英語口語情景詞匯學習 大眾話題 Unit 63: 語言

　　Situational Words and Phrases 情景詞匯

　　1.accent n. 口音，語音

　　A: His accent makes it difficult to understand his English.

　　甲:他的口音使他的英語很難懂。

　　B: Yes, he speaks Spanish English.

　　乙:是的，他講的是西班牙式的英語。

　　2.break one's word 失信

　　A: Dad，you promised to buy me a computer! You won't break your ward，will you?

　　甲:爸爸，你答應給我買電腦的!我想你不會失信的，是嗎?

　　B: No, I never break my ward to a good child.

　　乙:不會的，我從不對一個聽話的孩子失言。

　　3.classic n. 古典名著

　　A: What kind of books do you like to read, Jane?

　　甲:瓊，你喜歡讀什么樣的書?

　　B: I like the classics very much, they're real spellbinders.

　　乙:我喜歡讀古典名著，它們實在令我著迷。

　　4.give one's word 許諾

　　A: What if John won't help us?

　　甲:約翰不幫咱們怎么辦?

　　B: He will. He has given his word.

　　乙:他會的，他已經(jīng)答應了。

　　5.lousy a. 糟糕的

　　A: His grammar is lousy.

　　甲:他的語法實在是糟糕。

　　B: I think so. I ran only guess what he is saying most of the time.

　　乙:我也這樣認為。大多數(shù)時候我只能猜他在說什么。

　　6.have words (with someone) 與某人口角

　　A: They used to be very close, but since they had words, they don't speak to each other.

　　甲:他們過去非常親密，但是自從發(fā)生口角之后，他們彼此不再談話了。

　　B: That's why I found them behaving as if they don't know each other.

　　乙:怪不得我發(fā)現(xiàn)他們好像互不認識似的。

　　7.idiom n. 習語

　　A: Can you tell me one English idiom referring to this case?

　　甲:就這種情況而言，你能告訴我一個英語習語嗎?

　　B: Of course, "you can't teach an old dog new tricks" is one of them.

　　乙:當然，例如“老年人舊習難改”。

　　8.mother tongue 母語

　　A: English has become more popular now.

　　甲:英語時下變得更流行了。

　　B: Today, English is the mother tongue of nearly a third of a billion people.

　　乙:如今英語是近三億三千萬人的母語。

　　9.one's last word 終極命令

　　A: Freeze! Or I'll shoot. That's my last word.

　　甲:別動!要不我就開槍了，這是你最后的機會。

　　B: Put the gun aside, otherwise you'll be sorry.

　　乙:把槍放在一邊，要不你會后悔的。

　　10.originate v. 起源于.創(chuàng)始

　　A: Shakespeare coined a lot of wards in his literary works.

　　甲:莎士比亞在他的文學作品中造了好多新詞。

　　B: Today, many words originated from literature, too.

　　乙:當今，許多新詞也同樣是源于文學作品。

　　11.pet phrase 口頭禪

　　A: Why did he often say "My Jesus"?

　　甲:他為何老是說“我的主啊”?

　　B: That is his pet phrase.

　　乙:那是他的口頭禪。

　　12.vocabulary n. 詞匯，詞語

　　A: You Japanese people speak quite differently, I think.

　　甲:我想，你們?nèi)毡救苏f的日語很不同。

　　B: Yeah, there is a subtle but very distinct difference in the vocabulary between men and women.

　　乙:是的，在男人和女人所用的詞匯之間有微妙但卻很明顯的差別。

　　13.word for word 逐字逐句

　　A: I can't do my work again, ma'am. I think I translated every word right.

　　甲:老師，我不能從新做。我認為我每個詞都翻譯對了。

　　B: It won't do to translate word far word.

　　乙:逐字逐句翻譯是行不通的。