ACT 3-3 你看看窗外

【故事梗概】

面对美食，Richard建议马上开吃，但是Marilyn坚持要先给家里打个电话，问问儿子的情况。早饭后，天气放晴了。雨过天晴，云破日出，真是个完美的二度蜜月。

Richard: Let’s eat!

Marilyn: First I want to call home and check on your mother and the baby.

Richard: Honey, if there were any problems, she would call us.

Marilyn: She doesn’t know we’ve changed hotels.

Richard: You’re right. Of course.

Marilyn: [She goes to the telephone.] Hello, operator, I’d like to call Riverdale, New York.

[A little later.]

Richard: This food is heavenly, isn’t it?

Marilyn: This whole place is heavenly. Do you remember that old desk? Mrs. Montefiore told me that George Washington sat at that desk and wrote to his wife Martha.

Richard: What do you want to do after breakfast?

Marilyn: Why don’t we take a walk down to the river?

Richard: In the rain?

Marilyn: No. Look out the window. The sun is shining!

Richard: Now this is my idea of a good time!

[They hold hands across the table.]

【语言点精讲】

1. First I want to call home and check on your mother and the baby.

我先得给家里打电话，看看你母亲和小宝宝怎样了。

check on: 查核，查询。

2. Honey, if there were any problems, she would call us.

亲爱的，要是有事的话，她会打电话告诉我们的。

这句话是个虚拟的条件句。条件句中用were表示现在（或将来），主句中用would表示将来，意思是说这种情况发生的可能性很小

3. Hello, operator, I’d like to call Riverdale, New York.

你好，接线员，我要打电话到纽约的里弗代尔。

operator: （电话）接线员。

4. This food is heavenly, isn’t it?

这饭食真是太丰盛了，不是吗？

heavenly: 经过上帝之手，无比、极其美好的。

5. Mrs. Montefiore told me that George Washington sat at that desk and wrote to his wife Martha.

Montefiore夫人告诉过我George Washington曾坐在桌旁给他的夫人Martha写信呢。

George Washington: 乔治·华盛顿。美国第一任总统，任期自1789年至1797年。

6. Look out the window.

你看看窗外。更正规的说法应该是Look out of the window.