Part 5 Family Pictures 家庭老照片
Dialogue Script 1 對話原文 1
Jack: Hi, Sally. What are you doing?
Sally: I'm looking at old family pictures.
Jack: Why did you get those out?
Sally: To help Emily with her homework. She asked me to find some pictures of her relatives.
Jack: Can't Emily do that herself?
Sally: No. She doesn't know who all these people in the photos are.
Jack: I'm not sure I do, either! So why does Emily need these pictures?
Sally: Emily has to make a family tree.
Jack: With pictures?
Sally: Yes. I'm looking for photos of Grandpa George and Grandma Mabel.
Jack: Did you find any?
Sally: I think so. Isn't this Grandpa George?
Jack: Uh, I'm not sure. It could be his brother.
Sally: True. I wish there were names on these photos.
Jack: Me too. Next time I visit Mom, I'll take these pictures with me.
Sally: Good idea. Mom will remember who's who.
講解:
1. 對話中Sally和Jack在翻看家庭老照片。Sally為什么會把這些老照片翻出來呢?原來她要幫Emily完成她的作業(yè),也就是找一些親戚的照片。help with something 這個詞組表示“幫助,協(xié)助”,He let Tom help with the washing-up. 他讓Tom幫忙洗碗。那么對話中出現(xiàn)的help someone with something,表示“幫助某人做某事”,例如:I can help you with the packing. 我可以幫你整理行李。
2. 為什么Emily不自己找呢?因為照片上的一些人她也不認(rèn)識。Jack也不確定自己都認(rèn)識照片里的人。那么Emily要這些照片做什么呢?原來她的作業(yè)就是要用這些照片做一個family tree也就是“家譜圖”。在上節(jié)課我們已經(jīng)對family tree做了介紹。我們來說說photo這個詞,它是在口語當(dāng)中比較常用的,比較正式的詞是photograph,不過在美國口語中,表示“相片,照片”的比較常用的詞還是picture。組成的短語就是take a picture of sb./sth. 比如說,旅游的時候,我們經(jīng)常會請別人給我們照相,就可以說,Can you take a picture of us? 你能幫我們照張像嗎?還有一個習(xí)語,take a good picture,表示“上相,上鏡”,還有一個專門的形容詞來表示這個意義,就是photogenic ,例如:I'm not very photogenic. 我照相不大上相。Sally想找Grandpa George and Grandma Mabel 的照片,但是好像沒有什么結(jié)果。
3. 因為他們也不知道照片上的人是不是Grandpa George,也許是他的弟弟也說不定?磥磉@張照片是夠老的了。要是照片上寫了名字就好了。I wish there were names on these photos. 這是一個虛擬語氣的句子,表示與現(xiàn)在事實相反的愿望。
4. Jack建議帶這些照片去問問他們的媽媽,Sally很同意,因為媽媽肯定會知道誰是誰。