时间:2018-12-02 作者:英语课 分类:广播学口语


英语课

嗨!大家好!欢迎做客Andy主持的广播学口语节目。今天Andy要接着给大家讲两个句子:It’s the straw 1 that broke 2 the camel 3’s back 和I’m tied up。让我们边学英语边学哲理, 在音乐中体会生活与世界。


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先来看第一个句子吧!I‘m tied up.这个句子很简短。tie是捆的意思。 tie up就是捆起来的意思。为什么“我被捆起来”了呢?是绑架案吗?哈哈!Andy又没钱又没色,怎么会有人拿Andy作人质呢?其实绑Andy的不是绳索,而是一件又一件接连不断的事。所以这句话的意思就是”我忙死了”。
上个新年,Andy正忙的不可开交。妈妈打电话来问Andy要不要回家过年,Andy当时也许是神游了吧,竟用一种冷冷的口气说:“I’m sorry I can‘t go back I‘m tied up. I have no time to play and eat。I’m terribly 4 sorry.”(对不起 ,我不能去。我最近非常忙。我忙的没时间玩也没时间吃饭。对不起。)当电话那端传来妈妈的叹息声时,Andy才意识到自己竟忘了对方是爱自己的妈妈。有些人喜欢说“我太忙了”, 可是有时候这不过是个借口。不管你有多忙,都应花些时间和你的家人在一起。Don’t hurt the one you love. 别伤了你爱的人。


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下面我们来看一个关于稻草的故事:It’s the straw that broke the camel‘s back。straw,稻草。camel是被喻为沙漠之舟的骆驼。所以这句话连起来就是“这是压断了骆驼后背的稻草”。
你知道吗?如果一匹骆驼的负重已经达到了极限,哪怕再多放一根小小的稻草都会压断了它的后背, 所以意思就是“致命的一击”。
有一段时间,Andy真的忙到了极点。可是女友又打电话来要去看电影,两人便吵了起来。 I’m tied up. But if she can undestand me I can continue 5 to be hard-working 6. She thinks that I have fogotten her, which is the straw that broke the camel‘s back.(我太忙了。可如果她能理解我,我还可以继续努力工作。她说我忘了她,这句话对于我来说如致命一击。)我唯一的精神支柱也倒了!If you love him or her ,just give him or her your support 7Hope 8 you never be the straw that broke the camel‘s back.(如果你爱他,就给他最有力的支持! 愿你永远不是他的最后一根稻草。


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好了,节目就到这里了。希望你学到的不止是两句俚语。再见吧!



1 straw
n.稻草,麦杆,吸管;adj.用稻草做的,用来作稻草的,麦杆色的,无价值的,象稻草人的,非正式民意测验所发现的
  • The old peasant is twisting pieces of straw into a rope.这位老农民正把稻草搓成绳子。
  • May I have a straw for my drink?给我一根喝饮料的吸管好吗?
2 broke
v.(动词break的过去式)折断;打破
  • He dropped his glass on the floor and broke it.他把玻璃杯掉到地板上打碎了。
  • After a long silence, she broke into a laugh.她沉默了很久之后,忽然笑了起来。
3 camel
n.骆驼
  • A camel is known as the ship of the desert.骆驼被认为是沙漠之舟。
  • Have you ever ridden a camel?你曾骑过骆驼吗?
4 terribly
adv.可怕地,甚为,非常地
  • It's terribly hot here.这里热得厉害。
  • After her husband's death she felt terribly alone.丈夫死后,她感到非常地孤独。
5 continue
v.继续;持续;延续
  • We'll continue with our work.我们要继续做。
  • Even if It'should rain tomorrow,we will continue our work.即使明天下雨,我们也要继续工作。
6 hard-working
adj.勤勉的,努力工作的
  • He's hard-working,but not very clever.他很努力,却不大聪明。
  • My math teacher said I was a har-working student.我的数学老师说我是个勤奋的学生。
7 support
n.支持,援助,供养;vt.支援,帮助,支持
  • You may depend on their support.你可依靠他们的支持。
  • He is the only support that his poor old mother has.他是他可怜的老母亲的唯一赡养者。
8 hope
vt.希望,期望;vi.希望,期待;n.希望,期望
  • We hope you can come.我们希望你能来。
  • Hope you'll enjoy yourself there.愿您度过愉快的一天。
学英语单词
accessory fissure
Afonso I
Angelrest
Araia
archidont
atmospheric radiation budget
baby makers
barium chloride poisoning
batable property
be awake
beleaguer
blackshoe
blue-eyed African daisy
by fire
Cavalli Is.
cereal science
Cissus adnata
clostocin
coarse thread
connecticut r.
counts per turn
Cyperus involucratus
DAW (dry active waste)
deep oil
disprovide
eldrinson
errant conception
esculentas
excision-junction
fidelity card
fixed loans unsecured
flashing back to
foot pedals
fruit dove
Galata
group occulting light
HC2/bikunin
herbar
hertle
high pressure sterilization
Homer Armstrong Thompson
hydraulic selector
hydrautorque-hinge hatchcover
isocortices
karl wilhelm siemenss
khadr
Khorram Darreh
Kichai
Komshtitsa
Lactuca sibirica
leatheries
lefthanded screw
let a contract
level of access
loading of air pollutant
Lunderskov
Marasesti(Marasheshty)
micorhymenopteron
milk ability
mirror punishment
molecular sieve separation
monotriglyphs
multipath simulator
multipresent
muscular rigidity
night colour television
numerous small and low echoes
ozarkite (thomsonite)
p - type semiconductor
passata
pepine
pin electrode
piston stop
Potamogetonales
progressive amaurosis
prutzman
punky wood
radices gelsemii
radio-photo-luminescence
Rami nasales interni
rappelers
rates relief
resistive two-terminal element
resource allocation and network scheduler
run amok
running balk
scenting
Sears, Paul Bigelow
semen hyoscyami
setting - up exercises
singles bars
small gain theorem
steel slab bridge
still wave shearing force
stress relieving
Supertherm
tourbillion
Tótszerdahely
us seal
vinylic foam
wearying of
yucheng