1.Dialogues were held between the industrial countries and the developing countries, and what was more, they still had an interesting conversation about space travel. 工业国家和发展中国家之间举行了多次对话,而且他们还就太空旅行进行了一次有趣的谈话。
[说明] conversation 指两个或两个以上的人互相交换意见或看法,也指平常的聊天在内。 dialogue 比conversation更为正式,作“对话”解时,尤指对话体的作品、戏剧中的对白、小说中的对话;作“谈话”解时,指有意见的双方进行交换意见。如:
Can you understand the short dialogue between Hamlet and the gravedigger?(你能理解哈姆雷特和掘墓人之间的那段简短的对白吗?)
2.Wearing shabby clothes, the young man was laughed at by the shop assistant . Knowing that the young man was a millionaire, the shop assistant smiled with satisfaction. 由于衣衫破烂,那个年轻人受到了店员的嘲笑。当店员知道他是一个百万富翁后,又满意地笑了。
[说明]Laugh和 smile都有“笑”的意思。 laugh 指出声地大笑,多作不及物动词用。laugh at含有贬义,指“嘲笑”。 smile 是指不出声的笑,常表示愉快、亲切、友好等。