高级英语pubtalkandthekingsenglish中英笔记.pdf

L3. Pub Talk and the King’s English(酒吧闲谈与标准英语) Henry Fairlie (亨利·费尔利) 1. Conversation is the most sociable of all human activities. And it is an activity only of humans. However intricate the way in which animals communicate with each other, they do not indulge in anything that deserves the name of conversation. 人类的一切活动中，闲谈是最具交际性的 sociable （主题句），也 是人类特有的。而动物之间的信息交流，无论其方式何等复杂 intricate，也是称不上交际的。 1. And it is an activity only of humans. (para1) 并且它是人类特 有的一种活动。 And conversation is an activity which is found only among human being ． Sociable [ˈsoʊʃ bl] adj.随和的，好交际的，友善的 friendly or agreeable,eapecially in an easy,informal way(用书） intricate (adj) : hard to follow or understand because full of puzzling parts ，details，or relationships 错综复杂的；难以理解的，难懂 的 Indulge: 任凭自己沉溺于…… ；耽于to allow yourself to have or do sth that you like,eapecially sth that is considered bad for you indulge in sth, indulge yourself. 例： Women do not indulge in to the same extent as men. deserve: 值得；应得 2. The charm of conversation is that it does not really start from anywhere, and no one has any idea where it will go as it 1 meanders or leaps and sparkles or just glows. The enemy of good conversation is the person who has “something to say.” Conversation is not for making a point. Argument may often be a part of it, but the purpose of the argument is not to convince. There is no winning in conversation. In fact, the best conversationalists are those who are prepared to lose. Suddenly they see the moment for one of their best anecdotes, but in a flash the conversation has moved on and the opportun