时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:赖世雄中级美国英语


英语课


 Connie and Willy are talking about the previous lesson.
C: Do you believe what they say about chili 1 peppers?
W: Frankly 2 speaking, I don't. The last time I got hurt playing soccer, my mom told me not to eat anything
   spicy 3. She said it will irritate the wound.
C: My mom is the same. For example, according to her, eating fish eyes is good for the eyes.
W: If you think that's weird 4, listen to this. My mom says eating pigs' brains makes you smart.
C: Are you kidding? Frankly speaking, I don't believe in any of these of wives' tales.
W: I wish you would tell that to my mom. I'm sick of eating pigs' brains.
C: Poor guy!
W: Don't tell anyone, OK? Or I'll never hear the end of it .
C: Ok. It doesn't work anyway.
W: What do you mean?
C: I'm only kidding. You're at least as smart as a pig.

old wives' tales 无稽之谈   groundless 无根据的   fairy
Connie 是 Constance 缩写
chapter 章节
People say that in the future we will be living on the Mars. 据说  = They say that ...
Frankly (speaking), = To be frank (with you), = To tell (you) the truth, = Truthfully,
beerbelly 啤酒肚
spicy = hot
irritate sb = make sb angry   annoy
odd = strange
believe in 相信事    believe 相信话
I am fed up smoking. = be sick of = be tired of
bright = smart 聪明



1 chili
n.辣椒
  • He helped himself to another two small spoonfuls of chili oil.他自己下手又加了两小勺辣椒油。
  • It has chocolate,chili,and other spices.有巧克力粉,辣椒,和其他的调味品。
2 frankly
adv.坦白地,直率地;坦率地说
  • To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说,我一点也不赞成这个主意。
  • Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说,我不反对改革。
3 spicy
adj.加香料的;辛辣的,有风味的
  • The soup tasted mildly spicy.汤尝起来略有点辣。
  • Very spicy food doesn't suit her stomach.太辣的东西她吃了胃不舒服。
4 weird
adj.古怪的,离奇的;怪诞的,神秘而可怕的
  • From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来,他好像有点怪。
  • His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。
学英语单词
5-NCP
accessibility
advance guard reserve
aluminibond process
anti-perspirant
apophyllas
Apseudocardinia
Assessment Of Damages
ast(e)ro-
attaching creditor
attatchment
Bloch colorimeter
carotinemia butter
center scraper
centralized decision making
close ratio gearbox
CONLINEBILL
continuous heat treatment
convertibilities
correlated characters
Corydalis kashgarica
d'asti
D. Cc.
dammings
dark markets
differential rediscount rate
Dishkakat
draw left
dresdener
egg formation
electric tie tamper
emergency-device
enclosures with manuscripts
ethnocritical
euthanises
fecundous
foston
Fuchshofen
full-strength weld
heavy mineral prospecting
heterogeneous marriage
IDHS
incarnaration
intermale
isostictid
iterant
jactitation of marriage
lay emphasis
Lepidocybium flavobrunneum
lithium ion polymer
mammal semnopithecuss
marine syndicate
Marshall's oblique vein
metalpheus paragracilis
mid-air recovery system (mars)
net heat rate
non-pedagogical
odd-lot broker
one alley system
outgoing message segment
paludi
parasome
passenger-kilometres
pay sheet
phosphoenoloxaloacetic acid
pittites
platooned
primary growth
progressive taxes
push one's nose into
reading between the lines
restricted occupancy
reversed hack saw blade
rock beam
schedule of liabilities
Scytosiphonales
seasonalities
sectionalized single-bus configuration
self-denier
sending current
Serradifalco
serum alkaline phosphatase
shaf
sheepily
silicon gate technology
six-point
square block
Sunday punch
sundowned
Sunnylvsfjorden
surface transfer type regenerator
synchronous controller
syste
time sharing system
to telegraph
type of barrier
vexillographers
voltage drop compensator
waveguide directional coupler
xiangjiangite
Yohophyllum
zygotal