备考中级口译：词汇和语法汇总(一)

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　　口语语汇
        　　第一单元
        　　第一部分 核心语汇
        　　第一节
        　　Action
        　　Basic need
        　　音形义
        　　Everyday Expressions
        　　n. [C] 行动 (group action 团队行动)
        　　Now it’s time to take action. (现在是该行动的时候了。)
        　　n. [U] 情节
        　　The action is set in Paris. (事情发生在巴黎。)
        　　n. 战斗
        　　The action lasted five hours. (战斗持续了5 个)
        　　n. 诉讼
        　　She decided to take a legal action against him. (她决定起诉他。)
        　　衍生词语
        　　active (积极的);
        　　actionless (没有行动的, 不行动的);
        　　activate (v.激活)
        　　复合词语
        　　action movie (动作片; kongfu movie)
        　　常见搭配 Useful Phrase
        　　军事行动 --- military action
        　　民事诉讼 --- a civil action
        　　刑事诉讼 --- a criminal action
        　　习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
        　　Action! --- 开拍（导演用语）
        　　man of action --- 注重行动的人，实干家
        　　生活用语 Street Talks
        　　If you guys are going to bet on the basketball game, I want a piece of the action. (算我 一份)
        　　Action stations, everyone!
        　　The president has arrived! (各就各位)
        　　电影对白 Transcripts
        　　Linus: What does it tell you?
        　　Sabrina: That’s between you and the river.
        　　Linus: You know it’s funny listening to your talk. Makes
        　　me…. Makes me wonder if I should…
        　　Sabrina: What?
        　　Linus: I don’t know, something is different. I feel different. At work I don’t… I love the action, but, sometimes I wonder, lately especially, been wondering what it would be like, to spend some time in a place that I love like that, not just a few days, but for a real change.
        　　Actually, I think I’ve been thinking about it for a long time, I just, um, I just didn’t know it until, till you, uh… 《情归巴黎》
        　　谚语 Proverbs
        　　Actions speak louder than words.
        　　行动胜于语言。
        　　Don’t judge a man’s actions at first sight; give them asecond look.
        　　乍看难评人，再看认得清。
        　　第二节
        　　Animal
        　　Basic need
        　　音形义
        　　Everyday Expressions
        　　n. [C] 动物 (野兽 wild animal)
        　　We should protect animals.
        　　n. 兽性的人，衣冠禽兽
        　　Drinking alcohol releases the animal in man. (喝酒使人兽行大发。)
        　　衍生词语
        　　animalism (兽性; 活力充沛)；
        　　animate (v. 赋予…以生命，使活泼);
        　　常见搭配 Useful Phrase
        　　兽性 --- animal instincts
        　　动物界 --- the animal kingdom
        　　诱捕动物 --- trap animals
        　　习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
        　　animal desire --- 肉欲
        　　生活用语 Street Talks
        　　A: Rebecca, I got a D in maths this term. What do I do?
        　　B: Sorry about that, Freddie.  Cheer up! You can make it next term.But frankly speaking, if you weren’t such a party animal, you’d have more time for studying. （喜欢参加聚会的人）
        　　A: Joanna usually talks to animals and toys.
        　　B: Poor Jo. If only she had a healthy family!
        　　Youth is/are full of animal spirits. （精力十分旺盛）
        　　That fighter is really an animal when he steps in the (boxing)ring. （当这个拳击手开始比赛的 时候，他立刻变成了一个真正的野兽。）
        　　电影对白 Transcripts
        　　Newsman: Sir, why are you running?
        　　Newswoman: Are you doing this for world peace?
        　　Newsman: Are you doing this for the homeless?
        　　Newsman: Are you running for woman’s rights?
        　　Newsman: Or for the environment? Or for animals?
        　　Forrest: They just couldn’t believe that someone would do all that running for no particular reason.
        　　名言 Quotations
        　　Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts.
         
       
            
            

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        　　第三节
        　　Baby
        　　Basic need
        　　音形义 Everyday Expressions
        　　n. [C] 婴儿
        　　She is expecting a baby. (她怀孕了。)
        　　注：baby的性别不明时，通常用 it 来指代。
        　　n. 孩子气的人
        　　Don’t be such a baby! (不要这样孩子气！)
        　　n. 宝贝（亲爱的）口语体为babe
        　　Hey babe, you’d like another drink?
        　　衍生词语
        　　babyhood (婴儿时代);
        　　babyish (幼稚的);
        　　复合词语
        　　baby-sitter/baby-minder (保姆);
        　　babyfaced (娃娃脸的);
        　　常见搭配 Useful Phrases
        　　小儿语 --- baby talk
        　　乳齿 --- baby tooth
        　　嫩萝卜--- baby carrots(very small,tender carrots,not fullygrown)
        　　生育高峰 --- baby boom
        　　习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
        　　baby kisser --- [美俚] 为拉选票而到处拉拢人心的人
        　　babes and sucklings --- 乳臭未干的孩子
        　　sleep like a baby --- 睡得香
        　　生活用语 Street Talks
        　　A: Rosemary, will you go to the movies with me tonight?
        　　B: I wish I could, Jo. But my baby’s taking me out to dinnertonight. (情人）
        　　A: Tom, I need your help. It’s out of control here.
        　　B: Come on, dear. You can make it. Come on! Give the talk. Thewhole plan is your baby. (由你 负责)
        　　A: That wasn’t hard at all.
        　　B: No, like stealing candy from a baby.
        　　电影对白 Transcripts
        　　句型 Now when I was a baby, Mama named me after the great CivilWar hero, General Nathan Bedford Forrest. 《阿甘正传》
        　　对话 Lenora: Who’s your friend?
        　　Gump: My name’s Forrest. Forrest Gump.
        　　Dan: This is cunning Carla and Long-Limbs Lenora.
        　　Lenora: Where you been Baby cakes? Huh? I haven’t seen you around lately. You know you should have been here for Christmas because Tommy bought a round on the house and gave everybody a turkey sandwich. 《阿甘正传》
        　　谚语 Proverbs
        　　The rich get richer and the poor get babies.
        　　富人发财，穷人得子。
        　　第四节
        　　Beauty
        　　Basic need
        　　音形义 Everyday Expressions
        　　n. [c] 美丽的人或事物
        　　She was a famous beauty in her youth.
        　　n. [u] 美
        　　We shall never forget the beauty of the old Beijing.
        　　n. 优点,极具魅力的特色
        　　The beauty of this machine is its simplicity. (这机器的优点在于简单。)
        　　衍生词语
        　　beautify (美化);
        　　beautiful (美丽的);
        　　复合词语
        　　beauty contest (选美比赛);
        　　beauty salon (美容院);
        　　常见搭配 Useful Phrases
        　　美容师 --- beauty aid
        　　风景点 --- beauty spot
        　　习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
        　　beauty sleep --- 美容觉（午夜前的睡眠）
        　　the beauty of sth --- 有优势的方面
        　　生活用语 Street Talks
        　　A: Mom it hurts.
        　　B: This black eye you got in the fight is a real beauty,huh?!
        　　A: Please! Mom!
        　　Saving petrol, you know, that’s the beauty of buying a smallcar.
        　　The beauty of his new job is that he works his own hours. (flexible hours)
        　　电影对白 Transcripts
        　　句型  And now for your listening and viewing pleasure, direct from Hollywood, California, our very own beatnik beauty, let’s give a big round of applause to the luscious Bobby Dylan. 《阿甘正传》
        　　对话 Jesse Jackson: It’s beautiful to be black, but beauty is not enough.
        　　Crowd Leader: What do you want?
        　　Crowd Response: Black power! 《阿甘正传》
        　　谚语 Proverbs
        　　Beauty is but skin-deep.
        　　红颜易变。
        　　Beauty without virtue is a flower without perfume.
        　　貌美而无德，犹如花之无香。
        　　Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. / Beauty lies in lover's eyes.
        　　情人眼里出西施。
        　　名言 Quotations
        　　“Beauty is truth, truth beauty,”—that is all Ya know on earth, and all ya need to know.John Keats (1795-1821), English poet. Ode on a Grecian Urn.
        　　It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But … it isbetter to be good than to be ugly.Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Anglo-Irish author. Lord Henry, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. 17 (1891).