第321期:第一印象到底有多重要

 　　生活就是一面镜子，你怎么对待别人，别人就会怎么对待你。这是真的！听听这个下面这个笑话，就知道尊重他人是多么重要了。

　　New Words

　　compartment¹：隔间；卧车上的小客房；

　　well-behaved²: 有教养的；

　　rude³: 粗鲁的；

　　impression⁴:印象

　　A Bad Impression

　　Six people were traveling⁵ in a compartment on a train. Five of them were quiet and well behaved,

　　but the sixth⁶ was⁷ a rude young man who was causing⁹ a lot of trouble¹⁰ to the other passengers¹².

　　At last this young man got¹³ out at a station with his two heavy bags. None¹⁴ of the other passengers helped him, but one of them waited until¹⁵ the rude young man was very far away and then opened the window and shouted to him. " You left something behind the compartment!"Then he closed¹⁶ the window again

　　The young man turned around and hurried back with his two bags. He was very tired when he arrived. but he shouted through the window ,"What did¹⁷ I leave behind?

　　As⁸ the train began to move again, the passenger¹¹ who had¹⁸ called him back opened the window and said¹⁹, "A very bad impression!"

　　有六个人搭乘火车旅行,坐在同一车厢里。其中五个人很安静,也很有教养。但第六个人却是一个粗鲁的年轻人,给其他乘客惹了许多麻烦。

　　最后,这个年轻人在一个车站拖着两个沉重的皮箱下了车。没有一个乘客帮他一把。车上一个乘客等这个粗鲁的年轻人走远后,才打开车窗对他大喊道：“你有东西落在车厢里了!”然后便关上了车窗。

　　年轻人转过身,拎着两个沉甸甸的皮箱匆匆赶过回到火车旁已经筋疲力尽,他隔着车窗大喊:“我落下什么了?”

　　随着火车再次启动,喊他回来的那位乘客打开车窗，说：“糟糕的印象。”

1 compartment   

n.卧车包房，隔间；分隔的空间

参考例句：

• We were glad to have the whole compartment to ourselves.真高兴，整个客车隔间由我们独享。
• The batteries are safely enclosed in a watertight compartment.电池被安全地置于一个防水的隔间里。

2 behaved   

v.（行为或举止）表现( behave的过去式和过去分词 )；工作；（使）守规矩

参考例句：

• The doctor behaved very unprofessionally. 那位医生的做法十分不专业。
• They behaved like imbeciles. 他们表现得像傻瓜。

3 rude   

adj.粗鲁的；无礼的

参考例句：

• How can you be so rude?你怎么可以这么粗鲁呢？
• It is rude to point.指指点点是不礼貌的。

4 impression   

n.印象，感想；印记，压痕

参考例句：

• The impression is so deep that it can hardly ever blow over.印象太深了，忘也忘不了。
• She made a good impression on his mother.她给他母亲留下了很好的印象。

5 traveling   

adj.同行的；活动的；移动的n.带球走步，走步违例

参考例句：

• Government officials who travel on business are given traveling allowances. 因公出差的政府官员享有出差补贴。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The contents of the packet may shake down in traveling. 袋子里的东西经摇晃会沉到底部。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 sixth   

num.第六

参考例句：

• He was the sixth to arrive.他是第六个到达的。
• The sixth boy in line is my brother.排第六的男孩是我的弟弟。

7 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

8 as   

conj.按照；如同

参考例句：

• He got work in a hotel as a waiter.他在一家旅馆找到了当服务生的工作。
• In the hotel,the old men were drinking away as usual.在旅馆里，这些老人和往常一样喝个不停。

9 causing   

vt.成为…的原因（cause的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• She carried on merrily, not realizing the offence she was causing. 她毫无顾忌地胡闹，没意识到惹人生气了。
• They were found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to animals. 他们因虐待动物而被判有罪。

10 trouble   

n.苦恼，麻烦；故障；动乱；vt.麻烦 vi.费神

参考例句：

• I hate to trouble you.我真不愿麻烦你。
• The trouble is that he doesn't have enough money.麻烦在于他缺钱。

11 passenger   

n.乘客，旅客

参考例句：

• It is a passenger train.这是辆客车。
• The passenger ship was two hours late.客船误点两小时。

12 passengers   

n.乘客( passenger的名词复数 )；旅客；白吃饭的人；闲散人员

参考例句：

• None of the passengers and crew were injured. 没有一个乘客和机组人员受伤。
• Passengers on long-haul flights are being warned about the risks of deep vein thrombosis. 长途航班上的乘客须注意可能出现深静脉血栓。

13 got   

v.(get的过去式)得到，猜到，明白

参考例句：

• I just got some bad news.我刚得到一些坏消息。
• I have got far too much work to do.我要做的事太多了。

14 none   

adv.一点也不；prep.没人，毫无；pron.没有人，没有任何东西

参考例句：

• Remember that none is perfect.记住没有任何人是完美的。
• There's almost none left.几乎一个没剩。

15 until   

prep.直到...为止；conj.直到...时才...

参考例句：

• He arrived home until midnight.他直到半夜才到家。
• She didn't sleep until midnight.她直到半夜才睡。

16 closed   

adj.关闭的；封闭的

参考例句：

• He closed his eyes.他闭上了眼睛。
• He was out of work when the factory closed.他在工厂倒闭后失业了。

17 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？

18 had   

vbl.have的过去式和过去分词；conj.有

参考例句：

• I just had a good idea!我有个好主意！
• The boy had a small branch of a tree in his hand.这个男孩手上拿一条小树枝。

19 said   

v.动词say的过去式、过去分词

参考例句：

• He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
• 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。