大学英语精读听力第四册 unit7
[00:00.00]Unit Seven Text
[00:23.54]A young man finds it very difficult to say no to a woman
[00:27.45]and as a result he gets into trouble.
[00:29.81]The restaurant to which he has agreed to take his luncheon date
[00:33.28]is far too expensive for his small pocketbook.
[00:36.44]How,then,will he be able to avoid the embarrassing situation?
[00:40.59]THE LUNCHEON W.Somerset Maugham
[00:44.15]I caught sight of her at the play,
[00:46.65]and in answer to her beckoning I went over during the interval and sat down beside her.
[00:51.70]It was long since I had last seen her,
[00:54.54]and if someone had not mentioned her name I hardly think I would have recognised her.
[00:59.30]She addressed me brightly.
[00:58.30]"Well,it\'s many years since we first met.
[01:01.35]How time does fly!
[01:03.50]We\'re none of us getting any younger.
[01:05.66]Do you remember the first time I saw you?
[01:08.12]You asked me to luncheon."Did I remember?
[01:11.39]It was twenty years ago and I was living in Paris.
[01:14.73]I had a tiny apartment in the Latin Quarter overlooking a cemetery,
[01:18.86]and I was earning barely enough money to keep body and soul together.
[01:22.91]She had read a book of mine and had written to me about it.
[01:26.46]I answered,thanking her,
[01:28.31]and presently I received from her another letter saying that she was passing through Paris
[01:33.28]and would like to have a chat with me;
[01:35.13]but her time was limited,
[01:36.80]and the only free moment she had was on the following Thursday;
[01:40.33]she was spending the morning at the Luxembourg
[01:42.86]and would I give her a little luncheon at Foyot\'s afterwards?
[01:47.15]Foyot\'s is a restaurant at which the French senators eat,
[01:51.22]and it was so far beyond my means that I had never even thought of going there.
[01:55.66]But I was flattered,
[01:57.20]and I was too young to have learned to say no to a woman.
[01:57.31](Few men,I may add,
[01:59.25]learn this until they are too old to make it of any consequence to a woman what they say.)
[02:04.13]I had eighty francs (gold francs) to last me the rest of the month,
[02:08.44]and a modest luncheon should not cost more than fifteen.
[02:11.78]If I cut out coffee for the next two weeks I could manage well enough.
[02:16.30]I answered that Iwould meet my friend--by correspondence--
[02:20.14]at Foyot\'s on Thursday at half past twelve.
[02:23.28]She was not so young as I expected and in appearance imposing rather than attractive.
[02:28.61]She was,in fact,a woman of forty
[02:31.27](a charming age,
[02:32.73]but not one that excites a sudden and devastating passion at first sight)
[02:36.99]and she gave me the impression of having more teeth,
[02:38.68]white and large and even,
[02:40.33]than were necessary for any practical purpose.
[02:43.15]She was talkative,
[02:44.77]but since she seemed inclined to talk about me
[02:47.33]I was prepared to be an attentive listener.
[02:49.71]I was startled when the bill of fare was brought,
[02:52.66]for the prices were a great deal higher than I had anticipated.
[02:56.19]But she reassured me.
[02:56.24]"I never eat anything for luncheon," she said.
[02:59.11]"Oh,don\'t say that!"I answered generously.
[03:01.99]"I never eat more than one thing.
[03:04.02]I think people eat far too much nowadays.
[03:06.92]A little fish, perhaps. I wonder if they have any salmon."
[03:10.48]Well,it was early in the year for salmon and it was not on the bill of fare,
[03:14.94]but I asked the waiter if there was any.
[03:17.32]Yes,a beautiful salmon had just come in, it was the first they had had.
[03:21.86]I ordered it for my guest.
[03:23.95]The waiter asked her if she would have something while it was being cooked.
[03:28.55]"No," she answered,"I never eat more than one thing.
[03:32.39]Unless you have a little caviare.
[03:34.64]I never mind caviare."
[03:36.31]My heart sank a little.
[03:38.66]I knew I could not afford caviare,
[03:40.75]but I could not very well tell her that.
[03:43.31]I told the waiter by all means to bring caviare.
[03:46.79]For myself I chose the cheapest dish on the menu and that was a mutton chop.
[03:51.85]"I think you are unwise to eat meat,"she said.
[03:55.01]"I don\'t know how you can expect to work after eating heavy things like chops.
[03:59.74]I don\'t believe in overloading my stomach
[04:02.43]Then came the question of drink.
[04:02.43]"I never drink anything for luncheon,\'she said.
[04:05.41]"Neither do I," I answered promptly.
[04:07.58]"Except white wine,"she proceeded as though I had not spoken.
[04:11.76]"These French white wines are so light.
[04:14.50]They\'re wonderful for the digestion."
[04:16.88]"What would you like?"I asked,hospitable still,but not exactly effusive.
[04:21.32]She gave me a bright and amicable flash of her white teeth.
[04:25.08]"My doctor won\'t let me drink anything but champagne."
[04:28.01]I fancy I turned a trifle pale.
[04:30.80]I ordered half a bottle.
[04:32.47]I mentioned casually that my doctor had absolutely forbidden me to drink champagne.
[04:37.65]"What are you going to drink,then?" "Water."
[04:40.99]She ate the caviare and she ate the salmon.
[04:44.12]She talked gaily of art and literature and music.
[04:47.60]But I wondered what the bill would come to.
[04:50.16]When my mutton chop arrived she took me quite seriously to task.
[04:54.60]"I see that you\'re in the habit of eating a heavy luncheon.
[04:57.76]I\'m sure it\'s a mistake.
[04:59.69]Why don\'t you follow my example and just eat one thing?
[05:02.96]I\'m sure you\'d feel ever so much better for it."
[05:06.01]"I am only going to eat one thing," I said,
[05:08.91]as the waiter came again with the bill of fare.
[05:11.27]She waved him aside with an airy gesture.
[05:14.43]"No,no,I never eat anything for luncheon. Just a bite,
[05:14.50]I never want more than that,
[05:16.14]and I eat that more as an excuse for conversation than anything else.
[05:20.51]I couldn\'t possibly eat anything more unless they had some of those giant asparagus.
[05:25.65]I should be sorry to leave Paris without having some of them."
[05:29.10]My heart sank.
[05:31.16]I had seen them in the shops,
[05:31.24]and I knew that they were horribly expensive.
[05:33.91]My mouth had often watered at the sight of them.
[05:36.86]"Madame wants to know if you have any of those giant asparagus,"
[05:40.62]I asked the waiter.
[05:42.03]I tried with all my might to will him to say no.
[05:45.61]A happy smile spread over his broad,priest-like face,
[05:49.06]and he assured me that they had some so large,
[05:52.06]so splendid,so tender, that it was a marvel.
[05:55.90]"I\'m not in the least hungry," my guest sighed,
[05:59.04]"but if you insist I don\'t mind having some asparagus." I ordered them.
[06:04.29]"Aren\'t you going to have any?"
[06:06.25]"No,I never eat asparagus."
[06:08.89]"I know there are people who don\'t like them.
[06:11.31]The fact is, you ruin your taste by all the meat you eat."
[06:14.68]We waited for the asparagus to be cooked. Panic seized me.
[06:19.36]It wasn\'t a question now how much money I should have left over for the rest of the month,
[06:24.32]but whether I had enough to pay the bill.
[06:26.39]It would be embarrassing to find myself ten francs short and be obliged to borrow from my guest
[06:32.63]I could not bring myself to do that.
[06:34.85]I knew exactly how much I had,and if the bill came to more
[06:38.69]I made up my mind that I would put my hand in my pocket
[06:41.96]and with a dramatic cry start up and say it had been picked.
[06:45.69]Of course,It would be awkward if she had not money enough either to pay the bill.
[06:51.28]Then the only thing would be to leave my watch and say I would come back and pay later.
[06:56.53]The asparagus appeared.
[06:58.78]They were enormous,juicy,and appetising.
[06:58.89]I watched the wicked woman thrust them down her throat in large mouthfuls,
[07:03.17]and in my polite way I spoke about the condition of the drama in the Balkans.
[07:07.72]At last she finished.
[07:06.72]"Coffee?" I said.
[07:08.05]"Yes,just an icecream and coffee,"she answered.
[07:11.60]I was past caring now,
[07:13.53]so I ordered coffee for myself and an ice-cream and coffee for her.
[07:17.58]"You know,there\'s one thing I thoroughly believe in," she said,
[07:21.03]as she ate the ice-cream.
[07:22.57]"One should always get up from a meal feeling one could eat a little more."
[07:27.25]"Are you still hungry?" I asked faintly.
[07:30.12]"Oh,no,I\'m not hungry; you see,I don\'t eat luncheon.
[07:33.65]I have a cup of coffee in the morning and then dinner,
[07:36.42]but I never eat more than one thing forluncheon.
[07:39.47]I was speaking for you." "Oh,I see!"
[07:42.90]Then a terrible thing happened.
[07:43.40]While we were waiting for the coffee the head waiter,
[07:46.64]with an ingratiating smile in his falseface,
[07:49.70]came up to us bearing a large basket full of huge peaches.
[07:53.93]They had the blush of an innocent girl;
[07:56.85]they had the rich tone of an Italian landscape.
[07:59.78]But surely peaches were not in season then?
[08:02.73]Lord knew what they cost.
[08:04.72]I knew too--a little later,for my guest,going on with her conversation,
[08:09.52]absentmindedly took one.
[08:11.48]"You see,you\'ve filled your stomach with a lot of meat"
[08:15.11]--my one miserable little chop--"and you can\'t eat any more.
[08:19.08]But I\'ve just had a snack and I shall enjoy a peach."
[08:22.79]The bill came,
[08:24.44]and when I paid it I found that I had only enough for a quite inadequate tip.
[08:28.85]Her eyes rested for an instant on the three francs I left for the waiter,
[08:33.01]and I knew that she thought me mean.
[08:35.49]But when I walked out of the restaurant
[08:37.53]had the whole month before me and not a penny in my pocket.
[08:42.02]"Follow my example,"she said as we shook hands,
[08:45.52]"and never eat more than one thing for luncheon."
[08:48.39]"I\'ll do better than that," I retorted.
[08:50.67]"I\'ll eat nothing for dinner tonight."
[08:52.78]"Humorist!" she cried gaily,jumping into a cab,
[08:56.62]"You\'re quite a humorist!"
[08:58.61]But I have had my revenge at last.
[08:58.68]I do not believe that I am a vindictive man,
[09:01.53]but when the immortal gods take a hand in the matter
[09:01.60]it is pardonable to observe the result with complacency.
[09:05.10]Today she weighs twenty-one stone.
[09:08.34]New Words
[09:27.17]luncheon
[09:27.81]n. &vi.(formal work for)lunch
[09:28.45]beckon
[09:29.16]vt.向...招手或点头示意
[09:29.86]apartment
[09:30.79]n.房间(美）一套公寓住房
[09:31.72]Latin
[09:32.55]a.拉丁的 n.拉丁文
[09:33.39]quarter
[09:34.22]n.（都市的）区,街
[09:35.06]overlook
[09:35.84]vt.俯视;忽略
[09:36.63]presently
[09:37.41]ad.不久;(美)目前
[09:38.20]chat
[09:38.97]n.,vi.闲谈,聊天
[09:39.74]senator
[09:40.51]n.参议员,上议员
[09:41.28]means
[09:41.94]n.财富,资产
[09:42.61]franc
[09:43.59]n.法郎
[09:44.57]modest
[09:44.61]a.不太大的;适度的
[09:44.64]imposing
[09:45.35]仪表堂堂的;宏伟的
[09:46.05]attractive
[09:46.09]a.吸引人的;有魅力的
[09:46.13]charming
[09:46.76]a.有魅力的
[09:47.38]devastating
[09:48.15]a. 毁灭性的
[09:48.93]passion
[09:49.55]n.激情
[09:50.18]impression
[09:50.85]n.印象
[09:51.51]talkative
[09:52.26]a.好说话的;健谈的
[09:53.00]inclined
[09:53.77]a.有...倾向的
[09:54.54]attentive
[09:55.17]专注的;体贴的,殷勤的
[09:55.80]startle
[09:56.47]vt.使吃惊,使惊跳
[09:57.15]fare
[09:57.73]n.食物
[09:58.30]bill of fare
[09:59.18]菜单
[10:00.05]reassure
[10:00.77]vt.使安心
[10:01.49]generously
[10:02.22]ad. 慷慨地,大方地
[10:02.95]generous
[10:03.66]a.
[10:04.36]nowadays
[10:05.09]ad.at the present time,now
[10:05.83]salmon
[10:06.49]n.鲑鱼
[10:07.16]menu
[10:07.88]n.菜单
[10:08.60]mutton
[10:09.24]n.羊肉
[10:09.88]chop
[10:10.49]n.(连骨的)块肉
[10:11.10]overload
[10:11.83]vt.使过载
[10:12.57]digestion
[10:13.35]n.消化
[10:14.13]hospitable
[10:14.90]a.好客的
[10:15.67]effusive
[10:16.30]a.热情洋溢的;感情（过多）流露的
[10:16.93]amicable
[10:17.61]a.friendly; peaceful
[10:18.29]flash
[10:19.03]n.闪烁;闪现
[10:19.78]champagne
[10:20.55]n.香槟酒
[10:21.32]fancy
[10:22.00]vt.suppose,imagine
[10:22.68]trifle
[10:23.35]琐事
[10:24.03]forbid (forbade/or forbad/forbidden)
[10:23.53]vt.禁止
[10:23.03]gaily
[10:23.75]ad.in a happy and joyous manner
[10:24.47]literature
[10:25.08]n.文学（作品）
[10:25.70]airy
[10:26.27]a.轻盈的;做作的
[10:26.85]bite
[10:27.42]n.piece cut off by biting
[10:28.00]asparagus
[10:28.92]n. (sing. or pl.)芦苇
[10:29.85]water
[10:30.41]vi.(of the eyes or mouth)fill with watery liquid,
[10:30.97]Madame
[10:31.54]n.夫人
[10:32.10]might
[10:32.71]n.power,strength, force
[10:33.33]will
[10:33.97]vt. 以意志力使
[10:34.61]assure
[10:35.18]vt. 保证;使确信
[10:35.76]tender
[10:36.42]a.柔弱的;柔嫩的
[10:37.09]marvel
[10:37.75]n.a wonderful thing,sth.causing great surprise
[10:38.42]sigh
[10:39.11]vi.叹气
[10:39.80]ruin
[10:39.84]vt.毁灭 n.a condition of destruction and decay
[10:39.88]panic
[10:40.50]n.恐慌
[10:41.13]oblige
[10:41.86]vt.强迫;使不得不
[10:42.59]dramatic
[10:43.27]a.of drama;sudden or exciting,like an event in a stage play
[10:43.95]pick
[10:44.54]vt. steal
[10:45.13]juicy
[10:45.75]a.多液汁的
[10:46.38]appetising
[10:47.14]a.引起食欲的,美味可口的
[10:47.90]wicked
[10:48.58]a.邪恶的
[10:49.25]thrust
[10:49.89]vt.猛推;刺,戳
[10:50.53]throat
[10:51.16]n.咽喉
[10:51.79]mouthful
[10:52.45]n.as much(food or drink) as fills the mouth
[10:53.12]drama
[10:53.80]n.戏剧
[10:54.48]head waiter
[10:55.21]a man in charge of the waiters in a restaurant hotel,or dining car
[10:55.94]ingratiating
[10:56.66]奉承的
[10:57.38]peach
[10:57.99]n.桃子
[10:58.61]blush
[10:59.29]n.reddening of the face,from shame or conrusion
[10:59.96]innocent
[11:00.59]a.天真的;无罪的
[11:01.22]landscape
[11:01.88]n.风景;风景画
[11:02.55]Lord
[11:03.13]n.上帝,主
[11:03.70]snack
[11:04.39]n.小吃
[11:05.08]instant
[11:05.71]n. a moment of time
[11:06.34]mean
[11:05.84]a.吝啬的;刻薄的
[11:05.34]retort
[11:05.93]vt.反驳
[11:06.51]humorist
[11:07.30]n.a person who makes jokes in speech or writing
[11:08.08]humor
[11:08.66]n. 幽默
[11:09.23]cab
[11:10.11]n. a carriage for public hire;taxi
[11:10.98]revenge
[11:11.70]n. 报仇,报复 vt.替...报仇
[11:12.42]vindictive
[11:12.99]a.unforgiving;having or showing a desire for rev
[11:13.57]immortal
[11:14.18]a.不朽的
[11:14.79]pardonable
[11:15.53]a. that can be forgiven
[11:16.26]complacency
[11:16.55]n. 自呜得
[11:16.83]stone
[11:17.50]n.the British unit of weight equal to 14 pounds(6.35 kilos)
[11:18.17]Phrases & Expressions
[11:20.99]catch sight of
[11:21.76]see suddenly or unexpectedly in answer to
[11:22.53]in answer to
[11:23.39]in response to
[11:24.25]keep body and soul together
[11:25.75]勉强维持生活
[11:27.26]pass through
[11:28.24]穿过;经历
[11:29.22]be beyond one\'s means
[11:30.65]付不起
[11:32.09]cut out
[11:32.76]停止使用,戒除
[11:33.42]at first sight
[11:34.19]乍看之下;第一眼就
[11:34.96]be inclined to
[11:35.86]倾向于,想
[11:36.76]come in
[11:37.37]上市;有供应
[11:37.97]can/could not very
[11:40.15]不好
[11:42.33]by all means
[11:43.18]一定;务必
[11:44.03]a trifle
[11:44.90]somewhat,a little
[11:45.78]come to
[11:46.60]总计
[11:47.42]take (sb.) to task
[11:48.60]申斥（某人）
[11:49.77]be in the habit of
[11:50.78]习惯于
[11:51.79](not) in the least
[11:52.76](not)at all
[11:53.72]leave over
[11:53.76]留下,剩下
[11:53.79]bring oneself to
[11:54.93]强迫自己
[11:56.07]make up one\'s mind
[11:57.14]决定
[11:58.21]start up
[11:58.94]惊动,惊起
[11:59.67]speak for
[12:00.46]要求得到;为...说话,为...辨护
[12:01.24]in season
[12:02.02]正在当令之时
[12:02.81]go on with
[12:03.60]continue doing
[12:04.40]take/have a hand in
[12:06.48]参加,介入
[12:08.55]Proper Names
[12:10.62]Paris
[12:11.23]巴黎（法国首都）
[12:11.85]the Luxemb(o)urg
[12:12.81]卢森堡宫（巴黎）
[12:13.78]Foyot
[12:13.81]福伊约（巴黎一餐馆）
[12:13.85]the Balkans
[12:13.35]巴尔干半岛各国;巴尔干山脉
[12:12.85]Lord
[12:13.87]God;Jesus Christ 大学英语精读第四册unit6 大学英语精读第四册unit7 大学英语精读第四册unit4 大学英语精读二4unit 大学英语精读四unit4 大学英语精读四un
[00:23.54]A young man finds it very difficult to say no to a woman
[00:27.45]and as a result he gets into trouble.
[00:29.81]The restaurant to which he has agreed to take his luncheon date
[00:33.28]is far too expensive for his small pocketbook.
[00:36.44]How,then,will he be able to avoid the embarrassing situation?
[00:40.59]THE LUNCHEON W.Somerset Maugham
[00:44.15]I caught sight of her at the play,
[00:46.65]and in answer to her beckoning I went over during the interval and sat down beside her.
[00:51.70]It was long since I had last seen her,
[00:54.54]and if someone had not mentioned her name I hardly think I would have recognised her.
[00:59.30]She addressed me brightly.
[00:58.30]"Well,it\'s many years since we first met.
[01:01.35]How time does fly!
[01:03.50]We\'re none of us getting any younger.
[01:05.66]Do you remember the first time I saw you?
[01:08.12]You asked me to luncheon."Did I remember?
[01:11.39]It was twenty years ago and I was living in Paris.
[01:14.73]I had a tiny apartment in the Latin Quarter overlooking a cemetery,
[01:18.86]and I was earning barely enough money to keep body and soul together.
[01:22.91]She had read a book of mine and had written to me about it.
[01:26.46]I answered,thanking her,
[01:28.31]and presently I received from her another letter saying that she was passing through Paris
[01:33.28]and would like to have a chat with me;
[01:35.13]but her time was limited,
[01:36.80]and the only free moment she had was on the following Thursday;
[01:40.33]she was spending the morning at the Luxembourg
[01:42.86]and would I give her a little luncheon at Foyot\'s afterwards?
[01:47.15]Foyot\'s is a restaurant at which the French senators eat,
[01:51.22]and it was so far beyond my means that I had never even thought of going there.
[01:55.66]But I was flattered,
[01:57.20]and I was too young to have learned to say no to a woman.
[01:57.31](Few men,I may add,
[01:59.25]learn this until they are too old to make it of any consequence to a woman what they say.)
[02:04.13]I had eighty francs (gold francs) to last me the rest of the month,
[02:08.44]and a modest luncheon should not cost more than fifteen.
[02:11.78]If I cut out coffee for the next two weeks I could manage well enough.
[02:16.30]I answered that Iwould meet my friend--by correspondence--
[02:20.14]at Foyot\'s on Thursday at half past twelve.
[02:23.28]She was not so young as I expected and in appearance imposing rather than attractive.
[02:28.61]She was,in fact,a woman of forty
[02:31.27](a charming age,
[02:32.73]but not one that excites a sudden and devastating passion at first sight)
[02:36.99]and she gave me the impression of having more teeth,
[02:38.68]white and large and even,
[02:40.33]than were necessary for any practical purpose.
[02:43.15]She was talkative,
[02:44.77]but since she seemed inclined to talk about me
[02:47.33]I was prepared to be an attentive listener.
[02:49.71]I was startled when the bill of fare was brought,
[02:52.66]for the prices were a great deal higher than I had anticipated.
[02:56.19]But she reassured me.
[02:56.24]"I never eat anything for luncheon," she said.
[02:59.11]"Oh,don\'t say that!"I answered generously.
[03:01.99]"I never eat more than one thing.
[03:04.02]I think people eat far too much nowadays.
[03:06.92]A little fish, perhaps. I wonder if they have any salmon."
[03:10.48]Well,it was early in the year for salmon and it was not on the bill of fare,
[03:14.94]but I asked the waiter if there was any.
[03:17.32]Yes,a beautiful salmon had just come in, it was the first they had had.
[03:21.86]I ordered it for my guest.
[03:23.95]The waiter asked her if she would have something while it was being cooked.
[03:28.55]"No," she answered,"I never eat more than one thing.
[03:32.39]Unless you have a little caviare.
[03:34.64]I never mind caviare."
[03:36.31]My heart sank a little.
[03:38.66]I knew I could not afford caviare,
[03:40.75]but I could not very well tell her that.
[03:43.31]I told the waiter by all means to bring caviare.
[03:46.79]For myself I chose the cheapest dish on the menu and that was a mutton chop.
[03:51.85]"I think you are unwise to eat meat,"she said.
[03:55.01]"I don\'t know how you can expect to work after eating heavy things like chops.
[03:59.74]I don\'t believe in overloading my stomach
[04:02.43]Then came the question of drink.
[04:02.43]"I never drink anything for luncheon,\'she said.
[04:05.41]"Neither do I," I answered promptly.
[04:07.58]"Except white wine,"she proceeded as though I had not spoken.
[04:11.76]"These French white wines are so light.
[04:14.50]They\'re wonderful for the digestion."
[04:16.88]"What would you like?"I asked,hospitable still,but not exactly effusive.
[04:21.32]She gave me a bright and amicable flash of her white teeth.
[04:25.08]"My doctor won\'t let me drink anything but champagne."
[04:28.01]I fancy I turned a trifle pale.
[04:30.80]I ordered half a bottle.
[04:32.47]I mentioned casually that my doctor had absolutely forbidden me to drink champagne.
[04:37.65]"What are you going to drink,then?" "Water."
[04:40.99]She ate the caviare and she ate the salmon.
[04:44.12]She talked gaily of art and literature and music.
[04:47.60]But I wondered what the bill would come to.
[04:50.16]When my mutton chop arrived she took me quite seriously to task.
[04:54.60]"I see that you\'re in the habit of eating a heavy luncheon.
[04:57.76]I\'m sure it\'s a mistake.
[04:59.69]Why don\'t you follow my example and just eat one thing?
[05:02.96]I\'m sure you\'d feel ever so much better for it."
[05:06.01]"I am only going to eat one thing," I said,
[05:08.91]as the waiter came again with the bill of fare.
[05:11.27]She waved him aside with an airy gesture.
[05:14.43]"No,no,I never eat anything for luncheon. Just a bite,
[05:14.50]I never want more than that,
[05:16.14]and I eat that more as an excuse for conversation than anything else.
[05:20.51]I couldn\'t possibly eat anything more unless they had some of those giant asparagus.
[05:25.65]I should be sorry to leave Paris without having some of them."
[05:29.10]My heart sank.
[05:31.16]I had seen them in the shops,
[05:31.24]and I knew that they were horribly expensive.
[05:33.91]My mouth had often watered at the sight of them.
[05:36.86]"Madame wants to know if you have any of those giant asparagus,"
[05:40.62]I asked the waiter.
[05:42.03]I tried with all my might to will him to say no.
[05:45.61]A happy smile spread over his broad,priest-like face,
[05:49.06]and he assured me that they had some so large,
[05:52.06]so splendid,so tender, that it was a marvel.
[05:55.90]"I\'m not in the least hungry," my guest sighed,
[05:59.04]"but if you insist I don\'t mind having some asparagus." I ordered them.
[06:04.29]"Aren\'t you going to have any?"
[06:06.25]"No,I never eat asparagus."
[06:08.89]"I know there are people who don\'t like them.
[06:11.31]The fact is, you ruin your taste by all the meat you eat."
[06:14.68]We waited for the asparagus to be cooked. Panic seized me.
[06:19.36]It wasn\'t a question now how much money I should have left over for the rest of the month,
[06:24.32]but whether I had enough to pay the bill.
[06:26.39]It would be embarrassing to find myself ten francs short and be obliged to borrow from my guest
[06:32.63]I could not bring myself to do that.
[06:34.85]I knew exactly how much I had,and if the bill came to more
[06:38.69]I made up my mind that I would put my hand in my pocket
[06:41.96]and with a dramatic cry start up and say it had been picked.
[06:45.69]Of course,It would be awkward if she had not money enough either to pay the bill.
[06:51.28]Then the only thing would be to leave my watch and say I would come back and pay later.
[06:56.53]The asparagus appeared.
[06:58.78]They were enormous,juicy,and appetising.
[06:58.89]I watched the wicked woman thrust them down her throat in large mouthfuls,
[07:03.17]and in my polite way I spoke about the condition of the drama in the Balkans.
[07:07.72]At last she finished.
[07:06.72]"Coffee?" I said.
[07:08.05]"Yes,just an icecream and coffee,"she answered.
[07:11.60]I was past caring now,
[07:13.53]so I ordered coffee for myself and an ice-cream and coffee for her.
[07:17.58]"You know,there\'s one thing I thoroughly believe in," she said,
[07:21.03]as she ate the ice-cream.
[07:22.57]"One should always get up from a meal feeling one could eat a little more."
[07:27.25]"Are you still hungry?" I asked faintly.
[07:30.12]"Oh,no,I\'m not hungry; you see,I don\'t eat luncheon.
[07:33.65]I have a cup of coffee in the morning and then dinner,
[07:36.42]but I never eat more than one thing forluncheon.
[07:39.47]I was speaking for you." "Oh,I see!"
[07:42.90]Then a terrible thing happened.
[07:43.40]While we were waiting for the coffee the head waiter,
[07:46.64]with an ingratiating smile in his falseface,
[07:49.70]came up to us bearing a large basket full of huge peaches.
[07:53.93]They had the blush of an innocent girl;
[07:56.85]they had the rich tone of an Italian landscape.
[07:59.78]But surely peaches were not in season then?
[08:02.73]Lord knew what they cost.
[08:04.72]I knew too--a little later,for my guest,going on with her conversation,
[08:09.52]absentmindedly took one.
[08:11.48]"You see,you\'ve filled your stomach with a lot of meat"
[08:15.11]--my one miserable little chop--"and you can\'t eat any more.
[08:19.08]But I\'ve just had a snack and I shall enjoy a peach."
[08:22.79]The bill came,
[08:24.44]and when I paid it I found that I had only enough for a quite inadequate tip.
[08:28.85]Her eyes rested for an instant on the three francs I left for the waiter,
[08:33.01]and I knew that she thought me mean.
[08:35.49]But when I walked out of the restaurant
[08:37.53]had the whole month before me and not a penny in my pocket.
[08:42.02]"Follow my example,"she said as we shook hands,
[08:45.52]"and never eat more than one thing for luncheon."
[08:48.39]"I\'ll do better than that," I retorted.
[08:50.67]"I\'ll eat nothing for dinner tonight."
[08:52.78]"Humorist!" she cried gaily,jumping into a cab,
[08:56.62]"You\'re quite a humorist!"
[08:58.61]But I have had my revenge at last.
[08:58.68]I do not believe that I am a vindictive man,
[09:01.53]but when the immortal gods take a hand in the matter
[09:01.60]it is pardonable to observe the result with complacency.
[09:05.10]Today she weighs twenty-one stone.
[09:08.34]New Words
[09:27.17]luncheon
[09:27.81]n. &vi.(formal work for)lunch
[09:28.45]beckon
[09:29.16]vt.向...招手或点头示意
[09:29.86]apartment
[09:30.79]n.房间(美）一套公寓住房
[09:31.72]Latin
[09:32.55]a.拉丁的 n.拉丁文
[09:33.39]quarter
[09:34.22]n.（都市的）区,街
[09:35.06]overlook
[09:35.84]vt.俯视;忽略
[09:36.63]presently
[09:37.41]ad.不久;(美)目前
[09:38.20]chat
[09:38.97]n.,vi.闲谈,聊天
[09:39.74]senator
[09:40.51]n.参议员,上议员
[09:41.28]means
[09:41.94]n.财富,资产
[09:42.61]franc
[09:43.59]n.法郎
[09:44.57]modest
[09:44.61]a.不太大的;适度的
[09:44.64]imposing
[09:45.35]仪表堂堂的;宏伟的
[09:46.05]attractive
[09:46.09]a.吸引人的;有魅力的
[09:46.13]charming
[09:46.76]a.有魅力的
[09:47.38]devastating
[09:48.15]a. 毁灭性的
[09:48.93]passion
[09:49.55]n.激情
[09:50.18]impression
[09:50.85]n.印象
[09:51.51]talkative
[09:52.26]a.好说话的;健谈的
[09:53.00]inclined
[09:53.77]a.有...倾向的
[09:54.54]attentive
[09:55.17]专注的;体贴的,殷勤的
[09:55.80]startle
[09:56.47]vt.使吃惊,使惊跳
[09:57.15]fare
[09:57.73]n.食物
[09:58.30]bill of fare
[09:59.18]菜单
[10:00.05]reassure
[10:00.77]vt.使安心
[10:01.49]generously
[10:02.22]ad. 慷慨地,大方地
[10:02.95]generous
[10:03.66]a.
[10:04.36]nowadays
[10:05.09]ad.at the present time,now
[10:05.83]salmon
[10:06.49]n.鲑鱼
[10:07.16]menu
[10:07.88]n.菜单
[10:08.60]mutton
[10:09.24]n.羊肉
[10:09.88]chop
[10:10.49]n.(连骨的)块肉
[10:11.10]overload
[10:11.83]vt.使过载
[10:12.57]digestion
[10:13.35]n.消化
[10:14.13]hospitable
[10:14.90]a.好客的
[10:15.67]effusive
[10:16.30]a.热情洋溢的;感情（过多）流露的
[10:16.93]amicable
[10:17.61]a.friendly; peaceful
[10:18.29]flash
[10:19.03]n.闪烁;闪现
[10:19.78]champagne
[10:20.55]n.香槟酒
[10:21.32]fancy
[10:22.00]vt.suppose,imagine
[10:22.68]trifle
[10:23.35]琐事
[10:24.03]forbid (forbade/or forbad/forbidden)
[10:23.53]vt.禁止
[10:23.03]gaily
[10:23.75]ad.in a happy and joyous manner
[10:24.47]literature
[10:25.08]n.文学（作品）
[10:25.70]airy
[10:26.27]a.轻盈的;做作的
[10:26.85]bite
[10:27.42]n.piece cut off by biting
[10:28.00]asparagus
[10:28.92]n. (sing. or pl.)芦苇
[10:29.85]water
[10:30.41]vi.(of the eyes or mouth)fill with watery liquid,
[10:30.97]Madame
[10:31.54]n.夫人
[10:32.10]might
[10:32.71]n.power,strength, force
[10:33.33]will
[10:33.97]vt. 以意志力使
[10:34.61]assure
[10:35.18]vt. 保证;使确信
[10:35.76]tender
[10:36.42]a.柔弱的;柔嫩的
[10:37.09]marvel
[10:37.75]n.a wonderful thing,sth.causing great surprise
[10:38.42]sigh
[10:39.11]vi.叹气
[10:39.80]ruin
[10:39.84]vt.毁灭 n.a condition of destruction and decay
[10:39.88]panic
[10:40.50]n.恐慌
[10:41.13]oblige
[10:41.86]vt.强迫;使不得不
[10:42.59]dramatic
[10:43.27]a.of drama;sudden or exciting,like an event in a stage play
[10:43.95]pick
[10:44.54]vt. steal
[10:45.13]juicy
[10:45.75]a.多液汁的
[10:46.38]appetising
[10:47.14]a.引起食欲的,美味可口的
[10:47.90]wicked
[10:48.58]a.邪恶的
[10:49.25]thrust
[10:49.89]vt.猛推;刺,戳
[10:50.53]throat
[10:51.16]n.咽喉
[10:51.79]mouthful
[10:52.45]n.as much(food or drink) as fills the mouth
[10:53.12]drama
[10:53.80]n.戏剧
[10:54.48]head waiter
[10:55.21]a man in charge of the waiters in a restaurant hotel,or dining car
[10:55.94]ingratiating
[10:56.66]奉承的
[10:57.38]peach
[10:57.99]n.桃子
[10:58.61]blush
[10:59.29]n.reddening of the face,from shame or conrusion
[10:59.96]innocent
[11:00.59]a.天真的;无罪的
[11:01.22]landscape
[11:01.88]n.风景;风景画
[11:02.55]Lord
[11:03.13]n.上帝,主
[11:03.70]snack
[11:04.39]n.小吃
[11:05.08]instant
[11:05.71]n. a moment of time
[11:06.34]mean
[11:05.84]a.吝啬的;刻薄的
[11:05.34]retort
[11:05.93]vt.反驳
[11:06.51]humorist
[11:07.30]n.a person who makes jokes in speech or writing
[11:08.08]humor
[11:08.66]n. 幽默
[11:09.23]cab
[11:10.11]n. a carriage for public hire;taxi
[11:10.98]revenge
[11:11.70]n. 报仇,报复 vt.替...报仇
[11:12.42]vindictive
[11:12.99]a.unforgiving;having or showing a desire for rev
[11:13.57]immortal
[11:14.18]a.不朽的
[11:14.79]pardonable
[11:15.53]a. that can be forgiven
[11:16.26]complacency
[11:16.55]n. 自呜得
[11:16.83]stone
[11:17.50]n.the British unit of weight equal to 14 pounds(6.35 kilos)
[11:18.17]Phrases & Expressions
[11:20.99]catch sight of
[11:21.76]see suddenly or unexpectedly in answer to
[11:22.53]in answer to
[11:23.39]in response to
[11:24.25]keep body and soul together
[11:25.75]勉强维持生活
[11:27.26]pass through
[11:28.24]穿过;经历
[11:29.22]be beyond one\'s means
[11:30.65]付不起
[11:32.09]cut out
[11:32.76]停止使用,戒除
[11:33.42]at first sight
[11:34.19]乍看之下;第一眼就
[11:34.96]be inclined to
[11:35.86]倾向于,想
[11:36.76]come in
[11:37.37]上市;有供应
[11:37.97]can/could not very
[11:40.15]不好
[11:42.33]by all means
[11:43.18]一定;务必
[11:44.03]a trifle
[11:44.90]somewhat,a little
[11:45.78]come to
[11:46.60]总计
[11:47.42]take (sb.) to task
[11:48.60]申斥（某人）
[11:49.77]be in the habit of
[11:50.78]习惯于
[11:51.79](not) in the least
[11:52.76](not)at all
[11:53.72]leave over
[11:53.76]留下,剩下
[11:53.79]bring oneself to
[11:54.93]强迫自己
[11:56.07]make up one\'s mind
[11:57.14]决定
[11:58.21]start up
[11:58.94]惊动,惊起
[11:59.67]speak for
[12:00.46]要求得到;为...说话,为...辨护
[12:01.24]in season
[12:02.02]正在当令之时
[12:02.81]go on with
[12:03.60]continue doing
[12:04.40]take/have a hand in
[12:06.48]参加,介入
[12:08.55]Proper Names
[12:10.62]Paris
[12:11.23]巴黎（法国首都）
[12:11.85]the Luxemb(o)urg
[12:12.81]卢森堡宫（巴黎）
[12:13.78]Foyot
[12:13.81]福伊约（巴黎一餐馆）
[12:13.85]the Balkans
[12:13.35]巴尔干半岛各国;巴尔干山脉
[12:12.85]Lord
[12:13.87]God;Jesus Christ 大学英语精读第四册unit6 大学英语精读第四册unit7 大学英语精读第四册unit4 大学英语精读二4unit 大学英语精读四unit4 大学英语精读四un
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