LECTURE 38 基本動詞 GET 17

LECTURE 38 基本動詞 GET 17

詞組講解

1. get 〔have, take〕 one's hands off sb. or sth. / get one's hands off **放開，松手

解 習(xí)語；詞義溯源：使得手［脫離、放開（off）］；參照keep one's hands off sb. or sth.

例 Could you get your hands off my car? I told you I don't want my windows washed. Damn!These street people in this city are aggressive. They try intimidating visitors.

2. get 〔lay〕 one's hands on sb. or sth. / lay one's hands on **抓住，弄到手

解 〈口〉習(xí)語；詞義溯源：使手處于某人或某物［上面（on）］

例 When I get my hands on the person who stole my cell phone, he'll wish he had never been born. I'm going to get physical !When I'm finished with him, his face will look like a combination pizza!

3. get 〔have〕 one's head above water **脫離困境，松一口氣

解 習(xí)語；詞義溯源：使頭部［在水面上（above water）］

例 After our marriage, we spent a lot of money on our honeymoon and then furniture and things like that for the house. Of course we used credit cards. We never stopped to think that we'd have to pay for it all someday. It took us the next three years of getting by on a shoestring just to get our heads above water.

4. get one's just desserts **受到應(yīng)有的賞罰

解 習(xí)語；詞義溯源：得到［應(yīng)得的、應(yīng)有的（just）］ ［甜點(diǎn)（desserts）］

例 Capital punishment—you know—executions, may be a cruel way to punish a criminal, but I think anybody who murders is only getting his just deserts when the state sends him to his death.

5. get one's money's worth **劃得來，物有所值

解 習(xí)語；詞義溯源：得到［與支付金額相當(dāng)?shù)膬r值（money's worth）］

例 Honey, I know you want to get your money's worth, but do you have to lick the plate until it's clean? You're embarrassing me.

鞏固練習(xí)

(A) get your hands off

(B) get my hands on

(C) get your head above water

(D) got his just deserts

(E) get our money's worth

1. A: I've got electricity bills, water and sewage bills, credit cards and bank loans to pay—it's just too much. I can't seem to ever overcome my financial problems. B: If you'd stop spending so much on beer and billiards with your friends, I'm sure you'd ______ in no time at all.

2. A: Feel sorry for him? Why? He ______. I don't feel sorry at all. B: How can you say he deserved the misfortune he has suffered? You think the failure of his business is a just and deserved punishment—a kind of retribution? For what? Surely he hasn't done anything bad in his life. You're cruel.

3. A: When I spend money on a movie, I expect the benefit I receive to be worth the money I spend. B: And we definitely didn't ______ with this film. Big ticket price, little benefit—I didn't enjoy it, I didn't learn anything and it didn't make me cry!Seeing it with you was the only good thing about it.

4. A: Hey, ______ my girlfriend! B: I only took this insect out of her hair. My God!Why don't you put a big sign on her that says “Don't Touch!” You're too protective.

5. A: I can't wait to ______ that bastard! B: Why do you wish to harm him? He only told the truth. The truth may be painful, but still, he didn't do anything to deserve physical violence.

■ ANSWER

1. (C)

2. (D)

3. (E)

4. (A)

5. (B)

參考譯文

I. 1. 你能把手從我車上拿開嗎？我告訴過你我的窗戶不需要擦。該死的！市里的這些街民真是過分。這對游客是種威脅。

2. 如果讓我抓到那個偷我手機(jī)的人，他該希望自己從未出生。我會動武的！被我修理后，他的臉會變得像一個至尊比薩！

3. 婚后，我們花了一大筆錢度蜜月、買家具什么的。當(dāng)然，我們用的是信用卡。不過我們想都沒想過，有一天這些錢還要還。接下來的三年我們節(jié)衣縮食才把賬還清。

4. 極刑——你知道的——就是死刑，它或許是一種比較殘忍的懲罰方式，但是我覺得，任何犯謀殺罪被國家判處死刑的人都罪有應(yīng)得。

5. 親愛的，我知道你希望錢花得值，但是你有必要把盤子舔得干干凈凈的嗎？你讓我難堪了。

II. 1. A：我得支付電費(fèi)、水費(fèi)、污水處理費(fèi)，還要還信用卡和銀行貸款——真是太多了。我好像沒法解決財(cái)務(wù)問題了。B：如果你不再花那么多錢跟朋友喝啤酒、打臺球的話，我敢保證你很快就可以把賬還清。

2. A：可憐他嗎？為什么？他罪有應(yīng)得。我一點(diǎn)也不可憐他。B：你怎么能說他遭受的那些不幸都是他應(yīng)得的呢？你覺得他事業(yè)的失敗是應(yīng)得的懲罰——是報應(yīng)嗎？為什么？他一輩子沒有做過什么壞事。你太殘忍了。

3. A：花錢看電影的時候，我總是希望錢花得值。B：那么，我們在這部電影上花的錢絕對不值。那么貴的票價，那么少的收獲——我不喜歡，我從中沒學(xué)到任何東西，也沒覺得感動！跟你一起看倒是唯一高興的事。

4. A：嘿，放開我女朋友！B：我只是把她頭發(fā)上的蟲子拿掉而已。天哪！你為什么不在她身上掛個大牌子，寫上“禁止觸摸”？你保護(hù)得過頭了。

5. A：我等不及要讓那個混蛋嘗嘗我的拳頭了！B：你為什么要傷害他呢？他只是說了實(shí)話而已。事實(shí)或許是讓人痛苦的，但是他又沒有做什么該挨打的事。