Unit 4 A Proud Father 骄傲的老爸
The concerned father was puzzled because his son’s grades had been dropping steadily while he was at college, so he called the dean to find out what was wrong.
一位关心儿子的老爸对于念大学的儿子成绩每况愈下一直想不懂，因此他拜访了学院的院长，想了解究竟问题在哪里。
“Well, sir,” relied the dean, who always tried to be diplomatic, “I’ve got some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that your son’s become the most flagrant homosexual on campus, and spends all his time chasing after the lads on the football and basketball teams.”
说话总是讲求圆滑的院长回答说：“先生，我有好消息和坏消息要告诉你。坏消息是令郎乃是闻名校内的同性恋者，他成天只知道追求足球队和篮球队的男孩子。”
“My God, that’s horrible!”
“我的老天爷，太可怕了!”
“But the good news is he’s just been elected Queen of the Homecoming Parade!”
“但好消息是他刚被选为欢迎球队返校游行的皇后!”
英语知识点解说：
1.concerned a. 关切的
be concerned about... 对……感到关切
例：I'm concerned about my son's academic performance.
(我很关心儿子的学业成绩。)
2.puzzle n. 困惑;谜题 vt. 使困惑;迷惑
例：Doing jigsaw puzzles is a waste of time.
(玩拼图游戏会浪费时间。)
Your attitude puzzles me, how can you be angry at getting second prize?
(你的态度让我觉得迷惑，得了第二名为什么你还会生气?)
3.grade n. 成绩(恒用复数 );分数;等级;& vi. 年级打分数;分级
例：In which grade are you?
(你上几年级了?)
Meat is graded according to quality.
(肉类是以品质来分级的。)
4.steadily ad. 不断地
steady a. 稳定的;持续的
例："Drop your guns, boys," ordered the marshall steadily.
(“把你们的的枪放下，弟兄们!”警长不断地命令道。)
The company maintained a steady fire against the enemy line.
(这个连队持续向敌人阵线开火。)
5.be at college 上大学
be at school 上学
be in class 上课
例：You'll have lots of fun (while you are) at college.
(你们在大学会有许多乐趣。)
6.dean n. (大学的)学院院长
president n. 大学校长
例：The dean is a distinguished scholar.
(院长是位著名的学者。)
The university president is a former professor of linguistics.
(这位大学校长以前是语言学教授。)
7.diplomatic a. 圆滑的;有外交手腕的
diplomat n. 外交官
diplomacy n. 外交;策略
例：A mediator must be diplomatic.
(协调者必须具有外交手腕。)
The ambassador is a career diplomat.
(这位大使是职业外交官。)
Well, force has failed, so let's try diplomacy.
(既然武力失败了，咱们就试试外交手段吧。)
8.flagrant a. 恶名昭彰的(=notorious)
9.homosexual a. & n. (男性)同性恋 的(人)
lesbian a. & n. (女子)同性恋的(人)
例：Just because I'm a homosexual doesn't mean I'm a bad person.
(不要只因为我是同性恋就认为我是位坏人。)
10.on campus 校内
off campus 校外
注意：
上列词组中 campus 之前通常不加定冠词 the 。
例：I'm living off campus this school year, and loving it!
(我这学年住校外，而且很喜欢校外居住的生活。)
11.chase vi. & vt. 追逐;追求
chase after... 追求……
例：Carlos is always chasing after girls.
(卡罗斯总是在追求女孩子。)
12.spend time V-ing 花…… 时间做……
例：You spend too much time looking at yourself in the mirror.
(你照镜子的时间花得太多了。)
13.lad n. 少年
lass n. 少女
14.team n. 队 ;组 & vi. 联合
team up (with sb) (与某人)合作
teamwork 团队合作
on the team/committee 队上/委员会上(非 in the team/committee)
例：
How many players are there in this team?(×)
How many players are there on this team?
(这个球队有多少个选手?)
Mary, why don't you and George team up on this experiment?
(玛丽，你和乔治何不合作进行这个实验呢?)
No organization can be successful without teamwork.
(没有团队合作任何组织都不会成功。)
15.homecoming n. & a. 回家(的);返乡(的)
16.parade n. vi. 游行;阅兵
例：A parade will be held in the square tomorrow morning.
(明天早上广场将举行阅兵。)
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