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《英語輕鬆學》學好中級口語 #Lesson 09:A Fish Out of Water 如魚離水

A Fish Out of Water
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 中級口語 

搭配筆記聆聽短文 Listen to the text with the help of the notes given

senior 高年級生
freshman 一年級生
take things step by step 一步一步慢慢來
learn one’s lesson (某人)記取教訓
You don’t have to ask me twice! 我十分贊成!

 

再次聆聽並回答問題 Listen again and answer the questions below

enlightenedQuestions for discussion:

  1. Did the boy perform well in the basketball game?

  2. What did the woman forget to bring to the supermarket?

  3. What does the woman suggest in the end?

 


實用會話 Dialogue

 A  How was the basketball game, Eric?
 B  Not good, Mom. I asked to play in the game for seniors.
 A  But you’re only 15 years old.
 B  I know. But I’m the best player on the freshman team, so I thought I would be OK.
 A  What happened?
 B  No sooner had I started playing than I knew I had made a mistake. I was too young and too small. I was no match for those older boys. I felt like a fish out of water.
 A  You should stick to the freshman team and take things step by step.
 B  I’ve learned my lesson, Mom. How was your day?
 A  I went grocery shopping, but I forgot my purse. No sooner had I arrived at the supermarket than I realized I couldn’t pay for anything!
 B  So neither of us has had a successful day, then!
 A  As we’ve got no groceries, how about we go out for pizza?
 B  You don’t have to ask me twice!

 A  艾瑞克,籃球比賽打得怎麼樣呢?
 B  不太順利,老媽。我要求加入高年級組的比賽。
 A  但你才十五歲而已。
 B  我知道。但我是一年級隊伍中最棒的球員,所以我當時認為沒問題。
 A  發生了什麼事呢?

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單字片語整理

Words in Use
game
[gem]
n. 遊戲;比賽;(比賽中的)一局
a baseball game
棒球比賽
senior
[ˋsinjɚ]
n. 大四學生;年長者
a. 地位較高的
freshman
[ˋfrɛʃmən]
n. 大一學生;高一學生
learn
[lɝn]
vt. & vi. 學習;得知
grocery
[ˋgrosərɪ]
n. 食品雜貨(常用複數)
twice
[twaɪs]
adv. 兩次;兩倍
environment
[ɪnˋvaɪrənmənt]
n. 環境
although
[ɔlˋðo]
conj. 雖然
golf
[gɑlf]
n. 高爾夫球運動
vi. 打高爾夫球
duck
[dʌk]
n. 鴨子
vt. & vi. (突然)低頭 / 彎腰(以躲避……)
happened
[ˋhæpənd]
happen的動詞過去式、過去分詞
Practical Phrases
stick to sth
 黏住某事物;堅守某事物

The toffee stuck to the roof of Tony’s mouth.
太妃糖黏在湯尼的上顎上。

Stick to the rules, or you’ll be punished.
堅守這些規定,否則你會受到懲罰。

step by step
 逐步地

Can you show me how to do it step by step?
你可以逐步教我要怎麼做嗎?

learn one’s lesson
 學到教訓

I hope you’ve learned your lesson and won’t cheat again!
我希望你已經得到教訓不會再作弊了!

Tom learned his lesson and will never lie again.

湯姆學到教訓,再也不會說謊了。

a grocery store
 雜貨店
You don’t have to ask me twice!
 我十分贊成!(於口語中 使用時,表示說話者相當樂意接受對方的提議、邀約等)
feel like + N/V-ing
 想要做……
= would like to

I feel like seeing a movie tonight.
我今晚去看場電影。

Do you feel like going to the movies tonight?
你今晚看電影嗎?

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