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　　中英文本

　　A Failed Trip

　　失败的旅行

　　"The whole trip is up in the air right now!

　　"这个时候整个旅行还没定下来!

　　Mike is in the middle of fixing the roof, Davey is in the back playing with his buddies,

　　麦克正在修屋顶，戴维在后面和朋友们玩，

　　and little Megan never wanted to go in the first place!" mom complained to her friend, Betty.

　　而小梅甘根本就不想去!"母亲向她的朋友贝蒂抱怨道。

　　"I thought the trip was in the bag! Oh, Betty, I'm sorry.

　　"我还以为旅行已经确定下来了呢!噢，贝蒂，我很抱歉。

　　I know how much you were looking forward to going on a family vacation to Yellowstone.

　　我知道你是如何想和家人一起去黄石公园度假。

　　Any chance you can try again in the near future?"

　　近期你还有再试的机会吗?"

　　"Who knows? In the course of living with this family anything can happen.

　　"谁知道呢?和这家人住在一起的时候，任何事情都有可能发生。

　　In the meantime I've learned to be ready for anything to fall through. I'll be fine in the long run!"

　　我同时也学会了随时接受计划告吹。从长远来看我会没事的!"

　　"At least you'll get to watch ER! Betty said, trying to encourage mom.

　　"至少你可以看《急诊室》!"贝蒂鼓励母亲说。

　　"I read that it's going to be about how the whole hospital staff is in the midst of dying from a virus

　　"我从报纸上看到这是一出关于一家医院全体医护人员的故事。

　　when Dr. Carter discovers a cure in the nick of time!

　　他们正要死于一种病毒，这时卡特医生在关键时刻找到了一种治疗办法!

　　He becomes a national television hero in the light of his discovery!"

　　由于他的发现，他成了全国的电视英雄!"

　　"That should be fim!" mom replied. "I can watch it in the back like usual.

　　"那一定很有意思!"母亲回答说。"我可以像平时一样在后面看。

　　The kids always have to watch The Simpson on the big TV when ER is on!"

　　播《急 诊室》的时候孩子们总是要在大电视上看《辛普森一家》!"

　　But mom was in the dark about what was really going on.

　　但是母亲不知道到底会演什么。

　　When she got up off the phone she looked around. Where was everyone? She asked herself.

　　她放下电话站起来的时候四处张望了一下。一个个都去哪儿啦?她问自己。

　　Then she looked in the front yard and they were all sitting in the car, ready to go and waiting for her.

　　然后她看了看前院，他们早已坐在车里准备走了，这时正在等她哩!

　　"Surprise!!!" They all yelled. In the context of that surprise, mom was happier than ever.

　　"惊喜!!!"他们齐声喊道。在这种吃惊的情况下，母亲高兴极了。

　　In the case of Betty, she was in on the whole thing. Her job was to distract mom while the family got the car packed!

　　至于贝蒂，她参与了整件事情。她的工作是在全家打点行装的时候转移母亲的注意力!

　　重点讲解

　　1.in the air 在空中，(计划、问题等) 悬搁中，未决定

　　例句：He narrowly escaped in the air crash.

　　他险些在飞机失事中遇难。

　　2.in the back 在后面

　　例句：The tall one in the back is a comic genius.

　　站在后面的那个高个男生是个喜剧天才。

　　3.in the dark 在暗处，不知道，蒙在鼓里，秘密地，暗中

　　例句：We lost the way in the dark.

　　我们在黑暗中迷路。

　　4.in the case of 至于…，就…来说

　　例句：In the case of Hawking, it was for overcoming disability to push the boundaries of science.

　　至于霍金这位获奖人，那是因为他战胜了残疾，扩展了科学的疆土。

　　5.in the context of 在…的环境(背景)下

　　例句：In the context of this book, a debug monitor.

　　在这本书的上下文中，是指调试监视器。

　　6.in the course of 在…过程中，在…期间

　　例句：In the course of beatings, the guards broke all his teeth, leaving him toothless for four years.

　　他在被打的过程中，守卫打碎了他所有的牙，他的牙齿四年来都没有长出来。

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