talkingenglish素材,日常美语的巧妙联系与运用.doc

English taste 【一】 今天教大家英语中几个地道的用法。 C: Hey,Richard! You went hiking over the weekend, right? How was it? R: The view was breathtaking! 但是我们都是路痴，走错了好几回Im such a road idiot...C: Road idiot? Thats not how we say it! You can say, I have no sense of direction. R: 哦，direction 是方向，所以No sense of direction 就是没有方向感 - 路痴啦！: Right! People with no sense of direction can easily get lost. 路痴经常迷路。: 这说的不就是我么？下礼拜我们要开车去京，一定又会迷路....哎，Donny, 你原来是不是在京住过？: Yep! I lived in Beijing for 3 years. I know that city like the back of my hand. R:Like the back of your hand? 了如指掌？: Exactly! It basically means that I know Beijing really well. You can also say: I know every nook and cranny of Beijing. R: Wait! Every nook and cranny? nook 一定是 n-o-o-k, 那 cranny 要怎么拼呢？: Cranny is spelled c-r-a-n-n-y. When people say every nook and cranny, theyre talking about every tiny corner and out-of-the-way place.R: 第一：形容路痴可以说：somebody has no sense of direction; 第二，对一个地方了如直掌，是 know somewhere like the back of ones hand; 也可以说 know every nook and cranny of a place. : Richard， 你昨晚是不是没睡好？ R: 是啊，因为走廊里有人半夜唱歌。 C: Dude, that sucks! R: 所以我今天心情特别不好， Im easy to burn! C: Easy to burn? Richard, I have to say, youve got a talent for making up English phrases. R: 好吧，“火爆脾气”在美语里怎么说？ : You say I have a short fuse. fuse is spelled f-u-s-e. To say someone has a short fuse is to say he or she has a bad temper. R:fuse是导火线的意思，a short fuse，很短的导火线，那还真是“一点就着”， 所以have a short fuse就是形容脾气差。 : Thats correct. If I were you, Id go give that guy who sings in the middle of the night a piece of my mind! R: give him a piece of your mind? C: Yes! You can also tell him off, 都是“骂他一顿”的意思。 : Actually, I was about to rush out of the door and tell him off, but my dorm mates stopped me. C: Why? R: 我室友们说，让我别往心里去。 : Your dorm mates are so nice not to take it personally. R :take it personally 就是往心里去，计较，对么？ Exactly. For example, your boss has a short fuse and often yells at people when they make minor mistakes...... R:所以我们也可以这样说：If someone