for a quick game.

詹姆斯：为什么？现在是午休时间。你有时间玩儿一场快速游戏。

Susie: Well...

苏西：嗯...

James: If you beat me, I'll buy you lunch.

詹姆斯：如果你击败了我，我会给你买午饭。

Susie: Really? OK! Deal⁸ the cards!

苏西：真的吗？好的！发牌吧！

1 conversation   

n.谈话，交谈

参考例句：

• Conversation is one of pleasures of life.交谈是人生一大乐趣。
• We'll carry on a conversation with her tomorrow.我们将于明天与她会谈。

2 won   

vt.赢得(为win的过去式)

参考例句：

• We won the game in the end.我们最终赢得了比赛。
• We won the football game.我们赢得了足球赛的胜利。

3 beat   

n.打，敲打声，拍子；v.打，打败

参考例句：

• You can fight him,but can you beat him?你可以打他，但是你能击败他吗？
• The dry grass caught fire, but we beat it out.干草着火了，但我们将它扑灭了。

4 proud   

adj.感到自豪的；得意的

参考例句：

• He was proud of having such a good friend.他为有这样的好朋友而自豪。
• We are proud of our great motherland.我们为伟大的祖国而自豪。

5 himself   

pron.他自己

参考例句：

• He is proud of himself.他为自己感到自豪。
• He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。

6 did   

v.动词do的过去式

参考例句：

• How many goals did you score in the last game?上一场比赛你们进了几个球？
• Why did you choose basketball in the first place?你为何首先选择篮球呢？

7 lose   

v.丢失，失去，迷失，(钟表)走慢

参考例句：

• I always lose at cards, with my bad luck.我不走运，打牌总输。
• I can always lose myself in a good book.一本好书会使我爱不释手。

8 deal   

n.交易，协定，份量；v.(dealt,dealt[delt])处理，应付，分配

参考例句：

• Be careful. She is very difficult to deal with.可得当心，她很难对付。
• Deal with a man as he deals with you.以其人之道，还治其人之身。