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Playing Games ACT II
Oh, Daddy!
We had such a good time at the aquarium.
I saw a real shark.
I could almost touch it.
I'm so glad.
Hi. Michelle,
why don't you introduce everybody to Susan?
Hi, Susan.
Hi.
I'd like you to meet Audrey and her mother, Mrs. Cooper.
Hello, Audrey.
Nice to meet you, Mrs. Cooper.
I'm Susan Stewart.
And this is Shirley and Nicole.
Hi, girls.
Come on in.
Come on in, Mrs. Cooper.
Come on in, everybody.
The aquarium was so exciting.
I had never been there before.
The girls learned a great deal.
Frankly, so did I.
Well, please sit down
and tell us all about it during lunch.
We prepared some tuna fish
and cheese sandwiches for lunch.
I love tuna fish.
Don't you, Audrey?
I remember when I used to be a Girl Scout.
My mother would take us everywhere, too.
Susan, I understand you're in the toy business.
Yes, I am.
My company manufactures toys and games for children.
Susan's vice-president in charge of new toys and games.
And the marketing of new toys and games.
Can we test a new game for you, Susan?
That's an excellent idea, Michelle.
I happen to have
a game which I brought home to study.
Let us try it!
Do you want to play?
Nicole? Shirley? Audrey?
We tested it last week on twelve- to fifteen-year-olds,
and they found it to be too easy--
in other words ... boring.
We think it might be just right for ten- to twelve-year-olds.
That's us, Susan.
First, you shuffle the deck
and lay them face down.
Then you select the leader.
I'll be the leader.
The leader takes the first ten cards
and lays them face up on this stand.
h-t-e-r-c-z-e-p-e-s.
Everyone gets a turn, going counterclockwise,
left to right.
You have thirty seconds to make a word,
using as many letters as possible.
You get one point for each letter,
plus the person with the longest word gets ten extra points.
The first one to get one hundred points wins.
That's easy.
OK, let's go around the table.
You first, Audrey.
Chest--c-h-e-s-t.
Good.
That's five points.
Next, Nicole.
Three--t-h-r-e-e.
OK.
That's five points also.
It's your turn, Shirley.
Creep--c-r-e-e-p.
Creep.
That's another five-letter word.
Five points.
So far, you're all tied.
Sheet--s-h-e-e-t.
Sheet is a five-letter word.
Michelle, your turn.
Cheese--c-h-e-e-s-e.
Terrific!
Michelle wins with a six-letter word,
plus she gets an additional ten points
for a total of sixteen points.
How are you enjoying the game so far?
I think it's too easy.
Too easy?
Michelle!
It's OK, Harry.
Michelle is quite right.
She just said it's too easy.
Well, I like the game.
I enjoyed lunch, Susan.
Thank you so much,
but we have to get going
to meet the rest of the troop at two o'clock at the museum.
Oh, it was nice meeting all of you.
I hope you have a wonderful time
at the Museum of Natural History.
Good-bye, everybody.
Have a good time.
Bye.
See you in front of the museum at five o'clock.
Oh, OK.
Thanks, Mr. Bennett.
That'll be fine.
And thanks again for the lunch and for the game.
Good-bye, Susan.
It's not a bad game.
It's just ... slow.
Just slow.
You helped save our company a lot of money.
Bye-bye.
You are wonderful with kids.
I am.
Isn't there a conversation that we have to finish?

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shark：鲨鱼。
I'd like you to meet…：我来向你介绍……。这是介绍人时常用的表达法。
Come on in. ＝ Come in. 进来吧！这是比 Come in更随和、友好的说法。
I had never been there before. 我以前从没有去过那儿。这句话用的过去完成时态。过去完成时用had +过去分词构成，表示过去某一时间以前完成的动作或状态，例如：I had been a worker before I entered university. 我上大学之前当过工人。
tuna fish：金枪鱼，也称“鲔鱼”，常用来做三明治。
I remember when I used to be a Girl Scout. 我记得我还是一名女童子军的时候。这里的when 引导的不是状语从句。这句话更完整的形式是 I remember the time when I used to be a Girl Scout, 所以when引导的是定语从句。
would：经常。用would描述过去的事情时，表示过去经常发生的事情。
in the toy business：从事玩具业工作。
manufactures：makes, produces. 生产，制造。
games：游戏（器具）。
in charge of：主管，负责。例如：She is in charge of the school. 她负责这所学校的工作。
marketing：selling and advertising. 行销，销售。
I happen to：我碰巧……
We tested it last week on twelve-to fifteen-year-olds. 上周我们在12—15岁的孩子中试验过这项游戏。“We tested it on them means “We tried it with them.”
they found it to be＝ for them it was… 他们觉得，他们发现。
shuffle the deck：to mix the cards. 洗牌。
lay：put, place. 放置。过去式和过去分词都是laid。注意lie（躺）的过去式也是lay。
face down：with the front side down. 正面朝下。
face up：with the front face up. 正面朝上。
stand：架子，台子。
counterclockwise：逆时针方向。顺时针方向是clockwise。
using as many letters as possible：用的字母越多越好。as … as possible意思是“尽可能……”。
let's go around the table：让我们顺着桌子来（做这游戏）。这里的go意思是“进行”。不要把这里的go around理解为“围绕……”。
It's your turn. 该轮到你了。与 turn 一起使用表示“轮流”的词组还有：take turns，get a turn, in turn等。
creep：爬行。
so far：到现在为止。
you're all tied：You all have the same score, ornumber of points. 你们的得分一样，你们不分胜负。英文的tie可以作动词用，意思是“与……打成平局”。
additional：extra. 额外的，附加的。
Michelle! 这里表示Harry责备Michelle.
I enjoyed lunch, Susan. 这顿午饭真好，Susan。在别人请吃饭后，一般要表示吃得好，以示感谢。
get going：to start to leave. 开始上路。
get going：to start to leave. 开始上路。
It was nice meeting all of you. 很高兴见到你们各位。这句话相当于 It was nice to meet all of you.
in front of：在……前面。注意把这个词组与 in the front of区别开来。 in the front of意思是“在…… 的前部分”。例如：The teacher is in the front of the classroom. 老师在教室的前面（在教室里）。The teacher is in front of the classroom.老师在教室前面（在教室外面）。
You are so wonderful with kids. 你对小孩真有一套。
Isn't there a conversation that we have to finish ?我们不是有话没说完吗？

Playing Games /做游戏

ACT2

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