LECTURE 38 基本动词 GET 17
LECTURE 38 基本动词 GET 17
词组讲解
1. get 〔have, take〕 one's hands off sb. or sth. / get one's hands off **放开，松手
解 习语；词义溯源：使得手［脱离、放开（off）］；参照keep one's hands off sb. or sth.
例 Could you get your hands off my car? I told you I don't want my windows washed. Damn!These street people in this city are aggressive. They try intimidating visitors.
2. get 〔lay〕 one's hands on sb. or sth. / lay one's hands on **抓住，弄到手
解 〈口〉习语；词义溯源：使手处于某人或某物［上面（on）］
例 When I get my hands on the person who stole my cell phone, he'll wish he had never been born. I'm going to get physical !When I'm finished with him, his face will look like a combination pizza!
3. get 〔have〕 one's head above water **脱离困境，松一口气
解 习语；词义溯源：使头部［在水面上（above water）］
例 After our marriage, we spent a lot of money on our honeymoon and then furniture and things like that for the house. Of course we used credit cards. We never stopped to think that we'd have to pay for it all someday. It took us the next three years of getting by on a shoestring just to get our heads above water.
4. get one's just desserts **受到应有的赏罚
解 习语；词义溯源：得到［应得的、应有的（just）］ ［甜点（desserts）］
例 Capital punishment—you know—executions, may be a cruel way to punish a criminal, but I think anybody who murders is only getting his just deserts when the state sends him to his death.
5. get one's money's worth **划得来，物有所值
解 习语；词义溯源：得到［与支付金额相当的价值（money's worth）］
例 Honey, I know you want to get your money's worth, but do you have to lick the plate until it's clean? You're embarrassing me.
巩固练习
(A) get your hands off
(B) get my hands on
(C) get your head above water
(D) got his just deserts
(E) get our money's worth
1. A: I've got electricity bills, water and sewage bills, credit cards and bank loans to pay—it's just too much. I can't seem to ever overcome my financial problems. B: If you'd stop spending so much on beer and billiards with your friends, I'm sure you'd ______ in no time at all.
2. A: Feel sorry for him? Why? He ______. I don't feel sorry at all. B: How can you say he deserved the misfortune he has suffered? You think the failure of his business is a just and deserved punishment—a kind of retribution? For what? Surely he hasn't done anything bad in his life. You're cruel.
3. A: When I spend money on a movie, I expect the benefit I receive to be worth the money I spend. B: And we definitely didn't ______ with this film. Big ticket price, little benefit—I didn't enjoy it, I didn't learn anything and it didn't make me cry!Seeing it with you was the only good thing about it.
4. A: Hey, ______ my girlfriend! B: I only took this insect out of her hair. My God!Why don't you put a big sign on her that says “Don't Touch!” You're too protective.
5. A: I can't wait to ______ that bastard! B: Why do you wish to harm him? He only told the truth. The truth may be painful, but still, he didn't do anything to deserve physical violence.
■ ANSWER
1. (C)
2. (D)
3. (E)
4. (A)
5. (B)
参考译文
I. 1. 你能把手从我车上拿开吗？我告诉过你我的窗户不需要擦。该死的！市里的这些街民真是过分。这对游客是种威胁。
2. 如果让我抓到那个偷我手机的人，他该希望自己从未出生。我会动武的！被我修理后，他的脸会变得像一个至尊比萨！
3. 婚后，我们花了一大笔钱度蜜月、买家具什么的。当然，我们用的是信用卡。不过我们想都没想过，有一天这些钱还要还。接下来的三年我们节衣缩食才把账还清。
4. 极刑——你知道的——就是死刑，它或许是一种比较残忍的惩罚方式，但是我觉得，任何犯谋杀罪被国家判处死刑的人都罪有应得。
5. 亲爱的，我知道你希望钱花得值，但是你有必要把盘子舔得干干净净的吗？你让我难堪了。
II. 1. A：我得支付电费、水费、污水处理费，还要还信用卡和银行贷款——真是太多了。我好像没法解决财务问题了。B：如果你不再花那么多钱跟朋友喝啤酒、打台球的话，我敢保证你很快就可以把账还清。
2. A：可怜他吗？为什么？他罪有应得。我一点也不可怜他。B：你怎么能说他遭受的那些不幸都是他应得的呢？你觉得他事业的失败是应得的惩罚——是报应吗？为什么？他一辈子没有做过什么坏事。你太残忍了。
3. A：花钱看电影的时候，我总是希望钱花得值。B：那么，我们在这部电影上花的钱绝对不值。那么贵的票价，那么少的收获——我不喜欢，我从中没学到任何东西，也没觉得感动！跟你一起看倒是唯一高兴的事。
4. A：嘿，放开我女朋友！B：我只是把她头发上的虫子拿掉而已。天哪！你为什么不在她身上挂个大牌子，写上“禁止触摸”？你保护得过头了。
5. A：我等不及要让那个混蛋尝尝我的拳头了！B：你为什么要伤害他呢？他只是说了实话而已。事实或许是让人痛苦的，但是他又没有做什么该挨打的事。
