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.

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.

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