驕傲的老爸

Unit 4 A Proud Father 驕傲的老爸

The concerned father was puzzled because his son’s grades had been dropping steadily while he was at college, so he called the dean to find out what was wrong.

一位關心兒子的老爸對于念大學的兒子成績每況愈下一直想不懂，因此他拜訪了學院的院長，想了解究竟問題在哪里。

“Well, sir,” relied the dean, who always tried to be diplomatic, “I’ve got some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that your son’s become the most flagrant homosexual on campus, and spends all his time chasing after the lads on the football and basketball teams.”

說話總是講求圓滑的院長回答說：“先生，我有好消息和壞消息要告訴你。壞消息是令郎乃是聞名校內的同性戀者，他成天只知道追求足球隊和籃球隊的男孩子�！�

“My God, that’s horrible!”

“我的老天爺，太可怕了!”

“But the good news is he’s just been elected Queen of the Homecoming Parade!”

“但好消息是他剛被選為歡迎球隊返校游行的皇后!”

英語知識點解說：

1.concerned a. 關切的

be concerned about... 對……感到關切

例：I'm concerned about my son's academic performance.

(我很關心兒子的學業(yè)成績。)

2.puzzle n. 困惑;謎題 vt. 使困惑;迷惑

例：Doing jigsaw puzzles is a waste of time.

(玩拼圖游戲會浪費時間。)

Your attitude puzzles me, how can you be angry at getting second prize?

(你的態(tài)度讓我覺得迷惑，得了第二名為什么你還會生氣?)

3.grade n. 成績(恒用復數(shù) );分數(shù);等級;& vi. 年級打分數(shù);分級

例：In which grade are you?

(你上幾年級了?)

Meat is graded according to quality.

(肉類是以品質來分級的。)

4.steadily ad. 不斷地

steady a. 穩(wěn)定的;持續(xù)的

例："Drop your guns, boys," ordered the marshall steadily.

(“把你們的的槍放下，弟兄們!”警長不斷地命令道。)

The company maintained a steady fire against the enemy line.

(這個連隊持續(xù)向敵人陣線開火。)

5.be at college 上大學

be at school 上學

be in class 上課

例：You'll have lots of fun (while you are) at college.

(你們在大學會有許多樂趣。)

6.dean n. (大學的)學院院長

president n. 大學校長

例：The dean is a distinguished scholar.

(院長是位著名的學者。)

The university president is a former professor of linguistics.

(這位大學校長以前是語言學教授。)

7.diplomatic a. 圓滑的;有外交手腕的

diplomat n. 外交官

diplomacy n. 外交;策略

例：A mediator must be diplomatic.

(協(xié)調者必須具有外交手腕。)

The ambassador is a career diplomat.

(這位大使是職業(yè)外交官。)

Well, force has failed, so let's try diplomacy.

(既然武力失敗了，咱們就試試外交手段吧。)

8.flagrant a. 惡名昭彰的(=notorious)

9.homosexual a. & n. (男性)同性戀 的(人)

lesbian a. & n. (女子)同性戀的(人)

例：Just because I'm a homosexual doesn't mean I'm a bad person.

(不要只因為我是同性戀就認為我是位壞人。)

10.on campus 校內

off campus 校外

注意：

上列詞組中 campus 之前通常不加定冠詞 the 。

例：I'm living off campus this school year, and loving it!

(我這學年住校外，而且很喜歡校外居住的生活。)

11.chase vi. & vt. 追逐;追求

chase after... 追求……

例：Carlos is always chasing after girls.

(卡羅斯總是在追求女孩子。)

12.spend time V-ing 花…… 時間做……

例：You spend too much time looking at yourself in the mirror.

(你照鏡子的時間花得太多了。)

13.lad n. 少年

lass n. 少女

14.team n. 隊 ;組 & vi. 聯(lián)合

team up (with sb) (與某人)合作

teamwork 團隊合作

on the team/committee 隊上/委員會上(非 in the team/committee)

例：

How many players are there in this team?(×)

How many players are there on this team?

(這個球隊有多少個選手?)

Mary, why don't you and George team up on this experiment?

(瑪麗，你和喬治何不合作進行這個實驗呢?)

No organization can be successful without teamwork.

(沒有團隊合作任何組織都不會成功。)

15.homecoming n. & a. 回家(的);返鄉(xiāng)(的)

16.parade n. vi. 游行;閱兵

例：A parade will be held in the square tomorrow morning.

(明天早上廣場將舉行閱兵。)

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