1
L3.
Pub Talk and the King
?/p>
s English(
酒吧闲谈与标准英?/p>
)
Henry Fairlie
(
亨利·费尔?/p>
)
1.
Conversation is the most
sociable
of all human activities.
And it is an activity
only
of humans.
However
intricate
the
way
in
which animals
communicate
with
each
other,
they
do
not
indulge
in
anything
that
deserves
the
name
of
conversation.
人类的一切活动中,闲谈是最?/p>
交际性的
sociable
(主题句),也是人类特有的。?/p>
动物之间的信息交流,
无论其方式何?/p>
复杂
intricate
,也是称不上交际的?/p>
1.
And it is an activity only of humans. (para1)
并且它是人类特有的一种活动?/p>
And conversation is an activity which is found only among human being
?/p>
Sociable
[
ˈ
so
ʊ
ʃ
ə
bl]
adj.
随和的,好交际的,友善的
friendly or
agreeable,eapecially in an easy,informal way(
用书?/p>
intricate
(adj) : hard to follow or understand because full of puzzling parts
?/p>
details
?/p>
or relationships
错综复杂的;难以理解的,难懂?/p>
Indulge
:
任凭自己沉溺于……;耽于
to allow yourself to have or do sth that you
like,eapecially sth that is considered bad for you
----indulge in sth, indulge
yourself.