Section 3 Advanced 高级飞跃
万用表达一览
□How come？ 怎么会？为什么？
□grow out of 改掉（……的习惯）, （觉得不再适合或失去兴趣而）不再做……
□kidding 开玩笑
□keep reading 一直在读
□into my teens 到了十几岁
□Come to think of it 想起……
□first editions 初版，第一版本
□I must admit 我必须承认，我必须说实话
□I'm a little embarrassed 有点尴尬，有点不好意思
□What was I thinking？ 我真不知当时我是怎么想的？/ 我当时怎么搞的？
万用表达详解
1. How come?
释 Why？怎么会？为什么？
例 Jenny: How come you're not coming back?珍妮：你为什么不回来了呢？
Tom: I'm bored there. I'm transferring to another school.
汤姆：我在那里感到很无聊，我要转学了。
2. grow out of
释 grow up and lose interest in 改掉（……的习惯）, （觉得不再适合或失去兴趣而）不再做……
例 I grew out of reading that stuff a long time ago.
我很久之前就不再读那类东西了。
3. kidding
释 joking 开玩笑
例 I'm just kidding. You didn't fail your test.我只是开玩笑而已，你考试并没有不及格。
4. keep reading
释 continue to read 一直在读
例 I just keep reading English because I have no idea what's coming up in the English test. I just want to be prepared for anything.
我刚才一直在读英语，因为我不知道英语考什么题，我只是想做好一切准备。
5. into my teens
释 into my teenage years 到了十几岁
例 I watched sci-fi movies into my teens until I grew out of them.我看科幻电影看到十三四岁，再大一点，就不再看了。
6. Come to think of it
释 Now that I consider it 想起……
例 Come to think of it, I do know how it works.想一想，我的确知道它是怎么运作的。
7. first editions
释 first prints of a book/publication 初版，第一版本
例 First editions of Dickens are priceless.
狄更斯的初版作品是无价之宝。
8. I must admit
释 I have to tell the truth 我必须承认，我必须说实话
例 I must admit, I was taken in by the false advertising.
我必须承认，我被虚假广告蒙骗了。
9. I'm a little embarrassed
释 I'm a little uncomfortable 有点尴尬，有点不好意思
例 I'm a little embarrassed to say the least. I really don't want it to get out that I collect kites.
至少，我有点不好意思。我真的不想让别人知道我在收藏风筝。10. What was I thinking?
释 What was going through my mind? /What was going through my head？我真不知当时我是怎么想的？/我当时怎么搞的？
例 Of course this is how it goes. I know that. What was I thinking?应该就是这样子的，我现在明白了。当时我究竟是怎么想的？
实用对话场景
Jenny: Well, reading comics is not only fun. It's a serious hobby for many people.
Tom:How come?
Jenny:Some people never grow out of reading comics.
Tom:You're kidding,right?I thought comics were for babies.
Jenny: Some are. Some aren't. I remember reading comics in the newspaper when I was 5,I kept reading comics into my teens.
Tom:Come to think of it,some people have valuable collections of comics.
Jenny:And if they're first editions,they're sometimes quite valuable. Tom:I must admit,I do watch cartoons.
Jenny:Tom&Jerry?
Tom:Yes.I'm a little embarrassed.Please don't tell anyone.
Jenny: Actually, I think those characters are quite clever and interesting. You know, cartoons can often express things better than movies. Characters in cartoons and comics can do things that real people can't. That's why they're so popular with all age groups.
Tom: Wow, I feel much better about watching cartoons and reading comics now.
Jenny: You mean watching anime and reading graphic novels, don't you? That's what teenagers do.
Tom:Right!Of course!Anime and graphic novels.What was I thinking? Cartoons and comics are for babies.
珍妮：看漫画不仅仅是一种乐趣，还是许多人的业余爱好。
汤姆：何以见得？
珍妮：有些人从未戒掉看漫画的习惯。
汤姆：你在开玩笑吧？我以为只有小孩才看漫画呢。
珍妮：有些漫画是给小孩子看的，有些则不是。我记得我五岁开始看报纸上的漫画，一直到我十几岁。
汤姆：回想一下，有些人有珍贵的漫画收藏品。
珍妮：而且如果是第一版本，往往是相当有价值的。
汤姆：我必须承认这一点，我也看卡通片的。
珍妮：《猫和老鼠》？
汤姆：是的，我有点不好意思，请不要告诉别人。
珍妮：其实，我认为它们很聪明也很有趣。卡通片的表达力往往比电影更强。卡通片和漫画中的人物可以做现实中的人做不到的事情，这就是它们备受各个年龄段读者青睐的原因。
汤姆：哇，这么一说我觉得看卡通片和漫画书其实也是件不错的事啊！
珍妮：你应该是指看动漫和成人漫画书吧？青少年都在看！
汤姆：没错！当然是日本动漫和成人漫画书！看我之前想到哪里去了！只有小孩才看卡通和漫画书。
跨文化交际小常识
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