时间:2018-11-29 作者:英语课 分类:专四每日一听


英语课

回家后


Home at last! 家是避风的港湾,只有在家里,一个人才能回归本色、完全放松。在家里,你可以恣意抱怨,可以睡得横七竖八,可以无所顾忌地看电视看到深夜…


开门!Open the door!

○ Open it! It’s me. 开门!是我。

我找不到钥匙了。I can’t find the key.


○ I lost the key.

 我把钥匙弄丢了。

亲爱的,我回来了。Honey, I’m home.

= Honey, I’m back.

今天怎么样?How did it go today?

= How was your day?


○ Did you have a good time today?

      今天过得愉快吗?

累死了!I’m exhausted 1!


○ A little bit tired.

    有点儿累。


○ Too tired. 太累了。

 ★ exhausted a. 疲惫不堪的,精疲力竭的

倒霉透了。It’s just not my day.

  = I had a bad hair day.

 

● not one’s day“不顺利,不如意,倒霉”

 

● bad hair day “不如意的一天,不愉快的一天”

和平常一样。Just as usual.

○ Nothing to mention. 没什么值得一提的。

★mention [] v. 提起,提及

 

● as usual“照常”

我现在情绪很低落。I’m feeling down.

= I’m feeling blue.

○ I’m a little down in the mouth.

    我有些沮丧。


○ I’m in the doldrums.

     我现在无精打采。

 ★ doldrums [] n. 忧郁

我饿死了,咱们出去吃吧。I’m starving, so let’s dine 2 out.


○ Let’s eat out.

    咱们出去吃吧。

★ starving [] a. 饿得要死的

 

● dine out = eat out“去饭馆吃饭”

我太累,不想做饭了。I’m too tired, so I don’t want to cook.

○Is dinner ready?

     晚饭做好了吗?

跟家人见面的感觉真好。I feel so good to see my family.


○ It’s good to be at home.

     还是在家好啊。

○ There’s no place like home.

    哪儿也没有自己家好。


○ Home at last.

     终于到家了。

我想先冲个澡。I want to take a shower first


After Getting Home


Jane:Home at last. Tonight we have a lot of homework though.

Tom:Are you saying we don’t have time to watch our favorite show tonight? Jane, you know I really don’t like our teacher all that much. He gives far too much homework. He criticizes 3 me in front of everyone all the time.

Jane:To tell the truth, I don’t really like him either. He’s kind of boring and not very active. He always looks unhappy too.

Tom:Yes, and he also…

Jane:Do you think we should be talking about him like this behind his back?

Tom:Probably not. After all he is our teacher. We should try to find something nice to say. If you can’t say something nice you shouldn’t say anything at all.

Jane:I absolutely agree. It’s getting dark. We should finish our homework now.

Tom: All right. I want to take a shower first, I’m exhausted.


回家后


简:终于到家了。不过今晚我们有一大堆作业要做。

汤姆:你是说我们没时间看最喜欢的电视节目了吗?简,你知道我真的不那么喜欢我们老师。他布置的作业太多了。而且总是在大家面前批评我。

简:说实话,我也不是很喜欢他。他有点儿乏味而且一点儿也不活跃,看起来总是一副不开心的样子。

汤姆:对啊,而且他还…

简:你觉得我们应该在背后这样说他吗?

汤姆:不应该,毕竟他是我们的老师。我们应该找点好的说。如果你不能说点好的,那就别说了。

简:我完全赞成。天要黑了,我们还是先把功课做完吧。

汤姆:好吧。我想先冲个澡。累死了


起居室(drawing room)一词的来源


 通常,我们回家后,就会毫无顾忌地在起居室(drawing room)的沙发上躺下来,因为在外面劳累了一天,回到家里终于可以放松放松(relax)了。


 看到这里,大家不禁要问,“起居室”不是写成“living room”或“sitting room”吗?为什么还能写成“drawing room”呢?


 我们知道draw有“绘画”的意思,但是“drawing room”(起居室)却与艺术一点也不相干。“drawing room”是指“接待客人的房间”,也就是“客厅”或“起居室”,其英文解释是“a room, especially a large room in a large house, where people sit and relax, or entertain 4 guests”,它是一种比较正式的说法。


 关于“drawing room”的来源,其背后有个小故事。“drawing room”这个词源自于“withdrawing room”。在英国过去有个习惯,为了让女士们不受男士“吞云吐雾”的吸烟之害,就要求她们在用餐后待在饭厅旁的另一个房间。也就是要求女士们从饭厅中“退出来”(withdraw),然后男士们就可以尽情地抽烟喝酒、高谈阔论,而不受干扰了。


 至于女士们所停留的那个房间,本来叫做“withdrawing room”,后来就约定俗成地写成“drawing room”了。



1 exhausted
adj.极其疲惫的,精疲力尽的
  • It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长,到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
  • Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。
2 dine
vi.吃饭,进餐;vt.宴请
  • I wish I could afford to dine off fresh meat every day.我要是能天天吃到新鲜的肉就好了。
  • Let's dine out tonight,I'm too tired to cook.我太累了,不想做饭,今晚咱们到外面吃吧。
3 criticizes
v.评论,批评( criticize的第三人称单数 )
  • Jacobson's group often criticizes at a variety of restaurant foods. 雅各布森所在的这个消费者组织常对餐馆提供的食物进行批评。 来自互联网
  • The writer criticizes and suspects the fate from the tragedy of Mathilde. 文章从玛蒂尔德的悲剧中叩问命运、质疑命运。 来自互联网
4 entertain
vt.招待,款待;使欢乐,使娱乐;vi.款待,请客
  • Emma will be happy to entertain you.爱玛会很高兴招待你的。
  • They entertain a great deal.他们常常招待客人。
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