【英语早间课堂】A Clock-watcher
时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:英语早间课堂
英语课
Good morning, this is the morning class. I'm Juliet , your buddy 1. Well , the disgusting cockcrow have woken me up out of my pleasant dreams, however , I really would be very much like more sleeping . I think most of you have the same desire as mine because of the heavy and great pressure at work . All right , just get out of bed as I cannot fall asleep anymore anyway. The moment I think I will share a five-minute programme with all of you , I become full of guts 2 now .
大家早上好,我是Juliet,很高兴又和大家在空中见面了,讨厌的鸡叫声把我给吵醒了,哎,还真想多睡会儿,我想大家或许有此同感吧,因为繁重而有压力的工作。可是一想到和大家晨间要分享这个5分钟的节目,就来劲儿了。
Here we go . If we want to express a person who is tired of his work , always looking at his watch and cannot wait to the closing time. How should we put it? As usual , let's listen to a simple situational dialogue .
A : I didn't expect to see you at this hour , you must have goofed 4 off. B: Goofed off? Maybe , but I'm not a clock- watcher. I finished doing what I should do and then knock off an hour earlier .
A : You'll be sorry if the boss finds it out. He may be give you the bag. B: I am sure of what I am doing .
【精彩点拨】
Now have you spotted 5 it? It is "a clock- watcher" . It's an idiom and a figure of speech. 字面上的意思就是一个看钟点的人,这在英美国家是一个比喻的说法,比喻那种对工作消极,厌倦,不感兴趣,一直看着钟表而等待下班的人。Well are you a a clock- watcher? Do don't be one , or you cannot do a creative job and the worst is, just like the word in the dialogue , you would be canned . In a word , please remember : 看钟点儿等待下班的人,英文是: a clock-watcher .
Now let's come to the dialogue study . Please write down the key phrases in the conversation, while listening to the recording 6 . This is of kind of help for your listening comprehension.
A : I didn't expect to see you at this hour , you must have goofed off. B: Goofed off? Maybe , but I'm not a clock- watcher. I finished doing what I should do and then knock off an hour earlier .
A : You'll be sorry if the boss finds it out. He may be give you the bag. B: I am sure of what I am doing .
Now have you done? Maybe today's exercise is a bit difficult. I will explain one by one.
【关键词汇学习】
1 goof 3 means "to make a stupid mistake." "goof off "means "to spend your time doing nothing especially when you should be working .' goof off 意思是: 闲逛,混日子,偷懒。we have another expression which is similar to"goof off " it is : goof around which means to spend time doing silly or stupid things. 意思是把时间浪费在荒谬无聊的事情上。
2 knock off means get off work , leave the office , be off duty and so on. Knock off 意思是下班的意思。
3 give you the bag 在这里意思是把把包包给你吗?不是了,it means "you are get fired." 我们通常说你捡起你的包袱走吧,意思就是赶走某人,用于职场上就是解雇某人了。
转自可可英语
1 buddy
n.(美口)密友,伙伴
- Calm down,buddy.What's the trouble?压压气,老兄。有什么麻烦吗?
- Get out of my way,buddy!别挡道了,你这家伙!
2 guts
v.狼吞虎咽,贪婪地吃,飞碟游戏(比赛双方每组5人,相距15码,互相掷接飞碟);毁坏(建筑物等)的内部( gut的第三人称单数 );取出…的内脏n.勇气( gut的名词复数 );内脏;消化道的下段;肠
- I'll only cook fish if the guts have been removed. 鱼若已收拾干净,我只需烧一下即可。
- Barbara hasn't got the guts to leave her mother. 巴巴拉没有勇气离开她妈妈。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 goof
v.弄糟;闲混;n.呆瓜
- We goofed last week at the end of our interview with singer Annie Ross.上周我们采访歌手安妮·罗斯,结果到快结束时犯了个愚蠢的错误。
- You will never be good students so long as you goof around.如果你们成天游手好闲,就永远也成不了好学生。
4 goofed
v.弄糟( goof的过去式和过去分词 );混;打发时间;出大错
- Sorry, guys. I goofed. 对不起,各位。我搞砸了。
- We just goofed around till the train time. 在火车开车前我们只是闲荡了一阵。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》