口譯Kaitlin教小詞 (23):make

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休息了兩天,今天繼續(xù)Kaitlin教小詞,這次講的也是個再簡單不過的詞:make
    make做動詞的用法相信很多同學(xué)都不陌生,一直掛在嘴邊的有make of(i.e. It’s said the book is made of gold.) , make in (i.e. The toys are made in China.), etc. 有一些很常見的短語比如make up,大家對它的意思可能知其一不知其二哦!make up在口語里面經(jīng)常用到的意思有下面幾個:
    1. 組成 Ten students make up a team.(十個學(xué)生組成一個組)
    2. 補(bǔ)償 Sorry for being late. I’ll make it up to you.(對不起我遲到了,我會"將功贖罪"的)
    3. 和好 We had a fight in the morning but already made up after lunch. (我們早上吵架了,但是午飯之后就和好了)
    4. 杜撰 That was a true story. I didn’t make it up. (那是個真實的故事,不是我亂編的)
    5. 化妝 The party starts in 5 min. I can’t believe you are still making up! (派對還有5分鐘就開始了,你怎么還在化妝?。?BR>    Whew~~~小小一個make up意思還不少吧?另外,make up還可以作為一個詞make-up,意思是"化妝品",就是中文里面說的"彩妝"。I’m tripping to Hong Kong in mid-April. And fancy make-ups is definitely on top of my shopping list! 提到化妝品,不得不順便講一下另外一個跟make有關(guān)的詞:make over.現(xiàn)在女孩子的化妝技術(shù)太高了,"before"跟"after"簡直就是兩個人嘛!所以我常常說 Makeups have made you over to another girl!(化妝品讓你變成了另外一個人!)
    有時候我們會遇到一些特別投緣的陌生人,或者一件特別小的但是很能讓你開心的事情,這時候你就可以說"It has made my day!" Make one’s day是一個idiom,意思是"讓人很開心"。All the support I got from you guys really made my day!^^。
    今天Kaitlin早上去了平生最最最怕的地方:醫(yī)院。雖然只是一點小毛病,但going to the hospital always makes my blood run cold. make one’s blood run cold是一個idiom,意思是讓人特別害怕,一想到連血液都變冷了 我有醫(yī)院恐懼癥,以至于差點pass out在醫(yī)院里...唉!慚愧慚愧!
    下面還是講make這個小詞,以為咱們要make hay while the sun shines!(趁熱打鐵)make hay還有另外的用法,就是to turn to one’s advantage.例如 The politician made a mistake in his public speech. And his opponents made hay of it.(那位政客在一次演說中犯了個錯誤,結(jié)果他的對手們老拿那個錯誤說事兒)
    make it是我經(jīng)常掛在嘴邊的一個表達(dá)。邀請朋友來家里做客,朋友到了之后我會很開心地說"I’m so glad you made it to my house party!"(真高興你能來)如果我的朋友順利拿到理想工作的offer,我也會很興奮地說"Congratulations! You made it!"(祝賀你!你成功了?。┑侨绻龅焦庹f不做的day dreamer,我會很不客氣地說"Come on,cut it out. You gotta make it happen!"(拜托,省省吧!你要說到做到?。W(xué)習(xí)口語也是這樣,光說不練永遠(yuǎn)不可能make it.
    好啦,又犯職業(yè)病了~ 不再啰嗦啦,談點別的。女生一般聚在一起喜歡聊八卦,男生的話題也經(jīng)常是永恒的sports或者cars.當(dāng)你問一個人"你的車是什么牌子"的時候,要記住不用"brand",而是用今天講的make哦!What’s the make of your car?一般來說,比較小的東西的牌子用brand,比如衣服鞋子包包,而像車、空調(diào)、音響這種比較大的技術(shù)含量比較高的東西都用make。記住了嘛?~
    最后講一個idiom吧!生活中總是會碰到一些患得患失的人,他們總是把一句話掛在嘴邊"This is going to either make or break me!" make or break的意思就是"要么成就,要么擊垮"。其實很多事情并不是只有兩面,中文里常說的"退一步海闊天空",也就是要讓我們學(xué)會make a light on some stuff(不要把有些事情看得太重)。The beauty of life is HOW you spend it. So let’s all take it easy and have fun! 。