新概念第二册Lesson 40

II Lesson 40 Food and talk Was Mrs Rumbold a good companion at dinner? Last week at a dinner party, the hostess asked me to sit next to Mrs. Rumbold. Mrs.Rumbold was a large, unsmiling lady in a tight black dress. She did not even look up when I took my seat beside her. Her eyes were fixed on her plate and in a short time, she was busy eating. I tried to make conversation. 'A new play is coming to "The Globe" soon,' I said. 'Will you be seeing it?' 'No,' she answered. 'Will you be spending your holidays abroad this year?' I asked. 'No,'she answered. 'Will you be staying in England?' I asked. 'No,'she answered. In despair, I asked her whether she was enjoying her dinner. 'Young man,' she answered, 'if you ate more and talked less, we would both enjoy our dinner!" New words and expressions: hostess. n.女主人 unsmiling. adj.不笑的 严肃的 tight. adj.紧身的 fix. v.凝视 globe. n.地球 despair. n.绝望​