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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(guān)心兒子的老爸對(duì)于念大學(xué)的兒子成績(jī)每況愈下一直想不懂，因此他拜訪了學(xué)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(nèi)的同性戀者，他成天只知道追求足球隊(duì)和籃球隊(duì)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(duì)返校游行的皇后!”
英語知識(shí)點(diǎn)解說：
1.concerned a. 關(guān)切的
be concerned about... 對(duì)……感到關(guān)切
例：I'm concerned about my son's academic performance.
(我很關(guān)心兒子的學(xué)業(yè)成績(jī)。)
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(huì)浪費(fèi)時(shí)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(huì)生氣?)
3.grade n. 成績(jī)(恒用復(fù)數(shù) );分?jǐn)?shù);等級(jí);& vi. 年級(jí)打分?jǐn)?shù);分級(jí)
例：In which grade are you?
(你上幾年級(jí)了?)
Meat is graded according to quality.
(肉類是以品質(zhì)來分級(jí)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(gè)連隊(duì)持續(xù)向敵人陣線開火。)
5.be at college 上大學(xué)
be at school 上學(xué)
be in class 上課
例：You'll have lots of fun (while you are) at college.
(你們?cè)诖髮W(xué)會(huì)有許多樂趣。)
6.dean n. (大學(xué)的)學(xué)院院長
president n. 大學(xué)校長
例：The dean is a distinguished scholar.
(院長是位著名的學(xué)者。)
The university president is a former professor of linguistics.
(這位大學(xué)校長以前是語言學(xué)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(diào)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?yàn)槲沂峭詰倬驼J(rèn)為我是位壞人。)
10.on campus 校內(nèi)
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(xué)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(shí)間做……
例：You spend too much time looking at yourself in the mirror.
(你照鏡子的時(shí)間花得太多了。)
13.lad n. 少年
lass n. 少女
14.team n. 隊(duì) ;組 & vi. 聯(lián)合
team up (with sb) (與某人)合作
teamwork 團(tuán)隊(duì)合作
on the team/committee 隊(duì)上/委員會(huì)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(gè)球隊(duì)有多少個(gè)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(jìn)行這個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)?zāi)?)
No organization can be successful without teamwork.
(沒有團(tuán)隊(duì)合作任何組織都不會(huì)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(chǎng)將舉行閱兵。)
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