高级英语第二册期末复习资料
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高级英语第二册期末复习资料
L 3Pub Talk and the King’s English
About the Title
1) What is King's English
The King’s English---this term is generally regarded by
most people as referring to standard /correct English as to
grammar and pronunciation. . good English which everyone
should try to imitate. When the ruling monarch (['m?n?k]) is a
queen, it is called “the Queen’s English”.
2) How do you think of the title
The title of this piece is not very aptly chosen. It misleads the
readers into thinking that the writer is going to demonstrate
some intrinsic (本质的,内在的) or linguistic relationship between
pub talk and the kings’English. Whereas the writer, in reality, is
just discussing on what makes good conversation. He feels that
bar conversation in the pub has a charm of its own.
A bet ter title would be “The Art of Good Conversation” or
“The Charms of Conversation”.
1. Conversation is the most … human activities: More than
any other human activities, conversation helps to promote an
agreeable, pleasant and informal relationship among people.
2. And it is an activity only of humans: And conversation is
an activity which is found only among human beings. (Animals
and birds are not capable of conversation.)
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3. However i ntricate …name of conversation: No matter how
complicated the manner in which animals make known their
intentions to each other, they do not go in for any activity which
might rightly be called conversation. 4. The charm of conversation … or just glow: Conversation
does not need a special topic to start a conversation. Anything
may start a good conversation. And once started no one knows
how or where it will end. That’s why conversation is delightful
and charming. (Here a mixed metaphor is used)
*meanders or leaps: (like a stream) flow placidly and
aimlessly or flow swiftly and joyously onwards
*sparkles or just glows: (like fire) to burn steadily without
flame or to burn brightly throwing off sparks
5. The enemy good conversation… sth to say: Good
conversation is generally spoilt by people who think they have a
lot of important things to say.
6. Conversation is not for making a point: Conversation is not
for persuading others to accept our ideas or point of view.
7. There is no winning in conversation: In a conversation one
doesn’t try to prove oneself right and the others wrong. We
may argue but we needn’t try to convince others that they are
wrong and we are right.
8. In fact, the best conversationalists…to lose:In fact, a person
who really enjoys and is skilled at conversation will not argue to
win or force others to accept his point of views.
9. They are ready to let it go: They are ready to give up the
opportunity to tell one of their best anecdotes because the
conversation has moved on to other subjects.
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10. Per haps it is because … of its own: Perhaps it is because
I have spent so much of my time in English pubs that I think bar
conversation has a special charm.
11. Bar friends are not… other’s lives: People who meet each
other for a drink in the bar of a pub are not intimate friends for they are not deeply absorbed in each other’s lives.
fact that their marriages… not a concern: It is not a matter of
interest or importance if their marriages are breaking up, or their
love affairs have been broken or they are just in a bad temper or
grouchy (不高兴的) for the day.
*on the rock: to be in a condition of ruin [metaphor]
comparing a marriage to a ship wretched on the rocks
*get up on the wrong side of the bed: (idiomatic expression)
be in a bad temper for the day
13. They are like musketeers … and feelings:Bar friends, like
the three musketeers in Dumas’ novel, do not probe into each
other’s lives nor do they try to find out the inmost thoughts and
feelings of their drinking companions. *musketeers:[allusion]
from Dumas the senior
14. the conversation move desultorily… there was a focus:
The conversation moved along aimlessly without a focal subject.
They talked about the most common things and also made some
remarks about the planet Jupiter. Then suddenly a magical
transformation took place and there was a focal subject to talk
about.
15. The glow of the conversation burst into flames: The
conversation became spirited (生机勃勃的) and exciting.
[metaphor] Conversation is compared to a fire.
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16. That would settle it:By looking up reference books one
could settle the right or wrong of an argument.
17. it could still go ignorantly on:The conversation could go
on without anyone knowing who was right or wrong.
18. It was an Australian who…descendants of convicts:When
the speaker explained that the definition was given to her by an