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画面中文提示：
画面中央坐在失物招领处里的工作人员“歇顶先生”望着前来寻找失物的“大鼻子先生”，目无表情，神情呆滞。莫非是他遇到了麻烦，或是碰到了什么不顺心的事……
Description of Professor Robbins
1.Professor Robbins has a little derby on his head.
2.He is carrying an umbrella with him,but it does not look like he's used it recently since it is neatly wrapped even though he just entered the building.
3.His head is very large,probably because his head is full of brains.
4.His nose is very big,as if he likes to stick his nose into other people's business.
5.He is somewhat portly.
6.He looks perplexed at the unhelpfulness of the clerk.
7.He's wearing a tweed jacket that looks very scholarly.
8.It looks like Professor Robbins has already replaced his lost umbrella with the one he is carrying,but he would still like the old one back.
讲解：
第一句Professor Robbins has a little derby on his head.中的 derby是指小圆顶帽，亦称作bowler hat。
画面上，罗宾斯教授的模样令人发噱，描述时不妨调侃一下：
The artist has made him into a caricature of himself with his head so big and his little derby barely covering the top of his head.
画家将他画成了漫画人物：他的头很大，他的圆顶帽却小得只能勉强盖住头顶。
亦可以说得简单一点：
Professor Robbins" hat is way too small for his big head.
罗宾斯教授的帽子小得实在无法戴在他的大头上。
His big head is much too large for the small hat that he is wearing.
他的头太大，头顶上的小帽子无法戴上。
His head is far too big for the hat that barely covers his crown.
他的头太大，戴着的帽子几乎盖不住头顶。
His head is to big and his feet are so small that I'm afraid the weight of his head will cause him to fall over.
他的头太大，脚太小，恐怕头颅的重量会将他压垮。
第三句His head is very large,probably because his head is full of brains.是一句玩笑。头大者脑容量大，因而聪明，这是一种误解。看图说话时也可以评论一两句：
People with big heads are not necessarily smart;sometimes they are stupid.
头大者未必聪明，有时他们很笨。
Likewise,people with small heads don't have to be stupid;many times they are quite smart.
同样，头小者未必愚蠢，许多情况下他们聪明得很。
第四句His nose is very big,as if he likes to stick his nose into other people's business.亦是戏语。鼻子大的人爱管闲事，这纯属想象。不过英语中倒有一些反映人们这种偏见的词组，如stick one's nose into...就表示探听别人的事情，过问与自己无关的事。当然，在这个词组中，stick也可以被其他一些动词替代：
不过，词组keep one's big nose out of...则表示不过问人家不欢迎过问的事，如：
Why can't you keep your nose out of my business?
你为何不能少管我的闲事呢？
像上述Why can't you keep your nose out of my business？这样的句子一般很少单独使用，通常都要在其前面加上一个情节，这样听上去就会更加自然，例如：
Every time I get a phone call at home,my parents would ask me who it is,and what he is calling me about.I wish they would keep their big noses out of my business.
我在家每接一个电话，父母亲总要问是谁打来的，有什么事。我真希望他们少管闲事。
Every time I bring a new friend home,my parenst would ask my friend many questions,like who he is,where he is from,how he knows me,etc.I wish they would keep their noses out of my business.
我每次带一位新朋友回家，父母亲便会问他许多问题——例如他是谁，他从哪儿来，他是怎么认识我的等等——我真希望他们少管我的闲事。
这一点中国学生要特别注意，在表达一个想法时，一个句子往往是不够的，因为这会令人产生无礼和突兀的感觉。从口语和写作的角度来看，真正掌握一个词或词组，必须做到能够较为自如地运用它。掌握的程度如何是看你造句时所用的语言单位的大小与优劣。换言之，只记住一个词或词组的意义等于不学；能用它勉强造一个或几个句子表明只学了一半；能用它较为从容地造出一个或几个带有一定情节的一连串的句子，才能表明你对于这个词或词组已基本掌握。
Description of Tim
1.Tim is sitting behind the desk.
2.He is wearing a pair of small wire-rim glasses.
3.His glasses are very thick.
4.His chin is propped in his hands,and he is staring off in the distance.
5.His hands,as well as his body,are pudgy.
6.He is a plump person.
讲解：
第一句Tim is sitting behind the desk.中的词组sit behind the desk在这一情景中等同于sit at the desk。现在我们在这句后再加上一个表示蒂姆表情的内容：
Tim is sitting behind the desk with a woeful expression on his face.（面露苦相）
sadly thinking about his terrible job.（苦苦地想着这份倒霉的差事）
bored to tears.（厌倦之极）
将上述内容连起来做一个连续表达的实例：
Sitting behind the desk is a man with a very unfriendly look on his face.It looks as though he is very bored with his job,and he doesn't even want to help poor Professor Robbins.
第四句His chin is propped in his hands,and he is staring off in the distance.描述的是蒂姆的动作神态，当然，这只是一个猜测，他也可能是看着教授走进屋来：
He puts his chin in his hands,looking at Professor Robbins with an expressionless gaze.
他双手托住下巴，面无表情的看着罗宾斯教授。
词组put one's chin in one's hands意为“用双手托住下巴”。
那么，他的脑子里在想什么呢？
Perhaps he is thinking about getting a better job,a more interesting job than being a clerk in a lost property office.
也许他是在想得到一份更好的工作，一份比失物招领处的小职员更有趣的工作。
Perhaps the clerk is thinking about what he will have for dinner tonight,or something else about his personal life.
也许他正在想今天晚饭吃什么，或者其他有关他个人生活的事情。
The clerk is probably daydreaming,living out some fantasy in his head.
也许他正在做白日梦，沉浸在某种幻想之中。
The clerk is just waiting until five o'clock rolls around,when he can leave the office,and go do what he would like to do.
这位职员什么事情也不做，只是等待着5点下班，那时他就能离开办公室，去做自己喜欢做的事情。
另一种可能性也未必不可：
The clerk is probably just trying to upset his boss by refusing to do his work.
这位职员可能只是故意不干活，来激怒他的老板。
第六句He is a plump person.中的plump表示“胖”。这一讲中出现了一些表示“胖”的词，现做一个简单的归纳讲解：
plump表示丰满，强调胖得好看，如中文“胖乎乎，肉墩墩，胖鼓鼓”：
She is small and on the plump side.
她个头不大，有些发胖。
She is plump without being fat.
她长得丰满，却并不肥胖。
portly也表示胖，是戏谑语：
a portly lady：肥婆
要表示又矮又胖，则可以用dumpy来描述；fat指肉多，肥大；beer gut是指因经常喝啤酒而形成的啤酒肚。
Comment on Professor Robbins
1.Professor Robbins has had a very unfortunate day.
2.First he lost his umbrella,and now he has wasted his time by going to the lost property office for nothing.
3.He lost his umbrella,as he is very absent-minded.
4.And now,he is extremely unlucky to have such an unsympathetic person at the lost propervy desk.
5.The clerk in the lost property office is unwilling to assist him.
6.If he knew how unsuccessful his visit to the lost property office was going to be,he wouldn't have made the trip at all.
7.It seems Professor Robbins will simply have to go buy a new umorella.
8.The old one is gone for good.
讲解：
第一句Professor Robbins has had a very unfortunate day.是说罗宾斯教授丢失了雨伞，又遭到了冷遇，可谓倒霉之极。句中的短语a very unfortunate day在意义上与a very bad day或a very unlucky day相近。
第三句He lost his umbrella,as he is very absent-minded.是说他粗心才丢了伞。图上标明这是伦敦的一家失物招领处，所以在评论时可以加上几句：
It is said that London is famous for its fog and rainy weather.Some gentlemen there carry an umbrella with them almost every day.Therefore,people often lose their umbrellas.
不过，由于近年来人们对于环境保护的关注和产业结构的调整，这种情况已有所改变。因而旧时英国绅士出门带伞的那一幕如今已不多见了。
第八句The old one is gone for good.中的词组for good表示“永远”，与forever意义相同：
For the new year I made a resolution—I would give up smoking for good.
为了迎接新年，我下了决心：永远戒烟。
Comment on Tim
1.Tim doesn't seem to be helpful.
2.It looks like he isn't interested in his job.
3.It looks as though he is very bored with his job.
4.Tim looks interested in what Professor Robbins has to say but not inclined to get up and help him.
5.He looks lackadaisical; he does not want to get out of his comfortable chair.
6.He is not a good employee.
7.He should feel ashamed of himself for not helping Professor Robbins to find his old umbrella.
8.He should be replaced by someone who will be more attentive to the needs of the customers.
对于蒂姆的评论，我们可以先通过单句来做：
Tim isn't interested in helping Professor Robbins.
蒂姆对帮助罗宾斯教授提不起兴趣。
He is much too bored to really care about doing his job properly.
他实在厌倦之极，根本无心做好本职工作。
He is a demoralized worker.
他没有职业道德。
It would be better that he finds another job,and someone who wants to help people should take his position.
他应去另找一份工作，让乐于助人的雇员来接替他的岗位。
然后可以做连续表达：
Tim isn't interested in helping Professor Robbins.He doesn' t seem to be interested in his job at all.He is too bored to really care about anything or to try to be a good employee.He really should go find another job,and someone else with more interest in helping people should take over his position.He is not the right person for this job.
实例：
Sample 1
I can see in this picture that a man with a big nose has just walked into the London Lost Property Office.He must be looking for something he lost.The man behind the counter is just sitting and has not changed his position at all,even though someone has entered his office.His eyes have shifted to look at the man who has lost something,but he does not seem to be doing anything to help.The man behind the desk does not seem like a good employee.He is not thinking about what it would be like to lose something and the frustration of encountering an unhelpful employee like himself.
Sample 2
Professor Robbins went to the Lost Property Office one day.When he arrived,he noticed that the man behind the desk didn' t look very helpful.The man had his chin propped in his hands and was staring off into the distance as though he were bored and simply waiting for the time to pass so that he could go home.This situation troubled Professor Robbins because he was afraid he would not find his lost umbrella without the man's help.There were too many lost articles behind the desk for Professor Robbins to pick out his umbrella by himself.It seems like the umbrella may be lost for good,since Professor Robbins isn't going to get the help he needs to find it.