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
acid etching of tooth surface
aclorhydria
allowable ground-level concentration
anisodiametric
apotropaion
astronomical almanac
bare wire arc welding
bottom contact platform
bulge transport department
canroy machine
car.
catalytic cyclization
cheer you up
chilled-water refrigeration system
chloranilanillide
comediant
condon
convex tooled joint
D.N.A.ase
dandifies
defined label
desmodromic
differential-lock
dilettanti
emulsifiable solution
equimass diffusion
feed-back action
Feresa
fibrokeratomas
Fox, William
fuckas
fuckwitted
futures contract in interbank interest rate
gear-up
Harlemer
helicobacters
herbwomen
heteropolar symmetry
horizontal cells
hyprex
indication of inspection status
inservice inspection
intraocular microscissors
Iris cristata
isotac
keteleeria
knaytons
labita
lamp-post
le cateau
long manipulation
majkowskis
maritime association
nehela
non-perspective projection
NONDIM
normalized curve
operation characteristic
organophosphorus compounds
Orpheus
paperface
pasive homing guidance
point source dose
polarization-maintaining single-mode fiber
polo sticks
prepared piano
pronasion
pukka sahib
quasi-linear function
real-time delivery versus payment
recursive program scheme
red kernel
relaxation oscillator alarm
retection
reverse sequence
Rhinoviruse
Rhododendron aberconwayi
Roseau County
saltatory evolution
samac
screw lid
secondary intention
short - term investments
Sofians
soft binary
spotted skunks
Standon
steam scrubbing
supraomphaloaymia
take-over speed
Tengelic
terramycins
thirty-six
triangular-cored optical fiber
udotea conglutinata (sol.)lamx.
unhonour'd
unproper
vampire teabags
wagon-restaurant
what else is new
white-golds
wind slab