大學(xué)英語(yǔ)精讀文本第4冊(cè)Unit

大學(xué)英語(yǔ)精讀文本第4冊(cè)Unit7大學(xué)英語(yǔ)精讀文本第4冊(cè)Unit7大學(xué)英語(yǔ)精讀文本第4冊(cè)Unit7Unit7TextAyoungmanfindsitverydifficulttosaynotoawomanasaresulthegetsintotrouble。Therestauranttowhichhehasagreedtotakehisluncheondateisfartooexpensiveforhissmallpocketbook.How，then，willhebeabletoavoidtheembarrassingsituation？THELUNCHEONW。SomersetMaughamIcaughtsightofherattheplay,andinanswertoherbeckoningIwentoverduringtheintervalandsatdownbesideher.ItwaslongsinceIhadlastseenher，andifsomeonehadnotmentionedhernameIhardlythinkIwouldhaverecognisedher。Sheaddressedmebrightly."Well,it’smanyyearssincewefirstmet。Howtimedoesfly!We’renoneofusgettinganyyounger。DoyourememberthefirsttimeIsawyou?Youaskedmetoluncheon。”DidIremember?ItwastwentyyearsagoandIwaslivinginParis.IhadatinyapartmentintheLatinQuarteroverlookingacemetery，andIwasearningbarelyenoughmoneytokeepbodyandsoultogether.Shehadreadabookofmineandhadwrittentomeaboutit.Ianswered，thankingher，andpresentlyIreceivedfromheranotherlettersayingthatshewaspassingthroughParisandwouldliketohaveachatwithme；buthertimewaslimited,andtheonlyfreemomentshehadwasonthefollowingThursday；shewasspendingthemorningattheLuxembourgandwouldIgiveheralittleluncheonatFoyot’safterwards?Foyot'sisarestaurantatwhichtheFrenchsenatorseat,anditwassofarbeyondmymeansthatIhadnevereventhoughtofgoingthere.ButIwasflattered,andIwastooyoungtohavelearnedtosaynotoawoman。（Fewmen,Imayadd,learnthisuntiltheyaretoooldtomakeitofanyconsequencetoawomanwhattheysay.)Ihadeightfrancs（goldfrancs）tolastmetherestofthemonth,andamodestluncheonshouldnotcostmorethanfifteen.IfIcutoutcoffeeforthenexttwoweeksIcouldmanagewellenough。IansweredthatIwouldmeetmyfriend——bycorrespondence-—atFoyot'sonThursdayathalfpasttwelve。ShewasnotsoyoungasIexpectedandinappearanceimposingratherthanattractive,shewas,infact，awomanofforty（acharmingage，butnotonethatexcitesasuddenanddevastatingpassionatfirstsight)，andshegavemetheimpressionofhavingmoreteeth,whiteandlargeandeven，thanwerenecessaryforanypracticalpurpose。Shewastalkative,butsincesheseemedinclinedtotalkaboutmeIwaspreparedtobeanattentivelistener。Iwasstartledwhenthebilloffarewasbrought，forthepriceswereagreatdealhigherthanIhadanticipated.Butshereassuredme."Inevereatanythingforluncheon,"Shesaid。”O(jiān)h,don’tsaythat！"Iansweredgenerously.”Inevereatmorethanonething.Ithinkpeopleeatfartoomuchnowadays。Alittlefish,perhaps.Iwonderiftheyhaveanysalmon。Well,itwasearlyintheyearforsalmonanditwasnotonthebilloffare，butIaskedthewaiteriftherewasany.Yes,abeautifulsalmonhadjustcomein,itwasthefirsttheyhadhad。Iordereditformyguest。Thewaiteraskedherifshewouldhavesomethingwhileitwasbeingcooked。"No,"sheanswered,”Inevereatmorethanonething.Unlessyouhavealittlecaviare.Inevermindcaviare."Myheartsankalittle.IknewIcouldnotaffordcaviare，butIcouldnotverywelltellherthat.Itoldthewaiterbyallmeanstobringcaviare。FormyselfIchosethecheapestdishonthemenuandthatwasamuttonchop。"Ithinkyouareunwisetoeatmeat，"shesaid.”Idon'tknowhowyoucanexpecttoworkaftereatingheavythingslikechops.Idon’tbelieveinoverloadingmystomach."Thencamethequestionofdrink?！盜neverdrinkanythingforluncheon,"shesaid."NeitherdoI，”Iansweredpromptly."Exceptwhiterwine,”sheproceededasthoughIhadnotspoken."TheseFrenchwhitewinesaresolight。They’rewonderfulforthedigestion?！薄盬hatwouldyoulike?"Iasked,hospitablestill，butnotexactlyeffusive。Shegavemeabrightandamicableflashofherwhiteteeth?！盡ydoctorwon’tletmedrinkanythingbutchampagne?！盜fancyIturnedatriflepale。Iorderedhalfabottle.Imentionedcasuallythatmydoctorhadabsolutelyforbiddenmetodrinkchampagne.”Whatareyougoingtodrink，then？"”Water.”Sheatethecaviareandsheatethesalmon.Shetalkedgailyofartandliteratureandmusic。ButIwonderedwhatthebillwouldcometo.Whenmymuttonchoparrivedshetookmequiteseriouslytotask。"Iseethatyou'reinthehabitofeatingaheavyluncheon。I’msureit'samistake。Whydon'tyoufollowmyexampleandjusteatonething？I'msureyou'dfeeleversomuchbetterforit。""Iamonlygoingtoeatonething。"Isaid，asthewaitercameagainwiththebilloffare。Shewavedhimasidewithanairygesture."No,no，Inevereatanythingforluncheon。Justabite,Ineverwantmorethanthat,andIeatthatmoreasanexcuseforconversationthananythingelse。Icouldn’tpossiblyeatanythingmoreunlesstheyhadsomeofthosegiantasparagus。IshouldbesorrytoleavePariswithouthavingsomeofthem。"Myheartsank.Ihadseenthemintheshops，andIknewthattheywerehorriblyexpensive.Mymouthhadoftenwateredatthesightofthem。”Madamewantstoknowifyouhaveanyofthosegiantasparagus，"Iaskedthewaiter.Itriedwithallmymighttoowillhimtosayno。Ahappysmilespreadoverhisbroad，pries-likeface，andheassuredmethattheyhadsomesolarge，sosplendid,sotender,thatitwasamarvel.”I'mnotintheleasthungry,"myguestsighed，"butifyouinsistIdon'tmindhavingsomeasparagus."Iorderedthem。"Aren’tyougoingtohaveany？"”No，Inevereatasparagus?！薄盜knowtherearepeoplewhodon’tlikethem。Thefactis，youruinyourtastebyallthemeatyoueat。"Wewaitedfortheasparagustobecooked.Panicseizedme。ItwasnotaquestionnowhowmuchmoneyIshouldhaveleftoverfortherestofthemonth,butwhetherIhadenoughtopaythebill.Itwouldbeembarrassingtofindmyselftenfrancsshortandbeobligedtoborrowfrommyguest。Icouldnotbringmyselftodothat.IknewexactlyhowmuchIhad，andifthebillcametomoreImadeupmymindthatIwouldputmyhandinmypocketandwithadramaticcrystartupandsayithadbeenpicked。Ofcourse，itwouldbeawkwardifshehadnotmoneyenougheithertopaythebill.ThentheonlythingwouldbetoleavemywatchandsayIwouldcomebackandpaylater.Theasparagusappeared。Theywereenormous，juicy,andappetising。Iwatchedthewickedwomanthrustthemdownherthroatinlargemouthfuls,andinmypolitewayIspokeabouttheconditionofthedramaintheBalkans。Atlastthefinished?！盋offee？"Isaid.”Yes，justanice—creamandcoffee,”sheanswered.Iwaspastcaringnow，soIorderedcoffeeformyselfandanice—creamandcoffeeforher。"Youknow,there’sonethingIthoroughlybelievein，”shesaid,assheatetheice—cream。”O(jiān)neshouldalwaysgetupfromamealfeelingonecouldeatalittlemore.""Areyoustillhungry？"Iaskedfaintly.”O(jiān)h,no，I’mnothungry；yousee，Idon'teatluncheon.Ihaveacupofcoffeeinthemorningandthendinner,butInevereatmorethanonethingforluncheon.Iwasspeakingforyou.””O(jiān)h,Isee!"Thenaterriblethinghappened。Whilewewerewaitingforthecoffeetheheadwaiter，withaningratiatingsmileonhisfalseface,cameuptousbearingalargebasketfullofhugepeaches。Theyhadtheblushofaninnocentgirl；theyhadtherichtoneofanItalianlandscape。Butsurelypeacheswerenotinseasonthen？Lordknewwhattheycost。Iknewtoo——alittlelater,formyguest,goingonwithherconversation,absentmindedlytookone。"Yousee,you’vefilledyourstomachwithalotofmeat"——myonemiserablelittlechop——"andyoucan'teatanymore。ButI'vejusthadasnackandIshallenjoyapeach.”Thebillcame,andwhenIpaiditIfoundthatIhadonlyenoughforaquiteinadequatetip。HereyesrestedforaninstantonthethreefrancsIleftforthewaiter,andIknewthatshethoughtmemean。ButwhenIwalkedoutoftherestaurantIhadthewholemonthbeforemeandnotapennyinmypocket.”Followmyexample,”shesaidasweshookhands,"andnevereatmorethanonethingforluncheon。""I’lldobetterthanthat,”Iretorted。”I'lleatnothingfordinnertonight。""Humorist！”shecriedgaily,jumpingintoacab。"You’requiteahumorist!"ButIhavehadmyrevengeatlast.IdonotbelievethatIamavindictiveman,butwhentheimmortalgodstakeahandinmatteritispardonabletoobservetheresultwithcomplacency。Todaysheweighstwenty-onestone。NewWordsluncheonn。&vi。（formalwordfor)lunchbeckonvt。signalto（sb。)byamotionofthehandorhead向……招手或點(diǎn)頭示意apartmentn.asingleroom;(AmE）flatorasetofrooms房間；(美）一套公寓住房Latina.拉丁的n。拉丁文quartern.divisionofatown,esp.oneofaspecialclassofpeople（都市的）區(qū)，街overlookvt.haveaviewoffromabove;failtoseeornotice俯視；忽略presentlyad。soon；(AmE)atthepresenttime不久;（美）目前chatn。，vi。(have）afriendlyinformalconversation閑談，聊天senatorn.amemberofasenate參議員，上議員meansn.money，income，orwealth，esp。largeenoughtoaffordalloneneeds財(cái)富，資產(chǎn)francn。theunitofmoneyinFrance,Belgium.Switzerland,andsomeothercountries法郎modesta。notlargeinquantity,size，value，etc.不太大的；適度的imposinga.impressivebecauseofsize,appearance,ordignity儀表堂堂的；宏偉的attractivea。havingthepowertoattract;pleasing吸引人的；有魅力的charminga.verypleasing;fascinating有魅力的devastatinga。destructive；causingruin；sweepingeverythingbeforeit毀滅性的；壓倒一切的passionn。strongfeelingorenthusiasm，esp。ofloveoranger激情impressionn。印象talkativea。havingthehabitoftalkingagreatdeal;fondoftalking好說(shuō)話的；健談的inclineda.likely;tending(to）;encouraged有……傾向的attentivea。listeningcarefully;doingactstosatisfytheneedsofanother專注的;體貼的，殷勤的startlevt.giveashockofsurpriseto；causetomoveofjump使吃驚，使驚跳faren.food，esp.asprovidedatameal食物billoffarealistofdishes;menu菜單reassurevt。setaperson'smindatrest使安心generouslyad。withreadinesstogivemoney，help,kindness,etc?？犊兀蠓降豨enerousa。nowadaysad。atthepresenttime，nowsalmonn。鮭魚(yú)menun.alistofcoursesatamealorofdishesthatcanbeservedinarestaurant菜單muttonn.meatfromafullygrownsheep羊肉chopn.asmallpieceofmeatwithboneinit（連骨的）塊肉overloadvt.puttoolargealoadonorin;overburden使過(guò)載消化digestionn。消化hospitablea。generousinthetreatmentofaguest好客的effusivea.（offeelings，signsofpleasure，gratitude,etc。)pouringouttoofreely；toodemonstrativeoremotional熱情洋溢的；感情（過(guò)多)流露的amicablea.friendly；peacefulflashn.asudden,quickbrightlight；asuddendisplay閃爍；閃現(xiàn)champagnen。香檳灑fancyvt.suppose,imaginetriflen。athing，event，etc。oflittlevalueorimportance瑣事forbid（forbadeorforbad，forbidden）vt.command（sb。)nottodosth。;refusetoallow（sb.）tohave,use，enteretc.禁止gailyad.inahappyandjoyousmannerliteraturen。文學(xué)（作品)airya.light-hearted;affected輕盈的；做作的biten.piececutoffbybitingasparagusn.（sing.orpl。)蘆筍watervi。(oftheeyesormouth）fillwithwateryliquid,esp。tearsorsalivaMadamen。useasatitleofrespectforawoman(esp。aforeignmarriedwoman)夫人mightn。power,strength,forcewillvt.influenceorcompel,byexercisingthepowerofthemind以意志力使assurevt。tellfirmlyandwithconfidenceesp.withtheaimofremovingdoubt保證;使確信tendera。delicate;nothardordifficulttobitthrough柔弱的;柔嫩的marveln.awonderfulthing。sth.causinggreatsurprisesighvi。letoutadeepbreathslowlyandwithasound(indicatingsadness,tiredness，relief，etc.)嘆氣ruinvt.destroyorspoil（completely)毀滅n。aconditionofdestructionanddecaypanicn.sudden,uncontrollableterrororanxiety恐慌obligevt.compel;require,bind(sb。)byapromise,oath,etc。強(qiáng)迫，使不得不dramatica。ofdrama；suddenorexciting,likeaneventinastageplaypickvt.stealjuicya。havingalotofjuice多液汁的appetisinga。arousingorexcitingthedesireforfood引起食欲的,美味可口的wickeda.verybad，evil邪惡的thrustvt。pushsuddenlyorviolently;makeaforwardstokewithasword，knife，etc.猛推；刺,戳throatn.咽喉mouthfuln。asmuch(foodordrink）asfillsthemouthdraman。aplayforthetheatre，radioorTV;composition,presentationandperformanceofsuchplays戲劇headwaitern。amaninchargeofthewaitersinarestauranthotel,ordiningcaringratiatinga。makingoneselfverypleasanttosb。inordertogainfavour討好的，奉承的peachn。桃子blushn。reddeningoftheface,fromshameorconfusioninnocenta.(ofpeople)simple，notabletorecognizeevil;notguilty天真的；無(wú)罪的landscapen.awideviewofnaturalscenery；apictureofsuchascene風(fēng)景;風(fēng)景畫Lordn。God上帝，主snackn.asmall,usu。hurriedlyeatenmeal小吃instantn。amomentoftimemeana。ungenerous；unkind吝嗇的；刻薄的retortvt.makeaquick，angryandoftenamusinganswer反駁humoristn.apersonwhomakesjokesinspeechorwritinghumorn.幽默cabn.acarriageforpublichire；taxirevengen.報(bào)仇，報(bào)復(fù)vt。替……報(bào)仇vindictivea。unforgiving;havingorshowingadesireforrevengeimmortala。liv