全文 11 句（男女对话）· 6 个生词和短语（加粗 + 红色音标 / 词性 / 释义）
作者1. Jeremy Hampden has a large circle /'sɜːkl/ n. 圈子 of friends and is very popular at parties.
作者2. Everybody admires /əd'maɪəz/ v. 赞美，钦佩 him for his great sense of humour — everybody, that is, except his six-year-old daughter, Jenny.
作者3. Recently, one of Jeremy's closest /kləʊsɪst/ adj. 亲密的 friends asked him to make a speech at a wedding /'wedɪŋ/ n. 婚礼 reception /rɪ'sepʃn/ n. 招待会.
作者4. This is the sort /sɔːt/ n. 种类 of thing that Jeremy loves.
作者5. He prepared the speech carefully and went to the wedding with Jenny.
作者6. He had included a large number of funny stories in the speech and, of course, it was a great success.
作者7. As soon as he had finished, Jenny told him she wanted to go home.
作者8. Jeremy was a little disappointed by this but he did as his daughter asked.
作者9. On the way home, he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed the speech.
作者10. To his surprise, she said she hadn't.
作者11. Jeremy asked her why this was so and she told him that she did not like to see so many people laughing at him!
作者1. 杰里米·汉普登交际甚广，是各种聚会上深受大家欢迎的人。
作者2. 人人都钦佩他那绝妙的幽默感——人人，就是说，除他6岁的女儿珍妮之外的每一个人。
作者3. 最近，杰里米的一个最亲密的朋友请他在一个婚礼上祝词。
作者4. 这正是杰里米喜欢做的事情。
作者5. 他认真准备了讲稿，带着珍妮一道去参加了婚礼。
作者6. 他的祝词里面加进了大量逗人的故事，自然大获成功。
作者7. 他刚一讲完，珍妮就对他说她要回家。
作者8. 这不免有点使杰里米扫兴，但他还是按照女儿的要求做了。
作者9. 在回家的路上，他问珍妮是否喜欢他的祝词。
作者10. 使他吃惊的是，她说她不喜欢。
作者11. 杰里米问她为何不喜欢，她说她不愿意看到那么多的人嘲笑他！