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轻松阅读《家政女皇》Undomestic Goddess

发表于: 2008-6-17 15:16    作者: lol    来源: 『原版英语』
看英文小说，会遇到很多生词，不知所云。

会遇到复杂的用法，无从下手。

会遇到陌生的背景知识，囫囵吞枣
最终毅力全无，望而生畏，终将束之高阁。

现在让我们一起克服上述的烦恼，齐心协力。让小说阅读变成是我们精神的盛宴。

本贴的主旨是大家一起解决在阅读中遇到的困难，共同提高自己的阅读水平。大家把在阅读中遇到的生词，用法和知识难点注释出来，并配以适当的例句来表达相关的单词。让我们一起努力使阅读不再是一件头疼，枯燥乏味的事情，轻松，愉快，享受的阅读完一本小说。

这次大家将一起阅读的的小说是《家政女盲》Undomestic Goddess

In this book

萨曼莎是一位年轻有为的女律师。她每3分钟检查一次电子邮箱，每6分钟做一次工作日志，手机24小时开机，一小时能赚500英镑……压力是她奋斗的动力，工作是她生活的全部。
　　然而由于工作“失误”，萨曼莎使客户损失了5000万英镑，进而被公司扫地出门。失魂落魄的萨曼莎来到一个小镇，误打误撞竟成了女管家。不会洗衣服，不会缝补，不会用烤箱，甚至连烧水也不会……对家务一窍不通的她闹出很多笑话，还好都有惊无险，而且还邂逅了一段美好的爱情……
　　萨曼塔意外发现了她被陷害的圈套，为了证明自己的无辜并拯救律师事务所，她又回到伦敦，设法戳穿了一切。但萨曼塔因此成为各大八卦媒体追逐的对象，事务所又向她伸出了橄榄枝……
　　一边是人人羡慕的工作和高薪，一边是好不容易得到的爱情和闲适生活。她该何去何从？

About author

索菲·金塞拉(SOOPHIE KINSELLA)，英国新一代的超级畅销书作家，曾为财经记者。在“购物狂”系列小说里，她创造了一位疯狂购物，却又魅力无限的女孩——丽贝卡·布卢姆伍德，她的傻大姐行径和天马行空的幻想令人又爱又恨、哭笑不得。爆笑紧张的情节、轻松幽默的笔触，让你笑到不行！读着读着，也许你会猛然发现，自己身上也有丽贝卡的影子；或者，这个有趣的女孩就在你身边。


Are you ready? Lets start to enjoy this wonderful book!!!!

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  • lol (2008-6-17 15:34:52)


    第一章第一部分

    （随附小说的笔记和同等内容的有声书，希望对大家的阅读有所帮助）

    1.1

    Chapter One

    Would you consider yourself stressed?

    No. I’m not stressed.

    I’m… busy. Plenty of people are busy. I have a high-powered job, my career is important to me, and I enjoy it.

    OK. So sometimes I do feel a bit tense. But I’m a lawyer in the City, for God’s sake. What do you expect?

    My handwriting is pressing so hard into the page, I’ve torn the paper. Dammit. Never mind. Let’s move on to the next question.

    On average, how many hours do you spend in the office every day?

    14
    12
    8
    It depends.

    Do you exercise regularly?

    I regularly go swimming

    I occasionally go swim

    I am intending to begin a regular regime of swimming. When I have time. Work’s been busy lately, it’s a blip.

    Do you drink 8 glasses of water a day?
    Yes
    Sometimes
    No.

    I put down my pen and clear my throat. Across the room, Maya looks up from where she’s rearranging all her little pots of wax and nail varnish. Maya is my spa beauty therapist for the day and is in her forties, I’d say. Her long dark hair is in a plait with one white streak woven through it, and she has a tiny silver stud in her nose.

    “Everything all right with the questionnaire?” she murmurs.

    “I did mention that I’m in a bit of a hurry,” I say politely. “Are all these questions absolutely necessary?”

    “At the Green Tree Center we like to have as much information as possible to assess your beauty and health needs,” she replies in soothing yet implacable tones.

    I glance at my watch. Nine forty-five.

    I don’t have time for this. I really do not have the time. But it’s my birthday treat and I promised my best friend, Freya.

    To be more accurate, it’s last year’s birthday treat. Freya gave me the gift voucher for an “Ultimate De-stress Experience” just over a year ago. She’s my oldest school friend and is always on at me for working too hard. In the card that came with the voucher she wrote Make Some Time ForYourself, Samantha!!!

    Which I did fully intend to do. But we had the Zincon Petrochemical Group restructuring and the Zeus Minerals merger… and somehow a year went by without my finding a spare moment. I’m a lawyer with Carter Spink. I work in the corporate department on the finance side, and just at the moment, things are pretty hectic with some big deals on. It’s a blip. It’ll get better. I just have to get through the next couple of weeks.

    Anyway, then Freya sent me this year’s birthday card—and I suddenly realized the voucher was about to expire. So here I am, on my twenty-ninth birthday. Sitting on a couch in a white toweling robe and surreal paper knickers. With a half-day window. Max.

    Do you smoke?
    No.

    Do you drink alcohol?
    Yes. The odd glass of wine.

    Do you eat regular home-cooked meals?
    What does that have to do with anything? What makes “home-cooked” meals superior?

    I eat a nutritious, varied diet, I write at last.
    Which is absolutely true.

    Anyway, everyone knows the Chinese live longer than we do—so what could be more healthy than to eat their food? And pizza is Mediterranean. It’s probably more healthy than a home-cooked meal.

    Do you feel your life is balanced?
    Yes
    N
    Yes.

    “I’m done,” I announce, and hand the pages back to Maya, who starts reading through my answers. Her finger is traveling down the paper at a snail’s pace. Like we’ve got all the time in the world. Which she may well have. But I seriously have to be back in the office by one.

    Maya looks up, a thoughtful expression on her face.“You’re obviously quite a stressed-out woman.”

    What? Where does she get that from? I specifically put on the form, I am not stressed-out.

    “No, I’m not.” I hope Maya’s taking in my relaxed, see-how-unstressed-I-am smile. She looks unconvinced.

    “Your job is obviously very pressured.”

    “I thrive under pressure,” I explain. Which is true. I’ve known that about myself ever since…

    Well. Ever since my mother told me, when I was about eight. You thrive under pressure, Samantha. Our whole family thrives under pressure. It’s like our family motto or something.

    Apart from my brother Peter, of course. He had a nervous breakdown. But the rest of us.

    I love my job. I love spotting the loophole in a contract. I love the thrill of negotiation, and arguing my case, and making the sharpest point in the room. I love the adrenaline rush of closing a deal.

    I suppose just occasionally I do feel as though someone’s piling heavy weights on me. Like big concrete blocks, one on top of the other, and I have to keep holding them up, no matter how exhausted I am…

    待续中。。。to be continued...

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  • 2008guoguo (2008-6-17 16:42:56)

    嘿嘿，有意思的提议~~~~~~~~

    blip - a short pause or change in a process or activity, especially when the situation gets worse for a while before it improves again
    hectic - with much confused activity and excitement; very busy 忙乱的; 忙碌的

    [ 本帖最后由 2008guoguo 于 2008-6-17 16:45 编辑 ]

  • 四猫muioya (2008-6-17 22:03:11)

    支持LOL，报名参加~~
    是不是每天都更新呢？

  • 四猫muioya (2008-6-17 22:25:18)

    be on at：不断地找岔[唠叨]
    “She’s my oldest school friend and is always on at me for working too hard. ”

  • tylx_wu (2008-6-18 13:14:53)

    have a look

  • 2005新年好 (2008-6-18 13:58:52)

    这是Kinsella非购物狂系列的第二本，也是很幽默搞笑的


    Sophie Kinsella的全集
    http://bbs.en8848.com.cn/thread-13034-1-1.html

    [ 本帖最后由 2005新年好 于 2008-7-10 09:48 编辑 ]

  • zyp_grace (2008-6-19 18:52:19)

    期待 ....

  • coffeegirl (2008-6-19 19:33:08)

    I have 4 kinsella's books.
    my favorite one is the "can you keep a secret?"
    very romantic and intersting.
    smooth writing.
    I have both chinese version and the english one.
    I even have the audiobook. ^^

  • tanitan (2008-6-19 22:59:55)

    挺有意思的~

  • davis1981 (2008-6-20 01:17:04)

    支持一下先

  • llhxj (2008-6-20 12:35:10)

    看看先，没听说过这个系列的小说

  • oblack (2008-6-20 15:45:12)

    提示错误 看看书啊

  • kathyxu5810 (2008-6-20 20:32:15)

    想看看全书……回复隐藏的部分是整部书的下载吗？

  • pinny (2008-6-20 21:24:00)

    我是新来的，呵呵~
    想好好学英文，谢谢分享！  ^  ^

  • magnolia (2008-6-23 10:54:32)

    这个活动好挖，支持

  • wwlcj1982 (2008-6-23 11:40:37)

    终于冒泡了，我来顶一个～～

  • crystinalee (2008-6-23 15:56:20)

    哪里可以看到全书？

  • daphne_ding (2008-6-23 16:21:53)

    想要看看内容真不容易哦，不过还是谢谢搂主的不辞辛劳

  • kira86 (2008-6-23 16:32:32)

    楼主的想法是让大家一点一点的慢慢看吧，因为好多朋友下书很勤劳，看书很懒惰，偶就是 :

  • yishuiying (2008-6-23 17:42:13)

    That's a good idea!
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