时间:2019-02-20 作者:英语课 分类:美国之音《流行美语》


英语课

这是星期天的早晨.李华和 Larry 正在星巴克咖啡馆里喝咖啡.今天李华会学到两个常用语: on the spot 和 schmooze.
LL: I'm dreading 1 my Chinese exam tomorrow. The teacher will give us a topic and she expects us to talk about the topic for two minutes on the spot.
LH: 你明天要考中文呀?老师给每个学生一个题目,让你们当场就这个题目讲两分钟,这好难喔.吔,不过 Larry,别担心,你可以先跟我练习啊!对了,你刚才说 on the spot,那是什么意思啊?
LL: Oh, to do something "on the spot" is to do it immediately - right then and there.
LH: On the spot 就是“立刻、当场”的意思.所以你刚才是说教授在考试的时候啊当场给题目,你就得立即上台讲两分钟。
LL: Exactly. It's always nice to have time to prepare, but sometimes doing something on the spot can be fun.
LH: 有充份的时间做准备那当然好啊.但是,我可想不出有什么事情马上要做而且能让我感觉有意思的.你给我举个例子好不好。
LL: Well, we can decide right here - on the spot - to go to the movies. That would be fun, right?
LH: 嗯~,我们现在就决定去看电影,那当然好玩儿呀.可是我们不知道看哪部电影,到哪里去看吶。
LL: That's a problem. Where can we find the newspaper or a computer on the spot!
LH: 就是嘛,我们既不能上网,也没有报纸可以查电影时间表.而且,你明天不是有中文考试吗?你现在应该在家里背单字嘛!
LL: I should. If I don't study the vocabulary, then I won't be able to come up with a speech on the spot.
LH: 对,要当场发表两分钟讲话,不熟悉有用的词汇是不行的。
LL: No, it's more like a good strategy 2 for failing my test. Hey, why don't you help me study?
LH: 一点没错,要是你不多记住一些单词啊,那你肯定要考砸的.你要我就在这里帮你复习功课? On the spot?
LL: Why not? I brought my Chinese book with me.
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LH: 我真不敢相信吔,咖啡馆的那个女服务员居然会送你一杯免费的咖啡!
LL: Well, it helps that I schmoozed her a little bit.
LH: Larry,你对那个女服务员怎么啦? Schmooze 是什么意思啊?
LL: To schmooze means 3 that someone is extra nice to him or her, usually in the hope that you'll get something in return.
LH: 哦~, schmooze 就是对某人特别好,希望啊能得到一些回报.那不就是“讨好、献殷勤”吗?你想让服务员对你客气一点,所以你就对她特别好啊?
LL: Well, no. I was actually hoping to get her to go out on a date with me, but I'll settle 4 for free coffee.
LH: 啊哈,原来你是想约那个女孩儿出去,现在你喝了一杯免费咖啡就满足啦?哎呀,你呀,你还不如去 schmooze 你的中文老师,让她明天评分的时候对你客气点.这不是更实际吗!
LL: Hopefully, I won't need to schmooze my teacher in order to get a good grade.
LH: 不讨好老师也能得好分数,你怎么一下子就变得这么信心十足啦.吔,不过,你要我帮你复习功课,那至少也该 schmooze 我这个义务家教吧!
LL: Hey, you're my friend, you're supposed to do things out of friendship, not because you want something.
LH: 我知道啦,我是跟你开玩笑的!不过,你要是想对我好一点, schmooze 我一下,我也不会反对哦!
LL: I'm always nice to you - and it's not because I'm trying to schmooze you.
LH: 那倒是,你啊一向对我不错,算得上是我最好的朋友啰!
 
  今天李华学到了两个常用语,第一个是: on the spot,就是“即刻、当场、马上”的意思;另一个常用语是: schmooze,这是指“讨好某人、对某人献殷勤”,通常是想得到回报。


 



v.害怕,恐惧,担心( dread的现在分词 )
  • She was dreading having to broach the subject of money to her father. 她正在为不得不向父亲提出钱的事犯愁。
  • This was the moment he had been dreading. 这是他一直最担心的时刻。
n.方法,策略,战略
  • The only way to take the enemy position is by strategy,not by forceful attack.只可智取,不可强攻。
  • Tactics differs from strategy.战术有别于战略。
n.方法,手段,折中点,物质财富
  • That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
  • We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。
vi.安家;定居;停留;vt.使定居;安排;解决
  • I have to settle my affairs before leaving here.离开这儿以前,我得把一些私人的事情安排妥当。
  • She has decided how she should settle the matter.她已做出决定如何来了解这件事。
学英语单词
a man of plenty of guts
acid-stage oil
air-displacement method
anomalous dispersion
anterior curvature
Arnégo, R.
atmospheric obscurity
bio-mechanicals
brathe
buffer, write
buymanship
Bühlertann
cerebrocortical necrosis
characteristic derivative
chlamydial infection
chronic turbid nasal discharge
confluences
containment hydrogen recombination system
cuddlee
cynrik
deregister
disang r.
door-to-door conveyance
dragon-mouth gesture
dry and brittle
eggo
electropneumatic
emetizes
Enterobacter aerogenes
extinction probablity
fissure bur
flour blending machine
full length film
half cross belt
hexahydroterephthalic acid
high quality reuse water
hot competition
hyam
hydraulic radius for heat transfer
immunity from judgement
in large part
indexed language
inexorablenesses
jet injection
kaese
Liebig, Mt.
lineweaver
linoides
longstocking
matrix algebras
maximum shut height of die
mimbres
Mishrif
monopoles
multivalue logic simulation
muszynski
nonequilibrium carrier lifetime
oleostearin
one-off item
operating water level
outlet cock
overstrode
partakings
pertaining
phenylglucosazone
Phetchaburi, Changwat
pollen spectra
power-driven ship
prelubricated ball
preparation for delivery
public assistance
pulsating welder
quartz sleeve
relation record
rick ross
ROCCM
rubus sexatilis l.
sazanka
semetic state
solar space vehicle
space frequency
Spergularia diandra
steamways
stratographic adsorption
strength testers
the article
three-link
toccatina
tonicify
trace equalization
trig
trompe-l'oeils
trunk-offering final selector
twenty-high rolling mill
unhypothesised
upland catchment
vascular dressing forceps
vendor part modification
Wasselonne
Wilde's cords
william frederick codies
working balances