July 18th, 2009 
ghostlei } Some plays are so successful that they run for years on end. In many ways, this is unfortunate for the poor actors who are required to go on repeating the same lines night after night. One would expect them to know their parts by heart and never have cause to falter. Yet this is not always the case.
} run :
这是run的英文解释，也是本课这个词的英文解释——
Continue to exist/ Occur persistently
持续存在 不断发生
Good looks run in the family.
Like father, like son.
这个家庭的人长得都不错，有其父必有其子。你也可以自己去套用，像 Like teacher, like student; Like mother, like daughter。下面是run 的另一个解释。
Be operating
John runs a successful furniture business. (lesson7)
这是在第7课出现的一个句子。John经营一家成功的家具生意。
} A famous actor in a highly successful play was once cast in the role of an aristocrat who had been imprisoned in the Bastille for twenty years. In the last act, a gaoler would always come on to the stage with a letter which he would hand to the prisoner. Even though the noble was expected to read the letter at each performance, he always insisted that it should be written out in full.
} why did you insist on coming with me this morning?
为什么今天早上你坚持要跟我来？
} If you insist.
有时你试着说服别人，但说服不了，这时候你就可以说 If you insist 如果你坚持的话。
} One night, the gaoler decided to play a joke on his colleague to find out if, after so many performances, he had managed to learn the contents of the letter by heart. The curtain went up on the final act of the play and revealed the aristocrat sitting alone behind bars in his dark cell.
} Colleague
Co-worker
fellow worker
partner in office
an associate that one works with
这些都是和 colleague 一样，表达同事的意思。
} Your subordinates
subordinates 部下
} Just then, the gaoler appeared with the precious letter in his bands. He entered the cell and presented the letter to the aristocrat. But the copy he gave him had not been written out in full as usual. It was simply a blank sheet of paper.
} Did David show up at the game?
appear出现；show up 意思一样。
} A: What’s keeping Kevin? He said last night he’d meet us here by 2 o’clock and it’s already 2:30.
B: It’s so typical of him, isn’t it? Just watch, he’s going to show up in 5 minutes with some wild excuse.
A：Kevin 怎么了？昨晚他说他2点会到，现在都2：30了。
B： 这对他来说太正常了不是？等着吧，5分钟后他会到，而且有大把的接口解释。
} The gaoler looked on eagerly, anxious to see if his fellow actor had at last learnt his lines. The noble stared at the blank sheet of paper for a few seconds. Then, squinting his eyes, he said: ‘The light is dim. Read the letter to me’. And he promptly handed the sheet of paper to the gaoler.
} 不要再比较stare和glare了
stare 和 glare 意思一样，但是glare 在美国口语里边非常少用，没必要再去比较这两个词了。
A：who’s David?
B:The one that always stares at me when I come in.
A: 谁是David?
B: 那个在我进来的时候一直看我的。
Her fiancé sure stares a Iot.
她的未婚夫真的很喜欢看别的女孩子。
} Finding that he could not remember a word of the letter either, the gaoler replied: ‘The light is indeed dim, sire, I must get my glasses.’ With this, he hurried off the stage. Much to the aristocrat’s amusement, the gaoler returned a few moments later with a pair of glasses and the usual copy of the letter which he proceeded to read to the prisoner.
} 不是所有的 定语从句 结构都是在表达定语的意思
} the gaoler returned a few moments later with a pair of glasses and the usual copy of the letter which he proceeded to read to the prisoner.
这句话的意思是，这个gaoler 过了一会回来了，带着他的眼镜和一封信，继续读给犯人听。如果这里把它看成是定语从句，就翻译成他带着他的眼镜和一封要读给犯人听的信，如果这样翻译，就不是表达作者的意思，作者的意思是下面这句话。所以，你可以把他看成是定语从句，但是它表达的不是定语从句的意思，只是行文的需要而已。
the gaoler returned a few moments later with a pair of glasses and the usual copy of the letter ,he proceeded to read the letter to the prisoner.
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