新東方4+1英語口語語匯:Action

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第一單元
    Action
    Everyday Expressions
     n. [C] 行動 (group action 團隊行動)
    Now it’s time to take action. (現(xiàn)在是該行動的時候了。)
     n. [U] 情節(jié)
    The action is set in Paris. (事情發(fā)生在巴黎。)
     n. 戰(zhàn)斗
    The action lasted five hours. (戰(zhàn)斗持續(xù)了5 個)
     n. 訴訟
    She decided to take a legal action against him. (她決定起訴他。)
    生活用語 Street Talks
    If you guys are going to bet on the basketball game, I want a piece of the action. (算我 一份)
    I wanna be a part of the action.
    Action stations, everyone!
    The president has arrived! (各就各位)
    諺語 Proverbs
    Actions speak louder than words.
    行動勝于語言。
    Don’t judge a man’s actions at first sight; give them asecond look.
    乍看難評人,再看認得清。
    He is all talk and no action.
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    補充知識點:
    衍生詞語
    active (積極的); Take a active role in
    actionless (沒有行動的, 不行動的);
    activate (v.激活)
    復合詞語
    action movie (動作片; kongfu movie) (Crouching tiger and hidden dragon)
    常見搭配 Useful Phrase
    軍事行動 --- military action (take military action against Iraq)
    民事訴訟 --- a civil action (civil case 民事案件 civil law civil rights civil engineering土木工程)
    刑事訴訟 --- a criminal action
    習語與俗語 Idioms & Slangs
    Action! --- 開拍(導演用語)
    man of action --- 注重行動的人,實干家
    電影對白 Transcripts
    Linus: What does it tell you?
    Sabrina: That’s between you and the river.
    Linus: You know it’s funny listening to your talk. Makes
    me…. Makes me wonder if I should…
    Sabrina: What?
    Linus: I don’t know, something is different. I feel different. At work I don’t… I love the action, but, sometimes I wonder, lately especially, been wondering what it would be like, to spend some time in a place that I love like that, not just a few days, but for a real change.
    Actually, I think I’ve been thinking about it for a long time, I just, um, I just didn’t know it until, till you, uh… 《情歸巴黎》