【老友记】“我们本可以在一起的。”

英语老师瑶瑶

【句子】Hey, for all we know, Bob is who she was meant to be with. 【Friends-S2E5】 【发音】[heɪ] [fɔ:(r)] [ɔ:l]/[ɑ:l] [wi:] [nəʊ] [bɒb]/[bɑ:b] [ɪz] [hu:] [ʃi:] [wɒz]/[wɑ:z] [ment] [tʊ] [bi:] [wɪð] 【发音技巧】Bob is连读;meant to完全失去爆破; 【翻译】嘿,就目前我们知道的来看,Bob才是她想要在一起的人。 【适用场合】 一开头出现的这个for all we know怎么理解? for all (one) knows It is said when one is uncertain or has limited details about something. 用来指某个人对某事不是很确定,或者了解的信息比较有限; eg: I haven't talked to Mary in weeks, so, for all I know, she's not even coming to the dinner party tonight. 我好几个礼拜没跟Mary聊过了,所以,就我目前知道的来看,今晚她来都不会来参加这个晚餐聚会的。 今天重点学习be meant to这个表达。 be meant to be sth. to be generally considered to be sth. 通常来说/大部分人认为某物是如何如 何的 eg: This restaurant is meant to be excellent. 很多人都觉得这家餐厅很不错。 be meant to do sth. 1. to have a particular responsibility or duty 有特定的责任/职责; eg: You were meant to keep the children out of trouble. 你本应该保护孩子们,不使他们出乱子的。 2. to have a particular purpose 有特定的目的。(事情没有计划中顺利) eg: It was meant to be an apology, but it only made her angry. 本来做这事儿是为了道歉的,没成想让她更火大了。 eg: Is this movie meant to be a comedy? I don't think it's funny at all. 这电影本来是想拍喜剧?但是我觉得一点也不好笑啊! eg: These batteries are meant to last for a year. 这些电池照理说本可以用一年的。(意思实际情况并没有用到一年就坏了) 【尝试翻译以下句子,并留言在文章留言区】 我们本打算这一周离开的,但是Debbie生病了,所以我们走不成了。

6分钟
0
5年前

【老友记】“老板,去个零头行么?”

英语老师瑶瑶

【句子】Is there any chance that you’re rounding up from…you know…like, from like 20? 【Friends-S2E5】 【发音】[ɪz] [ðeə(r)] ['eni] [tʃɑ:ns]/[tʃæns] [ðæt] [jɔ:(r)] [raʊndɪŋ] [ʌp] [frɒm]/[frɑ:m] [ju:] [nəʊ] [laɪk] [frɒm]/[frɑ:m] [laɪk] ['twenti] 【发音技巧】like from不完全失去爆破;like 20完全失去爆破; 【翻译】有没有可能,这62块钱,是你从,比方说,20块钱四舍五入上来的? 【适用场合】 round up 1. 集中;聚集; to collect a group of people or things; to organize people or things into a group. eg: The cowboys rounded up the cattle for market. 牛仔们把牛集中起来,赶往市场。 eg: See if you can round some helpers up. 看看你能不能找到些人帮忙。 2. 四舍五入 round down:四舍to use a lower or the next-lowest number, especially so as to eliminate decimal places round up: 五入to change a number to the next higher whole number. eg: I rounded up 8.789 to 9. 我把8.789四舍五入变成了9。 eg: You can round this figure down if you want. It won't affect the total all that much. 你如果愿意,可以把这个数字的零头抹掉,也不会太影响总和的。 Joey说了这么一句话: I guess I’ll just stay home and eat dust bunnies. a dust bunny 一只灰尘兔子? A cluster of dust and dirt. It is typically associated with things that have not been recently cleaned or used. 一团灰尘/尘土; 一般当做可数名词用,还可以用a dust kitten来表达一样的意思; eg: When was last time you swept in here? There are massive dust bunnies behind the couch! 你上次打扫这里是啥时候了?这沙发后面全都是灰! eg: Ever since the accident, Jamie's poor, neglected guitar has been just sitting in the corner, collecting dust bunnies. 自从那次事故之后,Jamie的那把吉他备受冷落,一直被静静放在角落吃灰。 【尝试翻译以下句子,并留言在文章留言区】 Most stores round their prices down to .99 instead of keeping them as whole numbers.

8分钟
6
5年前

【老友记】“这些年一直想撮合你俩来着……”

英语老师瑶瑶

【句子】Well, I know it’s been three years...but I was kind of hoping we could hook up again. You know, I barely had the nerve to make this call. 【Friends-S2E5】 【发音】[wel] [aɪ] [nəʊ] [ɪts] [bi:n] [θri:] [jɪə(r)z] [bʌt] [aɪ] [wɒz]/[wɑ:z] [kaɪnd] [əv] [həʊpɪŋ] [wi:] [kʊd] [hʊk] [ʌp] [əˈgeɪn] [ju:] [nəʊ] [aɪ] ['beə(r)li] [hæd] [ðə] [nɜ:(r)v] [tʊ] [meɪk] [ðɪs] [kɔ:l]/[kɑ:l] 【发音技巧】but I连读+美音浊化;kind of连读;could hook up不完全失去爆破+连读; had the不完全失去爆破;make this不完全失去爆破; 【翻译】我知道,都已经过去三年了,但是我还是希望……也许我们有复合的可能?其实,我差点没敢给你打这通电话。 【适用场合】 hook up 这个我们之前节目中有讲过哟,大家还记得吗? 这个动词短语因为日常生活中的意思比较多,今天重点讲几个。大家想做更多了解,可以下去查查资料。 1. to meet with someone in order to spend time with them 有些类似口语中hang out的用法,一起出去玩; eg: I hope we'll be able to hook up for coffee or something while you're home for Christmas break. 你圣诞假期回家的时候,希望我们有空可以一起聚聚喝杯咖啡啥的。 2. to arrange a date for two people 安排俩人约会,类似汉语中的撮合俩人; eg: Oh, I've been trying to hook Carmen and Bill up for years—I think they'd be great together! 我这些年一直想撮合Carmen和Bill来着,我觉得他们俩如果在一起,肯定很棒。 3. 口语中更经常理解成:勾搭; eg: I can't believe you hooked up with my ex-boyfriend! 我简直不敢相信哦,你居然勾搭上了我的前男友! 今天第二个知识点,看看这个: have the nerve to do sth. 有胆量做某事;相当于have the guts to do sth. eg: He had the nerve to scold his boss in public. 他有胆量在公众场合斥责他的老板。 eg: I don't know how you have the nerve to show your face after what you said! 真不知道你说了那样的话,怎么还有胆量出现。 其实日常生活中 have a/some nerve 的用法也很常见。 to do something bold, daring, or impudent 常用于描述 有些人做了一些大胆、放肆、不恰当的事情; eg: Wow, that intern has some nerve asking for a raise on her first day! 哎哟,那个实习生胆子可真够大的,上班第一天就要求涨薪水。 eg: You really have a nerve, asking Mom for money when you already know she's in a bad mood. 你可真够胆大,明知老妈心情不好,你还向她伸手要钱。 【尝试翻译以下句子,并留言在文章留言区】 She borrowed my new bicycle without asking. What a nerve!

7分钟
1
5年前

【老友记】“简单地说……”

英语老师瑶瑶

【句子】-- Ok Julie, so now let’s start with your childhood. What was that like? -- Well, in a nutshell… 【Friends-S2E4】 【发音】[ˌəʊˈkeɪ] ['dʒu:li] [səʊ] [naʊ] [lets] [stɑ:(r)t] [wɪð] [jɔ:(r)] ['tʃaɪldhʊd] [wɒt]/[wɑ:t] [wɒz]/[wɑ:z] [ðæt] [laɪk] [wel] [ɪn] [ə] [ˈnʌt.ʃel] 【发音技巧】childhood不完全失去爆破;that like不完全失去爆破;in a连读;nutshell不完全失去爆破; 【翻译】-- 那么,Julie,我们从你的童年开始吧?你童年是什么样的? -- 额,简单说来…… 【适用场合】 Well, listen. This has been great but I’m officially wiped. 嗯……今晚挺棒的但是我累死了。 这里的这个wiped表示很累,累趴了的意思, 在我们之前第250期节目当中有学过,当时是《绝望的主妇》当中Tom的台词。 I’m just…I’m wiped out. 我只是……我只是太累了,我累趴了。 > > 点我复习 < < “累趴了。” 英语中wipe out这个动词短语,后面加上某个人作宾语,可以理解成为 to exhaust or fatigue someone 让某个人累趴了;累坏了; eg: All of that cleaning totally wiped me out—I need a nap. 打扫卫生让我累趴了,我需要睡会儿。 eg: I’m so wiped out that I just want to go home and go to bed. 我超累的,现在只想回家睡觉。 之前节目讲过wear sb. out其实也可以替换使用。 今天要学习一个新的短语,叫做in a nutshell 字面意思是:在一个坚果壳里面; in a very brief statement用简单的话说…… in the fewest possible words用最言简意赅的方式表达; eg: She put the matter in a nutshell. 她用很简略的方式把这件事陈述了一下。 eg: Well, to put it in a nutshell, we're lost. 嗯……简单说起来,就是,我们迷路了。 动词短语: put it in a nutshell 意思相同; to summarize or describe something in only a few words. 用简短的几个词总结 /描述; 【尝试翻译以下句子,并留言在文章留言区】 我简单直白点跟你说吧,如果你再迟到,你就可以不用来了/你就被开除了。

7分钟
2
5年前

【老友记】“我只是想尽力融入你们。”

英语老师瑶瑶

【句子】I was just trying to fit in. 【Friends-S2E4】 【发音】[aɪ] [wɑ:z] [dʒʌst] ['traɪɪŋ] [tʊ] [fɪt] [ɪn] 【发音技巧】just trying不完全失去爆破;fit in连读+美音浊化; 【翻译】我只是想尽力融入他们的圈子。 【适用场合】 今天重点学习fit in这个表达,其实以前也讲过,今天当做一个简单的复习。 比较常见有这几层含义: 1. 觉得归属于某个群体;感觉到被接纳; to feel that you belong to a particular group and are accepted by them: eg: It's no surprise she's leaving - she never really fitted in. 她会离开,一点也不奇怪,她从来就没有真正融入过这个圈子。 eg: I just don't fit in with any of the kids at my new school. 我就是无法在新学校和那些同学打成一片。 2. If one thing fits in with another thing, they look pleasant together or are suitable for each other 两个东西相匹配;互相搭配; 之前我还记得出过这样一个翻译的题目,不知道大家是否有印象。 eg: It's a very nice sofa but it doesn't fit in with the rest of the room. 这沙发很好看啊,但是和这房间其他部分不搭。 eg: Working in a research lab really fits in with my shy personality. 在科研实验室工作,特别符合我内向的个性。 3. to manage to place someone or something into something 把某人/物安排进某事 或者 If you manage to fit a person or task in, you manage to find time to deal with them. 有时间处理解决某个人/某件事 eg: I have fit in three people already today. 我今天已经安排了三个人做这项工作。 eg: The shelf is tight, but I think I can fit one more book in. 这书架挺满的,但是我觉得我还能塞进去三本书。 Why couldn’t you just figure this out six years ago? 你六年之前为什么没有弄明白这件事情呢? 这里的figure sth. out 也是很久以前学习过的表达,指的是:把……搞清楚;弄明白。 【尝试翻译以下句子,并留言在文章留言区】 We work long hours both outside and inside the home and we rush around trying to fit everything in.

6分钟
0
5年前

【老友记】“你的生活真有看起来的那么美好吗?”

英语老师瑶瑶

【句子】That’s what I kept telling myself. But you just reach a point where you can’t live a lie anymore. 【Friends-S2E4】 【发音】[ðæts] [wɒt]/[wɑ:t] [aɪ] [kept] ['telɪŋ] [maɪ'self] [bʌt] [ju:] [dʒʌst] [ri:tʃ] [ə] [pɔɪnt] [weə(r)] [ju:] [kɑ:nt]/[kænt] [lɪv] [ə] [laɪ] [ˌen.iˈmɔ:(r)] 【发音技巧】what I连读+美音浊化;kept telling完全失去爆破;just reach a不完全失去爆破+连读;can’t live a不完全失去爆破+连读; 【翻译】我也是一直这么告诉自己的。但是到了某一个阶段,你就没有办法再生活在谎言之中了。 【适用场合】 live a lie 自欺欺人;欺瞒别人;生活在谎言中; to live in a way that is dishonest because you are pretending to be something that you are not, to yourself or to other people: eg: My mother never told my father the truth about me. We've been living a lie all this time. 我妈妈从来没有跟我爸爸讲过那个关于我的秘密,我们一直以来都生活在谎言和欺骗当中。 eg: She doesn't know you're married? You have to stop living a lie and tell her. 她不知道你已婚?你别再隐瞒了,快告诉她真相。 也可以理解成: 活在另外一副面具之下,过着违背自己本意的生活。 To live in a way that contradicts or is intended to hide what one truly believes or desires. eg: Their friends thought that they had a happy marriage, but they were living a lie. 他们的朋友曾以为他们俩婚姻幸福美满,但实际上,情况并不是那样。 【尝试翻译以下句子,并留言在文章留言区】 It felt like I was living a lie the whole time I was in the office job. I'm so much happier now that I'm following my dream of becoming a chef.

5分钟
1
5年前

【老友记】“你打算等下去是吗?”

英语老师瑶瑶

【句子】So you’re gonna go with the waiting thing? 【Friends-S2E4】 【发音】[səʊ] [jɔ:(r)] [ˈgə.nə]/[ˈgɑ:.nə] [gəʊ] [wɪð] [ði:] ['weɪtɪŋ] [θɪŋ] 【发音技巧】the强调时重读;waiting美音浊化; 【翻译】所以,你打算等下去是吗? 【适用场合】 今天节目很简单,复习一下go with的用法。 日常生活中你可以说: 1. Would you like to go with me? 你愿意和我一起走吗? 这里的go with sb./sth. 意思是:to depart in the company of someone or a group 和……一起; 2. go with sb. 可以用来表示和某个人约会; 之前我们还学过类似的:go steady with sb. 和某个人确定了恋爱关系 eg: Sally has been going with Mark for two months now. Sally已经和Mark约会两个月了。 eg: He wants to go steady with her. He doesn't want her to see other guys. 他想和她确定恋爱关系,他不想她再出去和其他男生约会。 3. to accept an idea or agree with a person: 接受某种观点/看法;同意某个人的想法; eg: I think we can go with the advertising agency's suggestions, don't you? 我觉得我们可以接受广告公司的建议,你(们)觉得呢? 这个用法非常类似我们前几天讲过的动词短语side with sb. 可以互换 4. 还有像今天的节目中 go with可以直接理解成choose选择; eg: I think I'll go with the yellow one. 我觉得我要黄色那个。 eg: We decided to go with the black table rather than the white one. 我们决定买那张黑桌子,不要白的了。 5. 日常生活中也经常用来表达match 搭配这个意思,或者理解成look good with eg: This chair goes well with the rest of the furniture. 这把椅子和其他家具很搭。 那么猜猜看下面的句子什么意思? 【尝试翻译以下句子,并留言在文章留言区】 Milk doesn't go with grapefruit.

4分钟
2
5年前

【老友记】“得了啊!别闹了!”

英语老师瑶瑶

【句子】Hey! Come on! Cut it out! 【Friends-S2E4】 【发音】[heɪ] [kʌm] [ɒn]/[ɑ:n] [kʌt] [ɪt] [aʊt] 【发音技巧】come on连读;cut it out两处连读+两处美音浊化; 【翻译】嘿!得了啊!别闹了! 【适用场合】 今天节目相对简单,再结合上视频当中的对话场景,是非常好理解的。 所以说有场景的话学口语表达会很简单。(啰嗦了) cut it out 是非常口语的表达: It is used to ask someone to stop doing or saying something that is annoying or offensive. 停止做某事,经常用于祈使句; eg: I'm sick of you two arguing-just cut it out! 我真是受够你俩吵架了,赶紧给我停! eg: I'm sick of that joke. Cut it out, can't you? 听到那个笑话我就够了,你就不能消停会儿吗? eg: If they don't cut it out soon, I'm going to go up there and give them a piece of my mind. 如果他们再不停的话,我就要去那好好跟他们说道说道了。 不知道老一点的粉丝记不记得我们之前讲过一期节目,叫做“你能消停一会儿嘛?!” 第51期节目中,学过一个表达叫做give it a rest. 其实之前还学过knock it off 意思也是一样的,让某个人停止做某事。 eg: I'm going to go tell those kids to knock it off with the loud music. 我要告诉那些孩子们,别再大声放音乐了。 【尝试翻译以下句子,并留言在文章留言区】 你消停会儿,我还想睡一会儿呢。

4分钟
4
5年前

【老友记】“别再自欺欺人了行么?”

英语老师瑶瑶

【句子】I can’t believe you’re dressing up for him. I mean, just…you’re setting yourself up all over again. 【Friends-S2E4】 【发音】[aɪ] [kɑ:nt]/[kænt] [bɪ'li:v] [jɔ:(r)] [dresɪŋ] [ʌp] [fɔ:(r)] [hɪm] [aɪ] [mi:n] [dʒʌst] [jɔ:(r)] ['setɪŋ] [jə(r)'self] [ʌp] [ɔ:l]/[ɑ:l] ['əʊvə(r)] [əˈgeɪn] 【发音技巧】can’t believe完全失去爆破;dressing up 连读;setting美音浊化;yourself up连读;all over连读; 【翻译】我不敢相信你居然为了他打扮一番。我是说……额,感觉你又要自欺欺人了。 【适用场合】 dress up 打扮;装饰; eg: You do not need to dress up for the dinner. 这次的晚餐你不用盛装打扮。 set up后面加名词的时候,很多同学都很熟悉,可以表示establish建立;put up搭建这样的意思; set sb. up日常生活中可以理解成栽赃陷害;戏弄某个人; to create the appearance that someone has done something wrong, or to trick someone: eg: The documents support his claim that he was set up and wasn’t anywhere near there that night. 他声称自己是被陷害的,这些文件支持了他的观点,并证实了他那晚并不在事发现场的附近。 eg: He denied the charges, saying she had set him up. 他否认了这些指控,声称自己是被她陷害的。 或者这个短语也可以理解成: to deceive someone so that they fall victim to something. 欺骗某个人;让Ta受到伤害; eg: A: "The doors are all locked and the police are outside!" B: "That no-good liar set us up!" A:门全被锁上了!警察就在门外! B:那个死骗子骗了我们! 【尝试翻译以下句子,并留言在文章留言区】 There have been reports recently of scam artists trying to set customers up so that they divulge their bank account details over the phone.

5分钟
0
5年前

【老友记】“正当我正准备买单的时候,他却已早早掏出信用卡。”

英语老师瑶瑶

【句子】You’re dead meat. 【Friends-S2E4】 【发音】[jɔ:(r)] [ded] [mi:t] 【发音技巧】dead meat不完全失去爆破; 【翻译】你死定了。 【适用场合】 You’re dead meat. 你死定了。 1. 之前的节目我们讲过“你死定了” 可以说:You’re a dead man. 可以翻一下之前的节目,在第10期讲过。 当时原话是:You should both know that he’s a dead man. 其实这里的这些表达都可以互换。 eg: If my brother catches us messing with his stuff, we'll be dead meat! 如果我哥哥/弟弟发现我们乱动他的东西,我们就死定了! eg: If you don't do exactly as I say, you are dead meat! 如果你不按照我说的做,那你死定了。 2. 日常生活中dead meat 除了上面这层意思以外,还可以理解为某件事在未来没有成功的几率。 If someone says that a person is dead meat, they mean that the person has no chance of succeeding in the future. eg: If she can't get the votes, she's dead meat. 如果她拿不到那些选票,那她将没有胜出的可能。 Whip it out! 今天视频中的意思是:快拿出来秀一秀,给我们看看。 whip 这个单词大家名词词性的意思会比较熟悉,可以用来指:鞭子; 动词可以指抽打; 比如说烘焙的时候,whip the cream打发奶油; whip out可以表示突然拿出来什么东西,通常还带那么点洋洋得意,炫耀的意思 to take something out and present it with great alacrity or flourish. eg: I was going to pay but before I knew it he'd whipped out his credit card. 正当我正准备买单的时候,他却已早早掏出信用卡。 eg: No sooner had I mentioned that I was looking for a car to buy than she had whipped her business card out of her pocket for me to take. 我刚说完我打算买辆车,她就很快从口袋里掏出一张名片递给我。 在口语中还可以用来表示: 匆忙之中产出某物/创造某物,通常来说都是写……; to produce or create something very rapidly eg: I whipped a message out to my mother about next weekend, but she hasn't gotten back to me yet. 我匆忙给我妈妈发了一条消息告诉她我下个周末的安排,但是她还没有回我消息呢。 当然了whip out这个短语还有其他的意思,各位同学下去也可以再了解看看。 【尝试翻译以下句子,并留言在文章留言区】 He's been whipping out new books so quickly that, unless you're a diehard fan of the series, it can be hard to keep up.

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