【走遍美國(guó)精講筆記】第2課：介紹會(huì)面 ACT 3 - 2

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Susan 把Harry 請(qǐng)入房間，Harry 加入了她和Marilyn 的晚餐。隨后，Marilyn
知趣的起身告辭，留給Susan 和Harry 一段獨(dú)處的時(shí)間。

Harry ： Hi ！

Susan ： How……？

Harry ： Your downstairs neighbor let me in. Susan： Did you go home？

Harry ： I did， but everything is OK ， so I decided to come back.
To apologize for leaving so early ， I brought you a little gift. It's
a bonsai tree for your new apartment. Hi， Marilyn. I hope it's not too
late. Marilyn ： Oh ， not at all. We're still eating. Susan： Please ，
come in. Join us. It's our meal from the restaurant. And how is your daughter？

Harry ： Oh ， she's fine. It was only a tummy ache. Susan： It's
good that you went back. Harry： Yes， I think it's important for me to
be there since her mother died. Susan ： I agree. Aren't you hungry ？

Harry ： As a matter of fact…… I am hungry. Marilyn ： There's lots
of food left. Harry ： Mmm， this is delicious！

Susan ： Enjoy！

Marilyn ： I'm going to excuse myself. I have a lot of work to do
to get ready for tomorrow. Good night ， Harry. It was nice meeting you.
Harry ： Bye， Marilyn. Marilyn ： Good night ， Susan. Susan ： Good
night ， Marilyn.

「語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)精講」

1. How……？

這句話實(shí)際上要問(wèn)"How did you go inside the building ？ " Harry明白
Susan 要問(wèn)什么，所以沒(méi)等Susan 說(shuō)完，他已回答了"Your downstairs neighbor
let me in." （你樓下的鄰居放我進(jìn)來(lái)的。）

2. To apologize for leaving so early， I brought you a little gift.
為了就早走了一步向你道歉，我給你帶來(lái)一件小小的禮品。

To appologize for ……為了就某事道歉……

3. It's a bonsai tree for your new apartment. bonsai tree 是指“盆
栽，盆景”。

美國(guó)人有時(shí)喜歡送給朋友一盆綠色的盆景來(lái)向朋友表示希望友誼長(zhǎng)存。

4. I think it's important for me to be there since her mother died.
我認(rèn)為我在場(chǎng)是很重要的，因?yàn)樗赣H不在了。

since 在這里是“因?yàn)椋捎冢热?rdquo;的意思。

5. Aren't you hungry？

你一定餓了吧？因?yàn)镾usan 知道Harry 沒(méi)有吃晚飯，所以她沒(méi)有問(wèn)"Are you
hungry？" ，而是用了反問(wèn)句，意思相當(dāng)于You must be hungry.

6. There's lots of food left. 在口語(yǔ)中，以 There開(kāi)始，表示“有……”

的句子，常用單數(shù)形式there's ，盡管后面接的有可能是復(fù)數(shù)名詞。這是語(yǔ)
言自然演變所致。書(shū)面語(yǔ)中仍宜區(qū)分。

7. I'm going to excuse myself.抱歉，我失陪了。相當(dāng)于"Sorry， I have
to leave." Marilyn想讓Susan 和Harry 有單獨(dú)交談的機(jī)會(huì)。句中"be going to
do" 表示比較短時(shí)期內(nèi)的未來(lái)可以推定會(huì)發(fā)生的事或預(yù)訂要做的事。