limelight n. 舞台灯光
Out of the limelight 舞台之外
An ancient bus stopped by 一辆很旧的大客车停在
a dry river bed 干涸的河床
actor n. 男演员
actress n. 女演员
waiter n. 男服务员
waitress n. 女服务员
host 男主人
hostess 女主人
steward 乘务员
stewardess 女服务员
prince n. 王子
princess n. 公主
and a party of famous actors and actresses 和一群著名的男女演员
got off 下车
Dress in 与某种特殊的方式着装
he was dressed in a black suit. 他穿着一套黑色的西装
dress to kill 衣不惊人,死不休
she arrived at the party,dressed to kill as usual 她到达晚会时,穿得和往常一样光彩照人
Dressed in dark glasses and old clothes 戴着墨镜,穿着旧衣服
precaution n. 预防措施
take precautions 未雨绸缪;采取预防措施
they had taken special precautions 他们采取了特别的预防措施
so that no one should recognize them 她的朋友没有认出她来
so that 以便于…
any holes and openings should be fenced so that people can not fall down them. 任何洞和开口都应该用栅栏围起来,这样人们就不会掉下去
he has to earn lots of money so that he can buy his children nice food and clothes 他必须赚很多钱,这样他才能给他的孩子们买漂亮的食物和衣服
But as they soon discovered 但他们很快就发觉
disguises 化装
disguises can sometimes be too perfect 化装效果有时可能太完美无缺了
This is a wonderful place for a picnic 在这个地方野餐真上太妙了
Gloria Gleam 格格利亚.格利姆
said Gloria Gleam 格格利亚.格利姆说
It couldn’t be better, Gloria 再好不过了,Gloria
Brinksley Meers 布林克斯利.米尔斯
Brinksley Meers agreed Brinksley密尔兹同意
No newspaper men 没有记者
fan n. 狂热者,迷
no film fans 没有影迷
Why don’t we come more often ? 我们为什么不常来呢?
Meanwhile n. 其间,其时
two other actors 另外两位演员
Rockwall Slinger 罗克沃尔。斯林格
and Merlin Greeves 和默林.格里夫斯
had carried two large food baskets 提了两个大食品篮子
shady adj. 遮荫的
to a shady spot under some trees 到树下一个阴凉的地方
When they had all made themselves comfortable 当他们都已安排舒适时
a stranger appeared 一个陌生人出现
He looked very angry 他看上去很生气
Now you get out of here 现在你们赶快离开这!
all of you! 你们所有人
he shouted 他喊道
sheriff n. 司法长官
I’m sheriff here 我是这里的司法长官
notice n. 告示
Do you see that notice ? 你看到那个通知了吗?
It says 它说
No Camping 禁止露营
in case 除非
in case you can’t read ! 除非你们不识字
in case 以防
i ran away down the hill in case she tried to follow 我从山上跑下去,以防她试图跟上
i have got the key in case we want to go inside 我带了钥匙,以防我们想进去
little melanie,in case you have forgotten,hasn’t forgotten you , 您可能已经忘了小媚兰,她可没忘记你
in case you didn’t know ,there are three basic wines.red,white and rose 你可能不知道有这三种酒。红酒,白酒,玫瑰酒
Look, sheriff 看,警长
said Rockwall 罗克沃尔说
don’t be too hard on us 别使我们难堪
be hard on somebody 很严历的对待某人
don’t be too hard on your kids 不要对你的孩子太严历了
goodness,that seems a bit hard on the wife 天哪,这对妻子来说有点难
I’m Rockwall Slinger 我是罗克沃尔。斯林格
and this is Merlin Greeves 这位是默林.格里夫斯
Oh, is it? 哦,是吗?
sneer n. 冷笑
said the sheriff with a sneer 警长冷笑着说
Well, I’m Brinksley Meers 我是布林克斯利·米尔斯
and my other name is Gloria Gleam 我还有一个名字叫格格利亚
Now you get out of here fast! 现在你赶快离开这里!
had done 过去的过去
by the time the kids got home,she had already finished the work 当孩子们到家时,她已经完成了工作
they had lived in new york for over 10 years when we moved in 我们搬进来的时候,他们已经在纽约住了10多年了
i had known him for quite a long time before you offered to introduce him 在你主动介绍他之前,我已经认识他很久了
had done 对过去某种状态的虚拟
if you had worked harder,you would not have lost the job. 如果你工作多努力些,你就不会失去那份工作了
i felt as if i had known her all my life 我觉得我好像认识她一辈子了
i’d rather you had failed in the exam 我宁愿你考试不及格
i had meant to warn you but you just didn’t give me a chance to talk 我本想警告你,但你就是不给我说话的机会