女生必学的6个生活口语表达
说到和家庭主妇有关的美剧,你一定很快想到Desperate Housewives。不过,我们近期将和大家分享的不是前者,而是另一部新作品——美国主妇。为了孩子能接受好的教育,女主Katie一家不得不租住在富人区。面对自己略胖的身材和三个个性各不相同,或许还有些小怪癖的孩子,Katie将如何维持自己和家人的真实呢?本剧台词绝对经典。第一期分享,从“强迫症”开始。 1. Anna has a touch of the anxieties. Notes:剧中这家的小女儿Anna有明显的强迫症症状。Katie这样表述出于疼爱,也是在努力接纳孩子的不同。 “a touch of”的意义是“有一点,少许”,例句如下: Life is so wonderful. All you need is a touch of imagination. There are three colors in the picture—green, yellow and a touch of blue. 2. How are you stocked for feminine things? I’m stocked. Notes: “stock”作为及物动词和不及物动词,都有“囤积,备好,进货”的意义。“be stocked”顾名思义,就是“买好了,备好了”等等,是口语中很方便的一种表达。例如: Two many guests here. Do we have enough desserts? No worries. We are stocked. 3. I literally cannot conceive of a reason why a person need to wear two Fitbits. Notes: “literally”这个副词在这里可不是“逐字地,照字面意思地”,而是“简直,确实”。“conceive of”表示“设想,想象”。例如: I literally can not understand why he behaved so bad today. Can you conceive of your life without wifi? 4. I object it deeply and on every level. Notes: “on every level”从字面上看就是“在每个层次上”,表示程度和范围,可以理解为“完全”。例如: I agree with her on every level. 5. Who came up with the idea that a mother of three should have an ass like a 19-year-old? Notes: “come up with”含义非常简单,你可能早就知道了,在日常表达中却不一定能想到去用。在例句中它表示“想到,提出某个观点,办法等”,此外还有“赶上,走近某人”的意义。例如: She came up with the idea that Jane goes to London. I came up with them near the KFC. 6. I’ll tell you one thing. I’m not going on some stupid diet. Notes: “One thing”表示“一件事,有件事”。“I’ll tell you one thing.”当然就是“我要告诉你一件事。”,放在情境中理解表示我要跟你强调某一点。例如: I’ll tell you one thing. I would never give up my dream. |