时间:2018-11-30 作者:英语课 分类:Eztalk美语会话


英语课

Later on


Grandma:...and I always fold the sheets army style...

Johnny:Uh, huh.

Grandma: That way they look good the next morning no matter what kind of hanky-panky has been going on.

Johnny: And what about these pillow cases?

Grandma: Well, after you wash them and press them, just stick a pillow in 'em.

Johnny:Like this?

Grandma: That's upside down! Can't you get anything right?


army (n.)

军队,army style就是「军中要求的样式」,也就是非常整齐的样子

Josh polished his shoes army style--shiny as a mirror.

贾许把鞋油上得像军队里一样——跟镜子一样闪闪发亮。


hanky-panky (n.)

可疑、鬼祟的举动,搞鬼(一般暗示与性有关的可疑动作)

I don't know what kind of hanky-panky was going on between you and that girl, but you better be careful.

我不知道你跟那个女孩在搞什么玩意,但你最好小心一点。


pillow case

枕头套

A: In the old days, criminals were beat with pillow cases full of doorknobs.

在过去,罪犯都会被用装满门把的枕头套揍。

B: You watch too many gangster 1 movies.

你看太多帮派电影了。


press (v.)

熨烫

Alice got her shirt pressed so there would be no wrinkles 2 in it.

艾莉丝把上衣送去烫,才不会有皱纹。


upside down

上下相反

A: After his girlfriend dumped him, he got deported 3 from the country.

他女朋友甩了之后,就被驱逐出境了。

B: The poor guy's life went right upside down.

这可怜家伙的生活可是一百八十度大转变了。


接下来


奶奶: ……而且我总是将床单折得像豆腐干一样……

强尼: 喔。

奶奶: 那样一来,不管经过什么胡搞瞎搞,隔天一早看起来还是完好如初。

强尼: 那这些枕头套要怎么弄?

奶奶: 洗过烫平之后,你只要塞一个枕头进去就好了。

强尼: 像这样?

奶奶: 颠倒了啦!你怎么什么都做不好?



1 gangster
n.匪徒,歹徒,暴徒
  • The gangster's friends bought off the police witness.那匪徒的朋友买通了警察方面的证人。
  • He is obviously a gangster,but he pretends to be a saint.分明是强盗,却要装圣贤。
2 wrinkles
n.(尤指皮肤上的)皱纹( wrinkle的名词复数 );皱褶;有用的建议;妙计v.使起皱纹( wrinkle的第三人称单数 );(尤指皮肤)起皱纹
  • There were fine wrinkles around her eyes. 她眼角上出现了鱼尾纹。
  • His face was lined with wrinkles. 他的脸上都是皱纹。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 deported
v.将…驱逐出境( deport的过去式和过去分词 );举止
  • They stripped me of my citizenship and deported me. 他们剥夺我的公民资格,将我驱逐出境。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The convicts were deported to a deserted island. 罪犯们被流放到一个荒岛。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
acetyl-co A
Adam's needles
aftermovements
air circulation system
annular space log
beheaded stream/river
blue rot
Bronkhorstspruit
brynge
bushwackers
cannellini
carbon-nitrogen-oxygen cycle
cast-steel separator
cervicose
child mortality
Chinese apple shape
clear the throat
common serjeant
continuous reduction
continuous-sludging centrifuge
conventional safety factor
cornual diverticulum
corporate rescue
cover trade barrier
cromoglycate
current to pneumatic converter
decatenating
declarative macro-instruction
dibazol
dimensioned sketch
dispatching sequence
distributed computer
doctrine of unilateral relation
double intended circle
dug over
duodecimal systems
duvauchelle
ecosystem autoregulation
electric arc cutting
erythrose peribuccale pigmentaire of brocq
Eucladium
faggot votes
fast tender
flamed
font load
forbesite
harmonicist
hoald
holds in
Hutcheson
inconfinable
independent trial process
iodophenyl-arsenic acid
Larix dahurica
laser output spectrum
leafmoulds
libbey
Lickdale
lunch bag
Malkachanskiy Zaliv
mid ridge
mikhaylovich
Moreau, Gustave
Muong Nhie
network operations center
nitrate thorium
non-prime bill
North-Sea gas
nostril symptom
nuclear propelled
offshore exploration area
original equipment manufacturer
oversize removal
parvaquone
patent specification
performance condition
place on alert
put sb. in the way of
putting-greens
reddaways
refelted
resynthesised
reverse graft
Rhizopus tukinensis
ruvetto
sandbox
schmeering
signal-to-distortion
single tee
smutty
speeded-up
stabilitating
stenothermal
theory of infinite series
thermally disordered
tree-top disease
up and about
Vila de Salazar
water-repellent preservation
weight unknown
widely spaced pillar girder