【英语趣味课堂】害怕-Fears
时间：2019-02-16 作者：英语课 分类：英语趣味课堂
英语课
Todd: OK, so Nanju, I'm going to ask you about things that people are sometimes afraid of. Are you afraid of flying?
Nanju: No
Todd: No. Do you fly a lot?
Nanju: No, if I am getting opportunity I will be very happy.
Todd: Really!
Nanju: Yeah sure!
Todd: OK, are you afraid of snakes?
Nanju: No.
Todd: No!
Nanju: No.
Todd: Now, India has cobras.
Nanju: Yeah, it's a lot of cobras. I have seen a lot of cobras, and fighting with cobras, each other, but run away so I can not.
Todd: So, you're not afraid of cobras?
Nanju: No
Todd: Like have you ever seen a cobra by your house?
Nanju: Yeah, I have seen a lot of cobras, which is going to be 12 feet.
Todd: Really!
Nanju: Yeah, sure.
Todd: And your not afraid?
Nanju: No, I will get some sticks and go through about from my home or something.
Todd: So you get a stick and you go and kill it?
Nanju: No, I won't kill it. Killing 1 of cobra is very illegal in India. Not illegal, it's like god, so we won't.
Todd: Sin 2. It's a sin. Oh, wow.
Nanju: So we won't kill that cobra or something.
Todd: Wow, very fascinating. Thank you.
学习内容：
Learn Vocabulary from the lesson
flying
Are you afraid of flying?
In this case "flying" is not flying like a bird, but rather traveling by plane. Notice the following:
Are you flying to Miami or driving?
I am flying to Bogota early tomorrow morning.
opportunity
If I get the opportunity to fly I will be very happy.
In this example, "opportunity" can be replaced by "chance" or it is a good situation to do something. Notice the following:
She has the opportunity to learn a lot in her job.
His boss gave him the opportunity to work with the company's most important client 3.
sure
Yeah, sure.
In the example, "sure" has a similar meaning to "of course" or "yes." It is a word of agreement. Notice the following:
Sure. I'll help you study for your exam.
Sure. We would love to come to your cabin 4 this weekend.
each other
I've seen cobras fighting with each other.
"Each other" is a pronoun 5 used, in this example, to describe the actions between one cobra and another. They are both performing the same action, directed at the other cobra. Notice the following:
They have liked each other since they were 13 years old.
We looked at each other across the restaurant.
sin
In India it's a sin to kill a cobra.
A "sin" is a moral 6 or religious crime. For example, killing another person is both a religious crime and a legal crime. Notice the following:
Do you think telling lies is a sin?
It is a sin to steal from another person.
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
n.罪，罪孽，过失；vi.犯罪，违反
- It's a sin to waste food.浪费食品是一种罪过。
- It's a sin to be indoors on holiday.假期中待在家里实在是罪过。
n.委托人，当事人，顾客
- She can't come to the telephone;she's serving a client.她不能来接电话，她正在接待一位顾客。
- The lawyer produced a clever defence of his client.律师机智地为委托人辩护。
n.(结构简单的)小木屋；船舱，机舱
- They threw up a new cabin in a couple of hours.在几小时之内他们就建起了一座新的小屋。
- It's very hot in the cabin;let's go on deck.舱室内很热，我们到甲板上去吧。
n.代词
- The relative pronoun is often dropped if it is the subject.关系代名词做受词时常被省略。
- Here you should use plural pronoun.这里你应该用复数代词。