每天学英语[第9期]

第1041期 2005-6-3

旺旺英语语音精品报

　=> 每日单词　

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polite　
(a.) 有礼貌的

My mother told me that I should always be polite.
我妈妈告诉我要一直保持礼貌。

excellent　
(a.) 极好的

The cake that Sally made was excellent.
莎莉做的蛋糕真是棒极了。

　=> 每日短语　

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pay attention to

关心，注意

I never seem to be able to pay attention to our teacher.
我似乎向来就没法去注意我们的老师。

　=> 最清晰发音模仿

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What for?

为什么？

A: The teacher said we're going to have a test tomorrow.
B: What for? We had one last Monday!
A: 老师说明天有考试。
B: 为什么？我们上星期一才考过呀！

A: I gave Michael a gift last week.
B: What for? Was it his birthday?
A: 我上礼拜送了麦克一个礼物。
B: 为什么？他过生日吗？

　=> 每日会话　

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Rob: Yes, plus some. If you cancel, you'll get less back. And starting a new one now would be more expensive because of the interest rates.
Fiona: [To self] I'm going to get money back! Shopping time!
Rob: Your husband is a different story. He only has a basic health policy. What's your family's total yearly income?
Fiona: My husband's the primary income earner. He earns about a million a year.
Rob: I suggest you drop your old health policies and start over with us.
Fiona: What's different about your insurance?

(续上期,待续)

罗　伯︰是的，还会比本金多一点。如果你取消，领回的钱会比较少。而且因为利率的关系，现在买新的储蓄险会较贵。
费欧娜︰（对自己）我就快拿回钱了！购物时间！
罗　伯︰你先生的情形就不一样了。他只有基本的医疗保险项目。你们家的年收入多少？
费欧娜︰我先生是主要的经济来源。他一年约赚一百万。
罗　伯︰我建议你取消旧的医疗保单，换跟我们签一分新合约。
费欧娜︰你们的保险有啥不同？



重点解说：

★ interest (n.) 利息。interest rates 是指‘利率’
★ primary (a.) 主要的，首要的

　=> 每日开讲

I agree.

大多数人都不喜欢被排斥、被孤立，如果你想对别人表示赞同和好感，可以待他发表完意见后跟他说" I agree"（我赞同）。"I agree"等于"I agree with you"的简化句。有时候当你想加入自己意见时，可以说"I feel the same'，或"I feel the same way"，也可用"Likewise"（我有同感）来表达你的想法。

对话
A：Don't you think it would be much more convenient to have our own car?
B：I agree, but we don't have enough money.
A：If I remember correctly, you should have got your annual bonus last week.
B：If I remember correctly, we have already spent it on a plasma TV, a diamond ring and two LV handbags.
甲：你觉得我们有一辆车子会方便一点吗?
乙：我同意，但是我们不够钱。
甲：如我没记错，你在上个星期应已拿了年终奖金。
乙：如我没记错，我们已经用来买了一部等离子电视机、一只钻石戒指和两个LV手袋。

听到人家的话，要表示同意，最简单的说法是Yes。对当权者所言无不应以Yes的人，男的叫yes-man，女的叫yes-woman，这类人多得不必多说。
在英语国家，听别人演讲，觉得正合心意，一般会高喊：Hear! Hear! 意思是‘说得好！’从前，公共聚会比较嘈杂，在座者要叫人留意演讲者的话，会说Hear him! Hear him!（听他说！）这渐渐变成Hear! Hear! 在国会辩论和其它演讲会上都可以听到。
听演讲以外，一般表示同意的说法有Right、You're right、Right you are、Right-o、You got it、I agree等。你当然还可以说Yes、Yeah或Yep。
要说得热诚一点，表示‘完全同意’，则可说I agree with you 100%.（我百分之百同意你的话）、We see eye to eye on this matter. / I see eye to eye with you on this matter. （我完全同意你对这件事的意见。）留意to see eye to eye和eyeball to eyeball.（眼球对眼球）不同。Eyeball to eyeball是‘面对面’的意思，有时有‘怒目相对’含义，例如：I had an eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation with my boss.（我和老板怒目相对。）
此外，你还可以说I couldn't agree with you more：赞成到了极点，无以复加，所以说couldn't agree more。‘完全同意’的其它说法是：You took the words right out of my mouth.（我要说的话，都给你说了。）、I'll drink to that!（我为此举杯！）

作者：古德明（香港）

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