Photo Finish /大功告成
Summary
ask someone to clarify:请对方说清楚- You think you've got what?
- say something will be difficult:说事情会有困难
- You think you're going to have a hard time getting the album published?
- ask if someone remembers a name:询问对方是否记得某
- Does the name Harvey Carlson ring a bell
- ask for someone's name on the telephone:电话中询问对方姓名
- And your name is ...
- ask what is happening:询问发生何事
- What's going on?
- make an apointment:安排会面
- l'd like to make an appointment with. ...
- say:说
- a long time 一段时间：some time part某部分：section idea想法：concept arrange安排：set up work in progress进行中的工作：project free有空：available
- make an appointment:安排会面
- I'd like to make an appointment with... I'd like to arrange a meeting with... I'd like to set up a time to see...
- announce your arrival:报到
- I'm here to see... I have an appointment with... ...is expecting me.
- repeat yourself:重述自己先前讲的话
- Like I said ...
- say your're very busy:说自己很忙
- This is a crazy ( morning ) .
- thank someome for meeting with you soon:致谢对方腾出时间会面
- Thank you for seeing me on such short notice.
- suggest starting immediately:建议立即进行
- Let's get right to it.
- make a promise:应允
- If you ( do it ) , I'll ( publish your work ) . If they're ( as good as the rest of these picutres ) , it's a deal.
- assure someone:安慰对方
- I've never been more serious. You won't be disappointed .
- report what you said:说明自己说过
- I said ( I could do it in two weeks , and I did it ) .
- praise something or someone:称赞某事或某人
- fabulous... great; sensational... amazing; terrific... fantastic; super... wodnerful; incredible... Marvelous
- say something is unjust:说某事不公平
- It's not fair.
- say you're not prepared:说自己尚未准备好
- I'm not (even) ready.
- agree strongly:极力赞同
- Absolutely !
- refer to the beginning of tomorrow's schedule:提到明天的第一项工作
- ...first thing in the morning .
- ask when a job will be finished:询问某项工作何时完成
- When do you think we'll be through?
Useful Language
- *one evening：“一天上午／下午／晚间”，不用介词，只说 one morning／one afternoon／one evening／one night，但“一天中午”要说 one day at noon或 at noon one day。“一年夏天／一年八月”等也只说 one summer／one August；如说“一年夏季的一天／八月的一天夜晚／一个星期六的晚上”等，则是one summer day／one August evemng／one Saturday night等。 * It's done这里的 done是过去分词形容词，当表语。类似的用法有 I'm retired．／The window is broken．／The drawer is locked up．／The children are tired out．因为在这里分词表示状况或性质，而不指行为或动作，所以be 动词用一般时态而不用完成时（或过去时）；谓语也不被认为是被动语态。 * A book of photos… still feels right．这里的feel表示某事物作用于人的感觉，但不用被动而用主动语态。又如： It feels heavy／light／smooth／rough／soft／hard／hot／cold／wrong／strange／different／the same．等等。 其它的表示感官作用的动词也有类似的以客体为主语的用法，如： The thing looks（sounds／smells／tastes）awful（nice／all right／terrible）．等等。 在这种用法中，动词 feel／sound／smell／look／taste是半连系动词，后面跟的是形容词，不能用副词。 *表示“好”，除good/fine／nice／wonderful/splendid以外，美国人常喜用较夸大的形容词，如：terrific／fantastic／fabulous／sensational／marvelous／amazing／tremendous／brilliant等。正相反，英国人常喜欢把话说得轻一些、淡一些。 如果他说：“It's not bad．”那就是相当大的夸赞了。 *They get better and better．这里的get表示状态的变化，如： It's getting cold. The boy's got taller since I saw him last. 两个比较级形容词（副词）用 and连接（在两音节以上的词则用 more and more + 形容词或副词的原级），表示“越来越……”。如： The sound became louder and louder. He drank more and more heavily. The ball bounced higher and higher. The story of the TV series grew less and less interesting. *When do you think we'll be through？动词be后面带一个或两个介词或类似介词的副词，常具有习语性的意思，值得学习。如： The meeting is over．（完了） I'm through with that girl．（吹了，不再要好了） Prices are up again．（上涨） The pitcher is out．（出局） I'll be around．（在旁边） He is up and about．（康复了） He's from down under．（澳洲人） I'm all in．（累坏了） This is beyond me．（非我所能懂） That was beneath her．（她不肯干这种有失自尊的事的） Nobody's in．（都不在家），等等。 *理查德的职业——自由摄影家，使他有可能充分发挥才智，自由创作。但作品是否能换回养生之资，却还有机遇的问题。读者当不会忘记，《走遍美国》的预付稿酬是和他一家三口能否开始自己买房密切相关的。
评论