Lesson 137
A pleasant dream
美好的梦
Listen to the tape then answer this question,What would Julie like to do,if she had the money?
听录音，然后回答问题。如果朱莉有那笔钱，她想做什么呢？
JULIE,Are you doing the football
pools,Brain?
BRIAN,Yes,I've nearly finished,Julie.
Julie,I'm sure we'll win
something this week.
JULIE,You always say that,
but we never win anything!
What will you do
if you win a lot of money?
BRIAN,If I win a lot of money
I'll buy you a mink coat.
JULIE,I don't want a mink coat!
I want to see the world.
BRIAN,All right.
If we win a lot of money
We'll travel round the world
and we'll stay at the best
hotels,Then we'll return home
and buy a big house in the
country,We'll have a beautiful
garden and …
JULIE,But if we spend all that money
we'll be poor again.
What'll we do then?
BRIAN,If we spend all the money
we'll try and win the football
pools again.
JULIE,It's a pleasant dream
but everything depends on 'if'!
New Word and expressions 生词和短语
football
n,足球
pool
n,赌注
win (won,won)
v,赢
world
n,世界
poor
adj,贫穷的
depend
v,依靠（on）
参考译文
朱 莉：布赖恩，你正在下足球赛的赌注吗？
布赖恩：是的。我这就做完了。朱莉。
我敢肯定这星期我们会赢一点的。
朱 莉：你老是那样说，但是我们从来没
赢过！要是你赢了许多钱，你打算
做什么呢？
布赖恩：要是我赢了许多钱，我给你买件
貂皮大衣。
朱 莉：我不要貂皮大衣。我要去见风世面。
布赖恩：好吧。要是我们赢了很多钱，我们
就去周游世界，并且往最好的旅馆。
然后我们返回家园，在乡下买幢大
房子。我们将有一个漂亮的花园和
……
朱 莉：但是如果我们把所有钱都花光了，
我们又会变穷的。那时我们怎么
办呢？
布赖恩：如果我们花光了所有钱，我们设法
在足球赛赌注上再赢一次。
朱 莉：这是个美好的梦，但一切都取决于
,如果”！