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生活英语对话 Episode 7: Paying the rent - 英语课
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本单元是关于付房租的对话


Helen: Oh no, it's that time of the month again - time to pay the rent.
Tim: Comes round fast enough, doesn't it?
Alice: Yeah and I'm so broke just now. I don't know where my money goes.
Tim: You need to tighten 1 your belt Alice. Well, I'm fairly flush this month, want me to lend you some cash?
Alice: Tim, would you?
Tim: Sure, you know me, always willing to help a damsel in distress 2. There's only one small catch......


Vocabulary:

Rent (n, uncountable): amount of money you pay (usually every month) to live in a house or flat that belongs to someone else

A damsel in distress (humorous): a young woman who needs help

There's a catch: There is a condition (usually something difficult or unpleasant). In this case Tim will lend Alice some money but she has to repay him in a way that he chooses

A casino (n): a place where people can gamble (bet money) on the result of games with cards, dice 3 or machines

Greyhound racing 4 (n): a spectator sport where people watch dogs race and bet money on the result



本单元的语言点是关于钱的习语,有时习语很难通过字面单词猜出其意义,看看下面的习语,你能猜出他们是什么意思吗?


Idioms use language metaphorically 6 rather than literally 7. If you paid 'through the nose' for something, it means you paid too high a price for it (the metaphorical 5 meaning) not that you paid for something with money that came out of the middle of your face (the literal meaning).

Idioms are also fixed 8 groups of words so you can't change the wording of an idiom. For example, you can say 'That shop is a real rip off' to describe a shop that overcharges its customers but you can't say 'It's a real tear off'.

Idioms - rich and poor:

I'm so broke/I'm flat broke.
I don't have any money.

I don't have a bean.
I don't have any money.

You need to tighten your belt.
You should try to spend less.

He's flush (with cash).
He's got a lot of money.

She's rolling in it.
She's very rich.

Idioms - expensive and cheap:

We really splashed out on our new car.
We spent a lot of money on our new car.

This dress cost me an arm and a leg.
This dress was very expensive.

This bag was dirt cheap.
This bag wasn't expensive.

I got this new top for a song.
This blouse was very cheap.

I can't believe the price of a cup of coffee here. It's daylight robbery!
This cafe charges very high prices for its coffee.



1 tighten
v.(使)变紧;(使)绷紧
  • Turn the screw to the right to tighten it.向右转动螺钉把它拧紧。
  • Some countries tighten monetary policy to avoid inflation.一些国家实行紧缩银根的货币政策,以避免通货膨胀。
2 distress
n.苦恼,痛苦,不舒适;不幸;vt.使悲痛
  • Nothing could alleviate his distress.什么都不能减轻他的痛苦。
  • Please don't distress yourself.请你不要忧愁了。
3 dice
n.骰子;vt.把(食物)切成小方块,冒险
  • They were playing dice.他们在玩掷骰子游戏。
  • A dice is a cube.骰子是立方体。
4 racing
n.竞赛,赛马;adj.竞赛用的,赛马用的
  • I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
  • The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。
5 metaphorical
a.隐喻的,比喻的
  • Here, then, we have a metaphorical substitution on a metonymic axis. 这样,我们在换喻(者翻译为转喻,一种以部分代替整体的修辞方法)上就有了一个隐喻的替代。
  • So, in a metaphorical sense, entropy is arrow of time. 所以说,我们可以这样作个比喻:熵像是时间之矢。
6 metaphorically
adv. 用比喻地
  • It is context and convention that determine whether a term will be interpreted literally or metaphorically. 对一个词的理解是按字面意思还是隐喻的意思要视乎上下文和习惯。
  • Metaphorically it implied a sort of admirable energy. 从比喻来讲,它含有一种令人赞许的能量的意思。
7 literally
adv.照字面意义,逐字地;确实
  • He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
  • Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候,她不走到真正要昏厥了,决不肯坐下来。
8 fixed
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
  • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗?
  • Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定,我们就不应该随意改变。
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0735
admittance modulation
agave gigantean
albumin-free(tuberculin)
aluminum oxidizing
angliss
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anti-unionisms
arterolane
as the it stands
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below standard performance
birational isomorphism
chloroethylbenzene
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clucky
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cyclobutannulation
demi-Atlas
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dried culture
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epitropous
euphemitid
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fundamental standard
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gastrostege
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gotchas
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heysel
histohaematins
I amplifier I
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intelligences
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jussive moods
kolpos
Kūhdasht
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lipoxamycin
loaned out
Ma. S.
main circulation pump
make someone's ears burn
meishuguan
melodic
microcolinearity
microtome section
multiple-instruction stream pipelined processor
myricoid
NCAPS
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Otomyces
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pdpa
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POHI
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Processus pterygoideus
radius of torsion
Ranson's pyridine silver staining
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rehabilitation plan
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returned items
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scaffolding theory
send someone to eternity
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spenser roll
sponsio
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