加载中…We have gloomy weather today. 今天阴天
We have a big sun today.今天晴天
=We have sunny weather today.
Hand: lend sb a hand给某人搭把手/ hand down往下传（承）
Wash one’s hands of sth金盆洗手，不再做--
以后我再也不管你了 I will wash my hands of you
再也不赌博了I will wash my hands of gambling
--〉I will wash my hands of drugs/ cigarettes/smoking再也不吸毒了
Palm 手掌 grease sb’s palm 贿赂某人
if you want to get the project, you have to grease palms of those government officials. 要想得到这个项目必须要给政府官员好处。
Take bribes 收受贿赂
Bribe-taking 收贿赂
The official was caged for bribe-taking因为收受贿赂而坐牢
如果要想得到好的遗老，必须要贿赂医生
In china if you want to get good medical treatment, you have to grease the palms of the doctors.
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Medical treatment 医疗治理
Treat sb to a big dinner 请某人吃大餐
Shout 吼叫（粗鲁的，用力的）shout at sb.
A：Darling. You are not looking well. What happened?你脸色不好，怎么了
B：“My boyfriend shouted at
me”
A：“don’t take that too much to
heart.”
B：“but why he took it out on me” 为什么朝我发作呢
Temper / anger
Lose one’s temper 发脾气
One’s anger bursts out 怒火爆发
Fly/rush into a rage勃然大怒
*******************************************************************************************此时无声胜有声。Silence means more.
There is more than meets the eye with/to you不可貌相，有很好的内在
There is more than meets the ear意在言外
大声吼叫shout at the top of one’s voice/lung
cry大叫，喊叫（危险疼痛等）
she cried in pain when the tooth was pulled out.拔牙的时候他疼得叫了起来
The little girl is crying her heart out because she believes her doll will never be found again. 那个小女孩哭得很伤心，因为他认为再也找不到洋娃娃了
=Scream 尖叫（激动，兴奋，恐惧等）
The fans screamed when the star entered. 明星入场时，粉丝们尖叫起来
Refuse VS reject VS decline
Refuse 范围最大 reject拒绝接受 decline婉转拒绝，谢绝
Refuse sth/sb
他想请我吃饭，但是屡遭拒绝he wants to treat us to dinners, but often gets refused.
Refuse to do sth
不愿意加班，辞职了I refused to work overtime/extra hours， so I quitted once more/resigned again.
试了一下，门开不了。I tried but the door refused to open. –
à拟人手法 The TV refuses to work.
Reject a gift/a suggestion/proposal /sb’s generosity拒绝接受礼物/意见/好意
It is said that the princess rejected the prince’s proposal据说公主拒绝了王子的求婚
Decline an invitation to dinner谢绝宴请
I invited her to join us , but she declined我邀请他加入我们，但是她谢绝了
Boo用呸的声音表示不赞成或唾弃the actors were booed off the stage演员被倒彩轰下了台。
经理在一片骂声中下台了。The president was booed off his position.
Laugh/ smile/giggle/sneer
be no laughing matter 不是开玩笑的事情。
Is it funny, it’s no laughing matter at
all!
laugh at sb 嘲笑某人—〉mock sb模仿为达到嘲笑
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hate to do /hate doing sth
I hate to be laughed at
I hate being laughed at.
Giggle 傻笑，呵呵的笑。
Giggle at such a strange and funny accent 听到古怪而有趣的地方言呵呵的笑
sneer嗤笑，讥笑。
Urban people should not sneer at people with a countryside accent
人们不应该嘲笑那些说话有农村腔调的人
the text
Gathered under the town hall clock,
round the clock 马不停蹄，不歇片刻。
工作努力work round the clock .
老约会date round the clock.
Ease one’s fatigue and pressure 消除疲劳和压力
Ease one’s pain. = relieve one’s pain减轻疼痛
Relieve the pressure. 减轻压力
you have a face that would stop the clock “一张丑脸，不敢恭维的脸”
It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people had gathered under the town hall clock
一年的最后一天，人们都聚在市政大厅的钟下面
现在是一年中的最好时间，人们都举家出游，去野外享受美好的大自然
It is the best time of the year. And people will go to the open air with their family to enjoy the wonderful nature.
现在是中国发展的最好时期，人人都安居乐业，享受着物质财富和幸福生活
It is the best time in china’s development; people are satisfied with their work and life. They are enjoying the material wealth and the happy life.
30岁左右是人们一生中最美好的时间，人么在这个时间可以成家立业，享受自己的工作和生活带来的乐趣
Thirty years old is the best time /prime time in one’s life. At this age, people can start up a family or (set up) his own business. In this way, people can fully enjoy the career and the family life.
Prime time TV programs黄金时间段的电视节目
Strike twelve in 20 minutes’ time
strike （比较猛烈）撞,
坦塔尼克号撞上冰山, Titanic struck an iceberg—〉strike a rock. 触礁
（比较猛烈）袭来.
狂风暴雨大作thunderstorms often strike in summer.
电闪雷鸣 thunders and lightening strike together.
在沿海城市经常有台风Typhoon often strikes in the coastal cities.
In --- time 在多久之后（静态）
我的生日在一个礼拜之后
My birthday is in a week’s time. 我的生日在一个星期之后
The national day is in 5 days’ time 5天后之后国庆节
Round the corner马上（时间/地点）
马上要过年了the new year is around the corner.
马上五一节了 The May Day holiday is around the corner.
马上就到家了my home is around the corner.
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I will be back in a month (动态)
in /after。
In 用在将来时态中，表示一段时间之后
I will be back in a minute。
Darling, I will be back in three days
After 用在将来时态中，表示点时间之后
stay here, I will be back after 5.在这里呆着，我5点钟后回来
在过去时态中表示一段时间和点之后
He returned after three hours三个小时之后他回来了
He got back after 11：15. 他11点15分后回来了
A quarter past eleven
A quarter of a million 25万
The clock stopped.
钟拒绝工作the clock refused to work
拟人手法
汽车抛锚the car refuses to work/ the car broke down.
不要翻我的私人物品Stop going through my private/personal stuff.
stop doing sth.停止做---
stop to do sth停止手头的，开始新的
抓贼 stop thief.
拦出租车stop a taxi.—〉叫出租车hail a taxi
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不想争了，够了stop it(很不礼貌)
.that’s it (比较礼貌)à 你说对了
忍很久，忍不了了well, I have had enough (of you).i have had enough of it.
笔头表述可尝试：I can no longer tolerate /bear him
Nothing happened.
Happen ＶＳ take place
happen没有计划的，是意外的
take place 预先安排好的，有计划的
发生了一起很严重的车祸a terrible accident happened.
婚礼在那个老教堂里举行了the wedding took place in the old church
一个安静的小镇上发生了一起可怕的谋杀案a terrible
murder happened in a small and quite
town.
Happen to do sth 碰巧做某事
妈妈进来时我碰巧正在玩电脑游戏。When mama came in I happened to be playing PC games.
At that very moment, Someone shouted
A young lad rushed up to her and held her by the waist with a cool pose 说时迟，那时快
Someone 1, 身份不明 somebody help me有人能够帮忙么
2，有身份地位she is really someone/ something.
everybody’s business is nobody’s business三个和尚没有水喝，责任不明，每人做事
介绍：Mike, this is everybody. And everybody, this is Mike.
Not
Musical
没有一点音乐细胞I don’t have any gift for music.
我一点体育天赋都没有。I don’t have any gift for sport.
我学英语一点天分都没有I don’t have any gift for English.
我没有做饭的天赋，但有很好的吃的天赋I don’t have any gift for cooking, but I do have a good girt for eating.
轻音乐light music.古典乐classic music. 乡村音乐country music.
打击乐percussion music。Folk music 民间音乐，摇滚音乐rock and roll.
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Spring
roll春卷
rock 前后轻轻的摇动，摆动,
rock the baby to sleep.轻摇孩子入睡
剧烈的震动或摇动
the enemy dropped a bomb, and the whole house rocked. 敌人丢下一个炸弹，整个房子摇晃
丑闻让全国震动this scandal rocked the whole county.
影星吸毒，让全国震撼the star is on drugs, this scandal rocked the whole country
房地产开发商和政府官员勾结获利，这个丑闻，震动整个城市，成为头条新闻
government officials and real estate/property development companies worked together in this project for dirty profit. This scandal has rocked the whole city and become the headline/front page news
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