Restaurants, Supermarkets and Schools 餐厅、超市和学校 [这是一些特定的地点,餐厅是我们每个人都熟悉的地方,点菜买单的程序我们都经历过;学校教育更不必说,老师们说的话我们仍犹如在耳。下面的五段对话是本书最后的一节,让大家听听特定环境下所发生的对话以及...
Telephones 电话 [电话的开始和结束用语在对待不同的对象时都会有所改变,但大致都差不多。听别人打电话打得多了,自己打得多了,也就掌握了。其中的一些细节词汇和表达都能随口而来。以下的电话对话有朋友间的,有母女间和家人之间的。大家可以听到怎么问好以及如何请...
College Student Meeting Employer 大学生初识雇主 选自电影:Scent of a Woman 《女人香》 ■大学生查理找了份兼职的工作,他应约来到雇主的住处,由于是第一次面试,见一位严肃的陌生人弗兰克上校,他拘谨得很,语无伦次,而上校却语气霸道,术语连篇。 单词通缉令 1...
Strangers 陌生人 [以下一节的对话选自三部现代电影,对话发生在陌生人之间,有问候,有请求,也有初相识时的客套和含蓄,更有对陌生人的毫不客气。其中的一些表达和句子或幽默或智慧,实在是难得一见。] NO.1 Colonel Meeting Young Girl 上校初识女孩 选自电影:Scen...
It's Going to Make You Proud One Day 有一天你会为此骄傲 选自:Scent of a Woman《女人香》 ■和人争辩常常觉得自己的语言缺乏力量,总想用最强有力的音量和言语来战胜对方,更何况在一个众目睽睽的场合下。这一段戏发生在大学礼堂里,上校落地有声的话语让听者有种...
Love is a power which produces love Love is an activity, not a passive affect; it is a standing in, not a falling for. In the most general way, the active character of love can be described by stating that love is primarily giving, not receiving. The...
Feeling Loved Feeling loved and knowing that you are worthy of love are necessary to creating or maintaining any relationship . Lance and Rebecca were already married with a son when Lance enrolled in law school . Three years later Lance was the only...
Life Is Only a Test One of my favorite posters says, Life is a test. It is only a test. Had this been a real life you would have been instructed where to go and what to do. Whenever I think of this humorous bit of wisdom, it reminds me to not take my...