时间:2018-12-27 作者:英语课 分类:英语早间课堂


英语课
各位亲爱的听众朋友,您正在收听的是可可英语早间课堂——跟可可学习语。我是DJ——Juliet。
 
上回我讲到了一个习语:burn a hole in one’s pocket,用之形容“一个人挥霍金钱的情形,花钱如流水的情形,不停花钱的情形”。那么,不知道大家有没有这个习惯——不愿意把一百元换成十元,二十元的——因为钱一换散了,一下子就没了。
 
我身边有些同事朋友,burn a hole in their pockets,工资就是两三千,还天天请客吃饭,打肿脸也要撑胖子,所以我就对他们说:You should bedown-to-earth.
 
今天我们要学的这个习语就在这个句子中,它是:down-to-earth,其意思是“practical and direct in a sensible honest way”(实际的,现实的)。“You should be down-to-earth.”意思就是“你应该现实点。”我们再来看几个例句:
 
例句-1:I like your down-to-earth and hardworking spirit.
 
这句话是说:我就喜欢你们这股扎扎实实埋头苦干的劲儿。
 
例句-2:What they need is a down-to-earth spirit.
 
这句话是说:他们需要的是求实精神。
 
一个词语在不同的情况下有着不同的意思。在美语中,美国人常用down-to-earth来形容一个人“朴实无华”“平易近人”。我们来看下面的例子:
 
例句-1:My father is a very down-to-earth person, he is straightforward 1, and never tries to be someone else he’s not.
 
这句话是说:父亲是一个朴实的人,他很坦率,从来不做作。
 
例句-2:He needs to marry a down-to-earth person who will organize his life for him.
 
这句话是说:他需要娶个讲求实际的人做妻子好为他安排生活。
 
例句-3:All over the world, people love to go to the movies, what kinds of movies do you want to see? I like the movies that are down-to-earth. More down-to-earth, more touching 2!
 
这段话是说:全世界的人们都喜欢看电影,你喜欢哪一类的?我喜欢那些朴实的电影,越朴实,我觉得越感人。
 
我们今天学的习语是down-to-earth,它既有“现实的,实际的”意思,也有“朴实无华”“平易近人”的意思。我们今天的学习就到这里,我们下次再见吧。
 
转自可可英语

1 straightforward
adj.正直的,坦率的;易懂的,简单的
  • A straightforward talk is better than a flowery speech.巧言不如直说。
  • I must insist on your giving me a straightforward answer.我一定要你给我一个直截了当的回答。
2 touching
adj.动人的,使人感伤的
  • It was a touching sight.这是一幅动人的景象。
  • His letter was touching.他的信很感人。
学英语单词
acheikh
acoustic box
aerosol climatic effect (ace)
Agalinis
Akraifnio
algebraically compact group
analog quantity
antibunching
ball-proof cloth
be in town
botrycymose
brilliant green-bile salt agar
bromocriptine
browser-safe palette
Butler I.
calibrated position
Cartilagines nasales accessoriae
Chaulfone
Chirita tribracteata
client money
clutchest
colour flicker effect
commercial bronze
complementary work
cordillera-type orogenic belt
cubature of a quadric
deltation
dendrodoris denisoni
dibromfos
DIPA
discrepancy within experimental error
domesticated wildlife veterinary science
double switch turnout
ear calorimeter
emmarbles
Fedahist
fiber optic memory
frog hammer
genus Linaria
gerundially
good sports
halituous bruit
high doping effect
hoistable car deck
hydrogen sulfide detecting alarm system
ill-willer
image processor graphics
indictable misdemeanour
intersecting chain
ironsand
lionite
Liyang
made a parade of
manganese(ii) bromide
McCarthy I.
mechanical factor
metabase
migrant labo(u)r system
Myopus
navigable fairway
neutron-proton ratio
new energy resources
nonintimate
Ophiopogon chingii
ornithogeography
oxygen thiefs
p130CAS
pantothere
Pembroke, C.
perspective tetrahedron
peruginis
pharmacol
piedmont gravel
playne
premeditate
Psychotria pilifera
quartz-tube radiator
resolution of vector
salivary gland calculi
screening indicator
sea-cabin
sekijima
sell low buy high
serous ovarian cystoma
soapstone
sound-speed
spirit of give and take
spring loaded scraper
summary arrest
sweet basil oil
tax items
the itch
the printing press
Tuber uncinatum
Union Corse
us patriot act
viscacha
washing cyclone
welder's clipping hammer
window opener