口语课笔记_东方仲裁

口语课笔记(2006-05-06 11:45:33)

1.       I can’t feel my arms. 我胳膊麻了
2.       I’m easy. =It’s up to you. 随便
3.       Not yet!还没（含“早晚会发生”）
4.       After you.你先请
5.       I’m behind you! 我支持你
6.       How’s everything?  How (are) you doing?
7.       How (have) you been? （长期不见）
8.       Hi, there! Hi, mate! Hi, man!  Hi, chap/buddy/dude!
9.       You have my word/promise! 向你保证
10.       Don’t break your word!  别食言
发音技巧：两个爆破音，不读前者只读后者 [t]
11.       a person of few words 少言寡语的人
12.       let...down  让……失望
13.       It’s past my understanding. =I don’t know.
14.       have words/argument with sb. 吵架
15.       Give me a hand! = Help me out! 帮我一把
e.g. Would you mind giving me a hand with this box?
16.       Do me a favor!①帮个忙②拜托（别蒙我了）
17.       我很忙
①Right now, my hands are full!我现在很忙
②I’ve got only one pair of hands!(生气)
③I’m not available now!
18.       Let’s all give sb. A big hand!  鼓掌
19.       be about to do 马上
20.       We’d like Mr. Smith to say a few words about our new product.
21.       讲话结束Thank you for your time and attention.
22.       有关end的短语
①You are the end!你完了（没救了）
②no end of 无尽的，非常多的
e.g. No end of people went to Beijing for their vacation this summer!
③I love you no end!
④ cigarette end 烟头
⑤Dead End  死胡同
23.       mean 卑鄙；方法
24.       I used all available means! =I tried my best!
25.       I’ve got it!
I’ve got a good idea!
26.       I’ve got to go. = I have to go.
27.       I have    有
I’ve got 强调此时此地“有”
I’ve gotten 正式，口语中几乎不用
e.g. I’ve got to help her about this matter.
28.       Not half bad! 太棒了（一点都不坏）
29.       Two ices, please. 请给我两个冰淇淋
30.       Catch you later! =See you later.
31.       half
①Half and half.马马虎虎（= Not bad）
注：不用Just so-so! 七十年代说的
②better half 老婆或老公
e.g. I don’t know whether we’ll have time tomorrow right. Ask my better half.
32.       It’s a horse of the/a different color.两码事
是It’s a horse of the same color.一回事（莎士比亚《十二夜》）的活用
=That’s another cup of tea!
33.       She/He/It is my cup of tea!合我的口味
34.       You are something! 你真行
That’s something! 真是万幸（对方脱险）
35.       You’re nothing! 一文不值
36.       good for nothing  一无是处
e.g. Tom is lazy and good for nothing.
37.       I’m nobody.没什么，无足轻重（有时表谦虚）
38.       I’m a small potato. 无名小卒
e.g. Forget about him, he’s a small potato.
39.       I want to be somebody someday! 我想出人头地
40.       TOFEL听力It’s anybody’s guess… ……还不一定呢
e.g. It’s anybody’s guess who she’ll marry.
e.g. Who will win is still anybody’s guess.
41.       A: Did you enjoy your vocation?
B: Anything but!(注：TOFEL听力原题)
42.       coffee break 工作中的间歇
e.g. I’m on the coffee break. What’s up?
43.       Anything doning?
①约=Are you available?有什么特殊的安排吗？
②可不可以
e.g. I want a lift into the city, anything doing?
另：lift搭车
44.       Cheers!①=Goodbye!②=Thank you!③干杯
45.       Bottom up!干杯
Kill it!  干杯
46.       worms in blood 番茄酱意大利面
47.       tub 脸盆/澡盆
48.       sill 边缘 windowsill 窗台
49.       There’s a fork in the road.岔路口
50.       cross road 十字路口

51.       You won’t miss it! 非常简单（回答问路的最后一句）
52.       Your guess is as good as mine.我还想问你呢!
53.       –What?
–What what?
54.       I could eat a horse/hog! 我太饿了
另：hog 大公猪
55.       play a good knife and fork 吃得好
56.       get in one’s hair 打扰，使……心烦
e.g. Don’t get in my chair!
57.       hair
①do one’s hair 做头发
②have a haircut 剪头发
③hair in one’s neck 一言难尽 =pain in one’s neck
e.g. That’s really a hair in my neck.
④let your hair down 放松
58.       It’s a long story! 说来话长
59.       The answer is zero! 白忙了
60.       It can’t be helped! 无能为力
61.       maybe 可能（实为不同意、持保留意见）
62.       –Can I ask you some question?
–Shoot!
63.       Fire away! 开火（随便问）
64.       That’s it！就是它了！正好！
65.       Can I pay by card?
=Do you accept card?
66.       Can I pay in cash?
67.       I’m a little bit disappointed. But don’t worry. I know you have used all the available means. Thank you anyway.
68.       Forget it!算了吧(可用于回答道歉)
e.g. If we can’t get in soon. Let’s forget it and go somewhere else.
69.       make the memory go away 忘记过去
70.       You look in pink! 你气色好
71.       It’s a black tie! 正式场合
72.       the cat gets one’s tongue
①紧张地说不出话来
e.g. She is a little shy girl. Every time a stranger speaks to her, the cat gets her tongue.
②指责
73.       hot pot 火锅
74.       chicken charm 鸡腿（不能用leg） charm 鼓槌
75.       dog
①You won, you dog! 你真行
②use sb. Like a dog! 把sb.不当人看
③You stole my watch, you dog! 你偷了我的手表，你这个卑鄙小人！
④A stranger is dogging me. 跟踪
⑤dog days 热天
e.g. These days are dog days.
⑥You look like a dog with two tails. 高兴
76.       There is no way back. 不归路
Once you start, it’s not going to be end.
77.       offer to do 主动
78.       dirty
①It’s dirty cheap! (dirty=very)
②dirty joke 下流玩笑
e.g. Don’t play this dirty joke on me.
③dirty lie 恶意的谎言
white lie 善意的谎言
④dirty money=money under the table⑴贿赂的钱⑵私下给的钱（不纳税）
⑤do the dirty on sb. 用卑鄙的方法对待某人
⑥give sb. a dirty look 瞪某人一眼
e.g. When I was telling him a lie, my mother gave me a dirty look.
79.       be allergic to  对……过敏
80.       to pitch in 拼命干活，努力工作
81.       pet
①He’s the teacher’s pet. 喜爱的人
②pet topic 热门话题
③pet name 昵称爱称小名
82.       ear
①play it by ear
⑴到时候再说I don’t know what time I will be back.I play it by ear.
⑵随机应变 I don’t know what they’re going to say, I will play it by ear.
②I’m all ears! 我洗耳恭听
e.g. Now tell me about your trip to Africa ,I’m all ears!
③have a good ear for… 对……有鉴赏力
have no ear for…
e.g. I don’t like concert. Because I have no ear for music
④keep your ears to the ground 请多留意
⑤have a word in one’s ear
e.g.Can I have a word in your ear? 我能私下和你说话吗？
⑥Walls have ears. 隔墙有耳
83.       be going to 打算（早已决定）
be doing    即将发生的事
will       （临时决定）
84.       –You’ve got a minute?
–Yeah, I’m on coffee break.
85.       这个叫Tom的人  this Tom
86.       take a walk 散步
87.       Not just now! 现在不行
88.       Don’t kid me. 别和我开玩笑
89.       pull sb’s leg=kid sb.
e.g. -Are you kidding?/Are you pulling my leg?
   –I kid you not! 没开玩笑
90.       under the umbrella of UN 在联合国的保护伞下
91.       raincoat/umbrella/rubber 避孕套
92.       rubbish/junk food 垃圾食品
addictive food 垃圾食品(上瘾食品)
93.       four tigers 亚洲四小龙
94.       hell
like hell 加重程度
e.g. It hurts like hell! 真疼啊！
e.g. He ran like hell.他跑得飞快
95.       Oh no!
Hell on!!
Hell mother 娃哈哈ing no!!!
96.       drink up 喝光
eat up 吃光
burn up 烧光
beat up 揍（不用于比赛中）
97.       Beats me! 对不起，我不知道
Beat it!  滚
Beat time！打拍子（音乐）
e.g. Beat it ,you lot, go on, get out !滚，你们所有的人，快点，出去!
98.       Drop me a line/mail/e-mail! 给我写信（简短的信，报平安）
e.g. I will drop you a line as soon as I get to Beijing.
99.       Dear John letter 分手信（绝交信）
e.g. I got a Dear John letter from her!
100.       Cough it up!/Cough it! 说话啊！
cough up the money 数钱
101.       part-time job 兼职工作
102.       I moonlight as a travel guide. 我以导游做兼职工作。
103.       I don’t want to be a wet blanket! 扫兴的人
104.       Make yourself at home！
               comfortable  随便点
=Be my guest!
105.       高级短语 You shouldn’t have! 你不该如此破费
106.       You’ll have to take me/us as you find me/us!将就一下吧（幽默）
107.       be apt to 习惯做……
e.g. I’m apt to complain and loose my temper. Just take me as you find me!
另：loose one’s temper 发脾气
108.       or failing that 如果不行的话
e.g. -I’ll come to pick you up at ten, or failing that, nine！
   –Please come at nine.
109.       day
①It’s not my day today! 今天不顺！
It’s my day today!    今天很顺！
I’m not myself today! 心情不好或身体不适（注：对此句要keep silence）
②Those were the days! 那些日子真美好啊！（表示对过去的怀念）
③That will be the day! 要是有那么一天就好了（不可能）
e.g. –When I have enough money , I’ll buy you everything you want .
–That will be the day!
④It’s been a long day! 经历了一天的辛苦后的感叹
110.       It’s been a long time! ①很久不见的人互相说的话②很久以前的事
111.       I couldn’t agree more! 非常同意
I couldn’t agree less！完全不同意
112.       I beg to differ! 不敢苟同（请求有不同的意见）
113.       –……行吗？
–You dare!你敢/You do that! 你试试
114.       hit the hay=go to bed (来源：枕头是用草填的)
115.       hit the ceiling 勃然大怒
e.g. He hit the ceiling at the news.
116.       make time to do  抽空
117.       go to the movies/ a movie 看电影
118.       take a rain check 推辞
119.       get over with 处理完
e.g. get it over with
120.       Why I wasn’t told about this?我怎么不知道？
121.       A: Happy Birthday！
B: Thanks a lot! / I need it!
122.       You can put it that way! 表示赞同
123.       off
①Where are you off to? =Where are you headed?=Where are you going ?
②I’m off on Wednesdays. 我周三休息
③I think that man is a little off.(off=strange)
④The wedding is off.被取消了
⑤This milk smells off! 变质
⑥on an off street  偏僻的
⑦Off! Or I’ll shoot! 滚开，否则我就开枪了
124. 谚Truth is stranger than fiction!什么事情都有可能发生
125.       I’d like to have an order of +菜名  点菜
an order of    一道……
126.       French fires  薯条  chips 薯片
127.       in birthday suit  赤裸的
e.g. I’ve just been having a bath. I’m still in my birthday suit! Please wait for me in the living room.
128.       e.g. This is a picture of my son in his birthday suit ,aged three!
129.       drug store  （北美地区）杂货店（包括药在内的日常用品，但一般不卖水果）
130.       paper towel=tissue  纸巾
131.       a cake/bar of soap  一块香皂
132.       You can’t have your cake and eat it, too! 鱼和熊掌不可兼得(也可用于劝说、安慰)
e.g. No, they definitely won’t let you work shorter hours and give you more money.
133.       game
①What’s the game? =What’s up? 怎么了？（对……不了解、对……提出疑问）
②What’s your game?  怎么了？（对对方行为表示疑问或生气）
③That’s a game 2 people can play! 我也会
e.g. I wasn’t born yesterday. That’s a game 2 people can play. Who is your Dad/ Mummy ?
另：I wasn’t born yesterday.我不是三岁小孩。
Who is you Dad/Mummy?乳臭未干
④None of your games! 少冲我来这一套（程度浅）
134.       Don’t give me your shit! 少冲我来这一套（骂人）
135.       badger game 美人计 badger 獾
e.g. He is a victim of the badger game. 受害者victim
136.       be impressed with sth. 对……印象深刻
137.       serve  发球
138.       come at 达到、攻击
139.       have a ball=have a good time
e.g. The little ones really had a ball in the park this afternoon.
140.       I stopped a bullet. 我中弹了
141.       Bob Hope 大麻(毒品、麻醉品)
142.       gross a. 大量的
143.       bump into sb. 偶然遇到/撞上sb.
144.       break off 脱落
145.       liquid fire= liquor  烈酒
146.       Flea Market 跳蚤市场
147.       burn sb. up 使某人发怒
148.       bring up 提交
149.       bed
①get up on the wrong side of bed 早上起来就有不顺心的事
e.g. The boss has been in a bad mood all day. He must have gotten up on the wrong side of bed.
②go to bed with the chickens 早点上床睡觉（来源：鸡睡得早）
e.g. Tom always goes to bed with the chickens because he has to catch the 8:00 train every morning.
③No bed of roses 和表面不一样
e.g. My job is no bed of roses, the pay is good ,but my boss is a Simon legree.
   另： Simon Legree来源于《Uncle Tom’s Cabin》指冷酷无情的人（上司、老师）
   另2：Simon 是犹太人名

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