时间:2019-02-12 作者:英语课 分类:美国之音《流行美语》


英语课

这是一个星期六的下午,Michael 和李华比较放松,他们正在校园里散步。李华会
学到两个常用语:critter 和mug。

L: 今天天气真好,你看那个人在跟他的狗玩,那小白狗真好玩!
M: Yes, he is a cute little critter.
L: Critter 是什么?Critter 是狗的一个品种吗?
M: No, a critter is just an animal, usually one that is relatively 1 small and furry 2. The
word is used a lot in the Southern part of the US.
L: 噢,critter 就是毛耸耸的小动物。那么,松鼠也可以说是个critter,对不对?
M: Yes, squirrels are definitely critters. But you know a lot of people don't like
squirrels. They think that they are dirty and look like rats with bushy tails.
L: 还有人不喜欢松鼠的呀?怎么会说它们象老鼠呢!我觉得它们真可爱,看起来
毛耸耸,软棉棉的。我最喜欢看它们用前面两条腿捧着一颗花生啃。哎哟,那样
子真好玩!
M: Well, I would not try to feed those little critters if I were you, they bite and can
carry diseases.
L: 不要喂它们吃东西?它们会咬人?嗨,你站得远一点扔给它们不就行了吗?我
倒是听说过它们会传染疾病,是要小心点。Michael, 那象耗子那样的小动物也能
够叫做critters 吗?
M: Yes, those are critters, too. Speaking of which, did you hear that my roommate got a
new-born sharpei?
L: 你的室友养了一只刚出生的沙皮狗!那肯定很好玩。
M: I don't think so. As far as I'm concerned, that little critter looks ugly.
L: 你觉得沙皮狗难看啊?不少人家里养沙皮狗都觉得它们可爱。我还没有见过刚
出生的沙皮狗呢!Michael, 你带我去看一看,好不好吗?
M: You want to take a look at that ugly critter? Ok, we'll go.
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M: Look, Li Hua, here is my roommate's sharpei. Look at that furry mug. He looks like
he should be friendly.
L: 哟,这就是你室友的沙皮狗呀!好可爱哟!Michael, 你说什么furry mug?Mug
不是用来喝咖啡或喝茶的杯子吗?沙皮狗和mug 有什么关系呀?
M: No, not a coffee mug. Mug is slang for a face, usually an ugly one. His little mug is
his face.
L: 噢,在这里,mug 不是指杯子的意思,而是指一张脸,而且往往是指难看的脸。
我觉得这只狗的脸挺可爱的。Michael, 我能不能摸摸它啊?
M: Go ahead, but I'm sure he'll bite you.
L: 它会咬我?那就算了,我就看看它吧。哎,Michael, 我们能不能把人的脸称为
mug 呢?
M: Of course. For example, my brother has a really ugly mug.
L: 你弟弟的脸很难看? 哎哟,Michael, 你怎么能这么说啊?再说,你弟弟的脸没
准跟你的脸很象啊!
M: I was just trying to give you an example. I don't really think my brother has an ugly
face.
L: 哎哟,你真是的,要给我举例子也得找个适当的例子嘛。怎么能拿你弟弟来举
例子,破坏他的形象呢?对了,我还得弄弄清楚,mug 一般是指难看的脸,是贬
意,对不对?
M: Yeah, we usually don't say a person has a pretty mug. But, if you like the look of
that dog, you can say: "Oh, what a cute mug this little dog has!"
L: 噢,你的意思是,可以用mug 这个词来指一个动物的脸很可爱,但是不能用
来形容人的脸。
M: That's right.

今天李华学会说critter。这是指毛耸耸的小动物。今天她还学会一个词,那就是
mug。Mug 在这里是指动物和人的脸,一般是指难看的脸。



adv.比较...地,相对地
  • The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
  • The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
adj.毛皮的;似毛皮的;毛皮制的
  • This furry material will make a warm coat for the winter.这件毛皮料在冬天会是一件保暖的大衣。
  • Mugsy is a big furry brown dog,who wiggles when she is happy.马格斯是一只棕色大长毛狗,当她高兴得时候她会摇尾巴。
学英语单词
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Alcuescar
all inclusive or clean surplus concept
aurea mediocritas
awakers
Babelegi
beat someone with his own weapon s
blank mould turnover
bocco
causticization reactor
chronic ulcer
coherence factor
company time
comtracted
conjugated system of bonds
cryogenic materials
cryptic colouring
debosh
dibiasio
dunnett's table
elaphoglossum lepidopodum c.chr.
end-to-end session
EODR
excision of skin of nose for rhinophyma
exponential smoothing models
fawning on
gentleboy
gibsonite
global macro fund
goas
gold export and import
Haber process
handstrokes
homogeneous carburizing
hot air damper
infinitely dimensional integral
internal elastic coat
Khebāng
Komatsushima
last transition peak mesial point
launching-pad
lautreamont
likour
lioy
lussacs
mass-circulations
master patent
matallanas
mechanical pulsing
menstruatings
midlife
misform
MYCIF
Môle, Cap du
Nocardia mesenterica
nominal control voltage
nucleophile-assisted unimolecular electrophilicsubstitution
ocean data station
Petrela
phonatome
physical properties
platinum-iridium catalyst
polarized relay contact
polystichum nepalense c.chr
polyvinyl ethyl ether
popstrological
print order
process inks
production-process
psychic homosexuality
radiotelegraphy
Recs
reduction of progressive variability
Sarbamyl
security right in the goods
shortening of chordae tendineae
single reduction helical gears
slot boring
Slovenish
snow plow device
spark-ignition engine
spiroglycol
splashing device
square screw thread
surrosion
tayloristic
Tinderers
training objectives
triglycidyl-s-triazinetrione
under allowance
unpacked format
untrowable
vaccinologist
Valverde, Prov.de
vegetable casein
Vokeo I.
vulcanizing heater
water injection cycle
water reserve
water-flux
watering stock
wet batch