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
absolute simple algebra
administrative execution
afore mentioned rules
after-hours
agregation
Amos and Andy
application testing
aulacorthum kuwanai
autochthonous peat
azacycloheptatriene
Baldurnisporites
bath of blood
be slow of
bonapartist
brennande
brightens up
bunkering capacity
buy into
carbohydrate metabolism
cerium-142
choreman
civiliss
climatologies
cold helium connector
commanding heights of economy
comprehensive geophysical exploration method
contention resolver
cooling systems for lasers
curring time
cushion dot
dinner dances
dml (data manipulation language)
doryopteris ludens (wall) j.sm.
Eagle Mills
el nino phenomenon
elements of exterior orientation
fabry-perot type filter
family Soricidae
fennel oil
fused quartz glass
gadbees
Galeaspis
gonsogolite
gravity head feeder
HAZEL (homogeneous assembly zero energy level reactor)
heat exchange equipment
heparin cofactor
herba siegesbeckiae
heterocellular
ibandronic acid
index-linked price
information storage
inspissate
isoparametric
Itacoatiara
kethe
Kharchanai P.
kinematic to Saybolt-Furol viscosity
Lingbi stone
marxist critical theory
meatpoles
Miliusa sinensis
moisture proof twisted cord
mono-ovular twins
Namseog
neuroinsular complex
Obispo Trejo
objective table
palaeosoils
pastuta maligna
pig husbandry
power factor swing
problepsis albidior
programing program
progressive resistant exercise
qualified estate
radiometric conversion chart
resonant column method
rete ridges
Retina Display
ridging body with ridge comb
rupicapras rupicapras
scanlin
self-compensated machine
Shipbuilder association
snipe nose plier with side cutter
spatialises
spinomuscular paralyses
stacked ribbon cable
stripe disease
thelyotoky
transfer papers
trisecting the angle
uncontrolled mosaic
unsaturated fatty acids
vincent's
webbers
well testing
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yezidi
zappaterra