LECTURE 31 基本動詞 GET 10

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LECTURE 31 基本動詞 GET 10

詞組講解

1. get down to business 〔work〕 **開始做正事；進入嚴肅話題

解習語；詞義溯源：［下降（down）］到達［正事、工作（business，work）］

例 Don't bother to bring your proposals with you tomorrow. Mr. Chen wants everybody to take a tour of the new factory first. Then we'll get down to business on the second day. Okay?

2. get down to cases **開始談正事，著手干正事

解習語；詞義溯源：［下降（down）］到達［問題，事件（cases）］

例 Once the engineers have re-drafted the building's plans, we can get down to cases on such things as what style of bricks you want, the color of the floors, the type of furniture, etc.

3. get down to the nitty-gritty *認真考慮細節(jié)

解俚語；詞義溯源：［下降（down）］到達［問題的核心、本質(zhì)（nitty-gritty）］

例 Ithink it was about 11:00 PM that we actually got down to the nitty-gritty. We worked through the night and had our costumes ready for the parade by 12:00 the next day.

4. get 〔have〕 goose bumps 〔pimples〕 **起雞皮疙瘩，毛骨悚然

解習語；詞義溯源：得到［（因寒冷、恐懼、興奮等）起雞皮疙瘩（goose bumps，goose pimples）］的狀態(tài)

例 You're silly, Debby. You actually get goose bumps when you talk to Mr. Hartz? I admit he's cute, but don't you think you're reacting like a high school girl?

5. get gray hair 〔hairs〕 **變得非常緊張、焦慮；因擔心而變得蒼老

解習語；詞義溯源：有著［花白的（gray）］［頭發(fā)（hair）］；參照give sb. gray hair〔hairs〕

例 You think taking care of children is easy? Why don't you try it? You'll see just how demanding and exhausting it is. You'll be getting gray hairs in less than a week.

鞏固練習

(A) get down to business

(B) get down to cases

(C) get down to the nitty-gritty

(D) get goose bumps

(E) get gray hair

1. A: Do you ______ when the teacher accidently scratches the board with the chalk? B: You mean those little bumps on your skin that you get when the temperature is cool? No, it has no effect on me.

2. A: Are you sure you want to be a stock broker? It'll cause you a lot of stress and frustration. B: I know I'll ______, but the money makes it worth the trouble!

3. A: For three hours you all sat around drinking beer and exchanging stories about girls? Did you ever ______? B: No, that's not the way in their culture. You never begin to talk about the purpose of your meeting until the second day.

4. A: There's no time to waste. I think everybody knows all the general information, so as soon as the meeting starts, I want to start talking about the specifics. Any objections? B: None. We'll skip the preliminary stuff and ______ right away.

5. A: Once you have all the ingredients ready, it's time to start the actual work of making a cake. Shall we start? B: Okay. Well, wait a minute. Before we ______ of making this cake, let's remind our television audience about safety in the kitchen. If your children are...

■ ANSWER

1. (D)

2. (E)

3. (A)

4. (B)

5. (C)

參考譯文

I. 1. 你不用明天交意見書。陳先生想讓大家先參觀一下新工廠，第二天再開始辦正事。好嗎？

2. 工程師們重新起草這棟建筑的方案后，我們就可以開始討論實質(zhì)性問題了，比如你想用哪種類型的磚、地板用哪種顏色、家具要什么樣式等等。

3. 我想我們是在晚上11點的時候才開始真正認真考慮細節(jié)的。我們連夜加班，趕在第二天12點前，把游行用的服裝準備好了。

4. 你太傻了，黛比。與哈茨先生交談的時候，你都會起雞皮疙瘩嗎？我承認他很可愛，但是你不覺得你的反應就像個女高中生嗎？

5. 你以為照看孩子那么簡單嗎？你為什么不自己試試？你會知道這要求有多高，多費勁。你不到一周便會憂心忡忡。