影视英语口语:车祸使人醒悟
2010-09-04来源:和谐英语
妙语佳句 活学活用
1. come down on sb.: 惩罚某人。影片中Carl说那个"契约"狠狠地惩罚了他。come down on/upon还有"申斥,责骂"的意思。请看例子:
The teacher came down on her for talking in class.
由于上课时讲话,老师严厉地批评了她。
2. riffing: <美俚>(尤指夸张的)即兴谈话。Terrence对Carl坦言,那天关于契约的谈话不过是胡扯。riff有"即兴编造"的意思。例如:
I riffed up an excuse as to why I didn't show up.
我随口编造了一个理由来解释我为什么没露面。
3. difficult: 难对付的,难说服的。看一下例子:
Peter was very difficult about going to school when he first started.
刚开始读书时,彼得很不情愿去上学。
4. bullshit: 胡说,废话,大话。这一粗话在美国口语中很常见。bullshit也可以作动词用,意思是"对......胡说(或吹牛)"。例如:
You're just bullshitting me. (你是在哄我。)
5. grasp: 理解,领会。请看例子:He could not grasp what was happening.(他不能理解正在发生的事。)
6. open you up to it: 让你对它敞开心扉。
7.make perfect sense: 很有道理。
8. hop: 跳。影片中Rooney准备跳到床上装成病人,这样才不会引起护士的怀疑。看一下例子:hop on a bus(跳上公共汽车);hop out of bed(一跃起床)。
1. come down on sb.: 惩罚某人。影片中Carl说那个"契约"狠狠地惩罚了他。come down on/upon还有"申斥,责骂"的意思。请看例子:
The teacher came down on her for talking in class.
由于上课时讲话,老师严厉地批评了她。
2. riffing: <美俚>(尤指夸张的)即兴谈话。Terrence对Carl坦言,那天关于契约的谈话不过是胡扯。riff有"即兴编造"的意思。例如:
I riffed up an excuse as to why I didn't show up.
我随口编造了一个理由来解释我为什么没露面。
3. difficult: 难对付的,难说服的。看一下例子:
Peter was very difficult about going to school when he first started.
刚开始读书时,彼得很不情愿去上学。
4. bullshit: 胡说,废话,大话。这一粗话在美国口语中很常见。bullshit也可以作动词用,意思是"对......胡说(或吹牛)"。例如:
You're just bullshitting me. (你是在哄我。)
5. grasp: 理解,领会。请看例子:He could not grasp what was happening.(他不能理解正在发生的事。)
6. open you up to it: 让你对它敞开心扉。
7.make perfect sense: 很有道理。
8. hop: 跳。影片中Rooney准备跳到床上装成病人,这样才不会引起护士的怀疑。看一下例子:hop on a bus(跳上公共汽车);hop out of bed(一跃起床)。
此外,hop还可以表示"仿佛跳跃着行进",例如:hop from job to job(频繁地更换职业)。
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