ACT 3-3 你看看窗外

【故事梗概】

面對美食，Richard建議馬上開吃，但是Marilyn堅持要先給家里打個電話，問問兒子的情況。早飯后，天氣放晴了。雨過天晴，云破日出，真是個完美的二度蜜月。

Richard: Let’s eat!

Marilyn: First I want to call home and check on your mother and the baby.

Richard: Honey, if there were any problems, she would call us.

Marilyn: She doesn’t know we’ve changed hotels.

Richard: You’re right. Of course.

Marilyn: [She goes to the telephone.] Hello, operator, I’d like to call Riverdale, New York.

[A little later.]

Richard: This food is heavenly, isn’t it?

Marilyn: This whole place is heavenly. Do you remember that old desk? Mrs. Montefiore told me that George Washington sat at that desk and wrote to his wife Martha.

Richard: What do you want to do after breakfast?

Marilyn: Why don’t we take a walk down to the river?

Richard: In the rain?

Marilyn: No. Look out the window. The sun is shining!

Richard: Now this is my idea of a good time!

[They hold hands across the table.]

【語言點精講】

1. First I want to call home and check on your mother and the baby.

我先得給家里打電話，看看你母親和小寶寶怎樣了。

check on: 查核，查詢。

2. Honey, if there were any problems, she would call us.

親愛的，要是有事的話，她會打電話告訴我們的。

這句話是個虛擬的條件句。條件句中用were表示現在（或將來），主句中用would表示將來，意思是說這種情況發生的可能性很小

3. Hello, operator, I’d like to call Riverdale, New York.

你好，接線員，我要打電話到紐約的里弗代爾。

operator: （電話）接線員。

4. This food is heavenly, isn’t it?

這飯食真是太豐盛了，不是嗎？

heavenly: 經過上帝之手，無比、極其美好的。

5. Mrs. Montefiore told me that George Washington sat at that desk and wrote to his wife Martha.

Montefiore夫人告訴過我George Washington曾坐在桌旁給他的夫人Martha寫信呢。

George Washington: 喬治·華盛頓。美國第一任總統，任期自1789年至1797年。

6. Look out the window.

你看看窗外。更正規的說法應該是Look out of the window.