第一页:片段欣赏
第二页:巧学口语
第三页:小小翻译家
第四页:文化一瞥
1. spoon: (床上姿势)身体成钥形,双方均侧身,其中一方用胸部和腹部贴紧另一方的背部。spoon也可指做亲吻、爱抚等亲密动作。
2. go to much/a lot of trouble to do sth.: 劳心费力做某事。影片中Margaret是在说客气话,意思是“太麻烦你了”。看一下例子:He must have gone to a lot of trouble to get this.(他一定是费了很大劲儿才拿到这个。)
3. come up with: 想出。例如:He could not come up with a proper answer.(他想不出一个合适的回答。)
4. sham: 骗局。Their independence was a sham. (他们的独立是一个骗局。)sham还可以表示“虚伪,假装”,例如:I’m a blunt straightforward man; I hate sham.(我是个耿直坦率的人,我讨厌虚伪。)
5. crushed: 被压垮,崩溃。看一下例子:She was crushed when she heard the news.(她听到这个消息后崩溃了。)
6. work sb. up: 鼓动,激发,使激动。He had worked himself up into a terrible state about the coming exam.(面对即将举行的考试,他把自己弄得紧张极了。)
Work sth. up / work up sth.则有“逐步发展,逐步建立,逐步完成”的意思。请看例子:
I have worked up quite a thirst playing tennis.(我对打网球渐渐上了瘾)。
I’m hoping to work up these notes into a book.(我希望把这些笔记整理成书。)