生活英语对话 Episode 40: Right or wrong?

本单元是关于 是对还是错的对话

Michal: You did what?
Helen: I had to Michal. I had no choice.
Michal: Haven't you got any morals? You know that you're supposed to stick to your friends.
Helen: How could I? He cheated. The professor knew. She had me over a barrel.
Michal: How you say in English? 'A friend in need is a friend indeed'? You didn't turn out to be a very good friend, did you?
Helen: Listen Michal ...
Michal: No, you listen for a change. You're selfish and two-faced Helen. It makes me worry about what you're saying about me behind my back. Now, leave me alone. I don't ever want to speak to you again!
Helen: Oh no Michal!


Vocabulary:（词汇）

morals (n):（道德）
beliefs about the correct or right way to behave and treat other people

A friend in need is a friend indeed (idiom):（伸出援手的才是朋友）
If someone helps you when you are having a problem that means s/he is a true friend

to have someone over a barrel (idiom):（没有选择余地）
to give someone no choice about what s/he will do

two-faced (adj):（双面人）
to say one thing and then do something different. For example, to say you like someone but then gossip about her/him when s/he isn't there

本单元的语言点是关于友谊的词汇，请看下面关于友谊的一些词汇

Friendship vocabulary

Here is some vocabulary to describe some of the different aspects of a friendship关于友谊的一些词汇


Words for 'friends'（和'朋友'有关的词汇）

a best friend:
(often used by children) to describe the person they are closest to. A 'best friend' is usually your best friend for life

a close friend: a good friend

a pal 1: (informal): a friend

a mate:(informal): a friend

a girlfriend: a girl or woman who is your platonic 2 friend or a girl or woman you have a romantic or sexual relationship with

a boyfriend:a boy or man you have a romantic or sexual relationship with

an acquaintance: a person who isn't a friend but someone you know a little

a companion: (an old-fashioned reference) to someone who is paid to live with or look after someone else



Idioms about friendship:（习惯用法）

a shoulder to cry on: someone who listens to your problems
It's always good to talk to Hilary, she's so sympathetic. She's a real shoulder to cry on

see eye to eye: to agree with someone
(usually used in the negative) They don't always see eye to eye on politics but they're still great friends

no love lost: disagree with someone
They used to be best friends but they had a huge fight about money. Now there's no love lost between them

hate someone's guts 3: to very strongly dislike someone. They fell out and now she hates his guts

clear the air: two people talk about a problem they have been avoiding discussing
I hated the way he kept borrowing things without asking me but we had a chat about it and cleared the air so now he knows to check with me first

bury the hatchet 4: to stop fighting or quarrelling
After years of arguing about politics with my dad, we finally decided 5 to bury the hatchet and stopped trying to change other's opinions

patch up our differences: to settle an argument
I used to fight a lot with my sister. My mum would always make us apologise and patch up our differences so that we would be friends again

through thick and thin: people who have had some good times and difficult times together
They've been friends for 20 years. They've had a lot of fun over the years but he was unemployed 6 after university and she was very ill for a long time recently. They've really been though thick and thin together