circle n. 圈子
admire vi. 钦佩；称赞
close adj. 亲密的
wedding n. 婚礼，婚宴
reception n. 招待会
wedding reception 结婚宴会，婚宴
sort n. 种类
laugh at 嘲笑
She was not amused 她并不觉得好笑
Why did Jenny want to leave the wedding reception?
Jeremy Hampden 杰里米 汉普顿
a large circle of friends 很大的朋友圈,交际很广
has a large circle of friends 有一大群朋友
political circles 政坛
artistic circles 美术界,艺术圈
financial circles 金融界；财界
academic circles 学术界
academic adj. 学术的；理论的
and is very popular at parties 各种聚会上深受大家欢迎的人
Everybody admires him for his great sense of humour 大家都钦佩他那绝妙的幽默感
admires somebody for something 钦佩某人的某事
he was admired for his courage to speak out the truth . 他受到大家的钦佩，因为他有勇气说出真相
they criticized him for his rude manners. 大家都批评他，因为他的态度很粗暴
criticize vi. 批评；
sense of humour 幽默感
sense of shame 羞耻感
sense of honour 荣誉感
sense of duty n. 责任感；责任心
sense of balance 平衡感
sense of bearing 方向感
bearing n. 方位
everybody, that is 人人，就是说
except his six-year-old daughter 除他6岁的女儿珍妮之外的
Jenny n. 詹妮
Recently adv. 最近；新近
one of Jeremy’s closest friends 杰里米的一个最亲密的朋友
asked him to make a speech at a wedding reception 请他在一个婚礼上祝词
This is the sort of thing that Jeremy loves 这正是杰里米喜欢千的事情
people of every sort and kind 各种各样的人
and that sort of thing 以及诸如此类的事情(或东西)
he is not my sort 他不是我喜欢的那种人
nothing of the sort 根本没有那样的事情
everything has been sorted out . 一切都已经解决了
sort out 解决事情
He prepared the speech carefully 他认真准备了讲稿
and went to the wedding with Jenny 带着珍妮一道去参加了婚礼
he had included a large number of funny stories 加进了大量逗人的故事
in the speech 他的祝词里面
and, of course, it was a great success 当然，这是一个巨大的成功
As soon as he had finished 他刚一讲完
Jenny told him she wanted to go home 珍妮就告诉他说她想回家
Jeremy was a little disappointed by this 这不免使杰里米有点扫兴
but he did as his daughter asked 但他还是按照女儿的要求做了
On the way home 在回家的路上
he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed the speech 他问珍妮是否喜欢他的祝词
To his surprise 令他惊讶的是
she said she hadn’t 她说她不喜欢
Jeremy asked her why this was so 杰里米问她为何不喜欢
and she told him that she did not like to see so many people laughing at him 她告诉他，她不喜欢看到这么多人嘲笑他
see so many people laughing at him. 看到这么多人对嘲笑他[与感觉有关动词+something+ing]
the other day i saw him chatting with a group of people at starbucks 有一天我看见他和一群人在星巴克聊天[与感觉有关动词+something+ing]
chat n. 聊天；闲谈
starbucks n. 星巴克（咖啡店名）
did you hear someone crying out there in the garden last night ? 昨天晚上你听见有人在花园里哭了吗 ?[与感觉有关动词+something+ing]
i can hear my heart beating fast. 我能听到我的心跳加速 [与感觉有关动词+somebody+ing]
“open the door for me ,please, ” she said “请帮我开门，”她说。
she asked me to open the door for her. 她让我为她开门
“don’t make so much noise,” she said to her children . “别吵了，”她对孩子们说
she told her children not to make so much noise . 她告诉她的孩子不要制造那么多的噪音
“stay to lunch,” he insisted “留下来吃午饭吧，”他坚持道
he insisted that we should stay to lunch 他坚持要我们留下来吃午饭
“come with me” he suggested “跟我来吧，”他建议道
he suggested that i should go with him . 他建议我和他一起去
