时间:2018-11-27 作者:英语课 分类:赖世雄中级美国英语


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10. What Are Friends For?


Jane meets her old friend, Fred.

J: Hi, Fred! How's everything?

F: Not so good, I'm afraid. Supporting a family is becoming more and more difficult these days.

J: What you say can't be more true. Everything is so expensive. I can hardly make ends meet myself.

F: Oh, really? Do you need any money? What I have is not much, but I can loan you some.

J: I'm OK. Thanks for being so thoughtful anyway.

F: What are friends for?


flatter 奉承   flattery

meet with trouble 遇到麻烦   meet sb

The chairman presided over the meeting.

meet you halfway 1 折衷

Let's compromise 妥协  to reach a compromise

招呼语 greeting:

How are you?

How have you been?

How are you getting along?

How is everything?

polite behavior

Peter is afraid/scared/frightened of snakes.

cockroach(es)  蟑螂

support a family 养家   back you up 支持

I couldn't care less. 不在乎

hardly = almost not

Today many city couples both have to work, or they can't make ends meet. 收支平衡

We are in need of more parks in our city. =  We need more....

stingy 小气的

get by 说的过去,混过



1 halfway
adj.中途的,不彻底的,部分的;adv.半路地,在中途,在半途
  • We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路,天就黑了。
  • In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上,最忌讳的是有始无终。