LECTURE 176 基本動(dòng)詞TURN 4
詞組講解
1. turn one's head ** 使頭腦發(fā)熱,趾高氣揚(yáng)
解 習(xí)語;詞義溯源:轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)某人的[頭部(head)]讓他暈眩
例 Sang Yu's promotion to General Manager seems to have turned his head, hasn't it? I'm surprised. I've always thought he was the type that wouldn't let status go to his head . I never would have guessed he'd get a swelled head from a promotion. I guess that just goes to show I don't know him that well.
2 turn one's stomach ** 使惡心,作嘔
解 習(xí)語;詞義溯源:使某人的[胃(stomach)]旋轉(zhuǎn)
例 Look at that old man over there with that young lady. It turns my stomach to think about the two of them together. Oh, gross!Oh, and the way she clings on to that rich old bastard—terrible. I wonder how much he pays her.
3. turn sb. or sth. on / turn on sb. or sth. *** 打開(水源、煤氣、電源等);使興奮,使感興趣
解 〈口〉短語動(dòng)詞;詞義溯源:旋轉(zhuǎn)打[開(on)]某物或某人
例 Three pubescent girls stood outside all dressed up in suggestive black mini-skirts and tank tops, their faces made up in an equally suggestive manner. Whenever a man walked by, they'd strike a pose meant to turn him on. Once they had his attention, one of them would persuade him to come in and buy her a drink, promising him “you won't be sorry, Mister. ”
4. turn sb. or sth. out / turn out sb. or sth. *** 使離開,驅(qū)逐;制造,生產(chǎn)
解 短語動(dòng)詞;詞義溯源:使某人或某物變成[出去(out)]的狀態(tài)
例 They'd work all night like this—from eight in the evening to five the next morning. And they had no choice. If they didn't earn at least $150 a night each, their owner, a fat 58-year-old woman, would beat them and threaten to turn them out from the small rooms she allowed them to stay in.
5. turn sb. or sth. over / turn over sb. or sth. *** 把某人或某物翻過來,使翻轉(zhuǎn);轉(zhuǎn)交,移交
解 短語動(dòng)詞;詞義溯源:轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)某人或某物使其[翻過來、倒過來(over)]
例 In exchange for amnesty, an official who had run off to America, last week agreed to turn over two bundles of false tax receipts he had stashed away in his uncle's basement. Investigators have been going all out for the past week trying to make sense of the estimated 20,000 receipts.
鞏固練習(xí)
(A) turn my head
(B) turns my stomach
(C) turn...on
(D) turns...out
(E) turned...over
1. A: You did a great job, son. You deserve all the attention you're getting from the newspapers. I just hope you keep in mind who you are. You're still the same person. Don't let this cause you to get a too high opinion of yourself. B: I won't let it ______, Dad. You've taught me better than that.
2. A: I can't pay the rent and I can't afford to move. I'm going to stay here until the owner comes and forces me to leave the place. B: Where are you going to go when he ______ you ______?
3. A: Let's not walk this alley. All the restaurants toss their garbage there. It sits for days before it's picked up. The rancid smell ______. B: You're a country boy!Don't you know every big city has smells that are so unpleasant or horrible that they make you feel like you're going to vomit? You have to get used to disgusting smells and not let them get to you .
4. A: The Jews themselves ______ Jesus of Nazareth ______ to the Romans. B: Not all the Jews—just one Jew took him to the Roman authorities who wanted to punish him. His name was Judas. He was a traitor.
5. A: If you hope to get the students interested and excited about this campaign, you're going to have to offer some incentives—like prizes or money or something like that. B: You don't know me. I can ______ the students ______ just by talking with them. If I tell them it's interesting and exciting, they'll think it is. Watch me.
■ ANSWER
1. (A)
2. (D)
3. (B)
4. (E)
5. (C)
參考譯文
I. 1. 桑宇升了總經(jīng)理后好像變得趾高氣揚(yáng)了,是不是?我很吃驚。我一直認(rèn)為,他屬于那種不會(huì)被地位沖昏頭腦的人。我從不認(rèn)為他會(huì)因?yàn)楂@得晉升而得意忘形。我覺得這正好說明我不夠了解他。
2. 看看那邊那個(gè)老男人和那個(gè)年輕女人。想到這樣兩個(gè)人在一起就讓人厭惡。哦,惡心!哦,她就這樣抓住那個(gè)有錢的老流氓——真恐怖!我想知道他給了她多少錢。
3. 三個(gè)妙齡少女站在外面,身穿暗示性的黑色迷你短裙和吊帶上衣,濃妝艷抹。只要有男人經(jīng)過,她們就擺個(gè)造型,吸引他的注意。一旦吸引住他的注意力,其中一個(gè)就會(huì)勸說他進(jìn)來,給她買酒喝,并向他保證說“先生,你不會(huì)覺得遺憾的”。
4. 他們整晚都這樣工作——從晚上八點(diǎn)到次日凌晨五點(diǎn)。他們別無選擇。如果他們每天晚上掙不到150美元,他們的主人,一個(gè)58歲的肥胖的老女人就會(huì)打他們,威脅把他們趕出他們居住的小屋。
5. 上周,逃往美國的一位官員同意交出兩捆他藏在他叔叔的地下室里的假稅單,以此作為獲得大赦的交換。在過去一周里,調(diào)查人員全力以赴,試圖調(diào)查清楚大約2萬張稅單的情況。
II. 1. A:兒子,你做得很好,你理應(yīng)獲得報(bào)紙的關(guān)注。只是我希望你記住自己是誰,你還是原來的那個(gè)人。不要因此而得意忘形。B:我不會(huì)因此而被沖昏頭腦,爸爸。您的教導(dǎo)讓我不會(huì)忘乎所以。
2. A:我付不起租金,也沒錢搬家。我會(huì)一直待在這兒,直到房東來趕我。B:他要趕你走的話,你要去哪兒?
3. A:我們別走這條小巷。所有的餐館都把垃圾扔在這兒,很多天之后垃圾才能被清理掉。這腐臭的味道讓我覺得惡心。B:你真是個(gè)鄉(xiāng)下來的男孩!你不知道所有的大城市都會(huì)散發(fā)出令人厭惡或可怕的味道,讓人作嘔嗎?你得適應(yīng)那種令人惡心的氣味,不讓它們影響你。
4. A:猶太人自己把拿撒勒的耶穌交給了羅馬人。B:不是所有的猶太人——是其中一個(gè)猶太人把耶穌交給了想懲罰他的羅馬當(dāng)局。這個(gè)人是猶大,他是個(gè)叛徒。
5. A:如果你希望讓學(xué)生對這個(gè)活動(dòng)感興趣,你得向他們提供獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)——如獎(jiǎng)品或獎(jiǎng)金之類的東西。B:你不了解我。我通過與他們談話就能吸引他們。如果我告訴他們活動(dòng)非常有意思而且激動(dòng)人心,他們就會(huì)這么認(rèn)為??次业陌?。