【英语时差8,16】唐人街

 Limehouse Chinatown – Limehouse 唐人街 William: Hello. My name is William Kremer. Feifei: And my name is Feifei. Do you know much about London’s other Chinatown, William? William: Do you mean in Limehouse? Feifei: Yes. William: Well I know that there used to be a Chinatown in Limehouse, which is in East London, where Chinese sailors settled with English women. Feifei: So, the children of these Chinese men and English women were obviously…. William: Half-Chinese… Connie: We were born here and our outlook is entirely¹, I won’t say British I’ll say English, but we’re very very proud of our Chinese fathers. So when we get the questionnaires – what ethnic² people we are, it’s a bit difficult because our thoughts are purely³, purely British. Leslie: We have English mothers and our fathers were very seldom at home because they were working and when they came home they went into the tea place or the restaurant or their club and that’s why none of us speak Chinese – the common language is English and we were brought up in a particularly peculiar⁴ East End English fashion. We played in the streets incessantly⁵ like children did years ago, making all the mischief⁶ that ordinary children make and we were not called names or anything else because we were different …And it was very rare. Feifei: Were you called any names at school, William? William: Yes, lots! I was called ‘lanky⁷’ which means tall, because I was so tall, I am so tall. How about you, Feifei? Feifei: No, I wasn’t called any names. I might go to the new Chinatown tonight actually. William: What, for more dim sum? You greedy pig! Feifei: Don’t you dare call me names, lanky! 

1 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

2 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

3 purely   

adv.纯粹地，完全地

参考例句：

• I helped him purely and simply out of friendship.我帮他纯粹是出于友情。
• This disproves the theory that children are purely imitative.这证明认为儿童只会单纯地模仿的理论是站不住脚的。

4 peculiar   

adj.古怪的，异常的；特殊的，特有的

参考例句：

• He walks in a peculiar fashion.他走路的样子很奇特。
• He looked at me with a very peculiar expression.他用一种很奇怪的表情看着我。

5 incessantly   

ad.不停地

参考例句：

• The machines roar incessantly during the hours of daylight. 机器在白天隆隆地响个不停。
• It rained incessantly for the whole two weeks. 雨不间断地下了整整两个星期。

6 mischief   

n.损害，伤害，危害；恶作剧，捣蛋，胡闹

参考例句：

• Nobody took notice of the mischief of the matter. 没有人注意到这件事情所带来的危害。
• He seems to intend mischief.看来他想捣蛋。

7 lanky   

adj.瘦长的

参考例句：

• He was six feet four,all lanky and leggy.他身高6英尺4英寸，瘦高个儿，大长腿。
• Tom was a lanky boy with long skinny legs.汤姆是一个腿很细的瘦高个儿。