2.实用对话
Expressing Disapproval表示不赞成
Susan: Did you see that film last night?
苏珊:你昨晚看那部电影了吗?
Tom: Yes, I did. But I thought it was kind of boring and I'm not sure whether I understood it.
汤姆:是的,我看了。但我觉得挺无聊的,我都不能确定自己是否看懂了。
Susan: Really? I disagree. I thought it was very good. and the director had many things to say. Almost everyone else seemed
to like it too. I heard a few people talking afterwards.
苏珊:是吗?我可不这么认为。我觉得这片子不错,导演要讲述的东西很多。差不多其他人也都很喜欢这部片子。看完之后我听到了一些人的议论。
Tom: Yeah, maybe they did. But I personally didn't get it and thought there was a lot missing.
汤姆:是啊,也许吧。但是我个人还是觉得不太懂,而且影片有很多缺憾。
Susan: Like what?
苏珊:比如说?
Tom: The ending was not very clear. Did the guy get what he really wanted? Or did he get what we thought he deserved?
汤姆:结局不是很明了。那家伙得到了他真正想要的吗?或者说他得到了我们认为他应该得到的吗?
Susan: I can't give my approval to that. It seems clear to me. He got what was coming to him.
苏珊:我不能赞同这一点。我觉得结局很清楚。他得到了他该得到的东西。
Tom: I don't see that. It was just sort of left out there with no real conclusion.
汤姆:我可没看出来。我觉得只是把事情撂在那儿,根本没有真正的结局。
Susan: We'll have to agree to disagree then.
苏珊:看来我们只能各持己见了。
Tom: Agreed.
汤姆:我赞成。