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趣味英语 | 40个中国学生最生疏的英语用法,原来老外都这么玩ZT& D+ p& q, A+ F+ B J; _& g
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老外平时遇见熟人是怎么客套的?和老外聊天用什么句子结束对话才不会尴尬? 没听清对方提问是要怎么说才显得自然? 今天来学点课上没有的,但老外都爱用的,酷酷的英语表达~
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1. No problem!( _% K" O4 o/ }" |$ h P+ Z M% L
在国内学到的是:
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-No problem!' [7 s! ]7 g2 Q9 F& Q: B- d ^
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-Thank you!+ Q, v7 A# N. v. b& u. Q; G
-No problem.
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-Oh sorry!1 ^* w: p- \+ i* {5 m
-No problem!! \" y4 [- S% X/ P$ C
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在课堂自我介绍时,有时会说中文名,然后英文名。Instead of saying "My Chinese name is xxx, and my English name is xxx.", 你可以这样说:
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, h9 B D3 P! R$ o8 H-My name is xxx(你的原名), and Igo byxxx(你的英文名).4 t8 b% |7 x- w) a0 I0 l _( r8 P( Q
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一些美国学生不乐意用自己的原名,而偏好昵称,也可以用go by来表达:. C2 u$ e8 `0 G5 p# ?" K q- U
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-My name is Catherine, and Igo byCat.! }0 g1 i0 } |
- H/ R7 i) r, m" n$ x% g( O3. Appreciate it!
% v" c+ g9 M; h" [1 l每次从校车上下来时,大家都会礼貌地对司机表示感谢,有次看到四个小哥鱼贯而出,每个人表达感谢的语句都不同。除了常见的"Thank you very much!","Thanks a lot!"以外,我觉得最好听的就是“Appreciate it!"8 {# Z; `0 f7 c9 @. q! A3 w
M8 w, j q' w4. Have a good one!
. \1 X2 m) j- R3 ~; y+ c' ~- L) q美国人很喜欢互相道好,无论认识不认识。每次和人再见的时候(可能是下班,结完账离开超市,下课等等),往往会对同事/收银员/老师/...说声"Have a good day/night"之类的。有时下午5,6点,天还没黑,我总会把”Have a good night!"说成"Have a good day!",后来发现,还有种更简易的表达,日夜均可使用,即"Have a good one!",简单顺口,客套必备。
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5.宾语前置(知友@Scrummble指出应该是状语前置)5 \3 i+ o! A. I6 `
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这是种B格很高的表达方式,在每张美元背面都有一句话"In God We Trust"(如下图)8 A% h8 W2 j) z- g* G2 K) x
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此外有次等红灯时,看见前面一辆车的车牌上的Motto写的是"United We Stand",当时瞬间感受到这种句式的力量与B格。0 ]9 H* U4 t+ @2 M9 U
9 m; B- ?, W2 R' v4 k6. Without further ado
7 G1 D* [* V+ F5 q这句在YouTube视频里经常听到,那些YouTubers在视频开头往往先介绍这个视频是干什么的,再顺便扯几句近期生活,然后在切入正题之前,有时会用这么一句"Without further ado, let's get started."这句话的意思就类似于“废话少说,让我们开始吧。”9 i% B% l0 y% \, @$ K7 f, k8 ~
3 B; |. i2 Y+ L' a5 y9 e每次听到这句,我都会联想另一个四字常用词汇“原来如此”,真希望它在英文里也有完全对应的翻译,我就不用每次都将说了半句的“搜迪斯卡”咽下去了。。。
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当想表达“我觉得/我认为/我猜”的时候,有个很好用的表达就是“I figure.."% f( d9 }( |, U, o' A% U! n1 E" t
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-I figuredyou might wanna be alone for a while, so I didn't bother you.
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8. Petite/plus size/pale/fair/tan/dark
! @9 ?# v4 N+ ^3 V% I% x, @* b这几个都是形容外貌的,就放在一起说。. I% @: f/ q9 u2 M" M- G2 ^
% x2 ^& y. D4 c# i8 W$ A在形容人个子矮的时候,short可能不够委婉,一般说petite。& D" _; |2 `6 o
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3 T! U( Z5 T: e! |3 R* n9 S在形容肤色时,长得白和黑不是white和black(慎用!),而是pale/fair(形容白),tan/dark形容黑
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9. Email常用礼貌用语8 d" J: p) R2 P8 z5 r/ h
-I hope this email finds you well.用于开头。6 E) D2 u- R) b/ @! i* L" E* s
-Any response will be appreciated.用于结尾,通常正文是找对方询问事情。
8 Y7 D- k3 h; {2 P, L1 O-Please feel free to let me know if there should be any question.用于句尾,通常正文是上交文件,材料,或者回答问题等。3 `& G5 M l! I% p
-It would be great/the best if you could...这就是传说中比"Could you please..."还要更加委婉的请求式句型了。
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Y- p d% L7 E( d/ S0 G10. I'm good.
- `. m4 [0 x/ I9 e$ T1 n0 H这句可以用来回答How are you?此外,常用于:# N# r' T9 \# G' e
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-No, I'm good.Thanks.
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-No, I'm good.
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-Do you wanna go to a strip club?
6 o U; F f2 c-I'm good.
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除了“射击”之意,还有以下日常用法:
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( y8 r# P, C+ z$ [' g1 L9 |-Whenever you need help, justshootme an email. (比send更口语化)
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% s2 S5 w; }3 m0 m-I've collected some negative comments on you.
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-I was shooting for 100, but 98 is ok. (意为本想冲击100分)2 T s/ V/ H$ ?' b9 B6 ~
-Ohshoot...(其实就是Oh s**t! 的委婉说法)
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! z3 n7 S" c' m12. 结束对话用语0 V% n/ f$ Z/ D( q) F0 t( \
-I'll leave you be. (类似于“打扰了”,“告辞了”,是在《纸牌屋》里看到Claire对一个白宫工作人员或是记者说的)
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@$ {6 |8 q& M+ E-As you were. (这句通常上司对下属讲完工作之后可能用到,是在《基本演绎法》里看到的)
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# P3 [: O* R: V& h- K13. Off the hook& A# N( v8 Y I' [
意为“从麻烦脱身”,可以想象一条鱼脱离鱼钩的样子。$ p6 V9 o) ?2 {2 F8 g6 Q! k, W6 S! E# ]
% V" Y8 V5 U0 W0 U; a% A, G-He paid all the fines so he's finallyoff the hooknow.
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《绝望主妇》里面Bree问她儿子Andrew,现在年轻人还说"Awesome"吗?Andrew告诉她,他们现在都说"Off the hook",可见,这个词组也有Cool, awesome之意。6 G+ P7 P( w1 Y6 J- K! j" N
2 e" Y9 P# N- v0 H3 u-That party wasoff the hook!
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印象中《宋飞正传》里Jerry, Elaine和George有对off the hook和on the hook的一段讨论,但是在网上搜出来的似乎都是小黄网站,于是隐隐觉得似乎这个表达不是什么好表达了。。。* M/ F5 Y) j& [+ g' T
# ], C# }' A1 c% ]14. Hands down
7 J# ]( @2 T Z; Z/ p' |- D5 e有“绝对,毫无疑问”之意。可以这样联想,因为毫无疑问,所以不会举手提问,也就是hands down。
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3 |) b$ U5 |6 ~' O" C-My favorite TV show ishands downFriends.
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1 ~1 C( G9 u# Z15. Though
8 E N& J( p& F, v7 I% ^大家都熟悉though用于句首和句中表转折,但可能不太了解它放在句末的用法。
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& t6 c# @0 p4 d% r3 _- |) {. y o8 k$ N8 [-Do you want me to get you a cup of coffee?
" M+ z4 Q4 d, j' S5 _9 ^$ I+ v: [-No, I'm good. Thank youthough. (意为不过还是)
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另外一个用法是在Instagram上看到的,关注了一个账号整天推送搞笑短视频,内容都是人和动物摔倒啊,被砸啊,被吓到啊等等很囧的场面。然后这个账号经常配的文字就是以though结尾的语句,可以感觉到明显的讥讽意味。例如:
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(一个男人被电梯整蛊吓得尖叫)
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(一只狗打了一个喷嚏,然后全身狂抖)
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16. Sure/Of course/Certainly
9 P1 Y# @- ?/ q5 l' p0 l" g当时初中学英语的时候记得这三个词经常一起出现,表达“当然”,一直模模糊糊地认为他们是一个意思,后来慢慢地才了解到他们的用法的区别。
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Sure一般用来表达欣然同意对方的提议,意为“好呀”:
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-Sure!
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-Would you like to get a cup of coffee or something?
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$ i* Z6 |1 d e而Of course则有“那当然了”,“不用多说”的意味在里面:' ^3 Z' ]" ~: ?0 D/ Y
) r* L3 ~5 d( D: n-There are,of course, exceptions to the rule.
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8 M, ?- y9 z7 ]/ t/ @- U# U4 K-What do you do now?
% h! x( K, I* y-Still farming.
+ C( B3 N7 u) x- C2 {2 @-Of course.
' a, x8 d) S8 s$ V% a* i2 ^(此对话来自《唐顿庄园》里庄主Robert问他领地里的一位农民现在做些什么,农民回答还是做农活,并且一脸颓丧的样子,潜台词是“我还能做啥,还不是做做农活而已”,Robert听后稍愣了一下,大概觉得自己问的问题有点愚蠢,于是说了句Of course. 可见,如果问了一个本该知道答案的问题,对方回答后,你可以说这么一句Of course.)2 K) a# [5 y; |" h+ h4 q$ l
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不知道是不是一个渐渐淡出江湖的词汇。
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- S1 c. X2 L1 L17. 模糊语气! w' P' w' M5 I( ?# G3 |
在表达“差不多”,“接近”,“...的样子” ,“之类的”等模糊的意思时,除了nearly, approximately, almost, kind of, sort of 等词汇外,更口语的说法还有or so,-ish,...something等:
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-He has worked in the company for a year and two monthsor so.
5 L1 T6 G) b( ?/ U3 O+ n# h4 a-After dinner I had 30 cherriesor so.8 D1 Q0 K0 d5 d; V1 l5 K- x8 H
O* g; H) d/ g }9 n% p2 A-That movie wasgood-ish.(此人应该觉得电影并不怎么好看)
1 |- u2 O1 X" A B, }# I6 J-That color isblue-ish.
' Q; [$ P1 A& a; j2 ^/ |-Let's meet around9-ish.
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! x) Z( ?$ @ @! [% e1 W7 t-30 books everytwenty-somethinggirl must read. (类似于知乎豆瓣经常出现的20多岁女孩的必读书单)
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5 E7 o3 U; \% ` z! P' H3 C8 s1 u! \9 c18. Sense3 i' q# a& }* Z; y0 z
sense的意思非常多,有“...感”,“意思/意识”,“目的”等,无法和一个中文词汇完全对应。国内用到a sense of的标配经常是a sense of humor,其实可以使用的范围非常广。
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1 X8 A+ P* U$ g ~6 S& Z" N5 w-What isthe sense ofgoing out in the rain? (意为“目的”)
9 _' u4 u; Q5 h8 v1 }2 a-The purpose of the meeting is to let you geta sense ofhow we work. (好难翻译!请意会)
/ a: W+ A$ B5 f-Does thatmake senseto you?(这句话很常见,通常在解释完某个复杂的事情或事物后,为了解对方是否听明白,会问这么一句,配以拧巴的眉头,微倾的头颅)
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19. 没听懂对方的话时
) F, k! F. |. U8 A3 ?" v! G听不懂或没听清对方的意思,这种状况常常发生,不论你是不是native speaker。除了Sorry? Excuse me? Could you repeat that? 以及英语课本里教的I beg your pardon? 可以用来要求对方再说一遍外,还可以这样告诉对方你没听清:
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8 F" S: H/ n7 @4 q) _. w3 x# x+ f-Sorry,I didn't follow.' ?8 p% z* R9 ^0 o
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-"Chinese White Tie" means White Tie witha touch ofChina. (这是美国Vogue杂志主编Anna Wintour给记者解释刚过去的中国主题Met Gala的dress code的含义时用的原句。) U9 \+ s t4 u i
' }6 R$ i8 Y8 O4 w( d) ]& b-I havea touch offlu and need some rest.(意为“轻微的”)2 z! o: L7 H/ v J
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" r# W) f6 H7 \6 D4 I0 b; H2 N《老友记》里面有次6人玩扑克牌,Ross加注的时候发现钱不够了,说了句"Joey, I'm a little shy here.",意思是钱不够了,想找Joey借钱,结果Joey傻了吧唧地拍了拍Ross肩膀,说有哥们儿在,不怕。还好Chandler听出了shy的第二层意思,掏出了钱包。 Z' M5 K' i0 h- @7 c6 ]
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22. Dress up/down
/ U/ c. e) Q. L, oDress up可不是穿上衣服的意思,而是穿着正式的意思,相应的穿着随意则是dress down.
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在宾馆/图书馆/售票处/电话客服..办事结束后,经常会听到一句"You're all set." 听到这句话就知道事儿已办妥可以拎着东西滚了。如果不知道自己的事儿是不是弄好了,而对方又专心致志作敲键盘状时,可以问一句"Am I all set?" 不要像楼主第一次住完宾馆在前台傻了吧唧地站在那儿等人家给我receipt等了二十分钟,人家终于忍不住问我"What else can I help you with?"才知道我早就可以滚了。。
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有时用公共饮水机/洗手池时有可能不巧地前面正好有人在使用,于是站在别人身后两英尺处耐心等待,同时说一声"Take your time" 让对方不用太着急,对方使用完可能对你说声"All yours"让你放心上前使用,文明的世界真美好。/ c- B4 B( C& G3 a- Z/ N$ @
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+ w# F+ r- E" E' K# s-At some pointI decided she was no longer my friend. (表示之前某时刻)
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-Do you want me to add that information in the document?
# }& k5 _; N5 t1 U" j-No. Butat some pointwe will need that. (表示将来某时刻,比in the future明显更适用)7 k$ ~/ ?/ n- e5 h8 r/ ~
9 c9 ^/ M0 N5 |9 [( V5 Q25. Comfort* j# V) b* o9 o# D% c
Comfort的意思大家都懂,就是舒服,舒适,爽。在国内的时候,我只知道俺家的沙发是comfortable的,而在老美的口语表达中,这个词可以使用的语境实在是多。0 u0 _% J: a, Q6 A6 a
) I ~! P+ d9 r4 F7 m3 A% l0 v-You should make sure you arecomfortablewith the height every time you jump off. (这是楼主第一次去攀岩俱乐部玩抱石时,教练对我说的,comfortable在这里的意思更贴近于“没有不适,能接受”)2 L/ k; a. a2 a+ e
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-If no support was provided, we should perform audit steps to obtaincomfortthat the item was appropriately included. (这里意译过来应该是“确保”,意思等同于make sure)
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7 F) V9 f3 W3 m) k7 y# _* _可见comfortable这种状态,不一定是躺在沙发上全身放松,还可以是生活工作中每一个细小的,让你呼吸平稳,心跳规律的状态。
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26. Thing
+ {0 `6 b6 C9 b除了“事物”之意外,在口语中还有以下常见用法:
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-I think he hasa thingfor you. (就是中文里“他对你有意思”的意思)
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-Being funny is Chandler'sthingand Ross'sthingis getting divorced. (来自《老友记》,这里thing不好翻译,可以理解为“某人最显著的特质”,即让别人想到你就联想起来的东西。)
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' M0 f$ C6 P; v6 L: F27. Have/get your back S6 X; Q. T: C( k, c5 B8 {
意为“罩着你”,“挺你”或者“有我在”。( }. K# Z! N$ g; c* C
-If you ever need help, just ask. You know Ihave your back.5 Q) o+ E9 q0 [& O' |# G$ I
-Just go ahead. Don't worry. Igot your back.4 C0 D; Z1 v) I# [, @, {9 J5 Q T" S
! O6 L& C. [4 ]0 r% _28. In the middle of nowhere
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29. Walk through
/ }$ L- F5 b7 R$ Z8 K! X: k7 u虽然这个词组里有walk这个动词,但是通常和行走没有太大关系。可以理解为“过一遍”。
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. period
' G T/ ]$ r/ N, u2 {# x. x! }$ d— dash (破折号,用法为句子A - 句子B,注意字符两边都有空格)
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/ slash
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"" quote
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*star
8 i6 r( u7 C9 u z_ underscore
$ p/ B4 K, J% }- hyphen (连字符,用法为word-word,组成一个新词,例如anti-discrimination,字符两边没有空格)
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! exclamation point/mark
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: colon
0 ^, U h: X* r$ u, w2 j& w1 s% S; semicolon
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numerator 分子
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( v2 c9 Y9 m: g4 R3 Y3 d7 ]0 K(真是涨姿势啊!)
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31. Doesn't hurt to do something
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x$ R/ c( Z, i _-It does't hurt totake a look of what you've done and see if it could be improved.
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2 G4 ^; P: F( l6 \4 f9 K32. You might wanna/you don't wanna
+ a3 K( l$ m$ a: F, \这可以是给别人建议做某事/别做某事时使用的短语。1 s0 V% ]! D x
-You might wannahave a cup of water at hand in case that food is too spicy.
2 d) I& C6 i+ T+ ~& D9 E4 W-You don't wannacall her in the middle of the night. You don't know how grumpy she could be.3 w4 r a* u& T
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. s) c2 d( v8 H$ z意为“正需要”。
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% Y2 s" x: }7 F! z: [; o, ^-That shirt is too flashy.
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# r" f! _. V3 J: Z; }# Z. D6 Y n+ }34. At the end of the day
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-They all said they would help me, butat the end of the daynobody did.+ D6 i% `( S! v' R" a2 L
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U8 Z/ [& J+ Q1 Z9 |36. Be my guest
8 F/ E! o& n# X! q, g! Q这个表达可不是邀请对方做客,而是在对方提出要做某件事的时候给出允许。
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-Sure!Be my guest.
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老友记里面有一集Monica和Rachel楼上的邻居把地毯撤掉了,各种噪声通过天花板传来听得一清二楚,Pheobe问她们怎么不上去和那人说,Monica表示那人太帅了,她没法开口。Phoebe不信,决定要上楼去教训下那个人。Monica和Pheobe之间有这样一段对话:
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PHOEBE: Well, why don’t you go up there and ask him to just, like "step lightly, please"?
/ p5 k/ C! Y6 u3 P) t+ I4 A5 iMONICA: I have, like five times, but they guy is so charming that I go up there to yell and then I end up apologizing to him.: g9 P2 \9 g2 w) K
PHOEBE: Ewww, that is ...(angrily) silly. I’ll go up there, I’ll tell him to keep it down.3 V7 D/ N! C% p/ K- g+ f2 `( C
MONICA: Alright. Be my guest.
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37. Gut
0 [/ g1 k. N6 a. h2 p直译过来是“肚子”,但在英语里面有“直觉”之意。
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-You don't have theguts.
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! K/ Y8 }$ o, d. g38. It works
H4 l0 m( e/ y" e这个表达在日常口语中实在太常见了。在国内时work往往指工作,但在英语中更像是说某件事“有效运行”。, u7 U# n" A+ A3 E8 u$ u3 o2 _
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( X, a9 {# i; \) Z! @3 \0 \/ \& U-He said he didn't do it butI don't buy it.
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-She told me she missed our date because she had to work.
! R7 Y- b3 m; H+ N8 l2 _' Q. x5 e1 R-That's so made up! I can't believe youbought it.8 q( N4 g! e$ k7 W8 f0 U
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几个和table有关的表达:Bring to the table和On/Off the table。6 _6 b8 u) Y5 R7 d1 X
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Bring to the table指“带来的好处”:
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-Do you have any advice for me on the interview?
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