时间:2018-12-25 作者:英语课 分类:美语怎么说


英语课

  Jessica在北京学汉语,她的中国朋友要是遇到了不知道用美语怎么说的词,就会来请教她。今天是杨林要问的:八卦。

JESSICA: 杨林,What are you planning on doing Friday night?

YL: 星期五晚上我要和几个特别好的朋友聚会,都是女孩儿!

JESSICA: Wow....A girls' night out! That's awesome 1!

YL: Girls' night out? 没错! 就是只有女孩参加的姐妹淘聚会! 我们打算在朋友家里吃饭、看片、唱歌,当然,最重要的就是--八卦! 对了,八卦怎么说?

JESSICA: 八卦就是gossip. It means a trivial chat among friends.

YL: 哦,聚会时的闲聊八卦就是 gossip. I enjoy gossiping with my friends. 我喜欢和朋友们瞎聊。 But, Jessica, 八卦这个词也有不好的意思,就是传流言蜚语,gossip 也有这种意思么?

JESSICA: Yes! Gossip can also mean spreading rumors 2.

YL: 哎! 这倒让我想到另外一个和八卦有关的词---八卦杂志,小报儿,怎么说?

JESSICA: Those are called tabloids 4. tabloid 3 is spelled t-a-b-l-o-i-d, tabloid. In America, tabloids usually refer to media that follow celebrity 5 scandals.

YL: 哦,tabloid 就是专门报道名人丑闻的八卦媒体。所以我可以说 tabloid magazines, 八卦杂志,也可以说 tabloid web site,八卦网站。

Jessica: 对。

YL: I see. So, what about the reporters who gather information for the tabloids---狗仔队! 怎么说?doggies?

Jessica: (Chuckle) No! 狗仔队是paparazzi, p-a-p-a-r-a-z-z-i, paparazzi. It's in plural 6 form.

YL: 那我可以说. The local paparazzi are following this movie star everywhere.当地的狗仔队四处跟踪这个电影明星。对么?

Jessica: 没错! Now let's see what you've learned today!

YL: 第一,闲聊八卦,或者传流言蜚语,都可以用gossip

第二,八卦媒体是tabloid

第三,狗仔队,是复数名词 paparazzi!



1 awesome
adj.令人惊叹的,难得吓人的,很好的
  • The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
  • That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.
2 rumors
n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 );[古]名誉;咕哝;[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 );[古]名誉;咕哝;[古]喧嚷
  • Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 tabloid
adj.轰动性的,庸俗的;n.小报,文摘
  • He launched into a verbal assault on tabloid journalism.他口头对小报新闻进行了抨击。
  • He believes that the tabloid press has behaved disgracefully.他认为小报媒体的行为不太光彩。
4 tabloids
n.小报,通俗小报(版面通常比大报小一半,文章短,图片多,经常报道名人佚事)( tabloid的名词复数 );药片
  • The story was on the front pages of all the tabloids. 所有小报都在头版报道了这件事。
  • The story made the front page in all the tabloids. 这件事成了所有小报的头版新闻。
5 celebrity
n.名人,名流;著名,名声,名望
  • Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
  • He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。
6 plural
n.复数;复数形式;adj.复数的
  • Most plural nouns in English end in's '.英语的复数名词多以s结尾。
  • Here you should use plural pronoun.这里你应该用复数代词。
学英语单词
accuracy limit
adenomatous polyposis coli
automatic egg breaking and separating machine
autorefractive
Bacillus diphtheriae columbarum
ball-and-socket hinge
barsimmon
berkshiress
bird-leg
boom towns
broadside on berthing
bucket arm pivot
child-sex-tourism
chlroacetophenone
cisacting element
clinical neurophysiology
coal-mining machinery
compound compression
Daussois
detection of neutrons
di(p-chlorophenyl)-methylcarbinol
dipleura
diploid heterozygote
disk golf
dispersed-powder magnetic tape
Dyscural
edge feature
electrokinetic ultrafiltration analysis
enimicitious
enridged
erythruloses
Ex-drinker
face reinforcement
financial category
flow cooler
foredoing
forhows
fuel low heating value
full-wave bridges
glycine methyl ester
grandmother-in-law
gullified
Guthriesville
Hippophae rhamnoides
house-breakers
i-conned
integrated network architecture
isoeugenol acetate
it's all relative
Jatiluhur, Waduk
L. O. A.
lower atmosphere layer
machining robot
maximum machined hole diameter
membrane cisterna
naked-handed
needle point spark gap
Niflheim
nostalgy
over-greed
parapales sturmioides
performance variable
portable foam applicator
power spectrum
power supply module
pre-recessions
preisser
program reader
quasi associated signaling
radiusing
relubrication
robot application
scaringly
semi-transparent cover
Shawell
shearing rupture
Simili
single-crank press
space division multiplexing (sdm)
speed/attitude control system
spring return button
squareflipper
steel puller
sumi-gaeshi
super-ascoloy
Theropogon pallidus
tnk-bp
unattempting
unipolar depressions
usage time
Velyka Bahachka
Vevey
vibration ability
wedge spring
witbank
word-forms
working ocular
yellow stunt of rice
yester-day
Zambales Mountains