留美老师带你每日说英文 第1104期:新工作的第一天
时间:2019-02-18 作者:英语课 分类:留美老师带你每日说英文
英语课
台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是:
When I got the job, I mean, I was petrified 1, because I really had absolutely no idea what I was doing, and I remember the first day of the shoot not knowing what I was doing, and everything is improvised 3. There is no script. It's just you go with it.
当我得到这份工作时,我简直是...我吓坏了,因为我当时真的完全不知道自己在干嘛。我还记得开拍的第一天,我什么都不知道,一切都是即兴演出,没有任何脚本。当时反正就是做就对了。
学习重点:
1.petrified 吓呆的,惊呆的
petrified (adj.) 吓呆的,惊呆的
petrify 4 (v.) 把…吓呆,使惊呆
2.improvise 2 临时做;即兴做
improvise (v.) 临时做;即兴做
spontaneous (adj.) 自发的;非筹划安排的
3.script 剧本;讲稿
script (n.) 剧本;讲稿
transcript 5 (n.) 文字记录;抄本
adj.惊呆的;目瞪口呆的v.使吓呆,使惊呆;变僵硬;使石化(petrify的过去式和过去分词)
- I'm petrified of snakes. 我特别怕蛇。
- The poor child was petrified with fear. 这可怜的孩子被吓呆了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
v.即兴创作;临时准备,临时凑成
- If an actor forgets his words,he has to improvise.演员要是忘记台词,那就只好即兴现编。
- As we've not got the proper materials,we'll just have to improvise.我们没有弄到合适的材料,只好临时凑合了。
a.即席而作的,即兴的
- He improvised a song about the football team's victory. 他即席创作了一首足球队胜利之歌。
- We improvised a tent out of two blankets and some long poles. 我们用两条毛毯和几根长竿搭成一个临时帐蓬。
vt.使发呆;使…变成化石
- A political deadlock may petrify economic initiatives.政治僵局可能会使经济发展停滞。
- Slogans petrify our thinking.口号僵化了我们的思想。
n.抄本,誊本,副本,肄业证书
- A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
- They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。
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