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托福听力背景材料之毕业话题

  托福听力背景材料:

  Mr. Braddock: What's the matter? The guestsare all downstairs, Ben, waiting to see you.

  布兰多克先生:你怎么了,客人们都在楼下,本,等着看你呢。

  Benjamin: Look, Dad, could you explain to themthat I have to be alone for a while?

  本杰明:爸爸,你能不能向他们解释,我得一个人呆会。

  Mr. Braddock: These are all our good friends,Ben. Most of them have known you since, well, practically since you were born. What is it, Ben?

  布兰多克先生:他们都是我们的好朋友,本,他们大多从你出生就认识你,你到底怎么了?

  Benjamin: I'm just...

  本杰明:我只是……

  Mr. Braddock: Worried?

  布兰多克先生:焦虑?

  Benjamin: Well...

  本杰明:是……

  Mr. Braddock: About what?

  布兰多克先生:为什么焦虑?

  Benjamin: I guess about my future.

  本杰明:我想是担心我的未来。

  Mr. Braddock: What about it?

  布兰多克先生:未来怎么了?

  Benjamin: I don't know... I want it to be...

  本杰明:我不知道,我想它变得……

  Mr. Braddock: To be what?

  布兰多克先生:变得怎样?

  Benjamin: [looks at his father] ... Different.

  本杰明:(看着他的父亲)变得……不一样。

  Benjamin: Where did you do it?

  本杰明:你在哪里做的?

  Mrs. Robinson: In his car.

  鲁宾逊夫人:在他的车里。

  Benjamin: What kind of car was it?

  本杰明:什么样的车?

  Mrs. Robinson: Come on now.

  鲁宾逊夫人:来吧???。

  Benjamin: No, I really want to know.

  本杰明:不,我真的想知道。

  Mrs. Robinson: A Ford.

  鲁宾逊夫人:一辆福特。

  Benjamin: Goddamn, that's great. So old Elaine Robinson got started in a Ford.

  本杰明:天啦,太强了。伊莱恩开始于一辆福特车。

  妙语佳句,活学活用

  1. What is it?

  相当于What's wrong? 这句话的意思是“本,你怎么了?/你没事吧?”父亲觉得本的表情、举止有些怪异。实际上是问“你没有不舒服,没有生病吧?”与第一句 What's the matter?(为什么还不下来/为什么还呆在屋里?)有些区别。在上下文都很清楚的情况下,it is... 表示原因:“是因为……”。例如:

  --Why didn't you buy the shirt? It is cheap and fine.

  --Well, it is not the price. It is just the style. I don't like the style.

  --你为什么不买那件衬衣?物美价廉呀。

  --倒不是因为价钱。是因为款式。我不喜欢那种款式。