时间:2018-11-30 作者:英语课 分类:体育美语


英语课

Y: 谢谢你邀请我和你一起过圣诞节。


P: You know, Yang Chen, I think the best thing about Christmas is spending time with people you care about.


Y: That's true. 还有壁炉,太棒了。你点壁炉的木头是哪里来的?


P: I chopped down the trees and cut the wood myself. I really enjoy doing logger sports.


Y: Logger sports?


P: Yeah, in America people race to see who can cut down trees and chop wood the fastest.


Y: Oh, that's so stupid,比赛谁砍木头砍得快。


P: That's right. In college I was on a wood chopping team, but eventually I got the axe 1.


Y: Got the axe? 看来你真的很投入,还自己买一把斧头。


P: Actually, no. When you say you got the axe, it means you were kicked out of a group. For example, after I was late to work three days in a row, my boss finally gave me the axe.


Y: 你老板把你开除了?


P: I really have an axe to grind 2 with him.


Y: 你可不要拿着斧头去威胁你的老板。


P: When you say you have an axe to grind with someone, it means that you are mad because he or she did something bad to you.


Y: For example?


P: If I generously invited someone to my house for Christmas and she didn't even bother to bring me a present, I would probably have an axe to grind with her.


Y: Of course I brought you a present!


P: What is it?


Y: Me! My wonderful company!


P: Can I exchange your wonderful company for something else at the store?


Y: Hohoho, Merry Christmas!

 



1 axe
n.斧子;v.用斧头砍,削减
  • Be careful with that sharp axe.那把斧子很锋利,你要当心。
  • The edge of this axe has turned.这把斧子卷了刃了。
2 grind
n.(常贬义)用功的学生,书呆子;vt.磨,磨碎
  • Would you please grind a pound of coffee for me? 请给我磨一磅咖啡好吗?
  • Do you find learning English a grind?你觉得学英语是一件苦差事吗?
学英语单词
a man with plenty of guts
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adenosine-5'-triphosphate
algophilists
American gallon
andromorphs
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be purposed
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Deep Sea Drilling Project
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Delphinidin-monoglueoside
dermacentor variabiliss
dihydroxy benzhydrol
doughnut chart autoformat
ECITO
endorse a check
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first etching
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full valuable consideration
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heatwave
Hoenderloo
honeycomb-weave
interpretative trace program
Jaredites
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kirson
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Laurie I.
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Loxogramme
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lushe
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Offertorium
Options Backdating
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palmyra (tadmur)
Pedro Muňoz
Peles
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poppings
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Pseudomugilidae
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Tendou
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unwordily
value before notching
wild-track