赖世雄中级美语听课笔记Lesson10.docVIP

Lesson 10 What Are Friends For? Jane meets her old friend, Fred. J: Hi, Fred! Hows everything? F: Not so good, Im afraid. Supporting a family is becoming more and more difficult? ?these days. J: What you say cant be more true. Everything is so expensive. I can hardly make? ?ends meet myself. F: Oh, really? Do you need any money? What I have is not much, but I can loan? ?you some. J: Im OK. Thanks for being so thoughtful anyway. F: What are friends for? flatter 奉承?? flatterymeet with trouble 遇到麻烦?? meet sbThe chinaman presided over the meeting.meet you halfway 折衷Lets compromise 妥协? to reach a compromise招呼语 greeting：How are you?How have you been?How are you getting along?How is everything?polite behaviorPeter is afraid/scared/frightened of snakes.cockroach(es)? 蟑螂support a family 养家?? back you up 支持I couldnt care less. 不在乎hardly = almost notToday many city couples both have to work, or they cant make ends meet. 收支平衡We are in need of more parks in our city. =? We need morestingy 小气的get by 说的过去，混过 讲解： P: and also here, on page sixty-five there is a dialogue. And this is something that we are going to talk about. And notice this, we are here just to teach u or to help you with your English. ? B: and todays lesson--Lesson ten is called what are friends for? That is easy. To borrow money from. ? P: In Bruces dictionary, there is not such a word like lent. only borrow. B: Be careful. When I have no money. I have to borrow money from my good friend, Peter. Peter is a kind man at heart. So he lends me money. ? P: He is trying to flatter me. Flattering will not get you anywhere. Flattery will not get you anywhere. I will lend you some money. I will lend some money to you. Id like to borrow some money from you. ? P: Jane met her old friend, Fred. meet with He met with some difficulties. (遭遇) meet some difficulties meet some troubles We will have a meeting tomorrow. ? B: The chairman presided over the meeting. preside over主持 OK, I will