Listen to the tape then answer this question.
Who is only twenty-nine, and why is it so unclear?
听录音，然后回答问题。谁只有29岁？为什么这件事如此含糊不清？
KATE：Can you recognize that woman, Liz?
LIZ：I think I can, Kate.
It must be Karen Marsh, the actress.
KATE：I thought so.
Who's that beside her?
LIZ：That must be Conrad Reeves.
KATE：Conrad Reeves, the actor?
It can't be.
Let me have another look.
I think you're right!
Isn't he her third husband?
LIZ：No. He must be her fourth or fifth.
KATE：Doesn't Karen Marsh look old!
LIZ：She does, doesn't she!
I read she's twenty-nine,but she must be at least forty.
KATE：I'm sure she is.
LIZ：She was a famous actress when I was still at school.
KATE：That was a long time ago, wasn't it?
LIZ：Not that long ago!
I'm not more than twenty-nine myself.
New words and expressions 生词和短语
famous /'feiməs/ adj．著名的
actress /'æktris/ n．女演员
at least /ət-li:st/ 至少
actor /'æktə/ n．男演员
read /ri:d/(read /red/ ,read) v．通过阅读得知
Notes on the text 课文注释
1 在It must be Karen Marsh ... 这一句中，must be是英文中用来表示根据事实所作的推论，往往译为“一定”。must be的否定式是can't be，如Kate的话“It can't be．”是对Liz的推论（“That must be Conrad Reeves．”）的否定。同时，请注意这里的can't be（表示不可能）和第45课中I can't type this letter.（表示能力）的区别。
2 Who's that beside her?本句中that指人。
3 her fourth or fifth 后面省略了husband。
4 Not that long ago!
句中的that是副词，指像Kate所说的“那么”遥远，可译作“那样”，“那么”。课文中用斜体印刷表示一种强调，显然Liz对Kate的判断和对她本人年龄的估算很不满意。
参考译文
凯特：莉兹，你能认出那个女人吗？
莉兹：我想我认得出来，凯特。那一定是女演员卡伦·马什。
凯特：我也这样想。她旁边的那个人是谁？
莉兹：一定是康拉德·里弗斯。
凯特：康拉德·里弗斯，那个男演员吗？不可能是。让我再看一看。我想你是对的。他不是她的第3个丈夫吗？
莉兹：不，他一定是她的第4个或第5个丈夫。
凯特：卡伦看上去不显老嘛！
莉兹：是的，谁说不是呢！我从报上看到她是29岁，但她一定至少有40岁了。
凯特：我肯定她有40岁了。
莉兹：当我还是学生时，她就是个著名的演员了。
凯特：那是好久以前的事了，是吗？
莉兹：不，没有那么久。我自己现在还没29岁呢。
