Unit 4 Pygmalion Section Ⅳ Learning about Language &；Using Language [原文呈现][读文清障]Act Two, Scene Ⅰ MAKING THE BET①Itis 11 aminHenryHiggins' housethenextday. HenryHigginsandColonelPickeringaresittingdeepin ② conversation ③.H ： Do you want to hear any more sounds?CP ： No, thank you. I rather fancied myself④ because I can pronounce twentyfour distinct vowel⑤ sounds; but your one hundred and thirty beat me. I can't distinguish⑥ most of them.H ： (laughing) Well, that comes with practice.ThereisaknockandMrsPearce⑦ (MP), thehousekeeper⑧ ， comesinwithcookies⑨ ， ateapot⑩， somecream⑪andtwocups.MP ： (hesitating) A young girl is asking to see you.H：A young girl! What does she want?MP：Well, she's quite a common kind of girl with dirty nails⑫. I thought perhaps you wanted her to talk into your machines.H：Why⑬？ Has she got an interesting accent? We'll see. Show her in⑭ ， Mrs Pearce.MP：(onlyhalfresigned⑮toit) Very well, sir. (goesdownstairs)H：This is a bit⑯ of luck. I'll show ①bet n．&vt.打赌②deep in 专心于；深陷；全神贯注③deep in conversation 是形容词短语，在句中作伴随状语。④fancy oneself 自负；自命不凡⑤vowel/'val/ʊən.元音；元音字母⑥distinguish vt.&vi.显示……的差别；使……有所不同；辨别⑦Pearce/'pI s/ə皮尔斯(姓)⑧the housekeeper 是 Mrs Pearce 的同位语。⑨cookie/'k kI/ʊn.饼干⑩teapot/'ti p t/ː ɒn.茶壶⑪cream/kri m/ːn.奶油；面霜⑫nail/neIl/n.指甲；钉子⑬ 此处 why 用作感叹词，表示惊奇或出乎意料，可译为“怎么了”“怎么”“啊唷”等。⑭show ... in 带或领……进来⑮resign vt.使顺从；安于现状⑯a bit 有点儿；稍微⑰make records 录音⑱wax/wæks/n.蜡；蜜蜡 vt.上蜡⑲disk/dIsk/n.磁盘⑳ 现 在 分 词 短 语 following Mrs Pearce 作状语，表示方式或伴随。○shabby/' æbI/ʃadj.破旧的；寒酸的○curtsy/'ktsI/ɜːvi. (also curtsey)行屈膝礼 n．(女子行的)屈膝礼you how...
