时间:2019-02-07 作者:英语课 分类:美国习惯用语


英语课

今天要讲的习惯用语由floor或者ceiling组成。Floor是“地板”,而ceiling解释为


“天花板”。好,让我们由下而上来学吧。一栋房子的底层常常叫作the ground


floor。在生意场上你很可能会听到这样的说法:get in on the ground floor。Get


in on the ground floor并不简单地解释为“从底层进来”。让我们听一个例子来琢


磨它的意思。


例句-1: He got in on the ground floor when he bought a lot of stock 1 in a


new computer company. People thought he was crazy but the company was a


big success and now the stock is worth many times more.


这段话说的是:他不失时机地及早买下一家新电脑公司的大量股票,当时人们认为他


简直疯了,但是这家公司随即取得很大的成功。如今他买进的股票价值是原来的好多


倍。


听了这段话我们能体会到get in on the ground floor在这句话中的含义是早期入股


,取得优先地位。


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我们今天学的第二个带有floor这个词的习惯用语是:mop the floor with。听这个


习惯用语你脑子里大约会出现这样的景象:用拖把擦去地板上的污迹。实际上mop


the floor with描绘的却是对手间的胜负高低。在运动场上常常会用到它。


现在让我们来听电台广播员对一场美式足球赛结局的评论。这是纽约市和华盛顿市之


间的美式足球赛。纽约足球队号称Giants。就是巨人队,而华盛顿队叫Redskins,就


是红人队。好,我们来听这段体育新闻吧:


例句2: This afternoon the New York Giants mopped the floor with the


Washington Redskins. The score was 41-7, the biggest loss the Redskins had


suffered in many years.


这段话说:今天下午纽约巨人队把华盛顿红人队打得一败涂地。比分是41比7。这是


红人队多年未有的一次惨败。


可见mop the floor with含义就是把对方打得一败涂地。


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接下来我们要转移方向,学和天花板ceiling有关的习惯用语。Glass ceiling,玻璃


天花板,必然是粗看似乎没有,而实际上却挡在上方的一层障碍。好,我们来听一个


例子,有个人在评论六名女律师控告她们所属的律师事务所的事情。


例句3: I think these six women can certainly prove their firm has a glass


ceiling: the firm has 19 senior partners and all of them are men. It's


hard to believe that they've never had even one woman lawyer qualified 2 for


a top spot there.


他说:我 认为这六名妇女一定能证实她们事务所,存在人为的升迁障碍。这个事务


所有十九名高级主管,全是男性。令人难以置信的是那里的妇女谁也够不上高升的资


格。


从这段话能体会到glass ceiling形像地表达了阻碍某些人升迁的无形障碍。


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我们还要学一个带有ceiling这个词的习惯用语:hit the ceiling。想象一下,如果


一个人跳得百丈高,甚至碰到了天花板,那他一定是恼怒极了。好,我们来听个例子



例句4: When I got home and saw what my dog had done , I really hit the


ceiling. The dog got up on my desk and chewed up the papers there,


including a long report I was writing for my boss.


他说:我回家一看到我的狗都干了些什么,简直气得发疯。它在我的书桌上把纸张都


嚼烂了,其中包括我正写给上级的那份长篇报告。


你一定能想象说话人当时火冒百丈,hit the ceiling就是这个意思。



n.存货,储备;树干;血统;股份;家畜;adj.存货的;平凡的,惯用的;股票的;畜牧的;vt.进货,采购;储存;供给;vi.出新芽;进货
  • The shop takes stock every week on Friday mornings.这家商店每星期五早晨盘点存货。
  • Experts have forecast an upturn in the stock market.专家已预测股票市场价格有上升趋势。
adj.合格的,有资格的,胜任的,有限制的
  • He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
  • We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。
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