Part 1: English Article: Topic:
Giving up Smoking 戒烟
A:Would you like a cigarette?
Trans:抽烟吗?
B: No, thanks. I’ve decided to give up smoking(Give up doing sth)
Trans:不,谢谢。我已经决定戒烟了。
A: Really? Why?
Trans:真的吗?为什么?
B: Well, it’s just that I think if I don’t enjoy doing something any more, you should stop doing it.
Trans:嗯,因为我觉得如果你不再喜欢干什么事情的话,你就不要做好了
A: I see. You mean you don’t enjoy smoking any more?
Trans:你意思是说你不再喜欢抽烟了?
B: That’s right. You should give it up, too. It’s bad for your health.
Trans:对阿,你也应该戒掉,吸烟对你的身体不好
A: Stop talking like my mother. That’s what she keeps saying.
Trans:别又像我妈妈似的,她总这样说
B: But it’s true. It’s a nasty habit. I can’t think why I ever started. Anyway, it’s obviously got you in its grip
Trans:可我说的是真的,抽烟是个坏习惯,我都想不明白我开始是怎么吸上的。反正它把你控制住了
A:What do you mean? What are you talking about?
Trans:你是什么意思?你在说什么啊?
B: I mean you couldn’t give it up.
Trans:我是说你戒不掉
A: Who? Me? Couldn’t give up smoking? Nonsense! Of course I could! I know I could.
Trans:谁?
我?不能戒烟?胡说,我当然知道我能戒掉
B: How do you know?
Trans:你怎么知道?
A: Because I’ve already proved it . Smoking’s the easiest thing in the world to give up. I’ve done it hundreds of times!
Trans:因为我已经证明过了。吸烟是世界上最容易戒掉的东西。我都戒了好多次了! Part 2: English call- board:
过去完成时
1) 概念:表示过去的过去;其构成是had +过去分词构成。
2) 用法
a. 在told, said, knew, heard, thought等动词后的宾语从句
She said (that) she had never been to Paris.
b. 状语从句
在过去不同时间发生的两个动作中,发生在先,用过去完成时;发生在后,用一般过去时。
When the police arrived, the thieves had run away.
c. 表示意向的动词,如hope, wish, expect, think, intend, mean, suppose等,用过去完成时表示"原本…,未能…"