备考中级口译：词汇和语法汇总(六)
第五节Foot
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 脚
Rose hurt her foot.
脚背 --- instep
脚趾 --- toe
脚弓 --- arch
脚后跟 --- heel
n. 英尺
Tom is six feet tall.
复合词语
football (橄榄球);
footnote (脚注 );
footprint (脚印);
footwear (鞋类);
footstep (脚步);
bare-footed (光脚的)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
步行 --- on foot
光脚 --- naked/ bare foot
笨手笨脚 --- to have two left feet
自力更生 --- to stand on one’s own feet
到达 --- set feet on sth
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
have a foot in both camps --- 脚踏两只船
have a foot in the door --- 初入行业
have both feet on the gound --- 脚踏实地
drag one’s feet --- 拖延不走
get somebody’s foot wet --- 尝试做某事
get the cold feet --- 畏缩不前;紧张
生活用语 Street Talks
A: I’ve never bungee jumped. (蹦极)
B: C’mon get your feet wet. (try)
A: Jean, could you lend me your bicycle please?
B: Oh, Tom, I’m afraid not. Its tyres are worn!
C: Shit! Ok, never mind. I’ll foot it over to the drug store. See you! (快走)
A: Jenny, please believe me. You are my only love! Honey!
B: I’m not stupid, Jack! You have a foot in both camps.
A: I’ve told you, never ever do that again!
B: I’m sorry Dad.
A: If you try it again, I’ll give you the foot. See? (踢某人)
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 I’ve been following in foot steps all my life. 《情归巴黎》
t’s just cold feet isn’t it? 《西雅图夜未眠》
This is Captain Browning and we’re at our cruising altitude of approximately 35,000 《西雅图夜未眠》
Try and keep your feet dry. 《阿甘正传》
The Mekong will eat a grunt’s feet right off his legs. 《阿甘正传》
第六节
Friend
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 朋友
A friend of mine gave me a bunch of flower on my birthday.
n. 支持者
He was a friend of the poor.
同义词
buddy (哥们姐们）
pal (伙伴)
dude (哥们，男性之间互相称呼)
衍生词语
friendly (友好的)
复合词语
friendship (友谊);
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
好朋友 --- best friend
笔友 --- a pen friend (a pen pal)
酒肉朋友 --- a fair-weather friend
忠实的朋友 --- a devoted friend
交朋友 --- to make friends (with)
生活用语 Street Talks
A: I need something more than a fair-weather friend. (不能共患难的朋友)
B: I agree.
What is a friend for? (朋友不就是做这个的吗？)
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 She was my most special friend... My only friend. 《阿甘正传》
You mean to tell me I can’t have a drink and a dance with an old friend? 《情归巴黎》
She said she was having a drink in the hotel with a friend. 《毕业生》
谚语 Proverbs
A good friend is my nearest relation.良友如近亲。
A friend is easier lost than found.朋友易失不易得。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难朋友才是真朋友。
A friend is best found in adversity.患难见真友。
A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.广交友，无深交。
第七节
Future
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 未来
What will be the future of China?
n. 前途
Andy has a bright future.
衍生词语
futuristic (新潮的，非传统的);
futures (期货);
futurism (未来派)
复合词语
future tense (将来时)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
政治前程 --- political future
前途光明 --- a promising future
前途黯淡 --- a dark future
从今以后 --- in the future
不久将来 --- in the near future
供以后参考 --- for future reference
放眼未来 --- to look to the future
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
have a great/bright future --- 前途远大
have no future/ to have a dull future --- 没有前途
生活用语 Street Talks
A: I’m sorry I was late.
B: Be on time in the future.
A: Angela, I heard you gave up your job?
B: Yeah, because there’s no future in it. (前途)
A: Alice is for sure a good student.
B: Yeah! I see a bright future before her.
A: We’re trying to plan our future.
B: If you knew what the future was going to be like, life would be boring.
A: Alice is for sure a good student.
B: Yeah! I see a bright future before her.
A: We’re trying to plan our future.
B: If you knew what the future was going to be like, life would be boring.
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 And to myfuture son-in-law, David Larrabee, lucky S.O.B. Just kidding, David, just kidding. 《情归巴黎》
We enjoyed having you on board and look forward to seeing you again in the near future.《毕业生》
谚语 Proverbs
When all else is lost the future still remains.一切全失，未来仍存。
The future becomes the present if we fight for it.只要肯奋斗，远景变现实。
第八节
Girl
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 女孩
There are more girls than boys in our class.
n. 女儿
My little girl is ill.
n. 女朋友
John and his girl came to lunch.
衍生词语
girlish (少女般的);
girlhood (少女时代)
复合词语
the Girl Scouts (女童军);
Spice Girls (辣妹组合 a band)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
女职员 --- an office girl
女话务员 --- a hello girl (or telephone operator)
(杂志等)封面女郎 --- a cover girl
堕落的女子 --- a fallen girl (or a fallen angel)
和女友约会 --- to date a girl
泡妞 --- to chase girls
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
girl Friday --- 得力的女助手
bar girl --- 吧女（指酒吧） bus girl --- 餐馆里的女杂工
call girl --- 妓女 (whore with telephone)
party girl --- 热衷于社交聚会的女子
get a girl into trouble --- 使女子怀孕
生活用语 Street Talks
A: Jean and Joan are unbelievably different girls. And you’ll never believe they are cousins.
B: You said it! Jean’s so excellent that her boss praised her as his girl Friday; Joan, on the other hand is a party girl and spends little time on study.
A: Did you meet Wallace’s girlfriend? She’s gorgeous!
B: I only heard recently that Wally got her into trouble!
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 Listen, this girl is smart, she’s really smart. 《情归巴黎》
I could have sworn I knew every pretty girl on the North Shore. 《情归巴黎》
You’re the only girl I danced with only once. 《情归巴黎》
Mrs. Robinson: Is it a girl?
Ben: Is what a girl? 《毕业生》
名言 Quotations
Girls are so queer you never know what they mean. They say No when they mean Yes, and drive a man out of his wits for the fun of it.
Louisa May Alcott (1832-8), U.S. author. Laurie, in Little Women, pt. 2, ch. 12 (1869).
第九节
Glass
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 玻璃
A mirror is made of glass.
n. 玻璃杯
I drink a glass of milk every day!
饮料杯 --- a beverage glass
啤酒杯 --- a beer glass (or a jar mug)
雪利酒杯 --- a sherry glass
威士忌酒杯 --- a whisky glass
白兰地酒杯 --- a Brandy glass (or snifter)
红葡萄酒酒杯 --- a wine glass
n. 眼镜 (pl) (也为 spectackes)
In two weeks, I broke three pairs of glasses! Can you believe it?
墨镜 --- sun glasses
花镜 --- reading glasses
度数深的眼镜 --- strong glasses
隐形眼镜 --- contact lenses
近视镜 --- glasses for near-sighted persons (在英语中没有确切的近视镜或远视镜的表达法。
e.g. A: I wear glasses.
B: Why?
A: ‘cause I am near-sighted.
衍生词语
glassful (一杯的容量);
glassy (像玻璃那样的);
glaze (v. 给…镶嵌玻璃/给某物覆盖上薄而亮的表面)
复合词语
glass house (温室);
glassware (总称：玻璃器皿);
glassworks (玻璃制造厂);
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
梳妆小镜(妇女手提包中) --- a vanity glass
斟满一杯 --- to fill up a glass
碰杯（祝酒） --- to touch glasses
生活用语 Street Talks
A: Could I have a glass of water please?
B: Sure, make yourself at home.
A: I’d like to raise my glass to our host! (干杯)
B: Cheers.
A: Take another glass, everybody. (再喝一杯; or take another drink)
B: Let’s drain the glass to the bottom. (让我们一饮而尽。Or Bottoms up!)
A: Please pour this milk into that glass.
B: Ok. My pleasure.
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 It means seeing life through rose colored glasses. 《情归巴黎》
I could probably scare us up some champagne a couple of Dixie cups, I’m through withglasses. 《情归巴黎》
If you’re having trouble sleeping you might want to try to drink a glass of water from the other side. 《西雅图夜未眠》
谚语 Proverbs
Women and glass are always in danger. 女人和玻璃，总在危险中。
第十节
Hair
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 毛发（不可数）
My hair used to be very long.
n. (人或物）毛发（指单根）（可数）
There’s a hair in my soup.
衍生词语
hairy (多毛的);
hairless (无毛发的)
复合词语
hairbrush (发刷);
hairpin (发夹);
haircut (理发);
hair oil (发油);
hairdo (发式；the style or manner of arranging or combing);
hairstyle (发型；the design of coiffure);
hairdresser (美发师);
hairdryer (吹风机)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
梳头 --- to brush/ comb hair
做头发 --- to set/ do one’s hair
吹干头发 --- to blow-dry hair
卷烫头发 --- to curl hair
留长发 --- to wear/ keep one’s hair long
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
make hair stand on end --- 毛骨悚然
tear out one’s hair --- 气恼，焦急
get grey hair from --- 发愁；被什么…把头发弄白
by a hair’s breath --- 以极短的数量/极短的距离
get in sb’s hair --- 给某人惹麻烦
hang by a hair --- 千钧一发
生活用语 Street Talks
A: I wish I hadn’t married Harry.
B: Why? A: Well, he’s always getting in my hair. (惹恼某人)
A: I have been fearing my hair out over this math problem.
B: Don’t worry about it,it’s no big deal.
A: My daughter gets me grey hair. She does drug a lot; sleeps with many men.
B: A typical fallen angel.
When I heard the strange cry, my hair stood on end.
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 I make sure he combs his hair and brushes his teeth everyday. 《阿甘正传》
I don’t care what she did to her hair. 《情归巴黎》
In twisted braids of lilies knitting the loose train of thine amber dropping hair. 《情归 巴黎》
第十一节
Heart
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 心，心脏
His heart stopped heating and he died soon afternards
n. 勇气
I want to argue with my boss, but I didn’t have the heart.
n. 关键，中心部位
Your article doesn’t touch on the heart of the subject.
n. 内心、心灵 He has a kind heart.
衍生词语
heartless (无情的);
hearten (v.鼓动；振奋);
heartening (adj.令人振奋的)
复合词语
heartbroken (心碎的);
heart-warming (温馨感人的);
heartache (心痛,悲叹);
wholehearted (全心全意的);
heartattack (心脏病发作);
heartbeat (心搏);
heart-failure (心力衰竭);
heart land (中心地带);
heart-to-heart (谈心)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
市中心 (喻) --- the heart of the city (or hotspot)
全心全意的 --- heart and soul
冷心肠/热心肠 --- cold-hearted/warm-hearted
灰心泄气 --- to lose heart
使人心碎 --- to break one’s heart
习语与俗语Idioms & Slangs
Follow your heart. --- 跟着感觉走。
be after one’s own heart --- 正合己意
have a heart of gold --- 心地善良
have a heart of stone --- 铁石心肠
from the bottom of one’s heart --- 打心眼里
have one’s heart in one’s mouth --- 非常惊恐
生活用语 Street Talks
A: Leo is a good-natured man at heart. (从根本上、内在的)
B: That’s why it came home to my heart. (那感动了我)
A: Frankly, I’m jealous of you. I wish I could marry a man of heart like your husband. (心肠 好的人)
B: You will.
A: Do you really want this job?
B: From the bottom of heart… (确实很愿意；or deep down)
A: You were speeding. I have to give you a ticket.
B: Have a heart, officer.I wasn’t going all that fast. (发发善心吧)
A: I’m sorry to hear about your Dad’s accident. How’s your mom?
B: Mom broke her heart over his death. My heart skips a beat when he kisses me.
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 I’ll just grow a new heart. 《西雅图夜未眠》
He had himself a heart attack or something. 《阿甘正传》
对话 Sabrina: Well, that you’re the world’s only living heart donor.
Linus: Oh, that.
谚语 Proverbs
What comes from the heart goes to the heart.肺腑之言感人心。
The heart of a fool is in his mouth but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart. 愚者的心长在嘴里，智者的嘴长在心里。
Hearts may agree, though heads differ.见解纵不同，感情可一致。
第十二节
Home
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 家
I made my home in the country. (我搬到乡下住了。)
n. 产地
India is the home of tigers.
n. 住宅
I hope to set up my own little home.
adv. 回家；在家
I went home to my mother.
衍生词语
homeless (无家的);
homeward (归途的);
homely (相貌平平的，朴素的)
复合词语
homesick (想家的);
hometown (老家;家乡);
homemade (家里做的，自制的);
homecoming (adj. 回家的);
homemaker (管家; or housewife);
homeland (祖国; or homecountry);
homework (作业);
Home Secretary (英)(内政大臣);
home economics (家政学)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
国内市场 --- home market
国内事务 --- home affairs
国内贸易 --- home trade
独自在家 --- home alone
主场球队 --- home team
无拘束 --- to feel at home
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
home free --- 自由自在
a home bird --- 喜欢呆在家里的人
生活用语 Street Talks
A: Happy birthday, Jenny.
B: Wow, thanks! Come on in. Make yourself at home. (请不要拘束)
A: What’s your home/goal in college? (目标)
B: To study law and become a lawyer in the future.
A: Good. As you’ve set your goal, what you need to do now is to home in/target on it. (朝着 目标走)
B: I see, sir.
He is at home in American literature. (精通)
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 I may even be home before you get it. 《情归巴黎》
But I’ll have it in my pocket when I get home, and I’ll take it with me wherever I go from now on. 《情归巴黎》
It’s like going home. Only to no home I’d ever known.《西雅图夜未眠》
Hey, maybe when we get home, we’ll get a dog. 《西雅图夜未眠》
Will you take me home? 《毕业生》
谚语 Proverbs Home is where the heart is.心在哪里，那里就是家。
An Englishman’s home is his castle. 英国人的家就是城堡。（为随心所欲的天地。）
There’s no place like home.金窝银窝不如自己的土窝。
第二部分 语汇练习
I. 我们可以用一系列的形容词来修饰 friend，请根据下列的形容词解释意义。
1. an old-----friend is someone ………………………………………………………………
2. a---close----friend is someone ………………………………………………………………
3. your –best/ bosom -friend is the one friend …………………………………………………
keys: you have known for a long time
you like and trust
you feel closest to
II. 你能写出以下列字母起首的某种食物吗？至少列举两个。
1.Beginning with the letter “p” …………………………………………
2.Beginning with the letter “b”………………………………………….
3.Beginning with the letter “m” ……………………………………….
4.Beginning with the letter “c”………………………………………….
5.Beginning with the letter “a”………………………………………….
III. 请回答下列关于家的问句，并把它们连成一段话。
1. Do you live in a house or flat?
2. If you live in a flat, what floor is it on?
3. If you live in a house, do you have a garden?
4. Does the house/flat belong to you (or your family), or do you rent it?
5. Would you describe your house/flat as dark or light?
6. Is it noisy or quiet?
IV. 请写出：
1. five games where you can hit the ball( with various kinds of equipment).
2. four games where you can pass the ball.
3. three games where you can catch the ball.
4. two games where you can kick the ball.
5. one game where you can head the ball.
Possible Answers:
1. tennis, table tennis, badminton, cricket, baseball, hockey
2. soccer, rugby, American football, hockey, basketball
3. rugby, American football, cricket, baseball, basketball
4. soccer, rugby
5. soccer
V. 请把下列谚语译成英文。
1. 爱屋及乌。
2. 凡人皆有得意日。
3. 有得必有失。
4. 别久情疏。
5. 广交友，无深交。
6. 一切全失，未来仍存。
7. 旁观者清。
8. 愚者的心长在嘴里，智者的嘴长在心里。
9. 心在哪里，哪里就是家。
第三部分 流行语汇
get-together 聚会
at-home party 家庭宴会
tea party 茶会
dinner party 晚餐会
garden party 游园会
dance; ball 舞会
birthday party 生日宴会
Christmas party 圣诞派对
luncheon party 午餐会
cocktail party 鸡尾酒会
welcome party 欢迎会
farewell party 告别会
year-end dinner party 年终聚餐会
New Year’s banquet 新年宴会
Invitation card/letter of invitation 请贴
Birthday greetings 生日贺辞
party dress 宴会服装
第三单元
第一部分 核心语汇
第一节
Job
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 工作
The repair job will cost $300.
n. 职业
I got a job with Siemens.
n. 工作,任务
You’ve done a good job.
n 责任，职责
It’s not my job to do this !
衍生词语
jobless (失业中的);
part-time job (兼职);
full-time job (全职);
job site (施工的地方);
job-creation (就业机会)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
劳务市场 --- job market
面试 --- job interview
工作 --- job offer
长期工作 --- permanent job
零活 --- odd jobs
美差 --- a fat job
麻烦的工作 --- a troublesome job
棘手的工作 --- a tough job
费力不讨好的工作 --- a thankless job
指挥工作 --- to boss the job
辞职 --- to quit one’s job
失业 --- to lose one’s job/ be out of a job
好好干 --- to do a good job
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
jobs for the boys --- 为亲信安排的工作
make a bad /good job of sth --- 把某事做坏/好
do the job --- 起作用，奏效
生活用语 Street Talks
A: I’m going to call the employment agency for a job.
B: What kind of job do you prefer?
A: An office job. As long as it’s highly-paid. (报酬优厚的工作)
B: But a desk job doesn’t usually pay that much. (文书工作)
A: Did you hear they fired Sam?
B: Yeah, he was caught drinking on the job. (drinking while working)
A: He deserved it. Sometimes he was sleeping on the job.
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 And I did a hell of a job. 《情归巴黎》
That decorator on the Bennett job. 《西雅图夜未眠》
She’s on her sixth painter and we’re never going to finish this job. 《西雅图夜未眠》
第二节
life
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 生
It’s a matter of life and death.
n. 生命
Many lives were lost in the accident.
n. 生物
Is there life on Mars? (火星上有生物吗？)
n. 人生；生活
“Enjoy life” is my view of life.
n. 过日子
We lead a happy life.
n. 活力；生气
The young people were full of life.
衍生词语
lifeless (无生命的)
复合词语
life expectancy (预期寿命);
life jacket (救生衣);
lifetime (一生);
lifelong (终生的);
lifesaver (救星);
lifeboat (救生艇);
lifeguard (救生员);
lifestyle (生活方式);
life-span (寿命，生命的期限);
life-and-death (生死攸关的，关系重大的);
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
人寿保险 --- life insurance
生命周期 --- life cycle
特别高兴时刻 --- the time of one’s life
一辈子 --- all one’s life
恢复生气 --- to come to life
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
life and death --- 生死攸关
the life of the party --- 中心人物
life for life --- 以命偿命
bet one’s life on sth. --- 拿生命打赌
take one’s life in one’s hand --- 冒生命危险
frighten the life out of sb --- 惊吓某人
生活用语 Street Talks
Victoria’s my life saver. Without her I don’t know what to do with my visa.
This is a poem about frontier life in the United States. (边境生活)
Get a life Jane! You’ve been studying all the time.
Don’t be so serious. Go out or have fun or drink a beer! Just get a life!
A: I was short-changed ten dollars. Do you think I should go back to the store and ask for it?
B: Not on your life. You’ll pay more than that for the taxi. (千万不要)
A: I’ve been working hard, but they don’t give me a promotion.
B: That’s life. Anyway you work for yourself. (生活就是这样)
A: I feel very happy when I’m with you.
B: Me too. Where have you been all my life? (怎么没能早认识你)
电影对白Transcripts
句型 It was the happiest moment of my life. 《阿甘正传》
And just that that, she was gone. Out of my life again. 《阿甘正传》
I pay for your life, David. My life makes your life possible.《情归巴黎》
I’ve loved him all my life. 《情归巴黎》
谚语 Proverbs
Life is not all beer and skittles.人生非尽乐事。
Life is subject to ups and downs.人生沉浮。
Life is a comedy to him who thinks and a tragedy to him who feels. 对于善思者，人生是喜剧；对于善感者，人生是悲剧。
名言 Quotations
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), British comic actor, filmmaker. Quoted in his obituary: Guardian (London, 28 Dec. 1977).
第三节
man(men)
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 男人
Man is stronger than woman.
n. 人类
Man is mortal.
n. 人（包括男女）
Growing old is something a man has to accept.
n. (口语) 伙计
Hey man, how’s it going?
interjection 天啊！
Oh man, it’s unbelievable.
衍生词语
manly (有男子气概的);
manhood (成年);
manmade (人造的)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
文学家 --- man of letters
实业家 --- man of business
行动主义者 --- man of action (not of words)
喜怒无常的人 --- man of moods
沉默寡言的人 --- man of few words
足智多谋的人 --- man of ideas
有审美力的人 --- man of taste
知名人士 --- man of mark (distinction)
牧师，圣徒 --- man of God
法律界人士 --- man of law
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
a man (woman) in a thousand --- 千里挑一的男人（女人）
the man in the street --- 普通老百姓
man of the hour --- (who everyone’s talking about)热门人物
make a man out of sb --- 使某人长大或成人
be man enough to do sth --- 有足够勇气
be one’s own man --- 能独立自主
生活用语 Street Talks
A: What are you doing here? Who’s manning the machine? (保护)
B: Charelie is.
Mr.John is a man of his word. (信守诺言的人)
Ok,ok, you’re Mr. Know it all. You’re the man! (你牛！)
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 Just shrimp all the time, man. 《阿甘正传》
Man, I’ll tell you what. 《阿甘正传》
Hey, you’re a good man for doing this. Do it! 《阿甘正传》
He’s a lovely man, Annie. 《西雅图夜未眠》
谚语 Proverbs
Man proposes, God disposes.谋事在人，成事在天。
第四节
money
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 金钱；财富
Money doesn’t always bring happiness.
纸币(美钞) --- a bill
硬币 --- a coin/ hard money
外币 --- foreign currency
假币 --- bogus money/ counterfeit money
复合词语
moneybags (富翁);
moneylender (放债者);
money-maker (赚大钱的人)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
赚钱 --- to make/earn money
为了钱而结婚 --- to marry into money
乱花钱 --- to throw one’s money away
投资于 --- to put money into sth
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
fun money --- 节省或保存下来的用于个人享受的钱
have money to burn --- 有的是钱
marry money --- 和有钱人结婚
生活用语 Street Talks
Marian saves a small part of her salary as fun money every month.
A: If I have enough money, I’m going to take a trip abroad.
B: But you do earn a lot!
A: Well, I spend half my money on clothes. (把一半钱花在…)
B: Icy, if I were you, I’d lay out my money more carefully.
A: If I buy that car, I’ll have to borrow some money.
B: Where is your money?
A: I ventured my money on the stocks. (拿钱买股票投机)
A: Gosh! We’re in the money! (发财了)
B: Yeah! Thank God! We won a thousand dollars at the races today!
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 Do you know how much money it costs to go to New York? 《西雅图夜未眠》
That’s how we and mama got money. 《阿甘正传》
对话 Joanna: All those years, you made all that money and you never told any of us to do it.
Mr. Fairchild: I’ll tell you now, Joanna, marry me. Marry me for my money. People do it everyday. 《情归巴黎》
谚语 Proverbs
Money makes the mare go.有钱能使鬼推磨。
Money talks.金钱万能。
名言 Quotations
Christianity is art & not money. Money is its curse.
William Blake (1757-1827), English poet, painter, engraver. Notes on The Laoco?n (engraved c. 1820; repr. in Complete Writings, ed. by Geoffrey Keynes, 1957)
第五节
mouth
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 口；嘴
Don’t talk with your mouth full.
n. 河口
The town is situated at the mouth of a river.
n. 出口
A rockslide blocked mouth of the cave.
n. 需要供养的人
she’s got five mouths to feed.
噘嘴 --- to pout (one’s mouth)
衍生词语
mouthful (满口)
复合词语
mouthpiece (口状物；代言人);
mouth to mouth (口对口人工呼吸);
mouth watering (令人垂涎的)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
袋口 --- the mouth of a bag
口服 --- by mouth
口头 --- by word of mouth
闭嘴 --- to shut one’s mouth
使流口水 --- to make one’s mouth water
嘴不稳，话多 --- to have a big mouth
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
zip one’s mouth --- 守秘
keep one’s mouth shut --- 保守秘密
open one’s mouth wide --- 信口开河
live from hand to mouth --- 勉强糊口
be born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth --- 生来就富
shoot one’s mouth off --- 夸张，吹牛
all mouth and no action --- 只说不做
生活用语 Street Talks
A: I have informed Jerry by word of mouth. (口头上的)
B: That’s good.
A: The doctor says that he’s suffering from cancer.
B: Keep your mouth shut. He couldn’t stand it. (嘴严点；要密)
A: Look over there!
B: Oh, your mouth watered for ice cream. (口水直流)
A: What did you say?
B: I said at 6 tonight.
A: Please put the receiver closer to your mouth. I can’t hear you.
电影对白 Transcripts
对话 Jonah: I thought that was for hiccups?
Post-man: For hiccups.
Jonah: Yeah, for hiccups.
Post-man: ...take a spoonful of sugar and hold it in your mouth for a minute. 《西雅 图夜未眠》
谚语 Proverbs
Good medicine is bitter in the mouth.良药苦口。
Wisdom may come out of the mouths of babies.智慧可能出自婴孩之口。
第六节
nature
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 自然
You must know the laws of nature.
n. 本性；性格
She has a gentle nature.
n. 种类
That is a book of the same nature.
衍生词语
natural (自然的);
naturally (本身地);
naturalism (自然主义)
复合词语
natural gas (天然气)；
natural-born (天生的)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
天生地 --- by nature
按…的本性--- in the nature of
脾气坏的 --- ill-natured
天性善良的 --- good-natured
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
nature calls --- 上厕所
mother nature --- 自然的力量
against nature --- 不合情理的，违反自然的
生活用语 Street Talks
A: Peter has a happy nature.
B: Yeah, he is a good-natured boy.
A: Victoria’s happy by nature.
B: You said it. She’s nice by nature as well.
I’m sorry I naturally say dirty words. It’s my nature
We have to do to protect nature.
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 We saw the potential of this merger, and I don’t think anybody doubts it would have been an enormously successful nature. 《情归巴黎》
对话 Mr. Tyson: What are we waiting for? And what’s with Sigfreud and Roy?
Linus: Just a minute, Patrick. OK. We’ve known each other for a long time. We have played hard ball on occasion, but I think we have a healthy respect for our… our ndividual business abilities. We saw the potential of this merger, and I don’t think anybody doubts it would have been an enormously successful nature. 《情归巴黎》
谚语 Proverbs
Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue, to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak.
天赋我们两耳，两眼，一张嘴巴，归根到底该多听，多看，少说话。 Nature will have its course. 天行其道。
第七节
new
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 新闻
I like reading foreign news.
n. 消息
I’ll send you further news in a day or two.
n. 新闻报道；新闻节目
We watch the news on television every night.
n. (可做新闻的)人/物
Pop starts are always news.
头版新闻 --- front-page news
头条新闻 --- headline news
国际新闻 --- world news
国内新闻 --- home/ domestic news
政治新闻 –-- political news
新闻时事 --- current news
官方消息 --- official news
衍生词语
newspaper (报纸);
newsmagazine (新闻杂志)
复合词语
news agency (通讯社);
newsboy (送报生);
newsreel/newsfilm (新闻短片);
newsstand (报摊);
news media (新闻媒介);
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
晚报 --- The Evening News
每日新闻 --- The Daily News
轰动一时的新闻 --- sensational news
爆炸式新闻 --- breaking news
出乎意料的新闻 --- unexpected news
把不好的消息透漏给某人 --- to break the news to sb
生活用语 Street Talks
There wasn’t much news in the paper today.
Oh! That’s old news. Everybody knows.
I’ve good and bad news, which do you want to hear first?
What’s on following the news and weather? Do you have a TV guide？
A: Have you heard the news about Sally? She’s getting married.
B: That’s news to me!
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 I mean, you can’t even turn on the news nowadays without hearing about how some babe thought some guy’s butt was cute. 《西雅图夜未眠》
对话 Workmate2: Things are a little different now. First you have to be friends. You have to like each other. Then you neck . This could go on for years. Then you have tests. Then you get to do it with a condom . The good news is you split the check. Sam: I don’t think I could let a woman pay for dinner. 《西雅图夜未眠》
谚语 Proverbs
Bad/ ill news travels fast.好事不出门，坏事传千里。
No news is good news.没消息就是好消息。
第八节
night
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 夜；晚
The boys and girls at the dance made a night of it. (一通宵)
in the night (在夜间) ? in the daytime (白昼时光)
during the night (整个夜间) ? during the day (在白天)
by night (在夜晚) ? by day (在白天)
at night (夜里；日落到半夜零时)→ in the morning (半夜零时到正午)→ in the afternoon (正午 到日落)→ in the evening (正午到就寝之间的时间)
n. 进行某项活动的夜晚
This is the first night of the play.
复合词语
nightclub (夜总会);
nightlife (夜生活);
nightmare (噩梦);
nighttime (夜间);
nightfall (黄昏);
nightdress (晚礼服)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
夜盲 --- night blind
夜校 --- night school
留下过夜 --- to stay the night
昼夜颠倒 --- turn night into day
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
night owl night person --- 夜猫子
Call it a night. --- 今晚就到这儿吧！
an early/a late night --- 比平时睡得早或晚的夜晚
生活用语 Street Talks
Mother sat up all night long. (整夜没睡)Victoria stayed up the whole night. (熬夜)
We slept by day and traveled by night.
We worked night and day. (日以继夜)
A: Would you like to stay the night?
B: Sure thing!
A: I really get going.
B: Night’s still young! (时间还早。)
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 Well, good night. 《毕业生》
Some nights, Jenny would sneak out and come on over to my house, just cause she said she was scared of what? 《阿甘正传》
Night time in the army is a lonely time. 《阿甘正传》
It was a very special night for the two of us. 《阿甘正传》
第九节
pain
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 痛苦
I feel a pain in my chest.
n. 苦恼
Peter’s words eased my pain.
n. 辛劳；努力
No pain, no gain.
胸痛 --- chest pain
关节痛 --- joint pains
（分娩）产痛 --- labour pains
局部疼痛 --- a local pain
精神上的疼痛 --- mental pain
断断续续的疼痛 --- an off-and-on pain
成长的烦恼 --- growing pains (pains from growing up, physical and psychological )
衍生词语
painful (痛苦的);
painless (无痛的)
复合词语
pain-killer (镇痛剂);
painstaking(辛苦的)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
疼痛 --- be in pain
辛苦工作 --- to take pains
减轻痛苦 --- to relieve/ease/reduce pain
解除痛苦 --- to remove pain
忍受痛苦 --- to stand/bear pain
加剧痛苦 --- to aggravate pain
同甘共苦 --- to share pleasures and pains
努力做事情 --- be at pains to do sth/spare no pains doing sth
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
pain in the neck --- 讨厌的人或情况
go to great pains to do sth --- 努力，下功夫做某事
no pains, no gains --- 没有付出，就没有收获。/不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。
生活用语 Street Talks
A: Victor spares no pains. (不辞辛劳)
B: Yeah, he’s a good guy.
Alex is just experiencing growing pains. He’ll be alright.
Victoria is addicted to pain-killers.
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 OK, listen, um, David can’t stand pain. 《情归巴黎》
对话 Sabrina: Are you in a lot of pain?
David: Am I in a lot of pain? Look at your little hand. Guess what happened tome? 《情归巴黎》
谚语 Proverbs
Pain past is pleasure.苦尽甘来。
第十节
peace
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 和平
The Chinese love peace.
n. 和睦；和好
Have you made your peace with your wife yet?
n. 宁静
Grandparents love the peace of the countryside.
n. 安心
Little Tom is sleeping in peace.
衍生词语
peaceful (爱好和平的);
peaceless (不宁静的;
or no peace);
复合词语
peacetime (和平时期);
peacemaker (调停人);
peacing-keeping force (联合国维和部队)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
处于和平局面 --- at peace
心里安宁 --- peace of mind
保持沉默 --- to hold one’s peace
与…和解 --- to make peace (with)
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
be at peace with sb --- 与某人和睦
keep the peace --- 维持治安
生活用语 Street Talks
War started again after eight years of peace.
All I want is some peace and quiet.
Do let me have a little peace.
Speak now or forever hold your peace. (if you have anything to say, say it now.)
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 Somebody said world peace is in our hands. 《阿甘正传》
对话 Dan: Forrest, I never thanked you for saving my life.
Forrest: He never actually said so, but I think he made his peace with God. 《阿甘正传》
谚语 Proverbs
Peace with sword in hand, ‘tis safest making.居安思危，此乃万全之策。
Better keep peace than make peace.保持和睦胜过讲和。
名言 Quotations
It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.
John F. Kennedy (1917-63), U.S. Democratic politician, president. Speech, 6 Sept. 1960, while campaigning for presidency, Seattle, Wash.
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