英语口语情景词汇学习 大众话题 Unit 63: 语言

　　Situational Words and Phrases 情景词汇

　　1.accent n. 口音，语音

　　A: His accent makes it difficult to understand his English.

　　甲:他的口音使他的英语很难懂。

　　B: Yes, he speaks Spanish English.

　　乙:是的，他讲的是西班牙式的英语。

　　2.break one's word 失信

　　A: Dad，you promised to buy me a computer! You won't break your ward，will you?

　　甲:爸爸，你答应给我买电脑的!我想你不会失信的，是吗?

　　B: No, I never break my ward to a good child.

　　乙:不会的，我从不对一个听话的孩子失言。

　　3.classic n. 古典名著

　　A: What kind of books do you like to read, Jane?

　　甲:琼，你喜欢读什么样的书?

　　B: I like the classics very much, they're real spellbinders.

　　乙:我喜欢读古典名著，它们实在令我着迷。

　　4.give one's word 许诺

　　A: What if John won't help us?

　　甲:约翰不帮咱们怎么办?

　　B: He will. He has given his word.

　　乙:他会的，他已经答应了。

　　5.lousy a. 糟糕的

　　A: His grammar is lousy.

　　甲:他的语法实在是糟糕。

　　B: I think so. I ran only guess what he is saying most of the time.

　　乙:我也这样认为。大多数时候我只能猜他在说什么。

　　6.have words (with someone) 与某人口角

　　A: They used to be very close, but since they had words, they don't speak to each other.

　　甲:他们过去非常亲密，但是自从发生口角之后，他们彼此不再谈话了。

　　B: That's why I found them behaving as if they don't know each other.

　　乙:怪不得我发现他们好像互不认识似的。

　　7.idiom n. 习语

　　A: Can you tell me one English idiom referring to this case?

　　甲:就这种情况而言，你能告诉我一个英语习语吗?

　　B: Of course, "you can't teach an old dog new tricks" is one of them.

　　乙:当然，例如“老年人旧习难改”。

　　8.mother tongue 母语

　　A: English has become more popular now.

　　甲:英语时下变得更流行了。

　　B: Today, English is the mother tongue of nearly a third of a billion people.

　　乙:如今英语是近三亿三千万人的母语。

　　9.one's last word 终极命令

　　A: Freeze! Or I'll shoot. That's my last word.

　　甲:别动!要不我就开枪了，这是你最后的机会。

　　B: Put the gun aside, otherwise you'll be sorry.

　　乙:把枪放在一边，要不你会后悔的。

　　10.originate v. 起源于.创始

　　A: Shakespeare coined a lot of wards in his literary works.

　　甲:莎士比亚在他的文学作品中造了好多新词。

　　B: Today, many words originated from literature, too.

　　乙:当今，许多新词也同样是源于文学作品。

　　11.pet phrase 口头禅

　　A: Why did he often say "My Jesus"?

　　甲:他为何老是说“我的主啊”?

　　B: That is his pet phrase.

　　乙:那是他的口头禅。

　　12.vocabulary n. 词汇，词语

　　A: You Japanese people speak quite differently, I think.

　　甲:我想，你们日本人说的日语很不同。

　　B: Yeah, there is a subtle but very distinct difference in the vocabulary between men and women.

　　乙:是的，在男人和女人所用的词汇之间有微妙但却很明显的差别。

　　13.word for word 逐字逐句

　　A: I can't do my work again, ma'am. I think I translated every word right.

　　甲:老师，我不能从新做。我认为我每个词都翻译对了。

　　B: It won't do to translate word far word.

　　乙:逐字逐句翻译是行不通的。