给学生Linda改的又一篇翻译（Getting Home Late from School）
又“被逼”改了一篇翻译，还好只有这位宝贝学生这么积极，要是每人下课后都这么积极做一篇对话翻译，我估计要吐血身亡了。
你去哪儿，你知道现在是什么时间了吗？
你去哪儿了？知道现在几点了吗？
很多时候中国人说话是不会说“你”的，但是英语中总是有很多you you you. 而这个“了”刚好翻译出完成时。
Caitlin: I’m sorry, Dad. I lost track of time.
对不起，爸爸。我在路上耽搁时间了。
对不起，爸爸。我忘了时间了。
Lost track of time=forget time, not get stuck on the road.
Dad: Lost track of time? We’ve been worried sick about you. You were supposed to come straight home after school.
在路上耽搁了？我们还担心你生病了呢，你应该放学后直接回家。
忘记时间了。害得我们担心死你了。你应该放学后直接回答的。
Be worried sick=be extremely worried… Caitlin: I know, but Janet was showing me something in her locker when a fight broke out in the hallway. The vice principal, Mr. Lopez, finally came out and broke it up.
我知道，但珍尼特想给我看一些放在她储存柜的东西，当时走廊里有人在打架，最后副校长洛佩兹先生闻讯而来并制止了争斗。
我知道，可是当时珍尼特在给我看她储存柜里的东西，这时候走廊里有人在打架，最后副校长洛佩兹先生闻讯而来才把他们架开。
Break it up=to stand in between the two people who are fighting and separate them.
Dad: That still doesn’t explain why you’re late. And, I don’t want any excuses.
你还是没说明你为什么晚归，我不想听你找借口。
这不成为你晚归的正当理由。我不要听你找任何借口。
That still doesn’t explain it= this is not a good reason=这不是。。。的正当理由，不要逐字直译。
Caitlin: Well, one of the guys in the fight was Dan, Janet’s brother. Mr. Lopez called their parents and I waited with her until they got there.
好吧，打架的人里有一个是珍尼特的哥哥丹，洛佩兹先生打电话给他们的家长，而我一直陪着她直到他们的父母到达学校。
哎，打架的人里有一个是珍尼特的哥哥丹，洛佩兹先生打电话给他们爸爸妈妈。我一直陪着她直到他们的父母到了。
well在这里只是一个感叹词，相当于“哎：（”，在这里表示无奈
Dad: I never liked Dan. He’s trouble. I don’t want you hanging around with him.
我从来就不喜欢丹，他是个问题少年，我不想你和他混在一起
我从来就不喜欢丹，他总是惹是生非，我不允许你老和他混在一起 Caitlin: I don’t. I’m friends with Janet, not her brother. I didn’t do anything wrong.
我没有啊，我的朋友是珍尼特，不是她的哥哥，我没做错什么事
我没有啊，我是珍尼特的朋友，不是她哥哥的，我又没做错什么事
Dad: Oh, really? You missed curfew last week and now you’re late again. Just wait until your mother hears about this. You’re grounded for a week.
哦，是吗？上周你忘记了****，今天又晚归。你等着看你妈妈知道了会怎样，你要呆在家里一周不能外出
哦，是这样吗？你上周熄灯前还没回家，今天又晚归了。你就等着你妈知道这事吧。你这周待家里好好反省。
Curfew来自法语，意思是“cover the fire”，也就是熄灯，这个context翻译成“****”是不对的。“****”是在战争、恐怖活动等非常时期强制执行的熄灯里，这里只是父母给子女规定的最迟归家时间而已。
Be grounded翻译成“不能外出”都不大对，因为你不仅不能外出，就算带家里也不能玩游戏、看电视碟片、浏览阁楼杂志，总之就是一切娱乐消遣都不能做，不仅仅是关家里这么简单。
而翻译成很多美剧字幕上的“禁足“也有些怪，我不觉得这样的中文是自然和达意的。只有美剧迷觉得这样的语言是自然的吧。
Caitlin: Dad! That’s not fair! None of my friend’s parents are as strict as you are.
爸爸，这不公平，我朋友的父母没有像你这么严 的
Dad: That’s enough. I won’t have you talking back to me. Now, go to your room.
够了，我不想听你顶嘴，现在回你自己的房间去
不要再说了。（在我这个家里）还轮不上你顶嘴！马上给我回你房间去。
Go to your room翻译成“给我。。。去”语气上更贴切，更能体现父亲的愤怒和不容抵抗。now说成是“马上”也是符合说话的语气。
最后，尝试着看着橙色的中文把英文叽里呱啦说出来，说个5，6遍后，不要求说得很完美，不搞错意思就可以了，下次讲话的时候估计就能蹦出一两句了。
感兴趣的可以去
http://www.eslpod.com/website/show_podcast.php?issue_id=2372765下载Audio来听听，会大有收获的。记住，听说读写译是相辅相成的，有侧重点，但是要兼顾。不过下文的worried sick，hanging around with，curfew和grounded这些表达方式可以不用费神去记，好好把一些简单的表达方式弄熟就可以了。ESL Podcast 189 – Getting Home Late from School
ESL Podcast 189 – 放学回家迟了
你去哪儿，你知道现在是什么时间了吗？
你去哪儿了？知道现在几点了吗？
很多时候中国人说话是不会说“你”的，但是英语中总是有很多you you you. 而这个“了”刚好翻译出完成时。
Caitlin: I’m sorry, Dad. I lost track of time.
对不起，爸爸。我在路上耽搁时间了。
对不起，爸爸。我忘了时间了。
Lost track of time=forget time, not get stuck on the road.
Dad: Lost track of time? We’ve been worried sick about you. You were supposed to come straight home after school.
在路上耽搁了？我们还担心你生病了呢，你应该放学后直接回家。
忘记时间了。害得我们担心死你了。你应该放学后直接回答的。
Be worried sick=be extremely worried… Caitlin: I know, but Janet was showing me something in her locker when a fight broke out in the hallway. The vice principal, Mr. Lopez, finally came out and broke it up.
我知道，但珍尼特想给我看一些放在她储存柜的东西，当时走廊里有人在打架，最后副校长洛佩兹先生闻讯而来并制止了争斗。
我知道，可是当时珍尼特在给我看她储存柜里的东西，这时候走廊里有人在打架，最后副校长洛佩兹先生闻讯而来才把他们架开。
Break it up=to stand in between the two people who are fighting and separate them.
Dad: That still doesn’t explain why you’re late. And, I don’t want any excuses.
你还是没说明你为什么晚归，我不想听你找借口。
这不成为你晚归的正当理由。我不要听你找任何借口。
That still doesn’t explain it= this is not a good reason=这不是。。。的正当理由，不要逐字直译。
Caitlin: Well, one of the guys in the fight was Dan, Janet’s brother. Mr. Lopez called their parents and I waited with her until they got there.
好吧，打架的人里有一个是珍尼特的哥哥丹，洛佩兹先生打电话给他们的家长，而我一直陪着她直到他们的父母到达学校。
哎，打架的人里有一个是珍尼特的哥哥丹，洛佩兹先生打电话给他们爸爸妈妈。我一直陪着她直到他们的父母到了。
well在这里只是一个感叹词，相当于“哎：（”，在这里表示无奈
Dad: I never liked Dan. He’s trouble. I don’t want you hanging around with him.
我从来就不喜欢丹，他是个问题少年，我不想你和他混在一起
我从来就不喜欢丹，他总是惹是生非，我不允许你老和他混在一起 Caitlin: I don’t. I’m friends with Janet, not her brother. I didn’t do anything wrong.
我没有啊，我的朋友是珍尼特，不是她的哥哥，我没做错什么事
我没有啊，我是珍尼特的朋友，不是她哥哥的，我又没做错什么事
Dad: Oh, really? You missed curfew last week and now you’re late again. Just wait until your mother hears about this. You’re grounded for a week.
哦，是吗？上周你忘记了****，今天又晚归。你等着看你妈妈知道了会怎样，你要呆在家里一周不能外出
哦，是这样吗？你上周熄灯前还没回家，今天又晚归了。你就等着你妈知道这事吧。你这周待家里好好反省。
Curfew来自法语，意思是“cover the fire”，也就是熄灯，这个context翻译成“****”是不对的。“****”是在战争、恐怖活动等非常时期强制执行的熄灯里，这里只是父母给子女规定的最迟归家时间而已。
Be grounded翻译成“不能外出”都不大对，因为你不仅不能外出，就算带家里也不能玩游戏、看电视碟片、浏览阁楼杂志，总之就是一切娱乐消遣都不能做，不仅仅是关家里这么简单。
而翻译成很多美剧字幕上的“禁足“也有些怪，我不觉得这样的中文是自然和达意的。只有美剧迷觉得这样的语言是自然的吧。
Caitlin: Dad! That’s not fair! None of my friend’s parents are as strict as you are.
爸爸，这不公平，我朋友的父母没有像你这么严 的
Dad: That’s enough. I won’t have you talking back to me. Now, go to your room.
够了，我不想听你顶嘴，现在回你自己的房间去
不要再说了。（在我这个家里）还轮不上你顶嘴！马上给我回你房间去。
Go to your room翻译成“给我。。。去”语气上更贴切，更能体现父亲的愤怒和不容抵抗。now说成是“马上”也是符合说话的语气。
最后，尝试着看着橙色的中文把英文叽里呱啦说出来，说个5，6遍后，不要求说得很完美，不搞错意思就可以了，下次讲话的时候估计就能蹦出一两句了。
My New Name Card
辞职后，开始专心教英语。自己根据样本设计了新的名片。让搞设计的朋友帮我实现出来。效果还不错。 和大家分享下。
I’ve quitted my job and will focus on English tuition. As inspired by an interesting design, I designed the new name card on my own. A designer friend of mine helped to finish the graphic work. It looks pretty good.
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剑桥国际英语教程1级第3单元的备课材料
课前讲一个和本单元有关的真实的故事。
Vincent’s Story
It was a rip-off
I went to Buynow to buy some office supplies this afternoon. Actually, I’ve been meaning to get an ink-jet printer and a recorder. The print store in the neighborhood is absolutely overpriced. 1 rmb each page is ridiculous. Plus, as I will leave my job by the end of March, I can’t use the company’s recorder anymore. I need to get one of my own. When I arrived there, my friend Jack was waiting there for me. The shopping mall was packed with people. We toured around the place for like 15 minutes before we got to the printer store. I chose an EPSON ink-jet printer at a price of 350. its not expensive, but the consumable-ink cartridge was a rip-off. Then we decided to get a modified one(改装的), which would save me a lot of money to be spent on the ink cartridge. Then I got a MP4 which could also work as a recorder and a KOSS earphone. It cost me an arm and a leg.
1. SNAPSHOT
1)Ask: what is your favorite color?
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Color
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Positive
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Negative
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Blue
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Truthful/
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Dishonest
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Green (green with envy, green-eyed )
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Jealous
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Generous
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Yellow
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Happy
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Sad
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Orange
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Fun
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Boring
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Red （the company will go out of business soon, as it’s have been in the red for 3 years straight）
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Exciting
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Tedious
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Pink (got pink slip)
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Loving
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Hateful
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Purple (turned purple with anger)
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Mysterious/noble
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Mundane/angry
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Brown （brown-nosed）
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Friendly
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Flattery
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Black
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Sad/casual
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Lovely/formal
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Gray
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Boring
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Technological
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White (as white as snow)
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Pure
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Dirty
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2) Ask student to say colors in English: what does each color mean to you. Try to think of an adjective for each color.
3) Assume that you are invited to a big party hosted by your boss. There will be a lot of businessmen and government official attending. What color dress would you wear to the party? Why?
2. CONVERSATION
Look at the pic, ask: guess who they are? ( a couple) where are they( jewelry store), what are they doing? (Picking earrings) why they want to buy some jewelries?
Write on the WB: 1. what color necklace do they buy? 2. How does Maria like yellow? 3. How much is the blue necklace? 4. why does Steve buy the necklace?
Ask: when is your parent /husband /bf’s birthday? What would you give him/her as a gift?
课文讲解：
3. earrings, roommate, eardrop, pendant
4. they look perfect on you. I’m the perfect fit for the position. You are perfect for each other.
5. overpriced, pricey. It’s rip-off. It costs me an arm and a leg!
6. gift. Bracelet, anklet, pendant, pin
Listen to rest of the conversation, and find out “what else do they buy? Who pays for it?
7. LISTENING Look at these!
Tim and Sandra are shopping. They want to know the prices of four things. Now we will listen to 4 dialogues between them.
New vocabulary:
In-line skates: 单排旱冰鞋
When you are listening, please complete the chart on page 18.
Share your experience when you buy something you don’t need at all. Or something so expensive that you regret for getting it for a week. Why do you think women always buy something they don’t need at all? Do you think women are more material?
8. ROLE PLAY
Ok. Let’s do a simply role play practice. Who wants to be a store clerk? You should try your best to talk your customer into buying your items. Who wants to be the customer? You should try your best to drive a hard bargain.
Kenji: Hello, my car was stolen and I want to report it.
Officer: Where was it when it was stolen?
它被偷的时候停在哪里？
Drive to work: 开车去上班就这么说啊
路上（开车）小心是drive safe 或者drive carefully
你到底想说什么？ What are you driving at?
Officer: Okay, you need to fill out this form. Put down the make and model of the vehicle, the year, and the color. You’ll also need the license plate number. Do you know the vehicle’sVIN number? Make and model and year of a car 汽车的牌子、型号和年份
License plate number：
车牌号
VIN number:车辆识别代码
Kenji: No, I don’t.
还可以用Conduct, carry out和investigation 搭配
recover：找回（失窃、遗失的物品）
In one piece：完整无损地，你说谁谁谁全身而退，毫发未损地回来也可以用in one piece
That’s a different story =that’s another story=那就是另外一回事了，那情况就不同了。
strip the cars of their parts：拆卸零件
hoof it: go on foot 步行
它被偷的时候停在哪里？
Kenji: It was parked outside of my apartment building. I went outside this morning to
drive to work, and it was gone.Drive to work: 开车去上班就这么说啊
路上（开车）小心是drive safe 或者drive carefully
你到底想说什么？ What are you driving at?
Officer: Okay, you need to fill out this form. Put down the make and model of the vehicle, the year, and the color. You’ll also need the license plate number. Do you know the vehicle’sVIN number? Make and model and year of a car 汽车的牌子、型号和年份
License plate number：
车牌号
VIN number:车辆识别代码
Kenji: No, I don’t.
Officer: That’s okay. Just fill it out and we’ll
launch an investigation.还可以用Conduct, carry out和investigation 搭配
Kenji: What do you think the chances are that I’ll
recovermy car?recover：找回（失窃、遗失的物品）
Officer: That’s hard to say. If it was stolen by some kids who wanted to take a
joyride, they’ll abandon it afterwards and you may get it back in one piece. If it was taken by professional car thieves, that’s a different story. They usually strip the cars of their parts and sell them to chop shops. You may not want your car back after it’s been stripped. Joyride：（驾驶偷来的汽车）乱兜风In one piece：完整无损地，你说谁谁谁全身而退，毫发未损地回来也可以用in one piece
That’s a different story =that’s another story=那就是另外一回事了，那情况就不同了。
strip the cars of their parts：拆卸零件
Kenji: I’ll just have to wish for the best.
Officer: We’ll notify you if we have some news.
Kenji: Thanks. In the meantime, I’d better get used
hoof it: go on foot 步行
Vincent’s story—fake market
On Sunday night, A friend treated us to dinner. During the dinner, Jack said he wanted to go to the Wushan night market. The foreigners in hz call it fake market. Cuz there are a lot of fake items for sale in the market. We got to there on foot and it wasn’t much a long walk. The market was crammed with young people looking for stylish but fake bargains. I chose a fake leather boss wallet, but the owner gave us an asking price of 120. I thought it was a rip-off. So we kept shopping around. But I really need to get a new wallet. We stopped at another stall. That girl classmate of mine picked up the same boss wallet, and started bargaining with the seller. She finally got it for 30. I knew she tried her best to bargain down the price for me. If I had done it on my own, I would have got it for 50 yuan. You know I’m an awful bargainer. I hate playing such a bargaining game with anyone.
9. FLEA MARKET
Warming up:
ESLPodcast 84 - Bargaining with a Seller
Definition: a market where old or used goods are sold
Phrase origin: sellers and buyers are active as fleas, or the goods for sale are infested with
Ask:
Are there flea markets in Hangzhou?
Have you been any one of them?
Do the sellers have an asking price(开价，索价)
Will you bargain for better prices? Are you a good bargainer?
Take a look at the picture, ask: What do you see here? What are those two women doing? Can you make a conversation between them?
Beth, you will be student A. Linda, you will be student B please write down your asking price for the first 5 items on the picture.
Now, Linda (Beth). Please choose 2 items you want to buy, and try to get them at best prices.
Write down the prices you bought the things for.
Now please add up the amount of money you made. Tell us your turnover for today.
10.WORD POWER
B Pair work
possible materials the things in part A are made of?
Polyester, rayon, artificial leather, nylon, synthetic fiber, titanium, platinum, denim, etc,
C Class activity
Ask which materials can you find in this classroom?
11.9CONVERSATION
A
1. what are they shopping for/
2. does Anne buy a leather jacket?
3. does Anne buy a wool jacket?
B.
1. what does Anne buy?
2. how does sue like it?
12. Grammar Focus
1. 一个音节的形容词+ er或者est，（但是以ed结尾的形容词用more and most. Julie is the most pleased ）
2. 两个音节的形容词，以辅音+y，要变成ier，iest；有些可以加er est或more most。如stupid, clever, common, cruel, 但是诸如respectful， useful， useless,careless等以ful，less结尾的，加more most， ing或者ed结尾的。
3. 三个音节或者更长的加more most
4. 以一个元音+一个福音结尾的双写辅音+er est，如bigger， fitter, thinner, wetter, sadder (not newer)
13.READING
1) do you like shopping?
2) How often do you go shopping?
3) Do you ever buy things on the internet? Which website do you use? What’s the advantages and disadvantages of shopping online?
Now please take look at the prereading questions and guess the answers. Skim the articles to check ur answers.
Homework:
1) workbook
2) take dictation of track 24
3) reading
One of the things I like to do on the weekends is go to garage sales. I’m a bargain hunter and collector, so garage sales are good places for me. I look in the newspapers or just follow homemade signs to find the sales in my neighborhood. Whether it’s because people are doing spring cleaning or getting ready to move, there are always plenty of sales in my area.
After going to a lot of garage sales, I’ve learned a few things about getting what I want at the price I want. Bargaining on price is par for the course at any garage sale. If you don’t want to get ripped off, you’ll try to get the sellers to lower their price. I’m an early bird and I usually get to the sales before other people to get the best items. But to get the best prices, be sure to go back right before the sale ends. Most people are desperate to sell so that they don’t have to store those things again or to lug them to a charity office to give them away. That’s when people are ready to slash their prices. It’s true that there is a lot of junk and knickknacks at garage sales. But one person’s trash is another person’s treasure!