英语培训(课堂PPT)

1、1,英语日常交流用语(上),2,Hold on/Wait a minute,打电话时，表示稍等一会。 John: hello, may I speak to Mary? Bruce: hold on/wait a minute, shell be on the phone. 如果两人辩论，吵架，抬杠，你要别人“打住”，也可以说，hold it right there. Jack and Jay were fighting each other, David tried to stop them, so he said :“hold on, guys, calm down” 实际运用中，hold

2、 on 比wait a minute用得更多。,3,I hate his guts,我最讨厌他。也有说I hate him guts. Guts 是肠子，相当于“恨之入骨”的意思。 He doesnt have much guts. 他是个胆小鬼。 gut feeling=instinct=intuition 直觉;第六感。,4,Nuts,果仁，核，为复数时，意为“疯子”，即mad, crazy. He is nuts。他有神经病。 He went nuts and killed a guy.他发疯了，结果杀了一个人。 You are driving me nuts (crazy). 你真是要

3、把我逼疯。 a tough nut to crack, 一项艰巨的任务，一个难解之题,5,A dap and dip,打个照面，露下脸就走。 （打酱油） Matt: Are we going to Jons party? Darry: Yeah, but I dont want to stay long, so lets make it a dap and dip. 浅尝辄止，略有涉猎。 John is not an expert of real estate. He just makes a dap and dip.,6,Couching distance,Couch=sofa,沙发 I w

4、ould like to get a job within couching distance.不用走路也可以上班，形容距离非常近。 宅；Couch potato:成天躺著或坐在沙发上看电视的人；极为懒惰的人,7,Yukky/Yummy,Yukky=yucky. Where did you get this food? It was yukky. 你从哪里弄了这吃的？那么难吃。 与yukky相反的词是yummy，好吃极了。说这个词时，要不然就把音拖一下，要不然说它两次，表示你真的喜欢主人做的这道菜。 Ann: What do you think of this omelet ? Chris:

5、Yummy! Yummy! It tastes great!,8,You have my word,我向你保证（是这样）：I promise you this. Eat/swallow/take back ones word.食言，取消诺言；(被迫)收回前言，承认说错 He said that no one can beat him, but he had to eat his word after losing several games. 他说没人能打败他，可是在输了几场比赛之后，他只好收回自己说的话。 Keep ones word.遵守诺言。,9,I dont mean to cross

6、 the line,直译是“我不想越界”。意思是，我并不是想管闲事呀，只是随便问问。 “I dont mean to cross the line, is she your new girl friend ?” (gossip),10,Sick,恶心。口语里面相当于Gross.后者运用更多。 You make me sick. 你让我感到恶心。 Gross! Pls do not touch it with your dirty hands!真恶心！不要用你的脏手碰它。 生病。He is sick. 如果你把sick一词念得很重，意思就是“他令人恶心。”如果念得不重，意思就只是“他病了。” 所

7、以要小心。,11,The blues,心情不好. I know he has the blues（He is feeling very down!）, but it doesnt mean he can vent his anger on me. 我知道他心情不好，但他也不能把气发在我身上呀。 If a girl is sad, an ice-cream cone can normally chase the blues away. 如果女孩心情不好的话，给她一个冰淇淋，她就会转哭为笑了。也可说，an ice-cream cone can normally help shake off the

8、 blues.,12,Easy!,Slow down; Calm down.悠着点；不要性急；轻一点；慢一点；也可以说：Go easy. Go easy on it(省着点用). Go easy for a minute and listen to me.安静下来听我说。 Easy-going, 很容易相处 He is quite an easy-going guy. 他人很随和，容易相处。 Easy come, Easy go. 来得快，去得也快。,13,Ask somebody out,与人约会，谈恋爱 （date someone; seeing someone; hang up with

9、 someone） He doesnt have the guts to ask her out because he is afraid she will turn him down. 他不敢告诉她他爱她，因为他生怕会遭到她的拒绝。 类似的有go out with somebody: I heard youre going out with Jane. 我听说了你在与Jane谈恋爱。,14,Break up with someone,与某人分手。 Jack said to John: I just broke up with Esther. John was trying to comfor

10、t Jack: “I dont know what to say to comfort you, but cheer up! Theres plenty of fish in the sea and youll find your soul mate, your perfect match!”,15,Bizarre,有个人说：A 82 year-old man married a 28 year-old woman. That is the most bizarre thing that has ever happened recently. （一个82岁的老头娶了28岁的姑娘，这是近来最为离

11、奇的事。）另一个人蛮有同情心，他可能会说：Well, age shouldnt be something that comes in the way of a persons marriage. As long as they love each other, age is not an issue.（嗯，年龄在婚姻中应该不是障碍，重要的是他们爱着对方，年龄不是问题。）bizarre是一个美国人喜欢用的词，意思是“稀奇古怪，不正常的”；That is a bizarre story.(这个故事太荒唐。) The nine-head-bird is really bizarre.（九头鸟是不可能

12、有的事。）这是一句中国俗话，上、下联是什么呢？ comes in the way of 的意思是“成为绊脚石”。,16,loaded,他喝醉了。非常口语化的表达。He is loaded. 就是drunk的意思。 “When I talked to the president, he was loaded.” Kissinger said about Nixon. 基辛格谈到尼克松时说：“我跟总统谈话时，他已经喝得烂醉。” 与load还有一个相关的口语词：freeloading, 揩油，滥用别人的慷慨。My roommate wont pay anything for the grocery.

13、 I end up feeding him three meals. I am really fed up with his freeloading.(他这样揩我的油我实在是受不了。)揩油的人就叫“freeloader”，就是那种喜欢免费的午餐的人（those who enjoy free lunch）。,17,Be（get）fed up with,意为“受够了，忍无可忍”。意同“have had enough of” They get fed up with her moans. 他们都对她的抱怨感到不耐烦。 I have had enough of his bad behavior。我受够

14、了他的不文明的举止。 Im fed up with the childrens behavior. 我对这些孩子的行为忍无可忍了。,18,Hang around,意思是闲逛。你进商店，会发生以下的对话： Storekeeper: What can I do for you? Client: I am just hanging around.我只是随便看看。 Most husbands hate hanging around with their wives in the mall. Its so boring! 大部分的先生都不喜欢跟老婆去逛商场，太无聊了。 He had stupidly h

15、ung around just to see what the cops were doing and ended up being arrested!他在这里看热闹实在是笨，他就是想看看警察在干什么，结果把自己给弄抓起来了。,19,edgy,说一个人很紧张我们一般会说“nervous”，口语里可说“edgy”， you are so edgy. Relax, man. 你太紧张了，放松一点，老兄。 The performers were edgy as they waited for the show to begin. 演出开始前，演员们紧张得要命。,20,drop me a line,S

16、herry: “Dont forget to drop me a line when you visit a new place”（当你到了一个新的地方以后不要忘了联系我） Mary: “Trust me. I wont. Ill keep you posted.” （没问题，我不会忘记的，我会随时让你知道我的近况。）,21,Head over heels,字面上的意思是“翻了一个跟头”，也可以引申出来“晕头转向，死去活来，神魂颠倒。”等意思。 He was running so fast that when he jumped and got hit he went head over heels. I have been head over heels about my girlfriend since the day I met her. （我对我女朋友是一见钟情。）,22,I have been there/I have been around,这事我经历过。I have been there, so I know how you feel. 这些事我都经历过，所以我能明白你的感受。 I have been around long enough to know this kind of guys. I