全新版大学英语课件Book2 Unit-3 generation gap.pptVIP

FATHER KNOWS BETTER (The lights fade to black and come up on the Center Stage area where FATHER and the three children are seated around the dining room table. MOTHER enters carrying a dish, which she sets on the table. FATHER quickly rises and pulls out her chair. She sits. The family starts eating dinner.) FATHER: I have a surprise for you, Diane. DIANE: (Knows it can’t be good.) You have... a surprise? MOTHER: Well, whatever it is, dear, don’t keep us in suspense. FATHER: Well, you know, Dan Lucas and I work together? keep in suspense: delay telling (sb.) what they are eager to know We’ve been kept in suspense waiting for the examination results. 观众的悬念一直持续到剧终。 The audience is kept in suspense to the very end of the play. break the suspense hold sb. in suspense 消除悬念 使某人处于悬念之中 be in suspense over 对……悬疑不安 Well, whatever it is, dear, don’t keep us in suspense. SEAN: (Whispering to HEIDI) Whatever would make you think that? MOTHER: Sean, dear. Heidi, sweetheart, don’t distract your father. SEAN and HEIDI: (Simultaneously) Sorry, Mom. FATHER: Now then. As I was saying, I know how much you like young Kyle. DIANE: Kyle’s father? MOTHER: Don’t interrupt, dear, your father is trying to tell you something. HEIDI: (Stage whisper to SEAN) Something Diane won’t want to know, I’ll bet. bet: 1)vi. be sure I bet it will snow tomorrow. I bet she was late for the meeting on purpose. Something Diane won’t want to know, I’ll bet. 2) v. risk (money) on the result of a future event I bet you $5 that they will win the next election. I bet on the wrong horse. It lost the race. bet: 1) vi. be sure Something Diane won’t want to know, I’ll bet. distract: vt. take (sb.’s attention) away from sth. esp. for a short time Don’t distract me from working. She was distracted by the noise outside. 玩电脑游戏有时让他写作业分心。 Playing computer games sometimes distracts him from his homework. Pattern: distract sb./sth. distract sb./sth