常春藤生活英語(yǔ)：Sense of Direction 迷路記

Dialogue A

Marla and Hank are driving to Marla’s sister’s new house.

Marla: Are you sure this is the right street?

Hank>: No, I have absolutely> no idea where we are.

Marla: Well, you have a lousy1 sense of direction so I knew we'd get lost.

Hank>: It's not my fault this time. Your sister's directions don't make sense.

Marla: What? They seemed easy to understand to me.

Hank>: Well then, why don't you drive if you are so much better at it than I am?

Marla: Fine. Pull over2.

Dialogue B

Marla and Hank switch seats .

Hank>: No! Turn left!

Marla: OK! Don't yell at me!

Hank>: See! The directions are difficult to understand.

Marla: Yes, you're right.

Hank>: I'm glad you finally came to your senses and stopped blaming everything on me.

Marla: Actually, you didn't ask for help until it was too late. So, in a sense, it's still your fault.

Hank>: Whatever. Look, there's the street!

Marla: Great! At least we found it in the end.

Hank>: Yep. Thanks to you.

Dialogue A

瑪拉跟漢克正開(kāi)車(chē)前往瑪拉姊姊的新家。

瑪　拉：你確定是這條街沒(méi)錯(cuò)?

漢　克：不確定，我完全不知道我們?cè)谀睦铩?/p>

瑪　拉：唉，你的方向感真是糟糕透頂，所以我早就知道我們會(huì)迷路。

漢　克：這次可不是我的錯(cuò)。妳姊姊的指示根本就沒(méi)人看得懂。

瑪　拉：什么?在我看來(lái)，它們還挺好懂的啊。

漢　克：那既然妳比我還行的話，為何不自己開(kāi)?

瑪　拉：好啊?？窟呁?。

Dialogue B

瑪拉跟漢克交換座位。

漢　克：不!向左轉(zhuǎn)!

瑪　拉：好啦!別對(duì)我大吼大叫的!

漢　克：妳看!指示很難懂吧。

瑪　拉：沒(méi)錯(cuò)，你說(shuō)的對(duì)。

漢　克：我很高興妳終于開(kāi)竅了，不再把所有事都怪到我頭上來(lái)。

瑪　拉：其實(shí)你一直等到為時(shí)已晚才求人幫你。所以從某種意義上來(lái)說(shuō)，還是你的錯(cuò)。

漢　克：隨便啦。妳看，那條街在那耶!

瑪　拉：太好了!至少我們最后找到路了。

漢　克：對(duì)啊。真多虧了妳咧。

Building Your Vocabulary

absolutely　adv. 絕對(duì)地;完全地

You are absolutely the right person for the job.

你絕對(duì)是這份工作的不二人選。

Phrases for Learning

1. sense of direction　　　方向感

You need to have a good sense of direction to find a way out of this forest.

你得要有好的方向感，才能在這座森林里找到出路。

2. make sense　　　有意義;有道理

This sentence doesn't make any sense.

這個(gè)句子沒(méi)有任何意義。

3. come to + 所有格 + senses　　某人恢復(fù)理智∕醒悟

Marvin came to his senses and realized he had done something wrong.

馬文恢復(fù)了理智，了解到他做錯(cuò)事了。

4. blame...on + 人　　把……歸咎于某人

Don't blame your mistakes on me.

不要把你自己的錯(cuò)推到我身上來(lái)。

5. in a/one sense　在某種意義上

You may not agree with me. But in one sense, I believe David is innocent.

你或許不會(huì)同意。但從某種意義上來(lái)說(shuō)，我相信戴維是清白的。

參考字詞

1. lousy　a. 糟糕的

2. pull over　　(使車(chē)輛)?？吭诼愤?/p>

Tips In Use

Well, you have a lousy sense of direction...

(唉，你的方向感真是糟糕透頂……)

Your sister's directions don't make sense.

(你姊姊的指示根本就沒(méi)人看得懂。)

以上兩句都有 direction，但其意思不同。第一句中的 direction 表『方向感』，為不可數(shù)名詞;而第二句的 directions 則表『指示，(行路的)指引』，恒為復(fù)數(shù)形。

Follow the directions if you want to find the treasure.

(如果你想找到寶藏，就照著這些指示做。)