74_Out_of_the_Limelight

74 Out of the Limelight

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An ancient bus stopped by a dry river bed and a party of famous actors and actresses got off. Dressed in dark glasses and old clothes, they had taken special precautions so that no one should recognize them. But as they soon discovered, disguises can sometimes be too perfect. 'This is a wonderful place for a picnic,' said Gloria Gleam. 'It couldn't be better, Gloria,' Brinksley Meers agreed. 'No newspaper men, no film fans! Why don't we come more often?' Meanwhile, two other actors Rockwall Slinger and Merlin Greeves, had carried two large food baskets to a shady spot under some trees. When they had all made themselves comfortable, a stranger appeared. He looked very angry. 'Now you get out of here, all of you!' he shouted. 'I'm sheriff here. Do you see that notice? It says "No Camping" -- in case you can't read!' 'Look, sheriff,' said Rockwall, 'don't be too hard on us. I'm Rockwall Slinger and this is Merlin Greeves.' 'Oh, is it?' said the sheriff with a sneer. 'Well, I'm Brinksley Meers, and my other name is Gloria Gleam. Now you get out of here fast!'

一辆古旧的汽车停在一条干涸的河床边，一群著名男女演员下了车。他们戴着墨镜，穿着旧衣服，特别小心以防别人认出他们。 但他们很快就发觉，化装的效果有时过分完美了。 "在这个地方野餐简直太妙了，"格格利亚·格利姆说。"是再好不过的了，格格利亚。"布林克斯利·米尔斯表示同意。 "没有记者，没有影迷！我们为什么不经常来这里呢？" 此时，另外两位演员，罗克沃尔·斯林格和默林·格里夫斯，已经把两个大食品篮子提到了一片树荫下。 当他们都已安排舒适时，一个陌生人出现了。他看上去非常气愤。 "你们都从这里走开，全都走开！"他大叫着，"我是这里的司法长官。你们看到那个布告牌了吗？上面写着'禁止野营'——除非你们不识字！" "好了，好了，司法官，"罗克沃尔说，"别使我们难堪。我是罗克沃尔·斯林格，这位是默林·格里夫斯。" "噢，是吗？"那位司法长官冷笑一声说道，"好，我就是布林克斯利·米尔斯。我还有一个名字叫格格利亚·格利姆。现在你们赶快滚吧！"

Words

• precautions /priˈkɔʃənz/ n. 预防措施
  1. We should have taken great precaution.（L65）
  2. I am ordered to take every precaution.
  3. Why did you forbid me to take precaution?（L51）
• picnic /ˈpɪkˌnɪk/ 野餐
• shady /ˈʃedi/ adj. 树荫
  1. … a shady spot under some trees.
  2. He has been reading a book in that shady spot for a long time.
  3. It used to be a beautiful, shady spot.
  4. We were able to/managed to find a shady spot and have a picnic there.（L43 L67）
• sheriff /ˈʃɛrəf/ n. 警长
  1. The sheriff insisted on our/us leaving the place.（L68）
  2. It’s no use pretending that you know our sheriff.（L68）
  3. In the meantime, the sheriff’s son played truant from school.（L73）
• notice /ˈnotəs/ v. 通知
  1. on such short notice…
  2. Thank you for coming on such short notice.
  3. There's a notice on the wall.
  4. It was you who put the notice on the wall.（L58）
• sneer /snɪr/ v. 嘲笑
  1. 1 'You probably wouldn't understand,' he said with a sneer.
  2. He sneered at me like everyone else.
  3. Why do you sneer at people who write wonderful books?（L28）
  4. sb.
• limelight /ˈlaɪmˌlaɪt/ n. 聚光灯
  1. The president's wife wanted to stay out of the limelight.
  2. For the past three years, Stephen has stayed out of the limelight.
  3. I want to continue to stay out of the limelight.（L69）
• fan /fæn/ n. 粉丝
  1. I never did tell you about my son, did I?
  2. He is such a big fan of all sorts of music that…

Expressions

• stay out of the limelight 远离聚光灯；不出风头
• take precaution 采取预防措施
• sb. is a big/huge fan of a. 某人是……的狂热粉丝
• on such short notice 时间如此仓促
• with a sneer/sneer at sb. 嘲笑；对某人嗤之以鼻
• a party of 一队；一群
• Why don't we... 我们为什么不……
  1. Why don't we go into the kitchen?
  2. Why don’t we hitchhike to Beijing?（L73）
  3. Why don’t we make it official?（L71）
• carry sth. to sw. 把某物带到某地
  1. If you can carry it to the top of the mountain, you may find what you were looking for.（L16 L46）
  2. The man (who carried the bag to our house) lives across the street.（L28）
• make oneself comfortable... 让自己舒服些
• don't be too hard on us... 别对我们太苛刻
  1. Don’t be too hard on yourself.
  2. If I were you, I wouldn’t be too hard on myself.（L40）
  3. You needn’t have been too hard on him.（L41）
  4. Don’t be too hard on them, for they are very young.
• get out of here... 从这里出去
  1. I get out of here.
  2. We should have got out of here.（L65）