成寒教材研讀

> 1.      CD2
> I wondered if perhaps I'd offended him in some way, when he suddenly
> insisted on treating me to-glass of wine at the establishment down the
> street.
> * 請問是否漏掉了冠詞 a    a glass of wine

＊這裡沒有錯

　他本來要講別的，沒講完又想到這個，所以句子當然不完整

　您的標點符號打錯了，應該是長的 －
　標點符號意義大不同：長 － 或 短 -

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> 2.      CD3
> H: I've decided that a man does not live by bread alone
> M: Very well put.
> *請問 put 是指選擇或決定嗎?

＊Very well put: 非常精闢的見解

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> 3.      CD6
> C: May I come in?  I am Celeste Loyer
> M: Celeste Loyer?  Oh, Celeste!
> C: Yes.
> M: Of course, you may come in, mademoiselle.
> C: Thank you.
> M: However, aren't you afraid that you might be compromised?
> C: Oh, no, monsieur.  You are after all, a gentleman.
> *請問 compromised 這邊是指妙齡少女隻身前往男人的寓所，不怕被占便宜嗎?

＊您的理解是對的

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> 4.      CD7
> However, marriages are said to be made in heaven.
> *請教這句話的寓意?

＊天賜佳偶

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> 5.      CD8
> C: My father is a country physician.  He had a heart for all the
> world.  He took his fees in potatoes and pumpkins.  He died
> penniless.  I have no dowry.
> M: But these days, that's no longer the impediment it used to be.
> C: My poor mother has not been swamped with offers for my hand.
> *請問My poor mother has not been swamped with offers for my hand. 是指
> Celeste 乏人問津嗎?

＊您的理解是對的

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> 6.      CD10
> H: No, they're not really jewels, actually.  They are just
> imitations.  You know, rhinestones, fake pearls and paste diamonds,
> imitation gold and the like.  She loves to adorn herself in those
> things.
> M: What harm is there in that?
> H: None, I suppose.
> M: Then why do you object?
> H: I don't know.  Yes, I do.  It all creates a false note.
> *請問 It all creates a false note. 是指行為不得體的意思嗎?

＊create a false note: 造成一種錯覺

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> 7.      CD 12
> H: Please, Mons. De Maupassant, be at my side, because if that note is
> the truth, then someone must restrain me from committing an act that I
> shall regret for the rest of my life.
> *請問此處的 act，是指與Celeste 結婚之事嗎?

＊act: 行為
　這句話說的時候，他們早就結婚了（所以跟結婚之事無關）
　萬一丈夫抓到太太出軌，可能會當場失控，做出終生後悔的〔行為〕

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> 8.      CD 13
> Is it possible that the party might become just a little bit rough?
> You never know with these French love stories.  Well, she's either
> cheating on him or she isn't.  Or can there be a third possibility?
> One thing you can be cure of---there is a third act.
> *請問此處的 act，是指這齣廣播劇的第三幕嗎?

＊您的理解是對的（我的網路字典可查到，以後不要問很容易可查到的字）

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> 9.      CD 15
> M: But I never believed you.  I never trusted you.  I said to myself,
> "How can this girl, who's so filled with life, be satisfied with a
> quiet, exciting..."Well... well, he is a sticker in the mud, isn't he?
> C: Yes, monsieur.  But you see, he's my stick in the mud.
> M: Madame, you make me ashamed of my cynicism.
> C: Then, my good Guy de Maupassant, go forward from this day and sin
> no more!
> *請問此處的 sin no more 的意思是不要再憤世嫉俗，怨天尤人嗎？

＊這句話出自聖經約和福音：

　後來耶穌在殿里遇見他，對他說，你已經痊癒了。不要再犯罪。恐怕你遭遇的更加厲害。
　Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him,
Behold,
　thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.

　本來莫泊桑並不贊成這樁婚姻，他跟 Henry 講了一些年齡差距問題
　讓 Henry 打了退堂鼓
　現在 Celeste 親自上門跟他講道理，叫他 sin no more, 意指：你不要再說三道四
　破壞我的婚事

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> 10.     CD 19
> S: Good.  And now, sir, a little formality: have you proof that you
> are acting for Mons. Lontagne?  Has he given you a written
> authorization?
> *請問此處的have you proof that 等同於 Do you have proof that?

＊"have you proof that" 是超級常用的習慣用語

　至於您寫的代換，沒有跟您一模一樣的英文
　以後您要自己造句代換時，只要貼上 google, 看看有沒有人寫就知道了
　如果都沒有人寫，自己您一個人寫，那就是沒有人在用的英文