13 - 10 - 2009 Tuesday

A visit to the market
1. – accompanied陪伴 – buy some groceries杂货
2. – arrived 到达– could not find a place to park the car – waited patiently耐心地等 –
3. – made our way carefully through the various各种 sections buying – wanted to buy some prawns – all sold out
4. – bags got heavier and heavier袋子越来越重 – crowd got thicker and thicker人群越来越多 – noise and heat was overwhelming吵声和热气节节上升 – done all the shopping买完了 – wait my mother at the car –
5. – carried the bags wearily疲累地 to the car – breathed a sigh of relief when I reached it松一口气 – air smelled sweet空气清新 – glad to be outside开心能到外面
6. – emerged出现 from the market – looked exhausted筋疲力尽 – put the groceries in the boot车厢 – drove off with the air-conditioner at full blast扭开最大的冷气离开

Example:
A visit to the market
Last Sunday, I accompanied my mother to the central market to buy some groceries. The central market is far from our house. So, my mother drove to there.

When we arrived at the market, we could not find a place to park the car. So, we waited patiently for about ten minutes.

We made our way carefully through the various sections buying vegetables, meat, fish, noodles, spices and other food. We wanted to buy some prawns but they were all sold out.

The bags got heavier and heavier. The crowd got thicker and thicker. The noise and heat was overwhelming. As we had nearly done all the shopping, I told my mother that I would wait her at the car.

I carried the bags wearily to the car and breathed a sigh of relief when I reached it. The air smelled sweet. I was glad to be outside.

Fifteen minutes later, my mother emerged from the market. She looked exhausted. We put the groceries in the boot, got into the car and drove off with the air-conditioner at full blast.

13 - 10 - 2009 Tuesday

A visit to dentist
1. – pain through the night整晚都痛 – take a painkiller止痛药 to lessen减轻 the pain – did not get a wink of sleep the whole night through一整晚没睡熟

2. – told my father – toothache牙痛 – could not go to school – took me to dentist牙医诊疗所 – horrified害怕 – no choice没得选

3. – waited outside the dentist’s office – nurse – opened the door – first patient第一个病人 – wrote down my particulars写下我的资料 – told me to wait a moment告诉我等一下 – the tooth still ached like mad我的牙齿依然非常的痛

4. – burly高大 dentist arrived – ushered被送进 to the dentist’s chair – Normally通常 I would run away逃走 from the frightening恐怖的 surgery手术 with all its horrible恐怖的 drills钻头 and pliers钳子, but I did not. – to get the offending tooth out把那令人讨厌的牙齿拔出

5. – sat down on the reclining chair躺椅 – kept saying some assuring words一直鼓励我 – relaxed – open my mouth – said the tooth had to come out 牙齿必须拔掉 – nodded dumbly in reply静静地点头
6. – felt a slight少许 prick刺伤 of pain – injection打针, but it was nothing compared to toothache与牙痛比起来, 这算不了什么 – miraculously奇迹般地 - , all pain disappeared不见了. The anesthetic definitely worked very quickly那麻醉药很见效 – told me I could go –
7. – put a wad of cotton over the wound放棉花在伤口上 – keep my mouth shut for a while关嘴巴一会儿 . The visit to the dentist was not too bad after all.看牙医也不是一件很痛苦的事

Example:
A visit to dentist
My tooth had pain through the night. I had to take a painkiller to lessen the pain. Worst of all I did not get a wink of sleep the whole night through.

The next morning, I told my father about my toothache. It was obvious I could not go to school. So, my father took me to dentist. I was horrified, but I had no choice.

At nine o’clock, we waited outside the dentist’s office. The nurse came and opened the door. I was the first patient. She wrote down my particulars and told me to wait a moment. Meanwhile the tooth still ached like mad.

The burly dentist arrived and I was ushered to the dentist’s chair. Normally I would run away from the frightening surgery with all its horrible drills and pliers, but I did not. I had to get the offending tooth out.

I sat down on the reclining chair while the dentist kept saying some assuring words. I relaxed. He asked me to open my mouth. I did so. He said the tooth had to come out. I nodded dumbly in reply.

I felt a slight prick of pain when he gave me an injection, but it was nothing compared to toothache. Soon, miraculously, all pain disappeared. The anesthetic definitely worked very quickly. Then before I knew it, the dentist told me that I could go.
The dentist put a wad of cotton over the wound and told me to keep my mouth shut for a while. The visit to the dentist was not too bad after all.