时间:2019-01-14 作者:英语课 分类:美国习惯用语


英语课

  今天我们要讲的几个习惯用语里都是以night这个词为主的。Night就是夜晚。现在我们来讲第一个以night这个词为主的习惯用语。 As different as night and day. As different as night and day是指两样完全不同的东西,就象黑暗的夜晚和明亮的白天一样的不同。下面我们来举一个例子。例句里说话的人在讲他的哥哥姐姐。

例句-1:It's hard to believe my brother and sister have the same mother and dad. They're as different as night and day. She has blonde hair and blue eyes. He has brown eyes and black hair. And me - I don't look much like either one of them.

这个人说:我的哥哥和姐姐长得完全不一样,很难相信他们是同一个父母生的。我姐姐的头发是金黄色的,眼睛是蓝的。而我哥哥的眼睛是棕黄色,头发是黑的。我呢,既不象我爸,也不象我妈。

现在我们来讲第二个以night这个词为主的习惯用语, dead of night. Dead在中文里的意思就是死。Dead of night这个习惯用语的意思是:夜深人静的时候,整个世界都似乎死气沉沉,寒气入骨。

这个习惯用语已经有很长的历史,大概五百年前就出现了。我们来举个例子吧。下面说话的人住在一栋古老的房子里。他很喜欢住在那里,觉得很舒服,就是夜深人静的时候有点麻烦。他说:

例句-2:Sometimes it feels scary 1 when I wake up in the dead of night and hear strange noises downstairs, creaks and groans 2. I'm pretty sure it's nothing but the old house getting older around me so I tell myself I don't really believe in ghosts.

这个人说: 我有时半夜里醒回来听到楼下支嘎支嘎的声音,又好象有人在哼哼,我可真有点害怕。但是我肯定这没什么事,只是房子越来越老而已。所以我总对自己说我不信鬼。

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和dead of night相似的一个习惯用语就是我们今天要讲的第三个习惯用语。那就是:dead of winter. 大家可能都知道winter这个词,winter就是冬天。那么,dead of winter是什么意思呢?

实际上,dead of winter和dead, 死这个词没有关系。Dead of winter的意思很简单,就是指寒冷的冬季里最冷的时候。

我们来举一个例子。这样更能体会dead of winter这个说法的意思。例句里说话的人有一个小小的院子。他在院子里种点蔬菜,供一家人吃。可是,华盛顿的冬天很冷,从十一月开始就开始会结冰,一直要持续到二月份。在这期间,这个人的院子就看起来死气沉沉。可是, 这个人找了一个消磨时间的方法。他说:

例句-3:In January, in the DEAD OF WINTER, when it often gets below freezing and maybe there's snow, I stay warm by looking at the pictures of vegetables in seed catalogs 3 and thinking about spring when it will be warm enough to plant fresh food to eat.

这句话的意思是:一月份,冬天最冷的时候,温度经常会下降到零度以下,还可能会下雪。那个时候,我就呆在屋里,看那些推销蔬菜种子的广告,那上面有各种蔬菜的照片。看着照片我心里想,到春天天气暖了就可以种新鲜蔬菜吃了。

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现在我们来讲今天最后一个习惯用语, night owl 4. Owl就是猫头鹰。猫头鹰晚上很活跃,它还发出一种特殊的叫声。Night owl就是形容一个人象猫头鹰一样,晚上不想睡觉,很清醒,很活跃,也就是我们经常说的夜猫子。也许你认识某个人喜欢白天睡觉,到了晚上他就开始忙了,等大家睡了,他就开始工作了。下面说话的人似乎就是一个。

例句-4:Yes, I'm a regular night owl. So if you want to talk business with me, the best time to phone is from 10 at night until two in the morning. That's really the time when I'm wide awake and ready to work. Yes sir, I'm a real night owl.

这个人说:对,我经常是一个夜猫子。 所以,要是要跟我谈生意,最好在晚上十点到清早两点之间打电话给我。这是我最清醒,真正工作的时间。没错,我确实是一个夜猫子。



a.引起惊慌的;害怕的
  • What animal do you think is the most scary?你认为什么动物最可怕?
  • Are you afraid of scary movies?你害怕恐怖电影吗?
n.呻吟,叹息( groan的名词复数 );呻吟般的声音v.呻吟( groan的第三人称单数 );发牢骚;抱怨;受苦
  • There were loud groans when he started to sing. 他刚开始歌唱时有人发出了很大的嘘声。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • It was a weird old house, full of creaks and groans. 这是所神秘而可怕的旧宅,到处嘎吱嘎吱作响。 来自《简明英汉词典》
目录,目录册,目录簿( catalog的名词复数 ); [美]大学概况一览; 登记,记载
  • Some catalogs provide data on motions, variability, duplicity, etc. 有的星表还提供了运动,是否变光以及双星、聚星等等的资料。
  • Yes, here are some catalogs and brochures. 有的,这里是一些目录和小册子。
n.猫头鹰,枭
  • Her new glasses make her look like an owl.她的新眼镜让她看上去像只猫头鹰。
  • I'm a night owl and seldom go to bed until after midnight.我睡得很晚,经常半夜后才睡觉。
学英语单词
ac/ac converter
all-giver
amuse oneself
anaphylodiagnosis
and-god
anthostomella taiwanensis
antimonous acid
area velocity
arm-chest-height
audrina
autonomin
axle journal(axle-neck)
be rolling in
bearing data
biocremations
birth-rates
block stone arch bridge
bond floatation
bound in/on/to
Breitenwang
cable mechanics
central american countries
chip on chip
cosine roll off characteristic
crossovers
D'Amato's sign
D. H. L.
diloscope
dizirconyl nitrate
educationalize
Etretin
experience-near
extruser
F. & C. C.
file create and maintenance
fin cutting
float product
forsung
good-neighbourly
governments-to-governments
granite chippings
gravity stamp mill
grease gun nipple
heap element
heat management
high-speed telescope
homogeneous fleece
hurry it up
ibam
introitus vaginae
ioniser
itshay
keyboard function
lampkin
librium (chlordiazepoxide)
Luc Hanh
mid-ocean rise
Moentsa
mollisacacidin
munchens
New England Confederation
nonrelatives
nook or cranny
obrode
oceanview
Phellopteras Httoralis Benth.
pin type cage
playfriends
practicalism education
precipitability index
pressure in air receiver
pressure lubricator
protector glove
pseudo-colilid
quality scale
reliability control
residual mismatch
resource pool
resynchs
ring groove side
scal-of-two counter
setulae
shut-in
side benefits
side chain motion
silk-tail
six sided nut
spiffed
stable static model
Suchixtepec
supratemporal fossa
terminal area surveillance radar
thumble
tillage control measure
Tintigny
tractus corticotectalis
transaction note
trophi-
underground presses
unnotched type bearing
wing root chord
wired synchronization system