口语情景对话：走遍美国精选 当仁不让 ACT 3 - 1口语情景对话：走遍美国精选 当仁不让 ACT 3 - 1【故事梗概】在Stewart家厨房里，Richard手握遥机。
他为Ellen拍摄了竞选演讲，并把他拍的片子送到当地的家用电器商店里去播放。
Ellen: …my sloganis I care.
I care about people, not things.
Vote for me, Ellen Stewart.
I care.
[to the family]How was it?
Richard: You were terrific!
Ellen: Can I see it?
Richard: Sure.
[He puts the tape in the VCR.
They see and hear parts of the tape again.
]Ellen: [on television ] Hello.
My name is Ellen Stewart, and I'm running for the open seat on the school board.
My slogan is I care.
What does the word care mean?
…I care about people, not things.
Vote for me, Ellen Stewart.
I care.
Philip: I like it, but now what?
How can we possibly get it on so Riverdale will see it and hear it?
Richard: Leave it to me.
[In the window of a local appliancestore.
All the television sets are playing Ellen's message.
]Ellen: [on television] …I mean that when I say I care.
I care about people, not things.
Vote for me, Ellen Stewart.
I care.
In the Stewarts' living room.
It is nighttime.
Richard enters from outside.
Marilyn: What happened?
Richard: Mom is now on television in every appliance store in Riverdale, except Hamlin's.
He's a Boswell voter.
Philip: That's a brilliantidea, Richard!
Grandpa: You inheritedyour father's brains.
Philip: We got our brains from you, Dad.
【语言点精讲】1.
He puts the tape in the VCR.
他把录像带放进录像机VCR: 录像机，是videocassette recorder的缩写。
2.
Leave it to me.
交给我吧。
交给我去办。
由我来处理(别人不需管了)。
3.
In the window of a local appliance store.
All the television sets are playing Ellen's message.
在当地一个家用电器商店里，店中所有的电视机都在播送埃伦的讲话。
appliance store: 家用电器商店。
4.
I mean that when I say I care.
当我说我关心的时候，这就是我的意思。
5.
Mom is now on television in every appliance store in Riverdale, except Hamlin's.
He's a Boswell voter.
遥里弗代尔的每一处家电商店的荧屏上都在播放妈妈的演讲，除了Hamlin的店，他们要遥支持Boswell的。
Hamlin's: 这里指的是 Hamlin's shop。
a Boswell voter: Boswell的支持者。
6.
That's a brilliant idea, Richard!
Richard，你这个主意很高明啊!
brilliant: 遥的，棒的。
相当于very clever, splendid.
7.
You inherited your father's brains.
你继承了遥爸的好脑筋。
inherit: 继承。
你能继承东西，如戒指或房子。
你也可继承一些个人特征，如蓝眼睛或音乐才能。
brain: 这个词既指脑遥，又指智力。
在后一意义上常用复数。
（编辑：薛琳）