1.Recentlyithadbegunexperimentingwithahouseholdrobot.ItwasgoingtobetestedoutbyLarry’swife,Claire.最近，公司用一臺家用機(jī)器人來做實驗。它將由拉里的妻子克萊爾來測試。experimentwith…用…做實驗testout

測試;檢驗2.Clairedidn’twanttherobotinherhouse，especiallyasherhusbandwouldbeawayonabusinesstripforthreeweeks，butLarrypersuadedherthattherobotwouldn’tharmherorallowhertobeharmed.however,whenshefirstsawtherobot,shefeltalarmed.克萊爾不想要這個機(jī)器人，特別是當(dāng)她的丈夫出差三周，但是拉里勸說她機(jī)器人不會傷害她也不會允許被傷害。然而，第一次看到機(jī)器人時，克萊爾還是有點驚慌。especially修飾整個句子

onbusiness

出差harmvt/n.傷害；壞處doharmto…=beharmfulto…

對…有害allowsbtodosth允許某人做某事

alarmedadj.害怕的；驚慌的alarmingadj.令人驚恐的3.Onthesecondmorning，Tonybroughtherbreakfastandthenaskedherwhethersheneededhelpdressing.Nowshewasbeinglookedafterbyarobotthatlookedsohumananditwasdisturbing.第二天，托尼帶來了早餐然后問她是否需要幫忙穿衣服?，F(xiàn)在，她被看起來像人的機(jī)器人照顧著，這太令人不安了。具體某一天的上/下午用介詞on。bedressedin穿著…衣dressup打扮；盛裝

wasbeinglookedafter

進(jìn)行時態(tài)的被動語態(tài)humanadj.人性的；人的disturbingadj.令人不安的；令人煩惱的3.Clairethoughtitwasridiculousthatshewasbeingofferedsympathybyarobot，butshegraduallyadmiredhiswisdomandintegrityandbegantotrusthim.Healwaystreatedherwithdignity.克萊爾覺得一個機(jī)器人對她表示同情十分荒謬，但是她逐漸地佩服他的智慧和忠誠并開始信任他。他總是有尊嚴(yán)地對待他。it是形式主語，thatshewasbeingofferedsympathybyarobot引導(dǎo)的主語從句sympathyn.同情

showfeelsympathyforsb

同情某人sympatheticadj.同情的

intheintegrity

原封不動地withdignity有尊嚴(yán)地

lose

dignity失去尊嚴(yán)standonone’sdignity

保持尊嚴(yán)4.Shewasn’tlikeGladysClaffern,oneoftherichestandmostpowerfulwomenaround.她與格拉迪絲?克拉芬不同，后者是當(dāng)?shù)刈钣绣X有勢的女性之一。like介詞“像”

oneoftherichest…在句中作同位語，對GladysClaffern作進(jìn)一步解釋和說明。5.Asafavour,TonypromisedtohelpClairemakeherselfmorebeautifulandherhomemoreelegant.作為一項恩惠，托尼答應(yīng)幫助克萊爾，把她變得更漂亮些，也把她的家變得更雅致些。

favourn.

喜愛；幫忙；

恩惠dosb.afavour幫某人一個忙6.SoClaireborrowedsomelibrarybooksforhimtoread,orrather,scan.所以克萊爾從圖書館借了一些書讓他讀。更確切地說，掃描。scan--scanned--scanned--scanning拓展：ratherthan而不是otherthan除……之外morethan很，非常；超過；不僅僅是7.Shelookedathisfingerswithwonderastheyturnedeachpage.她驚奇地看著他的手指翻頁。withwonder

驚奇地（Itis）nowonderthat…難怪…Herchildismissing.Itisnowonderthatsheissoupset.他的孩子不見了，難怪她心神不寧。8.Ashewasnotallowedtoaccompanyhertotheshops，hewroteoutalistofthingsthathewouldneedforhisworkonthehouse.由于他被禁止陪同克萊爾去商店，他列舉出了裝修房子所需要的東西。allowsbtodosth

被動結(jié)構(gòu)：sbbeallowedtodosthaccompanysbtosp

陪著某人去某地thathewouldneedforhisworkonthehouse.為that引導(dǎo)的定語從句accompanysb.at/onsth.用某物為某人伴奏beaccompaniedby伴隨……發(fā)生9.Shehadanappointmenttopainthernails,thenshewentintoanexpensiveclothesshop.她約好做美甲，然后走進(jìn)一家高檔服裝店。appointmentn.預(yù)約;約會；

委任，任命make/haveanappointmentwithsb.跟某人有約keep/breakone’sappointmentwithsb.守約/違約appointv.

任命；約定appointsb.tobe/as…

任命某人為…appointsb.todosth.

委派某人做某事attheappointedtime

在指定的時間hitthenailonthehead一針見血；正中要害10.Assheturnedaround，therestoodGladysClaffern.當(dāng)她轉(zhuǎn)身時看到了格萊蒂斯。

turnaround轉(zhuǎn)身therestoodGladysClaffern.為完全倒裝句11.Hesuggestedthat

sheinviteGladysandherfriendstothehousethenightbeforehewastoleaveandLarrywastoreturn.在他離開和拉里回來之前，他建議克萊爾邀請格拉迪絲和她的朋友們到家里來

。suggest表“建議”時，后面的賓語從句用虛擬語氣即shoulddo。suggest表“暗示，表明”時，后面的賓語從句用虛陳述語氣。betodosth將要做某事12.Clairetriedtohelpbyworkingonalightsuspendedfromtheceiling,butshefellofftheladder.克萊爾試圖幫忙修理懸掛在天花板上的一盞燈，但她從梯子上摔了下來。workon從事suspendedfromtheceiling為過去分詞短語作后置定語13.EventhoughTonyhadbeeninthenextroom，hemanagedtocatchherintime.即使托尼在隔壁房間，他及時接住了她。eventhough=evenif即使；縱然managetodosth設(shè)法做某事intime及時；最后14.Theclockstruckeight.八點鐘了。strike--struck--struckstrikevt.敲擊；打擊；襲擊；使想起；罷工；打動onstrike在罷工Itstrucksbthat使某人突然想起15.Theguestswouldbearrivingsoon,soClairedismissedTonyfortherestofthenight.

客人們很快就要到了，所以克萊爾讓托尼結(jié)束了當(dāng)晚剩下的工作。wouldbearriving為將來進(jìn)行時態(tài)dismissvt.讓(某人)離開;解散；解雇；消除

layoff解雇

dismiss…from…從…開除…dismissaln.解雇；開除16.Atthatmoment，Tonytookherinhisarms，bringinghisfaceclosetohers.takesbinone’sarms

擁抱某人bringinghisfaceclosetohers.為

現(xiàn)在分詞短語做伴隨狀語17.Sheheardhimdeclare

thathedidnotwanttoleaveherthenextday,andthathefeltmorethanjustthedesiretopleaseher.她聽到托尼說，他明天不想離開她，而且他不只是僅僅想讓她開心。declareth