Unit 18 The necklace

Does that matter? Can't you just wear a flower instead?

這有什么要緊？難道不可以就戴朵花嗎？

Unit 18 The necklace

No, I couldn't do that. Everybody else will be wearing jewellery. I can't be the only woman who isn't wearing jewellery.

不，我不能戴花。別的人都戴首飾，唯有我一個人不戴首飾，這怎么能行呢？

Unit 18 The necklace

Why don't you borrow some? Do you have a friend who might lend you some?

那為什么不去借點首飾呢？你有沒有朋友可以借給你首飾呢？

Unit 18 The necklace

Let me think. Maybe I could ask Jeanne. She married a man with a lot of money. I'll go and see her on Friday after I get the new dress.

我想想看。或許我可以去問問讓娜。她嫁給了一位很有錢的男人。等我買好新衣服，星期五就去看她。

Unit 18 The necklace

So I called on you and asked if I could borrow some jewellery. Do you remember now?

于是我去看望你，問你可不可以借給我一些首飾。現在想起來了吧。

Unit 18 The necklace

Yes, I remember.

我想起來了。

Unit 18 The necklace

You were very kind. You brought out all your jewellery and you told me I could take anything I wanted. There were so many beautiful things that it was hard to choose. And then I saw a lovely diamond necklace with a big blue stone in the centre.

你太好了。當時你把所有的珠寶首飾全都拿了出來，而且說，我要什么就可以拿什么。漂亮的首飾太多了，實在難挑選。后來我終于看中了一條美麗的鉆石項鏈，中間還嵌著一顆大藍寶石。

Unit 18 The necklace

I remember. You tried it on and it looked wonderful on you. I'm sure you looked beautiful that evening. You were always a pretty girl.

我想起來了。你還把項鏈戴上試了試，戴在你身上真是太好看了。我相信那天晚上你一定很美。你總是那么漂亮。

Unit 18 The necklace

Perhaps in those days I was. Pierre and I did have a very good time at the ball. But that was the last moment of happiness in our lives. That night everything changed.

那時候，我也許是個漂亮姑娘。我和比爾在舞會上的確玩得很痛快。不過，那是我們一生中最后的幸福時刻。那天晚上一切都變了。

Unit 18 The necklace

Why? What happened?

為什么？發(fā)生什么事了？

Unit 18 The necklace

On our way home that night I looked down and saw that the necklace was not around my neck any more. I told Pierre. We rushed back to the palace and looked for it.We asked everyone there if they had found a necklace, but without luck. We couldn't find it;

那天晚上在回家的路上，我低頭一看，發(fā)現項鏈不再掛在我的脖子上了。我告訴了比爾。我們馬上趕回王宮去尋找。我們詢問了那兒的每一個人，問他們是不是拾到了一條項鏈。可是，真倒霉。我們找不到那條項鏈；它丟失了。

Unit 18 The necklace

But I don't understand. You returned the necklace to me the next afternoon. I remember very well.

不過，我還不懂。我記得很清楚，你們第二天下午就把項鏈還給我了。

Unit 18 The necklace

Yes, Jeanne, I brought a necklace to you. It was exactly like your necklace, but it was a different one. It cost us thirty-six thousand francs.

是的，讓娜。我還給你的那一條項鏈，完全像你原來的那條一樣，但那是另外的一條。它花了我們36000法郎。

Unit 18 The necklace

Thirty-six thousand francs!

36000法郎！

Unit 18 The necklace

Pierre and I borrowed the money and bought the necklace. During the next ten years we both worked day and night to pay back the money we had borrowed. That's why I now look so old. Well, after all these years we've at last paid back all the money.

我和比爾借了一筆錢，買下了那條項鏈。在后來的10年時間里，我們兩人為了償還這筆借款不分晝夜地干活。這就是為什么我現在看起來這樣老的原因。好了，過了這些年之后，我們終于還清了全部借款。

Unit 18 The necklace

My dear friend, Mathilde. Let me tell you something. That necklace you borrowed from me wasn't a real diamond necklace. It wasn't valuable at all. The stones in the necklace were made of glass. It was worth five hundred francs at the most.

瑪蒂爾德，我親愛的朋友。讓我告訴你吧。你向我借的那條項鏈并不是一條真的鉆石項鏈。那條項鏈根本不值錢。項鏈中的寶石是玻璃做的。它最多值500法郎。

Unit 19 Jobs

What jobs do women do in Britain?

在英國，婦女們都干些什么工作？

Unit 19 Jobs

All kinds of jobs. There are women police officers, women doctors, teachers, engineers, farmers and so on.

各種各樣的工作。有女警官、女醫(yī)生、女教師、女工程師、女農場主等。

Unit 19 Jobs

Are there any jobs which women don't do?

有婦女不干的工作嗎？

Unit 19 Jobs

I don't think there are. But there are more men than women scientists. And more men than women are heads of companies.

我想沒有。但是，男科學家比女科學家多。而且，各公司的負責人中，男人要比女人多。

Unit 19 Jobs

It seems that it's more difficult for women to get to the top of a company.

婦女要想得到一個公司的最高職位，似乎更加困難。

Unit 19 Jobs

That's right. It's harder for them.

說得對。對她們來說更加困難。

Unit 19 Jobs

That's not fair. I'm sure there's nothing that a woman can't do.

這不公平。我相信，沒有什么事情婦女干不了的。

Unit 19 Jobs

You're right. And there are some jobs that men can't do very ell.

你說得對。有些工作男人干得不怎么好。

Unit 19 Jobs

Really? Which ones?

真的嗎？哪種工作呢？

Unit 19 Jobs

Companies that make telephones and computers and so on prefer to employ women.

生產電話、電子計算機等之類的公司，更喜歡雇傭女性。

Unit 19 Jobs

I guess men's hands and fingers are too big!

我猜想是男人的手和手指太大了！

Unit 19 Jobs

They can't pick up the small pieces with their fingers.

他們用手指拿不起小零件。

Unit 19 Jobs

I can believe that.

我相信。

Unit 20 Mainly Revision

What happened before printing was invented?

印刷術發(fā)明以前是怎么一回事？