英語早間課堂:Lesson Two(進階篇之一)

00:00

00:00

MP3下載 文本下載

https://online2.tingclass.net/lesson/shi0529/10000/10287/92.mp3

https://image.tingclass.net/statics/js/2012

【序言】

各位親愛的聽眾朋友，這里是可可英語6+1英語課程。我是Juliet。清脆的鳥鳴，徐徐的晨風，柔和的晨光，搖曳的綠葉，多美好的清晨呀!帶上您一份美好的心情進入今天的7點檔口語課堂，開始您美好而充實的一天的生活。

【發(fā)散思維】

1 turn something ( or somebody ) down

turn down(something or somebody)

【Explanation】

to reject or refuse to consider an offer , or a proposal or the person who wants to make it 拒絕考慮(提議，建議，或者是提議者，建議者等)

【Example Sentences】

She turns your invitation because she thinks you intend to come to on her.

她拒絕你的邀請是因為她認為你想吃她的豆腐。

知識拓展：come on to somebody 是個俚語，表示男生親近女生，對女生有性面的想法。翻譯為：輕薄。中文口語中的“吃豆腐”的表述就是這個短語。

He's been turned down for ten jobs so far.

他迄今申請了10份工作都遭到了拒絕。

知識拓展：1 介詞for在這里是表“原因”。2 so far 迄今，目前為止 So far, there are few signs of trouble.直到現(xiàn)在，還幾乎沒有什么麻煩的跡象。The evidence so far is mixed.迄今為止跡象是混雜的。

He asks her to marry him but she turns him down.

他請求她嫁給他，可是她回絕了。

2 say no to (somthing or somebody)

【Explanation】

to refuse an offer, or a suggestion,etc. 拒絕, 反對，否定(提議或建議等)

【Example Sentences】

If you don't invest in this, you'er saying no to a potential fortune.

如果你在這上面不投資的話，那就說明你根本就不想發(fā)財。

知識拓展： invest in something 在......上投資 potential fortune 有可能會發(fā)財

She would never say no to anything to her children.

她對孩子百依百順。

Didn’t she say not to the date last time?

上次相親，她不是沒有拒絕嗎?

It takes greater energy to say no to a kid .

跟孩子說聲不行是要費更大的氣力的。

知識拓展：take energy to do something 花費精力做某事，take是“花費，付出”的意思。

3 refuse

【Situation 1】

to say that you don't want something that has been offered to you 拒絕，回絕，推卸(提供給你的東西) refuse + something

The job offer is too good to refuse.

這份工作太好了，無法拒絕。

I politely refuse their request.

我婉言回絕了他們的請求。

【Situation 2】

to say that you will not give somebody something that he wants or needs 拒絕(給予某人所需之物)作為這個意思，可以接雙賓語，結(jié)構(gòu)如下：refuse + somebody + something

They refused him a visa.

他們拒絕給他簽證。

She would never refuse anything to her kids.

她對孩子百依百順。

【Situation 3】

not do something that somebody has asked you to you 拒絕，回絕(別人叫你去做的事)

Go on, ask her for a date with you tonight; she hardly refuse it.

去吧，去求求她，她不大會拒絕的。

He firmly refused to discuss this matter.

他斷然拒絕商討這件事兒。firmly refuse 斷然拒絕

She refused to accept there was a problem.

她拒不承認有問題存在。