16 I don’t mean to cross the line. 直譯是“我不想越界”。這句話的意思是,我并不是想管閑事呀,只是隨便問問?!癐 don’t mean to cross the line, is she your new girl friend ?”
17 Thank you for 。。.。。(the tea, and so on), and everything else. 謝謝你的(茶水款待),以及一切。當(dāng)你向人道謝時(shí),你一下只想起了一件具體的事,但又接受了不止一項(xiàng)的好處,就加上一句 and everything else,這樣就不會(huì)漏謝什么了。
18 I won’t take that crap.我才不會(huì)信那套鬼話。也可以說:I won’t buy that beef.同樣的意思。
19 Calm down. 不要激動(dòng)好不好?
20 sick 惡心 you make me sick. 你叫我惡心。 People do sick things to young girls nowadays. 現(xiàn)在總有人對(duì)小女孩做那些惡心的事。 He is sick. 如果你把sick一詞念得很重,意思就是“他令人惡心?!比绻畹貌恢兀馑季椭皇恰八×恕!?所以要小心。
21 You look concerned. What’s on your mind 你看上去有點(diǎn)心思沉沉,在擔(dān)心什么呢?
22 I’ve got to quiet down and get focused. 我該冷靜下來,集中注意力。
23 I know he has the blues(He is feeling very down?。?, but it doesn’t mean he can vent his anger on me. 我知道他心情不好,但他也不能把氣發(fā)在我身上呀。the blues 心情不好,If a girl is sad, an ice-cream cone can normally chase the blues away. 如果女孩心情不好的話,給她一個(gè)冰淇淋,她就會(huì)轉(zhuǎn)哭為笑了。也可說,an ice-cream cone can normally help shake off the blues.
24 I’m up to my neck in work.這句話的意思就是I am quite busy. 我太忙了,這工作把我忙得暈頭轉(zhuǎn)向。I have got a pretty tight schedule today. 我今天的日程安排得很緊。
25 Easy! 悠著點(diǎn);不要性急;輕一點(diǎn);也可以說:Go easy. Go easy on it(省著點(diǎn)用)。 Easy-going, 很容易相處:She is caring and easy-going.
26 Crush 原意為“粉碎”,現(xiàn)常指“暗戀”,又常指青澀少年的那種愛,并不穩(wěn)定,例如,小女生對(duì)老師的愛戀,過一陣就煙消云散。Peter has a crush on Jenny.
27 Ask somebody out 與人約會(huì),談戀愛:He doesn’t have the guts to ask her out because he is afraid she will turn him down. 他不敢告訴她他愛她,因?yàn)樗聲?huì)遭到她的拒絕。類似的有g(shù)o out with somebody: I heard you’re going out with Jane. 我聽說了你在與Jane談戀愛。
28 Mr. Right: 白馬王子,He’s gentle, patient, successful, and MATURE. I think He’s my Mr. Right! 他溫柔體貼,有耐心,成功又成熟。我知道他就是我的意中人(我未來的丈夫非他莫屬;也可以說是真命天子)。(白馬王子的另一個(gè)說法:prince charming)
29 Jack 對(duì)朋友John說,他剛剛與Esther拜拜了,(I just broke up with Esther.)John 安慰Jack說, I don’t know what to say to comfort you, but cheer up! There’s plenty of fish in the sea and you’ll find your soul mate, your perfect match!
30 My relationship with her is already history.我與她的關(guān)系早已成歷史了。
31 我們贊揚(yáng)兒童時(shí)最常用的話有:Isn’t he cute He is so cute. He is adorable. Beautiful baby! 逗一兩歲的小孩時(shí),人們常說:Peek-a-boo, I see you.給小孩說再見:See you later, alligator!
32 Yes, 這是現(xiàn)在的小學(xué)生都會(huì)的單詞。但是大學(xué)英語專業(yè)的人有時(shí)也搞錯(cuò),例如,對(duì)于對(duì)方的否定句表示贊同時(shí),很多時(shí)候,很多人仍舊會(huì)回答yes,而不會(huì)說no。英語中表示同意的詞很多,如果實(shí)在無法立馬反應(yīng)過來,不妨用其他的詞。Absolutely, OK, you are right, exactly, certainly, yep, aye, just so, sure, right, correct, you said it. I agree with you, 常用的還有sweat, you bet?;蛘吣憧梢哉f:I hear you.你說的我明白。說no的詞也有好幾個(gè):nope, I don’t think so,等等。