时间:2018-12-25 作者:英语课 分类:Eztalk美语会话


英语课

Christmas day, Brooke is on the phone with her mom


Mom: Merry 1 Christmas, sweetie. How's your brother enjoying Taiwan?

Brooke: Ryan says he wants to stay. I think he's in love with some girl who designs 2 fruit platters...

Mom: No! Christmas without him is bad enough. So, honey 3, do you have cold feet yet 4?

Brooke: Yeah, especially 5 since 6 Jack 7 didn't take care 8 of the plane reservations 9.

Mom: You're not coming?

Brooke: Not until 10 the 31st. So can you change the church 11 reservations?

Mom: I'm afraid not. The church is booked until the year 2001.


book (v.)  

预订,预购


fall in love with  

与…坠入情网

A: Have you ever 12 fallen in love?

你有坠入过情网吗?

B: Once, when I was 13 much younger 14.

一次,那是在我很年轻的时候。


fruit platter (n.)  

水果拼盘


have cold feet  

害怕,恐惧


圣诞节当天,与妈妈通电话


妈 妈:亲爱的,圣诞节快乐!你弟弟喜不喜欢台湾啊?

布鲁克:雷恩说他想要留下来。我想他是跟一个设计水果拼盘的女孩坠入情网了……

妈 妈:不!没有他的圣诞节已经够糟了。对了,亲爱的,你开始惶恐了没?

布鲁克:开始了,尤其是因为杰克没把预定机票的事办好。

妈 妈:你们不过来了?

布鲁克:要到三十一号才能过去。你可以跟教堂另外约时间吗?

妈 妈:恐怕不行。教堂到二○○一年之前都已经预约额满了。



1 merry
adj.高兴的,愉快的,欢乐的,兴高采烈的
  • I wish you a merry Christmas.祝你圣诞快乐。
  • She is in a merry mood.她心情愉快。
2 designs
n.阴谋,诡计;设计( design的名词复数 );图案;设计艺术v.设计,绘制( design的第三人称单数 );设计;计划;企图
  • They will be exhibiting their new designs at the trade fairs. 他们将在商品交易会上展出他们新的设计。
  • We tend to be traditional rather than fashion-forward in our designs. 我们的设计往往流于传统而没有超前意识。
3 honey
n.蜂蜜,甜蜜,爱人;adj.蜂蜜似的,甜蜜的,甘美的;vt.加蜜使甜
  • Honey is very sweet.蜂蜜很甜。
  • That car is a honey.那辆轿车是个宝贝。
4 yet
adv.还,仍然,即刻;conj.尽管,然而
  • I am not ready yet.我还没有准备好。
  • Beautiful as she is,she didn't find a boyfriend yet.尽管她很漂亮,但还没找到男朋友呢。
5 especially
adv.特别,尤其,格外;专门地,主要地
  • I like to swim,especially in the sea.我喜欢游泳,尤其喜欢在大海中游泳。
  • I am especially by math problems.我对数学问题特别感兴趣。
6 since
adv.后来;conj.既然,因为,自从;prep.自从
  • He's been working in a bank since leaving school.自从毕业后,他就一直在一家银行工作。
  • I have known him ever since I was a child.我自孩提时代起就已经认识他了。
7 jack
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克
  • I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
  • He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
8 care
n.小心,照料,忧虑;v.关心,照顾,喜爱,介意
  • I really care about the students in my class.我的确喜欢这个班上的学生。
  • Her work is to take care of the children.她的工作是照料好孩子。
9 reservations
n.[法律](权益等的)保留( reservation的名词复数 );预订;保留地;保留意见
  • Most of these workers are American Indians living on reservations. 这些工人中的大多数是住在居留地的美洲印第安人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Have you made the reservations for our holiday yet? 你为我们度假做好预订安排了吗? 来自《简明英汉词典》
10 until
prep.直到...为止;conj.直到...时才...
  • He arrived home until midnight.他直到半夜才到家。
  • She didn't sleep until midnight.她直到半夜才睡。
11 church
n.教堂,礼拜堂;教会
  • Mary joined a church yesterday.玛丽昨天加入了教会。
  • She was standing on the church steps.她正站在教堂门前的台阶上。
12 ever
adv.曾经;永远;不断地;在任何时候;究竟
  • Have you ever been to hangzhou?你曾经去过杭州吗?
  • I will be young and strong and beautiful for ever.我将永远年轻、强壮,永远漂亮。
13 was
v.(is,am的过去式)是,在
  • He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
  • He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。
14 younger
adj.年轻的;n.年纪较小的人
  • My younger brother hides behind the door. 我弟弟躲在门后。
  • She is older than me but my other sisters are younger. 她比我大,其余都是我妹妹。
学英语单词
-graphic
air cycle machine
air-cooled graphite moderated reactor
airdrop
all air heat recovery system
all-blank field
anterior ciliated epaulette
bias magnet
bodhicitta
boghead cannel
but not limited to
centiuit
chemical apparatus
chip butties
cod liver oils
come-backs
communicating arteries
computer simulation of heat exchanger networks
corn remover
culture vessel
deSUMOylate
dhyana
dogooder
dynamic programming application
eat food
edge-wound coil
elastic fore-effect
email hosting
enophthalmus
epidermic thickening
equipment number
estinyl estradiol
extracavity modulation
farmsteead
Fenac plus
fixation bash
flight control system
gang way
hamelns
heating method
hexadecimal notation
HFCWO
hidden-form
high flash naphtha
Hogben tests
hydrocarbon mixture
idea sketch
initial conductor tension
inside face
intrapericardially
iodopyracetmethyl glucamine salt
Jellinek's sign.
Kreppa
lar estimator
like a red rag to a bull
make excuses for
manual data access arrangement
massies
maxillary lever
microstomous
mohogany
neurometrics
Nicolaier's bacillus
non-luminous flame
north-easterner
oesophagotome
oxygen isotope record
param
perspicacy
plasmid rescue
pleochromic
poikilocytosis
polidoro
political plum
post-Aids
post-mission replay
precast artistic terrazzo flooring
prowl car
pulse-time-modulated radiosonde
Qanungo
ratio box
reclarifies
remote computing system
ROCCM
safe curve speed
Salmonella makise
schueler
semidiurnal wave
seminormed
sino-atrial syncope
socai
soup bones
technology transformation
telelogic
time division analogue
true woodfiber
turbine proper water drain
unaccomplished offense
void coefficient of reactivity
volume up
waste vegetable oil
Yamagata-ken