时间:2018-12-19 作者:英语课 分类:美国文化脱口秀


英语课

   快要到七夕了(Chinese Valentine's Day)。算一下,这是我们今年做的第三个情人节节目了。每次节目,我们都试着从不同角度分享实用、有趣的英语和文化给大家。今天,也不例外。听Jenny, Spencer告诉你美国网友票选十大甜蜜情人节创意吧!不昂贵、不花哨,这些都是创意、暖心的七夕idea!


  关键词:
  The opening music "My Funny Valentine" by Chet Baker 1 is quite melancholic 2: 今天节目的音乐是Chet Baker演唱并吹奏的 “My Funny Valentine”,这首歌有些忧郁I guess that's what love is. It can make you happy. It can make you sad: 也许这就是爱情,能让你快乐,也能让你忧伤Love is a struggle: 爱情是一种挣扎
  七夕英语怎么说?
  You can just call it "Chinese Valentine's Day": 七夕就是“中国情人节”
  Most foreigners havn't heard of it though: 但是大多数外国人不知道七夕七夕怎么过?美国网友创意十足!
  Creative Valentine's Day ideas to romance your better half: 充满创意的情人节庆祝方式,帮你打动爱人"Romance" can be both a noun and a verb: romance既是名词也是动词Woo your lover: 追你喜欢的人
  Better half: 另一半
  A handwritten love letter: 手写情书
  Send them some special love letters: 写情书A handwritten love letter: 手写的情书
  Isn't it common sense? 这不是常识吗?
  But many people don't do it now: 但是现在很多人都不会这么做了I wrote a love letter 2 weeks ago: 我两周前还写了一封情书呢I'm old-school: 我是比较传统的
  puppy love, first love: 初恋
  Do you write "xoxo" when you sign-off? 落款要写xoxo吗?
  Girls can do it. It feels a bit corny if a guy does it: 女生可以写,男生写就太肉麻了"Xoxo" represents love, hugs and kisses, not cognac: "xoxo" 代表爱、拥抱、亲吻,不是人头马干邑A love letter is heartfelt: 情书是充满心意的sincere love: 真诚的爱
  七夕怎么过? 美国网友给你支招
  A shower of teddy bears: 一大堆泰迪熊
  Shower在这里不是洗澡的意思,而是数量多的意思:
  A shower of gifts: 很多很多礼物
  To shower someone with gifts: 送ta一大堆礼物In America, expecting mothers usually throw a baby shower, where her friends will give gifts to the baby: 在美国,准妈妈会开一个派对,叫"baby shower"。派对上,朋友会送一大堆礼物给即将出生的宝宝A cactus 3: 一盆仙人掌
  Why a cactus? Because a cactus lasts longer than flowers: 啊?仙人掌?因为仙人掌比鲜花更持久Thorny 4: 带刺的
  It represents my long lasting 5 love for you: 代表我对你的爱会永久Some cacti 6 sprout 7 flowers on them: 有些仙人掌也开花说到仙人掌,联想到了多肉
  Succulents (noun): 多肉植物
  Succulent (adjective): 多汁的、饱满的
  跑题了......
  An at-home spa treatment: 在家给Ta做spa
  Pampering: 宠爱的
  at-home: 在家里
  treatment: 护理
  It's exhausting to give someone a spa: 给人做spa还满累的I know, but it's the thought that counts: 但是这个心意很重要啊A big fat piece of steak: 一大块牛排
  Steak: 牛排
  Ribeye: 肉眼牛排
  A big fat ribeye: 一大块肉眼
  To grill/to barbecue steak for your loved one: 给你的爱人烤块牛排All that matters is that it makes them happy: 最重要的是,合对方的心意A night of vegging out: 宅在家,吃零食、看电视A night of vegging out: 一晚宅在家
  To veg out means to be like a vegetable, not eat vegetables: veg out的意思是像个植物一样懒着什么也不做,不是吃素Like a couch potato: 像个沙发土豆
  A night of vegging out, gorging on our favorite junk food and snacks and watching our favourite documentary: 一晚宅在家,狂吃我俩最爱的垃圾食品、零食、看我们最喜欢的纪录片a low maintenance girlfriend: 不需要很多保养的女朋友high maintenance: 很需要照顾的、很作的
  It means you're comfortable with each other: 这代表了你们两个在一起很舒服You can be yourself: 可以做自己
  The simple pleasures of life are the most precious: 人生中最简单的享受是最珍贵的A dorm room surprise from your BFF: 闺蜜最甜蜜Dorm room: 宿舍
  college roommate: 大学室友
  My dorm room BFF surprised me with cute little presents and candy on Valentine's Day:我大学宿舍闺蜜情人节给了我一个惊喜,送了我很多小礼物和糖果BFF (best friend forever): 闺蜜
  You can celebrate friendship on Valentine's Day too: 情人节也能庆祝友谊A lot of single girls will have a girl's night out on Valentine's Day: 很多单身女孩儿会结伴一起庆祝情人节A marriage proposal: 求婚
  The ultimate romantic gesture: 最终极的浪漫举动It doesn't get more romantic than this: 没有比这个更浪漫的了propose to someone: 向一个人求婚
  pop the question: 求婚,更口语的说法
  get down on one knee: 单膝下跪
  engagement ring: 求婚钻戒
  It's a huge deal: 人生大事
  The wedding party: 伴郎伴娘团,不是结婚派对的意思哦Groomsmen: 伴郎团
  Bridesmaids: 伴娘团
  Best man:伴郎,最重要的那一个
  Maid of honor: 伴娘,最重要的那一个
  Today's ideas are all about doing something for your loved one and share the experience together: 今天所有的创意都是为你的爱人做一件事,并一起分享It shows you really undersatnd them: 表明你非常了解他们You have a deep bond with them: 你们有很深的纽带Your special one: 你的另一半
  spouse: 配偶,用来形容已经结婚的伴侣
  other half, better half, partner: 伴侣,不管是否结婚都能用soulmate: 灵魂伴侣
 

1 baker
n.面包师
  • The baker bakes his bread in the bakery.面包师在面包房内烤面包。
  • The baker frosted the cake with a mixture of sugar and whites of eggs.面包师在蛋糕上撒了一层白糖和蛋清的混合料。
2 melancholic
忧郁症患者
  • A absurd tragedy accompany a melancholic song by the Tiger Lillies. 一出荒诞的悲剧,在泰戈莱利斯犹豫的歌声中缓缓上演。
  • I have never heard her sing a melancholic song. 我从来没有听她唱过忧伤的曲子。
3 cactus
n.仙人掌
  • It was the first year that the cactus had produced flowers.这是这棵仙人掌第一年开花。
  • The giant cactus is the vegetable skycraper.高大的仙人掌是植物界巨人。
4 thorny
adj.多刺的,棘手的
  • The young captain is pondering over a thorny problem.年轻的上尉正在思考一个棘手的问题。
  • The boys argued over the thorny points in the lesson.孩子们辩论功课中的难点。
5 lasting
adj.永久的,永恒的;vbl.持续,维持
  • The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
  • We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。
6 cacti
n.(复)仙人掌
  • There we could see nothing but cacti.那里除了仙人掌我们什么也看不到。
  • Cacti can survive the lack of rainfall in the desert.仙人掌在降水稀少的沙漠中也能生存下去。
7 sprout
n.芽,萌芽;vt.使发芽,摘去芽;vi.长芽,抽条
  • When do deer first sprout horns?鹿在多大的时候开始长出角?
  • It takes about a week for the seeds to sprout.这些种子大约要一周后才会发芽。
学英语单词
a'cockbill
A.F.C
active sleep
alveololabial groove
assinuate
balloonry
beagled
bitter almond camphor
BLUS resifual vector
carpetbagging
case bay part
Chelidonium majus
clean cutting
Colbeckite
Confederate flag
copped tanke
crude test
cruzen i.
depressure tank
Dianthus sinensis L.
directional intermolecular force
down-faulting
duosecant
duration units
earn a good reputation
ex-dividend stock
fatuousnesses
ferryer
floorspace
foreign-exchange dealer
future commission merchant
galvanometer
Gangean
genus Uma
gone poof
half-neighbo(u)rhood
harbor craft
hawse-pipe
heat-resistant coating
helitankers
hoarhead
hyperinsulinemic obesity
instruction-based architecture
intussusceptive growth
lacinia falcata
ladening
leariest
limiter amplifier
lyeth
marchment
merry-go-round machine
microsaccades
microwave acoustics
mildew-retarding agent
missionise
Mitha Singh
molecular heat conduction
morality of law
mystinus
neocerebellar agenesis
no-load field voltage
nuclear power generation
oonin
pentastomiasis
photoerythema
pick-and-mix
pinch for
plywood ceiling
poison parsley
polynomial hazard function models
pop hole
Population-weighted
postflood
practicing
prognathometer
ricers
rippling edit
rober'
s's
Santorini's caruncula major
senior reactor operator
separating yarn
shock incarceration
shunting yard
slaw
small-denomination
starting air distributor
symploce furcata
tape speed
taxloss
Tellerette packing
temporary import
time per piece
to put to use
treib
unlabeled statement
vaginal hysterotomy
valvulae fossae navicularis
vertical photograph
wet process of parting
white gum
X-ray Luminosity of cluster of galaxies