She Was Not Amused
新概念英语第2册 · 第 63 课 · 中英文对照课文
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- Lesson 63第63课
- She Was Not Amused她并不觉得好笑
- Why did Jenny want to leave the wedding reception?为什么珍妮想离开婚礼现场呢?
- Jeremy Hampden has a large circle of friends and is very popular at parties.杰里米·汉普登拥有很多朋友,在聚会上非常受欢迎。
- Everybody admires him for his great sense of humour--everybody, that is, except his six-year-old daughter, Jenny.大家都很欣赏他的幽默感——当然,除了他六岁的女儿珍妮之外。
- Recently, one of Jeremy's closest friends asked him to make a speech at a wedding reception.最近,杰里米的一位密友请求他在一场婚礼招待会上发表演讲。
- This is the sort of thing that Jeremy loves.这正是杰里米喜欢做的事情。
- He prepared the speech carefully and went to the wedding with Jenny.他仔细准备了演讲稿,然后和珍妮一起参加了婚礼。
- He had included a large number of funny stories in the speech and, of course, it was a great success.他在演讲中穿插了许多有趣的故事,当然,这次演讲非常成功。
- As soon as he had finished Jenny told him she wanted to go home.他刚说完,珍妮就告诉他她想回家了。
- Jeremy was a little disappointed by this but he did as his daughter asked.杰里米对此感到有些失望,但他还是按照女儿的要求做了。
- On the way home, he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed the speech.在回家的路上,他问珍妮是否喜欢那场演讲。
- To his surprise she said she hadn't.令他惊讶的是,她说她并不喜欢。
- Jeremy asked her why this was so and she told him that she did not like to see so many people laughing at him!杰里米问她为什么,她告诉他她不喜欢看到那么多人嘲笑他!