大學(xué)英語(yǔ)新課標(biāo)第三冊(cè)英語(yǔ)u2b3課文

1、WhereasYouWereanInsensitiveFool...Thesimpletruthisthatifyouwanttobeheardbyyourhusbyoumustspeakalanguageheundersts.如果你想你丈夫聽(tīng)你的，你就必須說(shuō)他能聽(tīng)懂的語(yǔ)言，這是一個(gè)簡(jiǎn)單的事實(shí)。Anexample:Afriendofmineismarriedtoawealthymoneywaster(spendthrift)whouse

2、dtodrivelikeamaniac（madman）—tailgatingspeedingweavingbetweenlanes.Myfriendrepeatedlyexpressedherfearabouthisdangeroushabitsbuthedidn’tmodifyhisbehavimoneywasthelanguagehespoke.Shegavehimonefinalwarning:slowdownelse.Hedid

3、n’tsowithoutanyfanfareshewithdrew$40000fromtheirbankaccountsboughtherselfaluxuryconvertible.Ihearhe’saprettysafedrivernow.舉個(gè)例子：我的一個(gè)朋友，她的丈夫很有錢(qián)，愛(ài)揮霍，開(kāi)起車(chē)子來(lái)像個(gè)瘋子：追逼前車(chē)、超速、隨意變道。我的朋友不止一次對(duì)她丈夫表示這種危險(xiǎn)的駕車(chē)習(xí)慣讓人害怕，但他不曾有任何改變；錢(qián)是他能聽(tīng)懂的語(yǔ)言。我朋友

4、給了最后通牒：開(kāi)慢點(diǎn)，否則……他當(dāng)然沒(méi)有聽(tīng)進(jìn)去，于是我朋友從他們的銀行賬戶里取了40000美元給自己買(mǎi)了輛豪華敞篷跑車(chē)，當(dāng)然這樣做并不是為了炫耀。我聽(tīng)說(shuō)她丈夫現(xiàn)在開(kāi)車(chē)非常小心。Neithermysilentseethingnmyopenangerwouldreachhim.SoILisaK.Friedmanbeingofsoundmindbrokenfootturnedtothelanguagehespoke:Iservedhimwit

5、hamockcomplaintclaimingBreachofContract(ourmarriagecontract).IdrafteditmyselfusingallthestardconventionsasIhavewatchedhimdomanytimes.ThenIhiredalegalcouriertodeliverittomyhusb’sofficeidentifyhimconcludewiththestardassert

6、ion:“Youhavebeenserved.”不管我生悶氣還是大發(fā)雷霆都不能觸動(dòng)他。我LisaKFriedman，雖然摔壞了腳，但是腦子還是好使的，所以我用他的語(yǔ)言跟他溝通：我自己起草了一份模擬訴狀，聲稱他違反合約。然后我雇人將訴狀遞到了我丈夫的辦公室。Whathesawwhenheopenedtheenvelopewentsomethinglikethis:當(dāng)他打開(kāi)信封時(shí)，他看到的內(nèi)容如下：Complaint訴狀COMESNOWPl

7、aintiffLisaK.FriedmanfhercomplaintagainsttheDefendantherhusbstatesasfollows:原告：LisaKFriedman。起訴被告即原告丈夫。陳述如下：TheParties當(dāng)事人1.ThePlaintiffisahousewifewhoseprincipalroleincludesgeneralhouseholdmaintenancefoodservicetransptat