Situational Words and Phrases 情景詞匯
1.make sense 有道理
A: Does what the lecturer said make any sense to you?
甲:講演者的話對你有什么教益?
B: I'm sorry I couldn't quite catch him.
乙:很抱歉我聽不太世他的話。
2.may/might as well 不妨
A: Now, what am I going to do, Prof.?
甲:教授,現(xiàn)在我該怎么辦?
B: You might as well delete the redundant part and read it again.
乙:你不妨把冗余的部分刪去,然后再讀一遍。
3.mess v. 把……弄糟
A: What's wrong? You seem upset.
甲:你怎么了?看上去很難過。
B: I messed up in the final examination.
乙:我期末考試考得一塌糊除。
4.opinion n. 意見
A: Shall I take a Sony or a TCL?
甲:該買臺索尼還是王牌?
B: in my opinion, you should choose a Sony.
乙:依我看,你還是買臺索尼吧。
5.personally ad. 就自己而言
A: What's your opinion?
甲:你持何種見解?
B: Personally, I believe the scandal is true.
乙:就我看來,這樁丑聞是真實的。
6.point n. 點,觀點
A: Get it?
甲:明白了?
B: I'm sorry, but I still can't see your point.
乙:對不起,我還是不懂您的意思。
7.reaction n. 反應(yīng)
A: What's your reaction to the film?
甲:你覺得這部影片如何?
B: The actor is really an oddball, and um... the idea is quite out of date.
乙:呢……我覺得男主角真是個古怪的家伙,而且影片所反映的觀點也有點過時了。
8.reckon v. 思考
A: A penny for your thoughts.
甲:告訴我你在想什么?
B: I'm reckoning if it's all right to date April.
乙:我在想同阿普莉兒約會行不行。
9.remind v. 提醒
A: Say, what does the watch remind you of?
甲:說來聽聽,這塊表讓你想到了什么?
B: My childhood and my father.
乙:我的童年,還有我的老爸。
10.similar a. 與奮……相似
A: Your bile is similar to mine, isn't it?
甲:你的自行車和我的自行車很相似,是不是?
B: No, they' re completely different.
乙:不,它們完全不一樣。
11.save up for a rainy day 未雨綢繆
A: What's all this for?
甲:這是干什么?
B: I'm just saving up far a rainy day.
乙:我在準備不時之需。
12.say v. 說,主張
A: What would you say?
甲:你意下如何?
B: Everything is fine with me.
乙:怎么辦都行。
n.發(fā)官權(quán)
A: It seems he has no say at home.
甲:好像他在家里并無發(fā)言權(quán)。
B: You bet. He is a hen-pecked husband.
乙:你說對了,他可是個妻管嚴。
13.seine v. 取,抓住
A: What do you think of his choice to work for IBM?
甲:他選擇為IBM公司工作,對此您有何想法?
B: It's my feeling that he has Seized the chance of a lifetime.
乙:我覺得他抓住了一個千載難逢的好機會。
14.slight a. 輕微的,稍稍的
A: Do you know her name?
甲:你知道她的名字嗎?
B: No, I haven't the slightest idea about her.
乙:不,關(guān)于她的情況我一點都不知道。
15.sound v. 聽來像,讓人覺得
A: How does the 2 o'clock train sound?
甲:乘2點鐘的火車怎么樣?
B: It's all right by me.
乙:我這邊沒問題。
16.stand v. 立足
A: What's your idea about picking up Japanese?
甲:選學日語怎么樣?
B: From where I stand, it's necessary.
乙:依我看很有必要。
17.steady n. 男(或女)朋友
A: Who's that girl over there talking with the professor?
甲:那邊和教授說話的女孩是誰?
B: She's my steady. She's sexy good.
乙:我的女友。挺酷的吧?
18.swear v. 發(fā)誓
A: You swear to God?
甲:你能以上帝的名義發(fā)誓嗎?
B: Yeah. I swear. Came on, tell me the whole story.
乙:能。快點告訴我事情的整個經(jīng)過吧。
19.tell on 告密,告發(fā)
A: Are you going to tell on me or not?
甲:你要去打我的小報告是不是?
B: Nonsense. Who told you that?
乙:簡直是胡說。誰告訴你的?
20.the very thing 千真萬確的事
A: It's said he wrote a novel according to his own experience. Is that true?
甲:據(jù)說他以個人經(jīng)歷為親材寫了本小說。真的嗎?
B: Yes. That's the very thing./That's it./That's what it is.
乙:的確如此。
21.the way I. see it 依我之見
A: I don't feel like myself these days.
甲:這些天我覺得不怎么舒服。
B: The way I see it, you'd better cut down an smoking.
乙:依我之見,你最好少抽點煙。
22.through ad. 完結(jié)
A: Are you through now?
甲:你現(xiàn)在講完了沒有?
B: Heh, you'll have to be patient.
乙:哎,你得耐心點!
23.to do justice to 欣賞,公平對待
A: Is a two-day stay all right?
甲:只呆兩天怎么樣?
B: But it's almost impossible to do justice to such an ancient city as Beijing in just two days!
乙:像北京這樣的一座古老的城市,兩天之內(nèi)怎么可能轉(zhuǎn)完?
24.to one's mind 依某人看來
A: Do you think he can be trusted to undertake the task?
甲:你看他是否能勝任這工作?
B: To. my mind, you can count on him.
乙:依我看,他還是很可靠的。
25.view n. 觀點,看法
A: Do you have any particular views on the plan?
甲:對此計劃您有何高見?
B: Well,from my point of view, it's not the time yet.
乙:嗯…… 我倒認為時機尚不成熟。
26.what if 如果……怎么樣
A: What if I say"no"when he asks me?
甲:當他問時我說“不”怎么樣?
B: I think it's the correct thing to do.
乙:我想正該如此。