日常英语口语对话:心中充满妒忌
英语课
第一、迷你对话
A: So you are green with envy at your neighbor?
所以你很羡慕你的邻居,是吗?
B: Well, he’s really lucky. It seems that he could win the bet at every turn.
是的,他确实幸运,似乎他每次打赌都能赢。
A: But I don’t envy those who are filthy 1 with dough 2. That’s not the whole life.
当我从来不嫉妒那些满身臭钱的人,因为钱不是生活的全部。
B: I know what you mean. I’m not only after bucks 3. There’s something more in life.
我明白您的意思,我也不是仅仅追求钱,生活中还有更多其他的东西。
第二、 对话精讲
1. 核心地道表达
【核心短语】be green with envy
【解词释义】envy是指“嫉妒,羡慕”。习语be green with envy与汉语中的“眼红”相似,表示“十分嫉妒”“羡慕极了”。表示对......心中充满了妒忌,在短语的后面用介词at。
【典型例句1】Alice's girlfriends were green with envy when they saw her new dress.
爱丽丝的女友们看到她的新衣服很妒忌。
【典型例句2】He was green with envy when he saw my new Jaguar 4 car.
看见我那辆美洲虎牌新车, 他非常妒忌。
【典型例句3】They danced gracefully 5 and that made everyone present green with envy.
他们优雅的舞姿使在场的人无一不感到嫉妒。
【典型例句4】When I told her my news, she was absolutely green with envy.
我把我的事告诉了她,她非常妒忌。
2. 词海拾贝
at every turn:经常,老是,事事
【典型例句1】She found her plans frustrated 6 at every turn.
她觉得她的计画到处碰壁。
【典型例句2】At every turn they think of themselves before others.
他们事事先替自己打算,然后再替别人打算。
【典型例句3】I keep meeting him at every turn.
我每次都遇见他。
filthy with dough:有臭钱的人
【典型例句】He is filthy with dough so that he is alway being above himself.
他就因为有几个臭钱,就狂妄得不得了。
adj.卑劣的;恶劣的,肮脏的
- The whole river has been fouled up with filthy waste from factories.整条河都被工厂的污秽废物污染了。
- You really should throw out that filthy old sofa and get a new one.你真的应该扔掉那张肮脏的旧沙发,然后再去买张新的。
n.生面团;钱,现款
- She formed the dough into squares.她把生面团捏成四方块。
- The baker is kneading dough.那位面包师在揉面。
n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 );钱;(英国十九世纪初的)花花公子;(用于某些表达方式)责任v.(马等)猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 );抵制;猛然震荡;马等尥起后蹄跳跃
- They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
- They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.美洲虎
- He was green with envy when he saw my new Jaguar car.看见我那辆美洲虎牌新车,他非常妒忌。
- Should you meet a jaguar in the jungle,just turn slowly,walk away.But slowly,never look back.你在丛林中若碰上美洲虎,就慢慢转身走开,可一定要慢,切莫回头看。
ad.大大方方地;优美地
- She sank gracefully down onto a cushion at his feet. 她优雅地坐到他脚旁的垫子上。
- The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line. 新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。
adj.挫败的,失意的,泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 );挫败;使受挫折;令人沮丧
- It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
- The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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