英语悠选脱口秀 第100期:英伦美女红娘
时间:2019-02-13 作者:英语课 分类:英语悠选脱口秀
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Today's key word is Matchmaker
Matchmaker m-a-t-c-h-m-a-k-e-r
媒人 红娘
A matchmaker is someone who tries to encourage(鼓励) people they know to form a romantic relationship or to get married(结婚).
Here is an example:
My friend played matchmaker and had us both over to dinner.
我朋友牵线搭桥,把我们两个都请去赴宴了。
小说的开头是这样描述的:"Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition(性情), seemed to unite(联合,兼备) some of the best blessings(祝福,福分) of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress(悲痛) or vex(使烦恼) her."
简单来说,Emma Woodhouse 就是一个热心活泼心地善良的白富美。She believes she is a skilled 1 matchmaker and repeatedly 2 attempts to pair up her friends and acquaintances(相识的人).
女主有了,男主当然也不能少:Mr Knightley is Emma's only social and intellectual 3 equal in Highbury.那时,在等级分明的英格兰,He has known Emma since she was a baby. He is an individual独特的, quick-witted机智的 gentleman, with a dry sense of humour冷幽默.
adj.(in)熟练的,有技能的;需要技能的
- Unskilled workers usually earn less money than skilled workers.无技能的工人通常比有技能的工人挣钱少。
- She was skilled enough in French to translate a novel.她法语娴熟,足以翻译小说。
adv.重复地,再三地
- The loudspeakers blared the speech repeatedly.扬声器里反复大声地播送那篇演讲。
- He repeatedly beat his foot upon the floor.他反复用脚敲着地板。
n.知识分子;adj.智力的,理智的,有理解力的
- Thinking is an intellectual process.思维是一个智力活动过程。
- Chess is a highly intellectual game.象棋是需用高度智力的运动项目。
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