时间:2018-12-25 作者:英语课 分类:Eztalk美语会话


英语课

Christmas day, Brooke is on the phone with her mom


Mom: Merry 1 Christmas, sweetie. How's your brother enjoying Taiwan?

Brooke: Ryan says he wants to stay. I think he's in love with some girl who designs 2 fruit platters...

Mom: No! Christmas without him is bad enough. So, honey 3, do you have cold feet yet 4?

Brooke: Yeah, especially 5 since 6 Jack 7 didn't take care 8 of the plane reservations 9.

Mom: You're not coming?

Brooke: Not until 10 the 31st. So can you change the church 11 reservations?

Mom: I'm afraid not. The church is booked until the year 2001.


book (v.)  

预订,预购


fall in love with  

与…坠入情网

A: Have you ever 12 fallen in love?

你有坠入过情网吗?

B: Once, when I was 13 much younger 14.

一次,那是在我很年轻的时候。


fruit platter (n.)  

水果拼盘


have cold feet  

害怕,恐惧


圣诞节当天,与妈妈通电话


妈 妈:亲爱的,圣诞节快乐!你弟弟喜不喜欢台湾啊?

布鲁克:雷恩说他想要留下来。我想他是跟一个设计水果拼盘的女孩坠入情网了……

妈 妈:不!没有他的圣诞节已经够糟了。对了,亲爱的,你开始惶恐了没?

布鲁克:开始了,尤其是因为杰克没把预定机票的事办好。

妈 妈:你们不过来了?

布鲁克:要到三十一号才能过去。你可以跟教堂另外约时间吗?

妈 妈:恐怕不行。教堂到二○○一年之前都已经预约额满了。



1 merry
adj.高兴的,愉快的,欢乐的,兴高采烈的
  • I wish you a merry Christmas.祝你圣诞快乐。
  • She is in a merry mood.她心情愉快。
2 designs
n.阴谋,诡计;设计( design的名词复数 );图案;设计艺术v.设计,绘制( design的第三人称单数 );设计;计划;企图
  • They will be exhibiting their new designs at the trade fairs. 他们将在商品交易会上展出他们新的设计。
  • We tend to be traditional rather than fashion-forward in our designs. 我们的设计往往流于传统而没有超前意识。
3 honey
n.蜂蜜,甜蜜,爱人;adj.蜂蜜似的,甜蜜的,甘美的;vt.加蜜使甜
  • Honey is very sweet.蜂蜜很甜。
  • That car is a honey.那辆轿车是个宝贝。
4 yet
adv.还,仍然,即刻;conj.尽管,然而
  • I am not ready yet.我还没有准备好。
  • Beautiful as she is,she didn't find a boyfriend yet.尽管她很漂亮,但还没找到男朋友呢。
5 especially
adv.特别,尤其,格外;专门地,主要地
  • I like to swim,especially in the sea.我喜欢游泳,尤其喜欢在大海中游泳。
  • I am especially by math problems.我对数学问题特别感兴趣。
6 since
adv.后来;conj.既然,因为,自从;prep.自从
  • He's been working in a bank since leaving school.自从毕业后,他就一直在一家银行工作。
  • I have known him ever since I was a child.我自孩提时代起就已经认识他了。
7 jack
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克
  • I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
  • He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
8 care
n.小心,照料,忧虑;v.关心,照顾,喜爱,介意
  • I really care about the students in my class.我的确喜欢这个班上的学生。
  • Her work is to take care of the children.她的工作是照料好孩子。
9 reservations
n.[法律](权益等的)保留( reservation的名词复数 );预订;保留地;保留意见
  • Most of these workers are American Indians living on reservations. 这些工人中的大多数是住在居留地的美洲印第安人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Have you made the reservations for our holiday yet? 你为我们度假做好预订安排了吗? 来自《简明英汉词典》
10 until
prep.直到...为止;conj.直到...时才...
  • He arrived home until midnight.他直到半夜才到家。
  • She didn't sleep until midnight.她直到半夜才睡。
11 church
n.教堂,礼拜堂;教会
  • Mary joined a church yesterday.玛丽昨天加入了教会。
  • She was standing on the church steps.她正站在教堂门前的台阶上。
12 ever
adv.曾经;永远;不断地;在任何时候;究竟
  • Have you ever been to hangzhou?你曾经去过杭州吗?
  • I will be young and strong and beautiful for ever.我将永远年轻、强壮,永远漂亮。
13 was
v.(is,am的过去式)是,在
  • He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
  • He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。
14 younger
adj.年轻的;n.年纪较小的人
  • My younger brother hides behind the door. 我弟弟躲在门后。
  • She is older than me but my other sisters are younger. 她比我大,其余都是我妹妹。
学英语单词
achievement-related
acne detergicans
actual final condition
an eighth
Anglic
ascaridole
bioplast
Blean
bus priority lane
canalin
civil aeronautics authority
climb to power
Cofferlock
colore
community development
concinis
cone settling tank
cortex aurantii dulcis
data hold
divinization
dojo mat
double spindle shaper
elaborate servo-control system
epigoitrin
esrey
F' center
ferro meridian
filament transformator
flat-tailed
flexible cage guide
flower-fence
fraction crystallization
Freer Gallery of Art
garnel
gauze weave
George Cross
gravity bottle
head installation
head of radius
Hervey I.
Holmgrene's test
iberias
inductive embarrassment
insect-bornes
Japanese lime
jelly bomb
kaolinsol
marshier
maxalt
measurement to freight
metal injection moulding
metallic fibre
multiple xanthoma
neotetanuran
nick translation
nonhelium quantum crystal
nyuk
oomphing
penaeus indicus
polygon circuit
portable bin
pseudo-thermostatics
psychon
pyroelectric cameratube
quini
radial forging machine
ramenta ferri
resource manager
respirational
reversing operation
Rittmeister
rtms
sarcosines
secondary soil
set of points
short-stays
signing
smooth bacteria
solar visible radiation
spearhead dieback
spectral width
spinal miosis
Sub-Committee on Life-saving Appliances
sump pit
switchboard operators
tape label
telehoist
tension area
tensioner ring
Tertiary-type ore deposit
the wilderness
theopoetics
three-hole aperture
torque margin
transnational conglomerate
two anchor mooring
underdamping
unstructured data
upbore
WASAMA
water load
water-bombing