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.dodge ball: 躲避球
2. gross: 粗俗的,下流的,令人恶心的
gross也可以表示“粗略的”或者“显著的,严重的,恶劣的。
例如:He made a gross mistake but refused to admit it.(他犯了严重的错误却不肯承认。)
I made a gross judgment of the distance between the two cities.(我粗略地判断了一下这两个城市之间的距离。)
3. permission slip: 在这里指许可证
4. orphanage: 孤儿院,或者指孤儿的总称
5. bum out: 令某人觉得很厌烦,使不愉快,恼怒
He's been really bummed out since his girlfriend moved to California.(女友搬去加州后,他很不高兴。)
6. what's her angle: 她是什么立场/态度?
7. It's your call: 你的使命。Call在这里指“必要,需要”,比如:You have no call to do that.(你没有必要那样做。)
8. truce: 休战,休止,也可以指休战协定
例如:The two armies agreed to a truce.(两支军队同意停火。)
Truce也可以指(烦恼、争吵等的)中止,暂停,例如:The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.(热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。)