时间:2019-01-14 作者:英语课 分类:美国习惯用语


英语课

  大家可能都注意到年轻男女有的时候会用特殊的眼光看对方。这也是很自然的。今天我们就来讲几个经常用来表达这个现像的习惯用语。

我们要讲的第一个习惯用语是: give the eye. To give就是:给。Eye就是:眼睛。Give the eye从字面上来解释没有什么意思。作为一个习惯用语,give the eye是指男女之间的眼神。

要是一个年轻男子give the eye, 那就是说,他对某个女孩子感兴趣。Give the eye也同样可以用在女孩子身上。下面就是一个例子。例句里说话的人的名字就算是Don吧。他是一个大学生。现在他正和他的朋友Willy在校园里的咖啡休息。Don对Willy说:

例句-1:Willy, don't look now, but when you get a chance take a look at that girl sitting over there alone. I think she's in my biology class. And, you know something - I think she's trying to give me the eye. Maybe I ought to go over and say hello.

Don轻声地对Willy说: Willy, 你现在先别看。等一会有机会,你看一看那边独自坐着的那个女孩子。我想她也是我上的那班生物课里的一个同学。你知道吗,我觉得她在对着我看,好象感兴趣。也许我该走过去打个招呼。

Don真的走过去和那个女孩子打了招呼。可是,出乎他意料的是,他发现这个女孩子送秋波的不是他,而是他的朋友Willy。

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现在我们来讲第二个含同样意义的习惯用语,give the once-over. Once在中文里就是:一次; over有许多解释,例如越过,上面,完了等。但是在学习习惯用语的时候不需要去扣每一个字的含义。 Give the once-over, 的意思是:非同一般地对一个人看。 Give the once-over这个说法实际上是和give the eye的意思是一样的。也就是说,这两个习惯用语可以换着用。

我们也来举一个例子。这一次也是Don这个大学生和他的朋友Willy在校园里的咖啡馆,一个挺漂亮的女孩子独自坐在附近的一张桌子上。

可这次情况就不一样了。Don已经去和那位女孩子打了招呼,刚刚回来向Willy报告结果,他满脸笑容。他说:

例句-2:When I GAVE HER THE ONCE-OVER, she finally gave me a nice smile so I went over to tell her: "haven't we met someplace before?" She asked me to sit down and we got acquainted 1 and look at this, Willy - she gave me her phone number!

这次,Don得意洋洋地告诉Willy: 当我盯着她看的时候,她终于对我笑了一笑。所以,我走过去对她说:“我们是不是以前在什么地方见过面?”她让我坐下,我们就这样认识了。你看,Willy, 她把她的电话号码都给我了。

美国年轻人在想认识一个他喜欢的女孩子的时候往往会说,我们好象以前见过面吧 - 也就是: haven't we met someplace before? 他们经常用这句话来问对方,实际上是借了这个话题来认识对方。当然,女孩子对男孩子感兴趣时也可能会这么说。

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好,我们来讲今天要介绍的最后一个习惯用语。 size up. Size这个词本身的意思是:尺寸。例如,一个人的腰围有多大,胸围有多大等。但是,size和up合在一起就成了习惯用语。意思是:当你刚见到一个男孩,或一个姑娘的时候,你对对方是否漂亮所形成的第一个印象。下面我们再接着上面两个例句的情节来举一个例子。现在的Don年纪已经大了一点,而且还结了婚。

那一天,他下班后在马路上碰到他的老朋友Willy, 俩人就到酒吧去喝一杯酒,聊聊天。Willy就问Don, 怎么样,结婚了没有啊?Don回答说:

例句-3:Oh, yeah, I'm settled 2 down all right. I married Barbara about three years ago; as soon as I met her I right away sized her up as the girl I wanted to marry. It took her three more years to agree, but we've been very happy and already have a daughter with more on the way, I'm sure.

Don回答说: 噢,对,我已经成家了。我大约三年前跟Barbara结了婚。我一见到她,我就觉得她是我理想的妻子。过了三年多,她才同意跟我结婚。我们现在很幸福,已经有了一个女儿,我肯定我们还会有更多的孩子。



adj.对某事物熟悉的,对 某人认识的
  • The students are already acquainted with the work of Shakespeare. 这些学生已经读过莎士比亚的著作。
  • I have heard about your friend but I'm not acquainted with him. 我听说过你的朋友,但同他不熟。
a.固定的;稳定的
  • The dispute was settled without acrimony. 没有唇枪舌剑,这场纠纷就解决了。
  • a settled way of life 安定的生活方式
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