新東方4+1英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)語(yǔ)匯:Bird

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Bird
    Everyday Expressions
    n. 鳥
    She killed two birds with one stone by shopping and visiting the museum on the same trip. (她 出門一次,既買了東西又參觀了博物館,真是一舉兩得。)
    n. 家伙,人
    She is a strange bird.
    生活用語(yǔ) Street Talks
    A: I’ll never be a telephone operator! That job is for the birds(毫無(wú)價(jià)值的/無(wú)聊 的)
    B: That’s you! Personally, I think it’s an interesting job.
    A: Gee, you are one strange bird. (古怪的人)
    A: Hi Rick,guess what, Wallace’s twenty years old and doesn’t Know about the birds and the bees.
    B: You’re kidding!
    C: Hey guys, what’re you talking about?
    A: We’re talking about Wallace.
    C: What about him?
    B: Jack says Wallace doesn’t know about the birds and the bees!!!
    C: That explains why he’s a bird-watcher! (喜歡盯著女人看的男人)
    A: What are you doing up here?
    B: I want to get a bird’s eye view of the campus. I don’t think I’ll ever be an early bird.
    A: Do you see that?
    B: What?
    A: That guy just gave you the bird!
    諺語(yǔ) Proverbs
    A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 一鳥在手勝于兩鳥在林。[明天得一百不如今天得五十/到手的東西才是可靠的]
    Birds of the same feather flock together. 羽毛相同的鳥會(huì)結(jié)群在一起。[物以類聚]
    The early bird catches the worm. 早起的鳥有蟲吃。[捷足先登。]
    Kill two birds with one stone. 用一個(gè)石頭打死兩只鳥。[一箭雙雕,一舉兩得]
    補(bǔ)充知識(shí)點(diǎn)...............
    衍生詞語(yǔ)
    birdy (小鳥球,高爾夫兩桿進(jìn)洞球。一桿進(jìn)洞球---eagle。
    常見搭配 Useful Phrases
    益鳥 --- a useful bird
    害鳥 --- a pernicious bird
    候鳥 --- a bird of passage
    不死鳥(長(zhǎng)生鳥) --- the bird of wonder (phoenix)
    鳥瞰圖,要點(diǎn) --- bird’s eye view
    習(xí)語(yǔ)與俗語(yǔ) Idioms & Slangs
    bird in the bush --- 沒(méi)把握的事
    bird in the hand --- 有把握的事
    the birds and the bees --- (對(duì)孩子解釋的)有關(guān)兩性關(guān)系的基本常識(shí)
    early bird---最早的人,早起的人
    flip/ give somebody the bird --- 罵人的話(give somebody the finger)
    電影對(duì)白 Transcripts
    對(duì)話 Little Jenny: Pray with me, Forrest. Pray with me. Dear God, make me a bird, so I can fly far, far far away from here. Dear God, make me a bird...
    Forrest: Mama always said that God is mysterious. He didn’t turn Jenny into a bird that day. Instead, he had the police say that Jenny didn’t have to stay in that house no more. 《阿甘正傳》