书城外语日常286词玩转英语口语
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第14章 F(2)

He was notorios for playing in the field with many girls.

他因与多名女子乱搞关系而臭名昭着。

③leave the field离开战场,退出比赛

He has to leave the field for a foul.

他因犯规而不得不退出比赛。

Daily Conversation日常会话

A:After graduation, she needn't pay much attention to hunt for a job, her father has left the field clear for her.

毕业以后,她不需为寻找工作费多大心思,她爸爸已经为她铺好路了。

B:I'm so jealous of her. Life to her seems always to be a bow of cherries.

真羡慕她。生活对于她来说似乎总是一帆风顺的。

A:Do you think it's really good for her I think she'd better learn how to be independent.

你认为对她真的好吗?我觉得她最好学会如何独立。

B:Your words are also right. After all her father will leave her some day.

你的话也对。毕竟她爸爸终有一天会离开她的。

Notes:

1. pay attention to注意,重视

2. hunt for搜寻,寻找

3. jealous ['dзel?s] adj. 嫉妒的,吃醋的,羡慕的

fix

固定,安装,凝视,吸引(注意),修理,整理,安排,准备

Useful Phrases实用短语

①fix one's mind on sth.专心于某事

Professor Li fixed his mind on the research just now.

刚刚李教授专心于那项研究。

②fix sb. with a look定睛凝视某人

She fixed him with an angry look.

她生气地盯着他。

③fix on sth./sb.选定,决定

Have you fix on the date for the honeymoon

你选定了蜜月的日期了吗?

Daily Conversation日常会话

A:Have you fixed on the date of travelling

你决定旅行的日期了吗?

B:No. I'm so busy these days and have no time to buy the plane ticket at all.

没有。最近我忙得很根本没时间去买机票。

A:Where are you going to travel

你要去哪旅行呢?

B:Holland is the first place I will choose. I have longed for going there for many years.

荷兰是我的首选。我已经渴望去那多年了。

Notes:

long for渴望,极想,向往

figure外形,轮廓,数字,计算,人物,画像

Useful Phrases实用短语

①become a figure of fun成为嘲笑的对象

At the party she became the figure of fun.

在聚会上她成了嘲笑的对象。

②figure on sth.计划,打算,预料到

I haven't figured on getting to school so early.

我没预料到这么早就到学校了。

③figure sth./sb. out弄懂,弄清楚,弄明白

We've never been able to figure him out.

我们一直没能看透他。

Daily Conversation日常会话

A:Don't make fun of me, ok How can I wear this one to take part in the ball I don't want to become a figure of fun.

别跟我开玩笑了好吗?我怎么能穿这个去参加舞会呢?我可不想成为大家的笑柄。

B:But I think it's more beautiful than what you wear now.

但是我觉得它比你现在穿的要好看啊。

A:When I wear it, my husband will say I look like a zebra.

每当我穿上它,我丈夫都说我看起来像斑马。

B:I would say different people have different opinion.

我只能说不同人有不同的观点。

Notes:

1. make fun of取笑,拿……开玩笑

2. take part in参加

3. zebra [zebr?] n. 斑马

finger手指,用手指摸弄

Useful Phrases实用短语

①be all fingers and thumbs笨手笨脚

We'd never asked her to help us because she was all finger and thumbs.

我们从不找她帮忙,因为她笨手笨脚的。

②have a finger in every pie染指,多管闲事

He's a person who has a finger in every pie.

他是一个多管闲事的人。

③lift (raise) a finger尽举手之劳

When we meet the weak who need help, we should lift a finger to them.

当我们遇到需要帮助的弱者时我们都应尽举手之劳去帮助他们。

Daily Conversation日常会话

A:In this flood, many people lost their families.

在这次洪水中,许多人失去了他们的家人。

B:And they were in great demand of food and clothes now.

并且他们需要大量的食品和衣服。

A:Sure. So we should lift a finger to them.

是的,所以我们应对他们尽举手之劳。

B:I have a piece of advice. Maybe we can raise money for them.

我有一个提议,也许我们可以帮他们募捐。

fire火,火灾,炉火

Useful Phrases实用短语

①fire sb. with anger激怒某人

Your words fired him with anger.

你的话激怒了他。

②set sth. on fire纵火,焚烧

The man set his house on fire.

这个男子烧了自己的房子。

③on fire着火,烧着

Her clothes were on fire.

她的衣服着火了。

Daily Conversation日常会话

A:To our surprise, the old man set his house on fire last night. When the firemen came he was dead in the fire.

让我们所有人都吃惊的是那个老人昨晚放火烧了他的房子。当消防员到时他已经死在火中了。

B:I can't believe in my eyes.

真不敢相信自己的眼睛。

A:I heard he had no families, and everyday he had to lead a poor life.

我听说他没有家人,并且每天过着清贫的生活。

B:Oh, so poor the old man was. He must be hopeless towards the world.

哦,多么可怜的一个老人啊。他一定是对这个世界绝望了吧。

fish鱼 鱼肉,捕鱼

Useful Phrases实用短语

①like shooting fish in a barrel瓮中之鳖

At this moment, he is like shooting fish in a barrel, so don't pay much attention to him.

在这个时候,他就像瓮中之鳖,所以不要太在意他。

②teach a fish how to swim班门弄斧

To show the president where the White House is, just like to teach a fish how to swim.

给总统指引白宫在哪里,就如同教鱼如何游水。

③Fish begins to stink at the head.鱼要腐烂头先臭,

意指: 上梁不正下梁歪。

Daily Conversation日常会话

A:His son was arrested just now. I heard he robbed a market yesterday.

他的儿子刚刚被逮捕了。我听说他昨天抢劫了一家超市。

B:Fish begans to stink at the head. His father also stole when he was young.

上梁不正下梁歪。他爸爸年轻时也偷东西。

A:On one side it also told us : environment is very important to the growing of a child.

一方面它也告诉我们:环境对一个孩子的成长非常重要。

flesh肉,果肉,肉体

Useful Phrases实用短语

①in the flesh本人

I haven't seen the president in the flesh.

我没有见过总统本人。

②pound of flesh无理的要求

I can't accept her pound of flesh.

我不能接受她无理的要求。

③gain the flesh长胖

She eats a little every day because she doesn't want to gain the flesh.

她每天都吃得很少因为怕长胖。

Daily Conversation日常会话

A:Have you ever seen Celine Dion

你见过席琳·迪翁吗?

B:I've seen her on TV but not in the flesh.

我在电视上见过,可是,没见过本人。