备考中级口译：词汇和语法汇总(七)
第十一节person
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 人
The concert hall seats 500 persons.
n. 人称
I’ is the first person singular.
n. 本人；自己
You had better go in person.
常人 --- the average person
完人 --- a perfect person/ a faultless person
聪明人 --- an intellectual person
热心人 --- a warm-hearted person
文雅的人 --- a gentle person
正直的人 --- a right-minded person
坦率的人 --- a frank person
可靠的人 --- a credible person
随和的人 --- an easy-going person
话多的人 --- a talkative person
讨厌的人 --- an obnoxious person
自负的人 --- a pretentious person
有教养的人 --- a well-bred person
脾气好的人 --- a good-natured person
天资高的人 --- a talented person
天资聪慧的人 --- a highly-gifted person
体格强壮的人 --- a(n) robust/ able-bodied person
可敬的有抱负的人 --- a worthy, ambitious person
孤独的没有朋友的人 --- a forlorn and friendless person
衍生词语
personal (私人的);
personality (个性);
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
每人 --- per person
亲自 --- in person
私人物品 --- personal belongings
私人财产 --- personal property
面对面的 --- person-to-person
习语与俗语Idioms & Slangs
be no respecter of persons --- 不分贫富贵贱，一视同仁
I like Bill. He’s a very nice person.
Peter keeps his person neat and trim.
Harry, there’s a strange person to see you.
I want to see him in person.
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 I mean whatever they think or say, I know the truth, that you’re a wonderful person—kind and generous. 《情归巴黎》
Maybe it’s better if you pick up your messages in person. 《情归巴黎》
What kind of a person would write to someone they heard on the radio? 《西雅图夜未眠》
名言 Quotations
In bourgeois society capital is independent and has individuality, while thelivingperson is dependent and has no individuality.
Karl Marx (1818-83) and Friedrich Engels (1820-95), German social philosophers, revolutionaries. The Communist Manifesto, sct. 2 (1848).
第十二节（原教材也为第十一节）
picture
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 图画
Who painted the picture on the wall
n. 照片
I took a picture of my family.
n. 电影
I’ve seen that picture before.
n. 美丽的物；美人
The park is a picture when the roses are in bloom.
衍生词语
picturesque (生动如画的);
motion picture (动作片);
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
明白 --- to get the picture
照相（拍静止照） --- to take a picture
不了解情况 --- be out of the picture
了解情况 --- be in the picture
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
be the picture of one’s mother/father --- 长的极像他妈妈/爸爸
生活用语 Street Talks
I don’t get a good picture on my TV set. There’s something wrong.
In the picture, you’re standing with a guy with long blond hair.
Jane always wants to be in the picture. (受到注意)
Do you get the picture? (明白了吗？)
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 Is gonna have a few pictures taken, ya know, the kind that make it look bigger than it is. 《情归巴黎》
Could you take a picture of us? 《情归巴黎》
I’ll show you a picture of her. 《西雅图夜未眠》
ctly the right word. 《情归巴黎》
谚语 Proverbs
A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts.房间挂的画反映主人的思想。
第二部分 语汇练习
I. 下列动词是与 money 有关的动作，请选择恰当的动词填空，注意动词的正确形式。
buy spend lose pay cost charge save
sell win waste find give afford
1. My car was five years old, so I …….it and ………..a new one.
2. I ………….over $2,000 for my computer, but it isn't worth very much now.
3. My father………me $50 last week but I ……………….most of it on a ticket for a concert on Friday.
4. Last week somebody…………….$ 1 million in a game on television. It was incredibly exciting.
5. I’m afraid I ……….my money on those CDs because I never play them.
6. I can’t………………to go on holiday this year.
7. Parents often think that children……..their money
8. I’m ……….for a new bike. I should have enough by the end of the year.
9. The mechanic ………me $100 for the service he provided.
Keys:1. sold, bought2. paid3. gave, spent4. won5. have wasted6. afford 7. waste8. saving9. charged
II. 下列名词是单数还是复数，或是单数和复数兼而有之，只是意思不同。请查字典判断，如果其中的名词既可单数，也可复数，请造句说明它们的区别。
butter cup housework hairinsurance coffee grape money television coin work travel Countable: ……………………………………………………
Uncountable:………………………………………….
Countable and uncountable:……………………………………………………
Keys: Countable: cup, grape, coin
Uncountable: butter, travel, housework, money, spaghetti, insurance
Countable and Uncountable:
Television U eg. Television is bad for your eyes.
C eg. We bought a television yesterday.
Work U eg. Most people enjoy their work.
C eg. The Mona Lisa is a famous work of art.
Coffee U eg I love coffee.
C eg. I sat down and ordered a coffee (即a cup of coffee).
Hair U eg. My hair is getting very long and untidy. I need to have it cut.
C eg. There is a hair on my dinner plate.
III．连线题，请把下列两组短语根据逻辑关系连接起来。
1. It was so foggy that when order breeds habit.
2. Man is a creation of desire, for nature is the art of God.
3. Chaos often breeds life, made a night of it.
4. Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, we can secure peace only by preparing for war.
5. All things are artificial, that we had a job finding our way home.
6. The boys and girls at the dance not a creation of need.
7. It is an unfortunate fact that gets a grant to study in Sao Paulo.
8. The person who wins but a comedy in long-shot.
IV. 请用本课单词来填写下列句子。
1. If you have no courage you must have fast ……….
2. …………is comedy to him who thinks and a tragedy to him who feels.
3. …………proposes, God disposes.
4. ………..makes the mare go.
5. Wisdom may come out of the ………….of babies.
6. …………….teaches us to love our friends but religion our enemies.
7.Bad ……….travels fast.
8.……….with sword in hand, it is safest making.
第三部分 流行语汇
WWW (World Wide Web) 全球信息网
BBS(Bulletin Board System) 网络留言版系统
Post 张贴文章
ICQ (I seek you) home page 主页
hook up to the Internet 上网
modem “猫”, 调制解调器
electronic account 帐户
software 软件
on-line talking 在线聊天
on-line shopping 网上购物
chat room 聊天室
E-mail 电子邮件
e-commerce 电子商务
protocol 协议
web site 网站
search engine 搜索引擎
link 链接
register 注册
network 网络
Netizen 网民
The Internet industry 网络产业
Broadband 宽带
Download 下载
Web-surfing 网上冲浪
Cybercafe 网吧
Hacker 黑客
第四单元
第一部分 核心语汇
第一节
Pleasur
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 乐趣，快乐（不可数）
Reading gives me great pleasure.
n. 乐事，快事（可数）
she has few pleasures left in life.
n. 娱乐
“Are you here on business?”“No, for pleasure—this is my holiday.”
衍生词语
pleasurable (令人快乐的)；
pleasant (使人愉快的，合意的)；
pleasure-seeking (寻欢作乐的)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
随意/听便 --- be at one’s pleasure
享受的乐趣 --- to enjoy the pleasure of...
以为乐 --- to take great pleasure in
寻欢作乐 --- to seek/look for pleasure
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
pleasure seeker --- 寻找快乐的人（someone who always looks for fun）
For business or for pleasure? --- 是来办公还是来旅游？
生活用语 Street Talks
A: Bill, have you met Joan before?
B: No. Don’t think I’ve had the pleasure. (不曾有此幸运)
A: Thank you for your help.
B: My pleasure. (不客气)
A: Hi, Bill, nice to see you again.
B: My pleasure. (我也很高兴见到你)
A: Bill, would you please pass me the tomato sauce?
B: With pleasure. (可以)
How do you do, Mr. Smith? It’s a pleasure to meet you.
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 Well, it’s all about pleasure. 《情归巴黎》
对话 Mrs. Larrabee: I’m Maude.
Elizabeth: Pleasure. 《情归巴黎》
谚语 Proverbs
Pleasure has a sting in its tail.乐极生悲。
Pleasure is a source of pain; pain is the source of pleasure.苦中有乐，乐中有苦。
名言 Quotations
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), U.S. president. Letter, 12 Oct. 1786.
One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.
Jane Austen (1775-1817), English novelist. Emma, in Emma, ch. 9 (1816).
第二节
price
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 价格
Prices are rising.
n. 代价
Loneliness was the price of Victoria’s success.
零售价 --- retail price
批发价 --- wholesale price
全/半价 --- full/ half price
最高价 --- ceiling price
最低价 --- floor price
最优价格 --- best price
低于成本的价格 --- below-cost price
拍卖价格 --- auction price
黑市价格 --- black-market price
衍生词语
priceless (无价的);
pricey (昂贵的)
复合词语
pricetag (价码牌);
price-list (价目表)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
价格战 --- price war
明码售货 --- sell at marked prices
报价 --- quote price
为所得付出代价 --- pay the price for
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
be at any price --- 不惜任何代价
cheap at the price --- 物有所值
beyond/above price --- 极其珍贵的，无价的
生活用语 Street Talks
How much is this rug? Do you know the price?
A: You pay a heavy price if you drink too much.
B: Why is that? A: You may lose your wallet or something.
A: Name your price! (你说个价吧！)
B: Ok, I’ll give you my best price. Let’s see, 600 dollars.
A: No. I can’t accept it. The market price is 620 dollars. Let’s make it 580. (价格随质量而异)
B: Oh no! Sir! The price varies according to the quality. Look at my stuff! I don’t understand how come you can’t accept such a popular price?!
A: 580 dollars! That’s it.
B: No. 590 dollars! The floor price. I can assure you that you’regetting a good bargain. Ok? Low prices and fine wares! (物美价廉)
A: Ok.
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 And we’re the price clubonly instead of a 10 gallon vatof olive oilfor 3 .99, that won’t even fit under your Kitchen cabinet. 《网上对话》
Kathleen: Fox Books makes no apologies. I have met Joe Fox and I’ve heard him compare his store to a price club and the books in it to cans of olive oil.
Joe: DOOH. Ow.(drop dead) 《网上情缘》
谚语 Proverbs
Virtue is beyond price.美德乃无价之宝。
Everyone has his price.人皆有价值（都能以某种方式加以购买）。
第二节
problem
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 问题
We must discuss the problem of how to protect the environment.
n. 难题
What they did produced new problems with us.
n. 习题
It took me an hour and a half to work out this problem in mathematics.
衍生词语
problematic (有问题的)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
社会问题 --- social problems
日常问题 --- day-by-day problems
问题儿童 --- a problem child (a child who causes trouble)
澄清问题 --- to clear up problems
提出问题 --- to present a problem
惹麻烦 --- to cause problems
解决问题 --- to solve the problem
生活用语 Street Talks
According to Mr. Green, this is a complicated problem.
What’s the problem? Do you know?
Johnny is a real problem child.
A: What should I do?
B: You figure it out yourself. It’s not my problem.
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 What’s your problem? 《阿甘正传》
No problem. 《阿甘正传》
If there is any problem, here’s the number of the pediatrician. 《西雅图夜未眠》
对话 Dr.Marsha: You don’t like the one he has now?
Jonah: He doesn’t have one now. That’s the problem. 《西雅图夜未眠》
第三节
road
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 道路
Where does this road lead?
n. 手段；方法
There is no royal road to learning.
n. 途中
Andy is on the road to Shanghai.
road --- 车辆通过的大马路
street --- 两侧有建筑物、商店的市内道路
sidewalk --- 和车辆相对的人行道
path --- 仅供人走的小路 (公园)
way --- 抽象意义的路
highway --- 高速公路
复合词语
railroad (铁路);
road-block (路障);
road tax (公路税)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
交通路标 --- a road sign
死胡同 --- a dead-end road
关大道 --- a straight and easy road
乡间道路 --- a country road
平坦的道路 --- a level road
崎岖的道路 --- a rough road
迂回的路 --- a round-about road
交通规则 --- rule of the road
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
hit the road ---上路 (get going)
on the road --- 在路上奔波（由于职业的原因，如演员、运动员、销售员等。）
生活用语 Street Talks
The thing I don’t like about driving is all the traffic on the road.
There are dangerous drivers like that one on the road.
Smoking too much is a dead end road. (bad result)
A: Hi Victor, you’ll fly to New York next Tuesday?
B: Yeah, but I really hate this life of being onthe road all he time.
A: Well, it’s time to go.
B: OK. But Let’s have one for the first. (以此杯送行)
A: It’s getting late.
B: Yeah I suppose it’s time to hit the road
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 I decided to go for a little run so I ran to the end of the road. 《阿甘正传》
对话 Ben: Where is Elaine?
Mrs. Robinson: I'll be with you in a moment, Benjamin. Do you have a patrol car in the vicinity of twelve hundred Glenview Road? Good. We have a burglar here. Just a second. I'll ask him. Are you armed? No—I don't believe he is. Thank you. Ben: What have you done to her? 《毕业生》
谚语 Proverbs
All roads lead to Rome.条条大道通罗马。
There is a road from heart to heart.心心相印。
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.只有良好的动机而不付诸实践，徒遭埋怨或惩罚。
第四节
shoe
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 鞋
I put on / took off my shoes.
n. 马蹄铁
The horse has cast a shoe.
皮鞋 --- leather shoes
正式皮鞋 --- dress shoes
雨鞋 --- rain shoes
帆布鞋 --- canvas shoes
高跟鞋 --- high-heeled shoes
厚底鞋 --- platform shoes
轻便鞋 --- walking shoes
运动鞋 --- gym shoes (sneaker)
复合词语
shoemaker (鞋匠)；
shoestring/shoelace (鞋带)；
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
穿鞋 ---to put on/wear one’s shoes
脱鞋 --- to take off one’s shoes
补鞋 --- to repair shoes
刷鞋 --- to brush up one’s shoes
擦鞋 --- to polish shoes (or shoe shine)
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
put oneself in somebody’s shoes --- 站在别人的角度/立场上
have a shoe in sth --- 先占上一席之地（在某行业中）
fill sb’s shoes --- 出色地接替某人的工作、职务
step into sb’s shoes --- 接替某人
生活用语 Street Talks
If you could just put yourself in my shoes for a minute, you’d understand. (站在我的角度)
A: Olive, there’s a shoe store over there. Let’s get in and take a look.
B: I’d rather not. You know I got ripped off last time I shopped there. (被宰了: to rip somebody off)
A: Sam, keep your shoes on. I can’t stand the odor.
B: But you’re the one asking me to take them off.
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 Look, the heels on these shoes are grotesque. 《西雅图夜未眠》
Put your shoes on. 《毕业生》
Those must be comfortable shoes.
I bet you could walk all day in shoes like that and not feel a thing. 《阿甘正传》
I wish I had shoes like that. 《阿甘正传》
谚语 Proverbs
Every shoe fits not every foot.一鞋难合百人足。
The fairest looking shoe may pinch the foot.样子好看的鞋有可能会夹脚，外表好看的东西未必
No one knows better where the shoe pinches than he who wears it.各人甘苦各自知。
第五节
story
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 故事
I really cannot swallow such a curious story.
n. 经历
Would you write the story of your life?
n. 假话（口语）
Don’t tell stories, Tom!
n. 新闻报道，文章
That’ll make a good story. (新闻报道的好题材)
复合词语
story-book (故事书)；
story-teller (讲故事的人/说谎的人)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
冒险故事 --- an adventure story
可靠的说法 --- an authentic story
黄色故事 --- a blue story
迷人的故事 --- a charming story
连载小说 --- a day-to-day story
故事情节 --- story line
写故事的人 --- story writer
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
The story does not lose in the telling. --- 这故事讲起来照样有趣。
the story goes that --- 据说
make/cut long story short --- 长话短说
never-ending story --- 麻烦的事情
the same old story --- 老生常谈的事
a tall story --- 难以置信的
生活用语 Street Talks
Don’t tell the same old story.（不要老生常谈。）
They say the new film is an adventure story.
Every night he tells a story to his children.
A: How did you get to know her?
B: It’s a long story.
A: I love long story. /I have time./Try me.
I could tell in his face that he was just telling a story.
He beats her all the time. It’s a never-ending story.
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 Well, I thought it was a very lovely story and you tell it so well, with such enthusiasm. 《阿甘正传》
Why retell the story? 《阿甘正传》
It’s a long story. 《情归巴黎》
I thought I would look into doing a story on those radio shows. 《西雅图夜未眠》
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