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第10章 D(2)

A:OK. See you.

好的,再见。

duck鸭,鸭肉

Useful Phrases实用短语

①sitting duck一个很容易受骗,或被打击的对象。

My friend Joe is a sitting duck for any phony offer that promises to make him rich in a hurry.

我的朋友乔伊对任何说是能让他很快发财的骗局都相信。

②water off a duck's back毫无作用

I keep telling my friend it's foolish to gamble all of his money, but it's like water off a duck's back. "

我一直告诉我的朋友,不要那么傻,把所有的钱都用在赌博上。可是,我的话对他全然不起作用。

③a dead duck被放弃或将失败的事物。

The plan is a dead duck, for there is no money.

计划告吹了,因为没有钱。

Daily Conversation日常会话

A:Jane's really a sitting duck, last month she made a boyfriend on the internet, she believed him so much. But now…….

简真是个容易受骗的人,上个月她在网上交了个男朋友,她是那么相信他。但是现在……

B:What happened to her

她怎么了?

A:She was cheated a lot of money, and the man disappeared last week.

她被骗走了很多钱,那个男的上周消失了。

B:Oh, my God. So bad the man is.

哦,天哪。那个男的太坏了。

dog狗,犬

Useful Phrases实用短语

①every dog has his day人人皆有得意日

Don't complain so much. Every dog has his day.

不要太抱怨了,每个人都有得意的日子。

②dog days三伏天,酷热的天气

When I was a child, my friends and I always went swimming in the river near my house in dog days.

小时候我总爱和朋友在三伏天到我家附近的河里游泳。

③love me,love my dogs爱屋及乌

Both my husband and I love watching TV. Although he doesn't like it at first. That's love me, love my dogs.

我和丈夫都喜欢看电视。尽管开始他并不喜欢。这就叫作爱屋及乌。

Daily Conversation日常会话

A:So hot the weather is! When the dog days will be over

天气真热啊!什么时候这样的三伏天才会结束啊?

B:It is said that the weather will be much cooler next week.

据说下周天气会凉快多了。

A:Wonderful!

太好了!

down向下,朝下,在下面

Useful Phrases实用短语

①be down to sb.是某人的责任,有某人负责

It's down to you to clean the house.

由你来负责打扫房间。

②down tools罢工,撂下工具

All the workers in this city decided to down their tools.

这个城市的所有工人都决定罢工。

③have a down on sb.瞧不起某人

The rich man has a down on the poor.

这个有钱人瞧不起穷人。

Daily Conversation日常会话

A:Look at that man over there. He's always have a down on the poor people.

看那边的那个男人,他总是瞧不起穷人。

B:So disgusting! He was poor two years ago.

真恶心!他两年前也是个穷人啊。

A:Yes, and many people around him had hepled him before, but he refused to help anyone who was poorer than him when he was rich.

是啊,许多人之前都帮助过他,但是当他富裕时却拒绝帮助任何比他穷的人。

Notes:

1. disgusting [dis'g?sti?] adj. 极糟的,令人不快的,令人厌恶的

2. refuse [ri'fju:z] v. 拒绝,回绝

drag拉,托,拽

Useful Phrases实用短语

①drag your feet故意拖拉,故意延迟

Sorry, I didn't want to drag your feet.

对不起,我不是故意拖延的。

②drag sth. out of sb.强迫某人说出

We dragged a confession out of him.

我们强迫他招了供。

confession [k?n'fe∫?n] n. 供词,供状,认罪,供认,坦白

③drag sth. out sth.把毫不相干的事插入谈论

There's no need to drag politices into everything.

没有必要什么事情都扯到政治。

Daily Conversation日常会话

Jane:

I'm so sorry, you know I don't intent to drag your feet. I'm just a layman for basketball.

简:

非常抱歉,你知道我不想拖你们的后腿的。但我对篮球确实不在行。

John:It doesen't matter. I'm also not a good player.

约翰:没关系,我打得也不好。

Jane:

At least you play it much better than I. Actually, I don't often play basketball.

简:至少你打的比我好多了。事实上,我不经常打篮球的。

John:

I love basketball very much, and I often play it with my friends.

约翰:我非常喜爱篮球,经常和朋友一块打。

Notes:

1. intent to do sth.打算做某事

2. layman [leim?n] n. 外行,门外汉,非专业人员

drop滴,滴状物,下落,滴剂

Useful Phrases实用短语

①drop sb. in it使……尴尬,使狼狈不堪

I don't want to talk about that thing, but you always drop me in it.

我不想提起那件事,但你总是让我很难堪。

②drop dead暴死,突然死去,猝死

The world top singer Michael Jackson dropped dead which made his fans mourn.

世界顶级歌手迈克尔·杰克逊突然死去让他的歌迷们很悲痛。

mourn [m?:n] v.(因失去……而)哀悼,忧伤

③drop off打盹,小睡

I dropped off and missed the end of the football match.

我打了个盹,错过了足球赛的结尾。

④at the drop of a hat立即,毫不迟疑

The company can't expect me to move my home at the drop of a hat.

公司不能指望我立即搬家。

Daily Conversation日常会话

A:Do you know you really dropped me in it at the birthday party

你知道吗?在生日会上你真的让我很尴尬。

B:I'm terrible sorry. If you haven't told me about it, I'll be still not aware of it. No wonder you're so angery.

非常抱歉。如果你不和我说我仍然没意识到。难怪你会那么生气了。

A:I know you're not on purpose, so I'll forgive you this time.

我知道你不是故意的,所以这次我原谅你。

B:Thank you so much.

非常感谢。

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