ACT 1-1 “ 我想聽聽您的意見。”

【故事梗概】

在Stewart家的起居室里，Marilyn正在設(shè)計(jì)一件連衣裙。她停下來一會(huì)兒，和Ellen談心。她和Richard將要有孩子了，買自己的房子另住的事提上了議事日程。就此事她想聽聽Ellen的意見。

Marilyn: Ellen, I’d like your opinion.

Ellen: About what?

Marilyn: Well, Richard and I feel that with a baby coming we need to have our own place to live.

Ellen: Oh.

Marilyn: Well, what do you think about Richard and me looking for a small house or an apartment at this point in our lives?

Ellen: We love having you here, and there is room and … and when the baby comes, the baby can stay in your room for a while.

Marilyn: Richard feels we need to find a small house.

Ellen: I remember when I was pregnant with Richard Philip and were living with Grandma and Grandpa. Philip was a young doctor, and he kept talking about having a house of our own. It’s natural.

Marilyn: What did you do?

Ellen: We looked at a lot of houses.

Marilyn: Did you find one?

Ellen: Oh, not at first. We couldn’t afford it. Grandpa wanted to lend us the money to buy one, but Philip is too independent. He didn’t want to borrow any money.

Marilyn: Sounds like Richard.

Ellen: They’re all alike. Richard is a real Stewart. He’s independent and sometimes just stubborn.

【語言點(diǎn)精講】

1. I’d like your opinion.

我想聽聽您的意見。這是一種征求別人的意見，詢問某人的看法的表達(dá)方式。

2. About what?

我的什么意見？ 在這里相當(dāng)于“My opinion about what?”

口語中，當(dāng)上下文意思比較清楚時(shí)，句中可省略重復(fù)的部分。

3. Well, Richard and I feel that with a baby coming we need to have our own place to live.

哦，Richard和我覺得，我們快要有孩子了，需要有自己的房子住。

with a baby coming: 指快要生孩子了。

our own place: 這里指的是“a house belonging to ourselves”，自己的房子。

4. Well, what do you think about Richard and me looking for a small house or an apartment at this point in our lives?

呃，Richard和我在我們生活中的這個(gè)時(shí)候找一所小住宅或者一處公寓房子，你認(rèn)為怎么樣？

What do you think about…? : 你覺得…怎么樣？你認(rèn)為…怎么樣？在征求別人的意見時(shí)可以使用這個(gè)句型。

at this point: 在這個(gè)時(shí)刻。相當(dāng)于at this time.

5. We couldn’t afford it.

我們買不起。

afford: 買得起，承擔(dān)得起(費(fèi)用等)。常接在 can, could 或 be able to 后面。

6. Grandpa wanted to lend us the money to buy one, but Philip is too independent. He didn’t want to borrow any money.

爺爺要想借給我們錢買一所房子，可是Philip獨(dú)立性太強(qiáng)了。他不想借錢。

lend : 借出，借給。borrow: 借入，借來。

7. Sounds like Richard.

聽起來像 Richard一樣。用來表明 某人的行為方式像另一人的。

8. They’re all alike.

他們斯圖爾特家的人都是一個(gè)樣子。

alike: 在這里作為表語形容詞，用于be，look，sound等系動(dòng)詞或半系動(dòng)詞后面，表示“一樣的，相同的，相似的”。