第一页:片段欣赏
第二页:巧学口语
第三页:小小翻译家
第四页:文化一瞥
1. make an effort: 做出努力
2. Go ahead: 往下说,也可以指“去做吧”
3. schmuck: (美俚)笨人
例如:Before long, she realized she had married a real schmuck.(没多久,她就发现她嫁了一个地道的讨厌鬼。)
4. have a hard time: 非常艰辛,处境困难,这里是说“不是每个人都那么容易流露真情的”。
5. low blow: 卑鄙勾当
6. chit-chat: 闲谈;聊天
7. trophy: 战利品,胜利纪念品,奖品
例如:In his athletic career he won three cups and many other trophies.(在他的运动生涯中,他获得三个奖杯和许多其他奖品。)
8. kiddo: 孩子,老兄,老姐,一种亲昵的称呼
9. distance: 使疏远[(+from)]
例如:Lately she has seemed to distance herself from me.(她近来似乎在疏远我。)