时间:2019-01-02 作者:英语课 分类:地道英语在线听


英语课
Helen: This is Real English from BBC Learning 1 English. I’m Helen.

Zoe: 你好! 欢迎收听今天的地道英语. 我是刘佳.


Helen: Today we’re going to look at words and phrases that have recently become part of the English language.


Zoe: 地道英语带大家一起学习原汁原味的英式英语, 及时带大家更新英语中的流行词汇,还有习惯表达.


Helen: The English language is constantly changing, with new words and expressions entering all the time. You need to keep up to date with real English.


Zoe: Helen, 今天要学的新词是什么呢?


Helen: Today’s new expression is ‘penny-pinching 2’. That’s penny – P.E.N.N.Y. and pinching – P.I.N.C.H.I.N.G. Penny-pinching.


Zoe: Penny-pinching, 便士和pinching,紧 压, 一起说是什么意思呢?


Helen: Well, listen carefully. If you say someone is penny-pinching, you mean that they don’t want to spend money on things.


Zoe: 哦,原来是这样啊. Penny pinching的意思啊,就是说一个人特别小气,不愿意花钱.


Helen: That’s right. Remember it’s a negative thing to say about someone, so be careful how you use it. 不过要记住, 这可是个贬义词, 我们用的时候可得多加小心.


Zoe: 那Helen, 能给我们举个例子吗?


Helen: Of course. If your friend didn’t want to go to a restaurant with you. 如果你的朋友不愿意和你一起出去吃饭, 你就可以对他说‘don’t be so penny-pinching! it won’t cost that much!’ 别那么小气了,这花不了多少钱的!


Zoe: 所以它是个贬义词.


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A: $30? I’m not paying that for a pair of shoes!


B: Don’t be penny-pinching! It’s a really good price.


 


 


A: Why are the schools so bad these days?


B: Well, the government has a really penny-pinching approach to education and won’t give schools any money.


Zoe: Are you penny-pinching, Helen?


Helen: Oh, no , I don’t think so. I’m the opposite, in fact. I always spend too much money.


Zoe: Really? I don’t.


Helen: Yes. Look at your shoes. You need to buy some new ones.


Zoe: No – these will do for another 6 months at least.


Helen: See? You’re being penny-pinching!


Zoe: Am I?


Helen: Yes, You really need some new shoes. Those ones you are wearing must be 10 years old.


Zoe: Well maybe I’ll think about it.


Helen: Anyway, let’s recap – penny-pinching –


 


Zoe: 就是形容一个人不愿意花钱, 特别小气. Well, it looks like we need to be finishing there.


Helen: Yes, that’s all we have time for. You’ve been listening to Real English from BBC Learning English. Join us again soon for more up-to-the-minute Real English. Bye.


Zoe: See you next time.



n.学问,学识,学习;动词learn的现在分词
  • When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时,常会从车上掉下来。
  • Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。
v.收聚;夹痛( pinch的现在分词 );逮捕;盗窃;使入不敷出adj.引起痛苦[拮据]的,吝啬的
  • My sister's always pinching me and it really hurts. 我姐姐老拧我,好痛喔。
  • He led his life, pinching and scraping. 他省吃俭用地过日子。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
学英语单词
abustles
afibrinogenaemic
albomycetin
arranged marriage
BFUP
cappa
chain home beamed
chalutzim
chronicle of school
citrus leaf-miner
cowboy economy
data longevity
decentralized stochastic control
Dewi, Saint
differencing
directional radio
dominant tone
drafts
Duncan I.
earthed concentric wiring system
eusintomycin
externally heating
faciobrachialis
fancy oneself as
fifty-somethings
fore pressure
gamma-aminobutyric acid
gateway-to-gateway protocol
gelatin tube
get stuck in the mire
hay-seed
hoerr
holthe
hyperergic
import cargoes
inadequate diet
indirect initiation
knock someone's eyes out
knowledge-oriented
Kuibyshev
laugh sth to scorn
Laves' phases
lecointre
left inverse element
Leg-Over
length of boss
Lermontov, MikhailYurievich
Linda Vista
Linneryd
liquid nitrogen freezing system
liquor tyrothricini
load-deflection relation
looked after
magnifiable
manstration
Mary Cassatt
medrysone
milltailings
mixed ores
monensin
negroponte
nongoal
Ossietzky
Panxworth
paramukta
Parkhurst
part-drawing
Periptychus
pestle mill
phenagle
pipeline inventories
point probe-dynamic characteristic method
police judge
potyvirus konjak mosaic virus
quarter-bell
quenching and high temperature tempering
ramus ilicus
real-time application
resection through cervical approach
right-to-left rule
rotto
safe in life and limb
sample frequency
scientise
see ... off
semiconductor particle detector
settlingss
Shubat Enlil
soapy water
soft HRM
sputum
supplementary appropriation
Telotremata
texting codes
the bitter truth
the dogs of war
trichosurus vulpeculas
tubb
unholding
view(in computer graphics)
walking orders
X-ray fluorescences