第一、词汇学习
1 greeny adj.呈绿色的
e.g.We saw greeny sea water.
我们看到了浅绿色的海水。
2 eccentric a.古怪的,怪癖的,异乎寻常的
e.g.She is so eccentric that she is regarded as a bit of a curiosity.
她非常古怪,算是个奇人。
3 warmer n.取暖器
e.g.She wore leg warmers yesterday.
她昨天穿暖腿套。
4 recipe n.食谱
e.g.Honey can substitute for sugar in this recipe.
在这个食谱中,可用蜂蜜代替食糖。
5 phase n.阶段
e.g.The child is going through a difficult phase.
那孩子正经历困难的阶段。
6 involve vt.包含
e.g.The strike involved many people.
许多人参加了罢工。
7 breathing n.呼吸
e.g.No one can live without breathing.
没有一个人可以不呼吸而生存。
第二、短语学习
1. catch up
短语精讲:《柯林斯词典》解释道:If you catch up on friends who you have not seen for some time or on their lives, you talk to them and find out what has happened in their lives since you last talked together. 可译为:叙旧,了解近况。剧情中,是Daniel问Betty是不是找他和他的新助理通过吃饭聊她自己与男友Matt的事情。台词中说到的是catch us up on Matt with us,意思是和我们聊聊Matt的事情。
拓展范例:The ladies spent some time catching up on each other's health and families.
女士们花了点时间叙旧,聊了聊彼此的健康和家庭状况。
She plans to return to Dublin to catch up with the relatives she has not seen since she married.
她打算回都柏林,去看望一下结婚后就再没见过面的亲戚。
2. get back together
短语精讲:剧情中洛丽塔问到Betty是否和Matt的恋人关系恢复,他们两人重归于好,用到get back together。Get back意思就是回到(某种状态),together是“一起”的意思,get back together在这里可以理解为:恢复友好关系,重归于好。
第三、短语回顾
1. have fun:玩得开心
e.g.Have fun while you can. The hard times are just around the corner .
趁能玩的时候多玩玩吧。 辛苦的时辰不久就会到的。
e.g.The purpose of dating is to have fun.
约会的目的是为了玩得开心。
2. on a diet:节食
e.g.I mustn't have too much potato because I'm now on a diet.
我不能吃太多的马铃薯,因为我正在节食。
e.g.You're skinny enough without going on a diet!
你不必节食就已经够瘦的了!
3. every single day:每一天
e.g.And we cope with the press every single day and we will do it again.
我们每天面对媒体,一向如此。
e.g.There' s no necessity for you to write to your mother every single day.
你不必每天都给你母亲写信。
4. kind of:有点儿,稍微
e.g.I'm feeling kind of tired.
我感到有点累。
5. or something:诸如此类的什么
e.g.Mr. Green is a shopkeeper or something.
格林先生大概是店主之类的人。
e.g.He's ill or something.
他大概是病了,还是怎么的。
6. take sb. to a party:带某人去参加晚会
e.g.Our manager often takes his new secretary to parties.
经理经常带她新来的秘书参加晚会。
7. someone else:别人
e.g.He turned aside to talk to someone else.
他转过脸去同另外一个人谈话。
e.g.He was jealous when he discovered that she loved someone else.
当他发现她爱别人的时候,他吃醋了。
第四、实用口语
1 询问对方介意什么事情,可以套用下面这个句型:
What is to mind.
源于台词:Betty: Nope. what's to mind?
2 表示自己明白对方的意思和要求,可以这样说:
You get it.
源于台词:Waiter: You got it.
3 询问对方对某事或某物或者是做某事感觉如何,可以套用下面这个句型:
How does sb. feel about something (or doing something).
源于台词:Betty...how do you feel about being mine this time?
4 你感到某人正在走你的路,重复着你的工作或者是生活情况,可以这么说:
Sb is the new me.
源于台词:Betty: Oh. right. of course. Duh. I mean, you're the new me, huh?