时间:2019-01-03 作者:英语课 分类:小笨霖英语笔记


英语课


        在这一集笔记里, 我把一些二个人约时间, 约地方可能会用到的句子收集在我假想的一个情况里, 就是假设有一个人要去拜访他的朋友, 但是因为他是那种习惯性会迟到的人, 所以他朋友就打电话看他出门了没有, 结果.... 天啊.... 他居然还没出门.  我们来看看他会怎么说.


1. I was 1 about to leave.
我正好要离开.


大家都有这样的经验吧! 正好要出门时, 电话就响了.  一接电话, 对方劈头就骂, "怎么还没出门啊"? 这时你就可以说. "I was about to leave."  我正好要出门, 你就打电话来了 (好像每次都是那么刚好). 这句话也可以说成, "I am leaving."


About 可以解释成时间上的正好, 正是时候.  例如你说, "It about time." 就是说, 时候到了.
 
2. I am gonna be there at 3:00.
我三点时会到那.


跟人家约时间约好了, 最后可以加上这一句.  Gonna 是很口语的用法, 日常生活中常用, 它就等于 going 2 to. 所以这句话也可以说成, "I am going to be there at 3:00." 或是 "I will be there at 3:00." 也是蛮常用的.  此外, 老美也喜欢说, "I will catch you there." 例如二个人约好要在体育馆见面, 你就可以说, "I'll catch you in the gym 3."
 
3. You had 4 better hurry.
你最好快点.


You had 就是说你最好怎样怎样.  这句话念快时 You had 会念成 You'd 或是乾脆就把 had 省略,  例如有时会听到他们这么说 "You better behave 5." 就是说你最好行为检点一些, 这时就不发 had 的音.
或许你会问, 为什么这里是用过去式 had 而不是 have 呢? 关于这点我也曾觉得奇怪, 但是我请教过老美, 他们说这里的确是用 had 没错, 至于原因, 他们自己也不知道, 只知道从小父母就教他们说 you had better, 而不是 you have better.
 
4. Who is there?
是谁啊?


学了十几年的英语, 在美国第一次有人敲门居然不知该如何问对方是谁? 虽然我知道 "谁" 是 Who, 困难的是 is there?  在这里用 "Who are you?" 听来并不是很恰当.  比如说你待在房里, 客厅有人敲门, 你就要问说 "Who is there?" 或是 "Who is it?" 也可以.


还有一句常用话 "Who is this." 这就是在广播的 call in 节目时, 有人打电话来, 主持人就会问他, "Who is this?" (你是谁啊?) 注意一下这里他们也不会说成,  "Who are you?" 的.
 
5. We are going to freak out if you don't show up!
如果你再不来, 我们都快发疯了.


这句话是有一次我跟几个老美相约要一起讨论作业, (虽然我都已经会写了, 但我还是很乐意去跟他们讨论, 因为这样子就可以练习我的英文了) 可是因为我太晚到了, 他们一看到我就跟我说, "We are going to freak out if you don't show up."  


Freak 这个字在美国用的蛮多的, 指的就是疯子, 而 freaky 则是形容疯疯癫癫的样子. 例如, "There are so many freaks there.   They are freaky."  Freak out 则是指发疯, 算是最常用到的一个了吧, 发疯其它的说法还有, drive me crazy 6 或是 drive me banana.
 
6. You stood 7 us up again.
又要放我们鸽子了.


放鸽子最普遍的用法是 stood someone 8 up. 例如你看到有人说好了要去约会, 却垂头丧气地回答, 你就可以问他,   "He stood me up?".  放鸽子的另一个说法就是 no-show, 例如他放你鸽子, 你就可以说, "He is a no-show."
 
7. I need a place to stay.
我需要一个地方过夜.


这样的句子看似简单, 但我觉得大家都听得懂但不会这样用, 因为中文说过夜, 我们会习惯说成 "I need a place to sleep.", 但老美不这么说的, 他们会用  stay 这个动词.   所以你要跟老美说, 你可以来我家过夜, 就是, "You can stay my place." 这句话在 "Fight 9 Club 10" 这部电影里当男主角走头无头时, 他的幻影 Tyler 就对他说了, "You can stay my place." 
8. Let me think a second.
让我想一下.


A second 常会接在句尾表示一下下, 一下子就好, 像是有次我问老美某人叫什么名字, 他就回答, "Ok, let me think a second."   另外, 接电话时也有人会说 Hold on a second, 就是说等一下子, 马上就好.  如果是比较长一点的时间, 就可以说 Hold on a minute 或是 Hold on a moment.
 
9. It's up to you.  You can stay my place though 11.
由你决定吧.


你问别人, 我们什么时候出发呢? 要是别人说, "It's up to you.", 就是说你决定就可以啦! 要是更客气一点, 就是 "It's totally 12 up to you.".  另外一个常常用到的回答方式就是, "It depends 13." 翻成中文就是视情况而定.  例如别人跟你说, "I need a place to stay." 你就可以答, "It depends how long are you gonna stay." 这需要视你待多久而定吧! 
10. Or if you like, a hotel is in walking distance 14.
如果你喜欢的话, 有一间旅馆用走的就可以走的到.


这句话如果单看中文, "用走的就可以走的到" 我想大家应该翻不出英文吧! 可能会说成 "You can walk to the hotel."  听来不怎么高明.    我也是偶然间听老美说 in walking distance, 我觉的真的蛮棒.  例如有一次我就跟老美说, 在台湾很方便, 几乎所有的商店用走的就可以走到, 我就是这么说的, "Everything is in walking distance." 听来是不是很简洁有力?


"Just step 15 away, you can't miss it." 跟 in walking distance 蛮接近的, 说的是, 只有一步之遥, 你不会错过它的. 这句话通常是在广告的时候会用到.



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。
n.去,离去,地面(或道路)的状况,工作情况;(复数形式)goings: 行为;adj.进行中的,流行的,现存的
  • We're going to listen to a report this afternoon. 今天下午我们要去听报告。
  • He hates leaving the office and going on holiday.他不愿离开办公室去度假。
abbr.(gymnasium)体操馆;(gymnastics)体育
  • We played basketball in the gym.我们在体育馆里打篮球。
  • We did an hour of gym.我们做了一小时的体操。
vbl.have的过去式和过去分词;conj.有
  • I just had a good idea!我有个好主意!
  • The boy had a small branch of a tree in his hand.这个男孩手上拿一条小树枝。
vt./vi.举动;举止;行为表现
  • The children behave well.孩子们行为良好。
  • Not all kings behave in a kingly way.并非所有国王都有王者风范。
adj.发疯的,荒唐的,古怪的;(about)狂热爱好的
  • It is a crazy idea.那是一个疯狂的想法。
  • He is crazy about that girl.他迷上了那位女孩。
vbl.stand的过去式和过去分词
  • She stood up when they came in.当他们进来时,她站了起来。
  • The child stood by the side of his mother.孩子站在母亲身边。
pron.某人,有人
  • I can hear someone knocking.我听到有人敲门。
  • Someone wants to see her.有人找她。
n.打架,战斗,斗志;v.对抗,打架
  • We are ready to fight again.我们再度准备好战斗。
  • I'll fight with you.我会和你并肩作战。
n社团;俱乐部,夜总会,社;棍棒,(高尔夫球等的)球棒, (扑克牌)梅花;vt.棍打,把...当棍棒用;协作,联合
  • He joined the football club.他加入了足球俱乐部。
  • He is managing a club for teenagers.他在经营一家青少年俱乐部。
conj.虽然,尽管;即使;可是,不过,然而;adv.可是,不过,然而
  • It's quite pleasant today,though the wind is rather cool.尽管风有点凉,今天天气还是很不错的。
  • I will have a try even though I should fail.哪怕失败,我也要试一下。
adv.完全地;整个地
  • I totally agree with you.我完全同意你的看法。
  • You are totally wrong this time.你这次完全错了。
v.依靠( depend的第三人称单数 );依赖;信赖;决定于
  • The success or failure of the plan depends on you. 这项计划的成败取决于你。
  • Our future prosperity depends on economic growth. 我们未来的繁荣昌盛依赖经济的发展。
n.距离;路程
  • A very small distance or space.非常小的距离或空间。
  • It depends on traffic and distance.这要看交通和路程的远近。
n.脚步;台阶;梯级
  • She walked on a few steps.她继续走了几步。
  • He was sitting on the bottom step.他坐在最下面的一级台阶上。
学英语单词
acronic
alternating current propulsion
aluminium dihydrogen phosphate
applied factory burden
as common as the hedge
atlacomulco
attaintment
authorized capital
bead condensation
Bondil
breached
bushbash
cacalias
calcareous cement
catastrophists
centrifugal potential energy
chemical mediator
civic right
clear hawse pipe
complaint management
consistentwiths
copybook
decidedness
declutters
Donghai Coastal Current
Donnemarie-Dontilly
electronic decelerometer
erizepine
errite
Estonian Sign Language
exchange money
family disruption
fluoroethylene resin
free of particular average English conditions
galactic cosmic radiation
gastrocolic reflex
glow lamps
Gualeguay
haliotis rufescens
herd into
hexa-net
hinghman
Houlka
intermediate spinning frame
investment center
lake st. clairs
latticed dune
leggedness
life time of energy level
lisk
maslows
memory management fault
Michaelmas
Milanaise
millepora dichotoma
milli-mass-unit
multiple address computer
Myurocloda
nightspot
nosogeography
orifice flow
owners
paradoxical pupil phenomenon
percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
Pop Idol
prehension (of an animal)hunt for food
Prirechensk
prostatoxin
receptor protein
remote broadcast
renie
rosy view
rotary coordinate system
self-discharging bucket
send control procedure
shared read-only system residence disk
shear rate thixotropy
silodosin
skip out on
slab-column structure
solita
soogee
standard change gear
statement of financial operations
stef
suborder alcyonaceas
support bearing
swineherder
tooth-shell
trichinelloses
tricholomoid
tunnel entrance brilliance
vad-
variable speech control
very large crude-oil carrier
vulcanizing apparatus
water-extractable acid of soil
windthorne
work cloths
work-session-initiation processing level
writ of replevin
yruled