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Lesson 95 A fantasy
纯属虚构
授课教师：
gavin
老师
随堂助教：晓蕾
接待：小薇
课文链接：
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First listen
and then answer the question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
Why
was the Ambassador particularly lucky?
When the Ambassador or Escalopia
returned home for lunch, his wife got a
shock. He looked pale and his clothes
were in a frightful state.
'What has
happened?' she asked. 'How did your clothes get
into such a mess?'
'A fire
extinguisher, my dear,' answered the Ambassador
drily. 'University
students set the
Embassy on fire this morning.'
'Good
heavens!' exclaimed his wife. 'And where were you
at the time?'
'I was in my office as
usual,' answered the Ambassador. 'The fire broke
out in
the basement. I went down
immediately, of course, and that fool, Horst,
aimed
a fire extinguisher at me. He
thought I was on fire. I must definitely get that
fellow posted.'
The
Ambassador's wife went on asking questions, when
she suddenly noticed a
big hole in her
husband's hat.
'And how can you explain
that?' she asked.
'Oh, that,' said the
Ambassador. 'Someone fired a shot through my
office
window. Accurate, don't you
think? Fortunately, I wasn't wearing it at the
time.
If I had been, I would not have
been able to get home for lunch.'
本文参考译文
当艾斯卡罗比亚国的大使回到家吃午饭时，
把他的夫人吓了一跳。
< br>他面色苍白，
衣服也搞得
不成样子。
“
发生了什么事？
”
她问，
“
你的衣服怎么搞得一塌糊涂？
”
“
灭火器弄的，亲爱
的，
”
大使冷冷地回答，
“
今天上午大学生们放火点着了大使馆。
”
“
天啊！
”
他的夫人
惊叫，
“
那你当时在什么地方？
”
“
我和往常一样，在办公室里，
”
大使回答说。
“
地下
室突然着火，我当然马上下去了。但那
个傻瓜霍斯特把灭火器对准了我。他认为是我着火
了。我一定要把那个家伙打发走。
”
大使夫人继续提出问题，她突然又发现丈夫的帽子上有个洞。
“
那么你对那又作何解释呢？
”
她问。
“
那个嘛，
”
大使说，
“
有人向我办公室窗户开了一枪。真够准的，是不是？幸亏我当时没戴
帽子。如果真戴着它
，我现在就不能回家来吃午饭了。
”
New words and expressions
生词与短语
★
fantasy
['f?
nt
?
s
?
; -z
?
]
n.
幻想故事
a pleasant situation that you imagine
but that is unlikely to happen
幻想
his childhood
fantasies about becoming a famous football player
Stop living in a fantasy world.
sexual fantasy
性幻想
2
、
a product of
your imagination
幻想故事；幻觉
Her books are usually escapist
fantasies.
Daydream
白日梦
fantastic
adj.
★
ambassador
[?
m'b?
s
?
d
?
]
n.
大使
an official
who lives in a foreign country as the senior
representative there of his or her
own
country
the British Ambassador to
Italy/ in Rome
英国驻意大利大使
The Chinese Ambassador to
Russia
中国驻俄罗斯大使
a
former ambassador to the
UN
前驻联合国大使
Embassy
大使馆
1
、
a group of
officials led by an ambassador who represent their
government in
a foreign country
大使馆全体人员
embassy
officials
使馆官员
to
inform the embassy of the situation
告知使馆这个情况
instruct
the embassy that
2
、
the building in
which an embassy works
使馆
a demonstration outside the Chinese
Embassy
在中国大使馆外的一个游行示威
★
Escalopia n.
艾斯卡罗比亚（虚构的国名）
★
frightful
['fraitful]
adj.
可怕的，令人吃惊的
this
room's in a frightful mess.
(
in a terrible
mess)
They're making a
frightful noise.
（
awful)
a frightful
accident(serious)
一个严重的事故
★
fire
extinguisher
灭火器
Extinguish
extinguish sth to
make a fire stop burning
同义词
put out
区分三个词
Fight
搏斗
fright
惊吓
flight
航班
Firefighters tried to extinguish the
flames.
消防队员尝试扑灭火焰
All lights had been
extinguished.
所以的火被熄灭了
Foam
泡沫
foam extinguisher
泡沫灭火器
dry powder
extinguisher
干粉
灭火器
★
drily
['dra
?
l
?
]
adv.
冷淡地，枯燥无味地
He
smiled drily and leaned back in his chair.
She coughed
drily.
她干咳
★
heaven
['hev
?
n]
n.
天，天堂
I feel like I've died and gone to
heaven.
Hell
地狱
go
to heaven
上天堂
The
island is truly a heaven.
Shopping
heaven
购物天堂
The
heavens=the sky
天空
We stared up at the heavens trying to
see the stars.
★
basement
['beism
?
nt]
n
.
地下室
a room or
rooms in a building, partly or completely below
the level of the
ground
Goods are stored in the basement.
储藏室
storeroom
酒窖
cellar
a
basement flat/apartment
★
definitely
['definitli]
adv.
肯定地
I definitely remember sending the
letter.
我很清楚地记得我是发过这封信的
‘
Was it what you
expected?
’
‘
Yes, definitely.
’这就是你所期盼的吗？当然
了（
absolutely)
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