口语情景对话:一个真正的斯图尔特家的后代ACT 1 - 3ACT 1-3 没有中间名字【故事梗概】Susan找到了礼物的包装纸。 她走进了起居室。 Ellen和Grandpa 在包礼物的时候,Susan开始在她给Marilyn和Richard买的婴儿纪念册上填写一些信息。 Susan: Mom, got it. This will make a nice gift for Marilyn and Richard. They can keep a record of all of the important dates and information about Max's life here. Let's see. Name: Max Stewart. Does he have a middle name? Ellen: No, just Max. I like that. No middle name. No middle initial. Grandpa: Like me. I'm Malcolm Stewart. Just Malcolm Stewart. Susan: And Max has your initials, Grandpa: M. S. Ellen: Uh, it must mean something. Susan: Weight: eight pounds six ounces. Grandpa: Eight-six. Big boy! All the Stewart men were big. Ellen: Well, Robbie was eight pounds two ounces, and Richard was eight pounds three. Susan: And me? Ellen: Eight pounds six. You were big, just like Max. Susan: Eight pounds six, just like me. That's nice. Length. Length? Ellen: Richard says Max is twenty-one inches long. Susan: Twenty-one inches. Is that tall or average or what? Grandpa: Tall. 【语言点精讲】1. Mom, got it. got it: 找到了。 got it是I've got it的省略,这是口语中省略主语的用法。 2. This will make a nice gift for Marilyn and Richard. This will make a nice gift: 这是一件好礼物。 句中的make不是制作的意思,而是成为、构成的意思,属于非正式用法。 3. They can keep a record of all of the important dates and information about Max's life here. 他们可以在这里面记下Max生活中一切重要的日期和事情。 keep a record of: 为……作记录。 4. No middle name. No middle initial. 没有中间名字,也没有中间名字的遥个字母。 middle name: 中间名字。 美国人一般有 first name, middle name和 last name。 有的没有middle name。 first name也称given name, 是名。 last name也称 family name或 surname, 是姓氏。 middle name有时是母亲的姓氏,有时是为了纪念某位亲人而取的。 initial: 名字的遥个字母。 后面Susan说的And Max has your initials, Grandpa: M. S. 中的initials 是指姓和名的遥个字母的组合, 如Malcolm Stewart 的initials就是M. S. 5. Weight: eight pounds six ounces. --Eight-six. Big boy! weight: 重量。 eight pounds and six ounces: 8磅 6盎司, 约 4公斤。 美国人通常用英制计量单位。 虽然美国遥曾经积遥推广采用公制单位, 但人们还是习惯用英制单位。 科技和医药用公制单位。 Eight-six. : 等同于 Eight pounds six ounces(8磅 6盎司)。 讲重量时, 常常省略单位名称。 6. Length. length: 身高, 身长。 length 是形容词long的名词形式。 在谈婴儿时, 身长用length, 但在谈及年龄稍大的人或成年人时, 身高需用height。 7. Richard says Max is twenty-one inches long. twenty-one inches long: 21英寸(约53厘米)长。 表示长度或宽度时, 用be+ 数字+ 长度单位+形容词 long或 wide。 例如:The table is five inches long and four inches wide。 (编辑:薛琳)