在线英语发音词典走遍美国episode1文本+知识讲解

2021年1月19日发(作者：trampoline)
EPISODE 1
“46 Linden Street”

“
林登大街
46
号
”ACT
Ⅰ

On a ferryboat in New York Harbor. We can see the Statue of Liberty. Richard
Stewart, 30, is taking pictures.


Richard
：
Excuse me. 1 My name is 2 Richard Stewart

I'm a photographer3. May I 4
take a picture of you and your little boy?


Mrs. Vann
：
What's it for? 5


Richard
：
It's for a book.


Mrs. Vann
：
You're writing a book?


Richard
：
It's a book of pictures 6. I call it Family Album, U.S.A.


Mrs. Vann
：
Oh, that's a nice idea Well, it's fine if you take our picture. I'm Martha
vann. [She offers her hand.]7


Richard
：
Thank you. I appreciate your help. 8 [to the little boy]I'm 9 Richard. What's
your name?


Gerald
：
Gerald.


Richard
：
How old are you, Gerald?


Gerald
：
Five.


Richard
：
And where do you live?


Mrs. Vann
：
We live in

California10.


Richard
：
Well, welcome to New York.11 OK, just a second. 12 [He takes out a
reflector 13 to have more light for his photographs.] I'm almost ready here.


[Alexandra, a sixteen-year-old girl, is watching.]


Alexandra
：
Can I help you?


Richard
：
Oh, please. [He gives her the reflector to hold. Then he speaks to Mrs. Vann
and her son.] Hold Gerald's hand, please. Great! Now point14 to the buildings.
Terrific! 15 Give Mommy a kiss, 16 Gerald.

Nice! Thank you, Gerald. And

thank

you, Mrs. Vann.


Mrs. Vann
：
Oh, my pleasure 17 We'll be looking for your book.18


Richard
：
Thank you. ,19 Gerald.[to Alexandra]Thanks 20 again.


Alexandra
：
Oh, you're welcome 21.


Richard
：
Hey, 22 let me take your picture!


Alexandra
：
Wonderful.

Please.

Richard
：
Are you from New York?


Alexandra
：
No, I'm from Greece23. I'm an exchange student24.


Richard
：
When did you come here?


Alexandra
：
Three months ago.


Richard
：
Your English is very good.


Alexandra
：
Thanks. 25 I studied English in school. [They sit on a bench.]


Richard
：
Would you like some coffee?


Alexandra
：
No, thank you. Tell me about your book.


Richard
：
Oh, it's not finished yet, but I have some of the pictures. Would you like to
see them?


Alexandra
：
Yes. I'd like that.


Richard
：
Here they are. 26[He opens his bag and takes out a photo album27.]Family
Album,

U.S.A. It's an album of pictures of the United States
：
the cities, the special
places, and the people. [He shows her the photos.] And these are pictures of people
working
：
steelworkers, 28 bankers,29 police, street vendors, 30 ambulance drivers,31
doctors… Oh, this is my father. He's a doctor. This is my mother.

“It's an album of pictures of the United States.”

Alexandra
：
What's her name?


Richard
：
Ellen. My younger brother, Robbie. He goes to high school. This is my sister
Susan. She works for a toy32

company.


Here's my grandfather. He lives in
Florida. And this is my wife Marilyn.


Alexandra
：
Oh, she's very pretty.


Richard
：
Thanks. 33 And what about34 your family?


Alexandra
：
They are in Thessaloniki. That's a large city in northern Greece. But now
I'm living in the Bronx35.


Richard
：
With a Greek-American family?


Alexandra
：
No. Hispanic. 36

Richard
：
[He hears

a

foghorn.] Oh

no! It's

five thirty37. Will you excuse me? I
have to meet my wife.


Alexandra
：
It was nice meeting you.38


Richard
：
It was a pleasure meeting you,39 too. Thanks for your help. And good luck!
I've got to go. 40 By the way, 41 I'm Richard. What's your name?


Alexandra
：
Alexandra.


Richard
：
Bye-bye, Alexandra. Thanks.


Alexandra
：
Bye-bye. [Richard hurries off the boat.

Alexandra

sees that he forgot
one of his bags. She takes it and begins to follow him.] Richard! Richard! You left
your bag!

END OF ACT I





第一幕






1
．
Excuse me.
对不起，麻烦你。

Use this expression to get someone's attention.
这
是一个用于在与别人交谈时引起对方注意的惯用短语。


2
．
My name is…
我名叫
……
。

Use this phrase to introduce yourself.
自我介绍时
所用的短语。


3
．
photographer
：
A photographer's job is to take pictures with a camera.
摄影师。


4
．
May I…
＝
Can I…?
我可以
……
吗？
Use“May I” or“Can I” to ask for permission.
May is more polite than

can.
此短语用于征求对方许可时。


May I…?
等于
Can I…?
但前者比后者更为客气些。例如：
May I take a picture of
you and Yourlittle boy?
我可以为你和你的小男孩儿拍张照片吗？


5
．
What's it for?
（拍照片）做什么用？


6
．
pictures
：
photographs.
照片。


7
．
She offers her hand.
她（向对方）伸出手。


8
．
I appreciate your help. = Thank you for helping me.
谢谢你的帮助。


9
．
I'm…
我是
……
。

use I'm to introduce yourself.
这也是用于自我介绍的短语。


10
．
California
：（美）加利福尼亚州，简称加州。


11
．
Well, welcome to

New

York.
噢，欢迎你们到纽约来。


12
．
OK, just

a

second.
好，请稍等一下。


13
．
reflector
：反光板。


14
．
point
：
to use your finger to show direction.
指向，指着。


15
．
Terrific! If you say something is terrific, you mean that you are very pleased with
it or are very impressed by it. [
美俚
]
极妙，了不起的。


16
．
Give Mommy a kiss.
亲亲妈妈。


17
．
my pleasure
：别客气。

Use this expression after someone says Thank you.
这
是用来回敬别人说
“
谢谢
”
的惯用语。


18
．
We'll be looking for your book.
我们一定去买你的书。


19
．
bye, = Good-bye.
再见。


20
．
thanks
：
=Thank you.
谢谢。


21
．
You're welcome.
不用谢，别客气。

Use this expression after someone says
Thank you.
意思及用法同：
“My

pleasure”
。


22
．
Hey.
嘿！

This word shows that Richard has a new idea. It is a very informal word.
Richard
使用这个词表示他有了一个新的主意。这是一个在非正式场合用的词。


23
．
Greece
：希腊（欧洲）。


24
．
exchange student
：
An exchange student goes to school in a different country for a
short time and lives with a family in that country.
交换学生。