小学生英语培训一个让英美人无比纠结的英语小词.doc

登陆网站 参加免费试学小学生英语培训，一个让英美人无比纠结的英语小词Hello everyone, this is Rosalyn from HJ English. Welcome to Brits vs Yanks, Written by a Brit.【Spot the Difference 差异点播】Something that Ive realized recently while talking to my American friends is that difference of usage in the word pissed. British people use this word all the time, generally talking about their weekend. Americans have a much different usage however.最近和美国朋友聊天时发现对于pissed”这个词的用法，我们俩存在分歧。英国人提起周末时经常会用到这个词，而美国人的用法大不同。【Interaction Time 互动时间 】Here is a little test for you. Try to work out the difference in meaning of the word pissed from the 2 sentences below.下面有一个小测试请通过以下两个句子判断“pissed”的意思有什么不同。Brits: “What a night! We started out at Sarahs house and made some cocktails, then had some drinks at a couple of bars in town. Sarah and I were quite pissed by the end of the night, we couldnt stop laughing in the taxi on the way home!那晚真是太棒了！我们先在莎拉的家里调配鸡尾酒，接着去镇上几家酒吧喝酒。深夜，我和莎拉都喝醉了，打了辆的士禁不住一路高歌着回家！Yanks: “My mom is really pissed. She thinks that I could work harder at college, and wants me to spend less time with my friends. Shes mainly pissed that my grades are lower this term!我老妈很忿怒，她觉得我在大学里可以更勤奋些，少和朋友浪费时间。尤其当得知我这个学期的分数更糟糕的时候，她彻底愤怒了。大家可以看出，英国人口中的pissed指的是“喝醉”，而这个词在美国人看来是“愤怒的”的意思。affected him with the last thin thrill of passion beyond any sexual orgasm. And she praised it rapturously. Yet all the while， at the bottom of her soul， she knew it was nothing.Look here！ he said suddenly at last. Why dont you and I make a clean thing of it？ Why dont we marry？But I am married， she said， amazed， and yet feeling nothing.Oh that！hell divorce you all rightWhy dont you and I marry？ I want to marry. I know it would be the best thing for memarry and lead a regular life. I lead the deuce of a life， simply tearing myself to pieces. Look here， you and I， were made for one anotherhand and glove. Why dont we marry？ Do you see any reason why we shouldnt？Connie looked at him amazed： and yet she felt nothing. These men， they were all alike， they left everything out. They just went off from the top of their heads as if they were squibs， and expected you to be carried heavenwards along with their own thin sticks.But I am married already， she said. I cant leave Clifford， you know.Why not？ but why not？ he cried. Hell hardly know youve gone， after six months. He doesnt know that anybody exists， except himself. Why the man has no use for you at all， as far as I can see； hes entirely wrapped up in himself.Connie felt there was truth in this. But she also felt that Mick was hardly making a display of selflessness.Arent all men wrapped up in themselves？ she asked.Oh， more or less， I allow. A mans got to be， to get through. But thats not the point. The point is， what sort of a time can a man give a woman？ Can he give her a damn good time， or cant he？ If he cant hes no right to the woman He paused and gazed at her with his full， hazel eyes， almost hypnotic. Now I consider， he added， I can give a woman the darndest good time she can ask for. I think I can guarantee myself.And what sort of a good time？ asked Connie， gazing on him still with a sort of amazement， that looked like thrill； and underneath feeling nothing at all.Every sort of a good time， damn it， every sort！ Dress， jewels up to a point， any nightclub you like， know anybody you want to know， live the pacetravel and be somebody wherever you goDarn it， every sort of good time.He spoke it almost in a brilliancy of triumph， and Connie looked at him as if dazzled， and really feeling nothing at all. Hardly even the surface of her mind was tickled at the glowing prospects he offered her. Hardly even her most outside self responded， that at any other time would have been thrilled. She just got no feeling from it， she couldnt go off. She just sat and stared and looked dazzled， and felt nothing， only somewhere she smelt the extraordinarily unpleasant smell of the bitch-goddess.Mick sat on tenterhooks， lean