1. Both the speakers are studying history at the University of California. 两位演讲者在加州大学学习历史。
2. Ann Roylor works for a children’s magazine and she is interested in child education.
安为儿童杂志工作并且她对儿童教育感兴趣。
3. Excuse me, is this seat taken? 打扰一下,请问这里有人 坐吗?
4. Nice day, isn’t it? 好天气,不是吗?
5. But I do know that it is difficult for us to find a person to be a joyful or peaceful one
但是我的确知道我们很难发现一个人是快乐或平静。
6. I am not telling you to spend too much energy making others happy or pretend to be friendly.
我并没让你花太多的精力去使别人快乐,或是假装友好。
7. You should treat them not only with kindness and respect, but also with a smile and eye contact. 你就不仅应该以友善和尊重对待他们,而且要有微笑和视觉的接触。
8. When you smile at a person, you are doing your best to show your kindness to him.
当你对某人微笑时,你在尽自己最大的努力向他表示你的友善。
9. The eyes are the window of the heart? 眼睛是心灵之窗吗?
10. Let’s make friends, shall we? 让我们交个朋友,好吗?
11. It may seem hard to do these at first. 也许一开始做这些有点.难。
12. As long as you try it, you will find some nice changes in yourself.
但只要你努力去尝试,你就会发现自身会产生一些可喜的变化。
13. When you give your warm hands to them, you’ll find how frie ndly and thankful they are.
当你向他们伸出温暖之手时,你会发现他们是多么的友好和怀有感激之情。
14. You may feel you don’t know what to say when you first meet people.
也许你会有这样的感觉:当你第一次和别人见面时不知道说些什么。
15. It’s easy to talk about the weather, your pets, your school lessons, and especially your hobbies.
很简单,说说天气,你的宠物,你学校的课程,特别是你的爱好。
16. Remember to be a good talker as well as a good listener.
要记住当一个好的说话者的同时也要当一个好的聆听者。
17. Good luck to you and have a good time with your new friends!
祝你好运!也祝你和你的新朋友在一起开开心心的。
五、重点知识讲解:
1. Do you often notice that many of us have little eye contact with strangers? Are we afraid of them? What keeps us from opening our hearts to strangers?
2. Actually, I don’t know the answers to these questions myself, but I do know that it is difficult for us to find a person to be a joyful or peaceful one if he always walks with his head down or looks away from other people.
4)it is difficult for us to find a person to be a joyful or peaceful one
我们很难发现这个人是快乐或平静
5) joyful
a joyful event 喜事
a joyful heart 愉快的心情, 欢心
a joyful look 高兴的样子
a joyful news 喜讯
joyful atmosphere 欢乐气氛
3. I am not telling you to spend too much energy making others happy or pretend to be friendly. I think if you hope to make friends with ot hers, you should treat them not only with kindness and respect, but also with a smile and eye contact. When you smile at a person, you are doing your best to show your kindness to him. Do you know that the eyes are the window of the heart? When you raise your head and look into his eyes, you are saying: “Hello, let’s make friends, shall we?”
2) spend too much energy making others happy 花太多的精力去使别人快乐
3)pretend to be friendly 假装友好
pretend not to hear 假装没听见
pretend ignorance 假装不知道
pretend to be asleep 假装睡觉
He does not pretend to be a genius.
他并不自命为天才。
4) hope to make friends with others 希望和别人交朋友
5) not only …but also 不但……而且
例句:
He not only easily accepts other people’s opinions, but he is also patient.
She not only sings beautifully but also dances wonderfully.
6)smile at sb. 冲某人微笑
7) do one’s best to do sth. 尽最大努力做某事
8) show sth. to sb. 向某人展示……
9) the window of the heart 心灵之窗
10) raise your head 抬起头
11) look into 窥视, 浏览, 观察
look into a mirror 照镜子
look into the distance 眺望远方
look into the population problem 调查人口问题
look into sb.’s background 调查某人的背景情况
12) Let’s make friends, shall we? 让我们交个朋友,好吗?
典型例题:完成下列反意疑问句:
① Let’s go swimming, ________?
② Let us clean the classroom, ________?
③ Please open the window, ___________?
④ Don’t run around the classroom, ___________?
4. It may seem hard to do these at first. As long as you try it, you will find some nice changes in yourself. You will begin to see that most people are just like you — they have families, friends, troubles, likes, and dislikes as well as fears. When you give your warm hands to them, you’ll find how friendly and thankful they are.
3)how friendly and thankful they are 他们是多么的友好和怀有感激之情
4)as long as 只要,如果
例如:
As long as it doesn’t rain we can play outside.
You can go to play with your friends as long as you promise to be back at eleven o’clock.
5. You may feel you don’t know what to say when you first meet people. It’s easy to talk about the weather, your pets, your school lessons, and especially your hobbies, but remember to be a good talker as well as a good listener.