新东方4 1口语词汇word讲义
日期：2007-08-11 20时
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4 1 口语语汇
第一单元
第一部分 核心语汇
第一节
Action
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. [C] 行动 (group action 团队行动)
Now it’s time to take action. (现在是该行动的时候了。)
n. [U] 情节
The action is set in Paris. (事情发生在巴黎。)
n. 战斗
The action lasted five hours. (战斗持续了5 个)
n. 诉讼
She decided to take a legal action against him. (她决定起诉他。)
衍生词语
active (积极的);
actionless (没有行动的, 不行动的);
activate (v.激活)
复合词语
action movie (动作片; kongfu movie)
常见搭配 Useful Phrase
军事行动 --- military action
民事诉讼 --- a civil action
刑事诉讼 --- a criminal action
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
Action! --- 开拍（导演用语）
man of action --- 注重行动的人，实干家
生活用语 Street Talks
If you guys are going to bet on the basketball game, I want a piece of the action. (算我 一份)
Action stations, everyone!
The president has arrived! (各就各位)
电影对白 Transcripts
Linus: What does it tell you?
Sabrina: That’s between you and the river.
Linus: You know it’s funny listening to your talk. Makes
me…. Makes me wonder if I should…
Sabrina: What?
Linus: I don’t know, something is different. I feel different. At work I don’t… I love the action, but, sometimes I wonder, lately especially, been wondering what it would be like, to spend some time in a place that I love like that, not just a few days, but for a real change.
Actually, I think I’ve been thinking about it for a long time, I just, um, I just didn’t know it until, till you, uh… 《情归巴黎》
谚语 Proverbs
Actions speak louder than words.
行动胜于语言。
Don’t judge a man’s actions at first sight; give them asecond look.
乍看难评人，再看认得清。
第二节
Animal
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. [C] 动物 (野兽 wild animal)
We should protect animals.
n. 兽性的人，衣冠禽兽
Drinking alcohol releases the animal in man. (喝酒使人兽行大发。)
衍生词语
animalism (兽性; 活力充沛)；
animate (v. 赋予…以生命，使活泼);
常见搭配 Useful Phrase
兽性 --- animal instincts
动物界 --- the animal kingdom
诱捕动物 --- trap animals
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
animal desire --- 肉欲
生活用语 Street Talks
A: Rebecca, I got a D in maths this term. What do I do?
B: Sorry about that, Freddie. Cheer up! You can make it next term.But frankly speaking, if you weren’t such a party animal, you’d have more time for studying. （喜欢参加聚会的人）
A: Joanna usually talks to animals and toys.
B: Poor Jo. If only she had a healthy family!
Youth is/are full of animal spirits. （精力十分旺盛）
That fighter is really an animal when he steps in the (boxing)ring. （当这个拳击手开始比赛的 时候，他马上变成了一个真正的野兽。）
电影对白 Transcripts
Newsman: Sir, why are you running?
Newswoman: Are you doing this for world peace?
Newsman: Are you doing this for the homeless?
Newsman: Are you running for woman’s rights?
Newsman: Or for the environment? Or for animals?
Forrest: They just couldn’t believe that someone would do all that running for no particular reason.
名言 Quotations
Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts.
第三节
Baby
Basic need
音形义 Everyday Expressions
n. [C] 婴儿
She is expecting a baby. (她怀孕了。)
注：baby的性别不明时，通常用 it 来指代。
n. 孩子气的人
Don’t be such a baby! (不要这样孩子气！)
n. 宝贝（亲爱的）口语体为babe
Hey babe, you’d like another drink?
衍生词语
babyhood (婴儿时代);
babyish (幼稚的);
复合词语
baby-sitter/baby-minder (保姆);
babyfaced (娃娃脸的);
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
小儿语 --- baby talk
乳齿 --- baby tooth
嫩萝卜--- baby carrots(very small,tender carrots,not fullygrown)
生育高峰 --- baby boom
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
baby kisser --- [美俚] 为拉选票而到处拉拢人心的人
babes and sucklings --- 乳臭未干的孩子
sleep like a baby --- 睡得香
生活用语 Street Talks
A: Rosemary, will you go to the movies with me tonight?
B: I wish I could, Jo. But my baby’s taking me out to dinnertonight. (情人）
A: Tom, I need your help. It’s out of control here.
B: Come on, dear. You can make it. Come on! Give the talk. Thewhole plan is your baby. (由你 负责)
A: That wasn’t hard at all.
B: No, like stealing candy from a baby.
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 Now when I was a baby, Mama named me after the great CivilWar hero, General Nathan Bedford Forrest. 《阿甘正传》
对话 Lenora: Who’s your friend?
Gump: My name’s Forrest. Forrest Gump.
Dan: This is cunning Carla and Long-Limbs Lenora.
Lenora: Where you been Baby cakes? Huh? I haven’t seen you around lately. You know you should have been here for Christmas because Tommy bought a round on the house and gave everybody a turkey sandwich. 《阿甘正传》
谚语 Proverbs
The rich get richer and the poor get babies.
富人发财，穷人得子。
第四节
Beauty
Basic need
音形义 Everyday Expressions
n. [c] 漂亮的人或事物
She was a famous beauty in her youth.
n. 美
We shall never forget the beauty of the old Beijing.
n. 优点,极具魅力的特色
The beauty of this machine is its simplicity. (这机器的优点在于简单。)
衍生词语
beautify (美化);
beautiful (漂亮的);
复合词语
beauty contest (选美比赛);
beauty salon (美容院);
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
美容师 --- beauty aid
风景点 --- beauty spot
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
beauty sleep --- 美容觉（午夜前的睡眠）
the beauty of sth --- 有优势的方面
生活用语 Street Talks
A: Mom it hurts.
B: This black eye you got in the fight is a real beauty,huh?!
A: Please! Mom!
Saving petrol, you know, that’s the beauty of buying a smallcar.
The beauty of his new job is that he works his own hours. (flexible hours)
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 And now for your listening and viewing pleasure, direct from Hollywood, California, our very own beatnik beauty, let’s give a big round of applause to the luscious Bobby Dylan. 《阿甘正传》
对话 Jesse Jackson: It’s beautiful to be black, but beauty is not enough.
Crowd Leader: What do you want?
Crowd Response: Black power! 《阿甘正传》
谚语 Proverbs
Beauty is but skin-deep.
红颜易变。
Beauty without virtue is a flower without perfume.
貌美而无德，如同花之无香。
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. / Beauty lies in lover's eyes.
情人眼里出西施。
名言 Quotations
“Beauty is truth, truth beauty,”—that is all Ya know on earth, and all ya need to know.John Keats (1795-1821), English poet. Ode on a Grecian Urn.
It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But … it isbetter to be good than to be ugly.Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Anglo-Irish author. Lord Henry, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. 17 (1891).
第五节
Bird
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 鸟
She killed two birds with one stone by shopping and visiting the museum on the same trip. (她 出门一次，既买了东西又参观了博物馆，真是一举两得。)
n. 家伙，人
She is a strange bird.
衍生词语
birdy （小鸟球,高尔夫两杆进洞球。一杆进洞球---eagle。
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
益鸟 --- a useful bird
害鸟 --- a pernicious bird
候鸟 --- a bird of passage
不死鸟(长生鸟) --- the bird of wonder (phoenix)
鸟瞰图，要点 --- bird’s eye view
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
bird in the bush --- 没把握的事
bird in the hand --- 有把握的事
the birds and the bees --- （对孩子解释的）有关两性关系的基本常识
early bird---最早的人,早起的人
flip/ give somebody the bird --- 骂人的话（give somebody the finger）
生活用语 Street Talks
A: I’ll never be a telephone operator! That job is for the birds（毫无价值的/无聊 的）
B: That’s you! Personally, I think it’s an interesting job.
A: Gee, you are one strange bird. (古怪的人)
A: Hi Rick,guess what, Wallace’s twenty years old and doesn’t Know about the birds and the bees.
B: You’re kidding!
C: Hey guys, what’re you talking about?
A: We’re talking about Wallace.
C: What about him?
B: Jack says Wallace doesn’t know about the birds and the bees!!!
C: That explains why he’s a bird-watcher! (喜欢盯着女人看的男人)
A: What are you doing up here?
B: I want to get a bird’s eye view of the campus. I don’t think I’ll ever be an early bird.
A: Do you see that?
B: What?
A: That guy just gave you the bird!
电影对白 Transcripts
对话 Little Jenny: Pray with me, Forrest. Pray with me. Dear God, make me a bird, so I can fly far, far far away from here. Dear God, make me a bird...
Forrest: Mama always said that God is mysterious. He didn’t turn Jenny into a bird that day. Instead, he had the police say that Jenny didn’t have to stay in that house no more. 《阿甘正传》
谚语 Proverbs
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 一鸟在手胜于两鸟在林。[明天得一百不如今天得五十/到手的东西才是可靠的]
Birds of the same feather flock together. 羽毛相同的鸟会结群在一起。[物以类聚]
The early bird catches the worm. 早起的鸟有虫吃。[捷足先登。]
Kill two birds with one stone. 用一个石头打死两只鸟。[一箭双雕，一举两得]
第六节
Body
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. [C] 身体
Swimming is the best way to tone your body. (增强体质。)
n. 躯体 The mind governs the body. (精神支配肉体。)
n. 机构 Congress is a legislative body. (国会是立法机关。)
n. 主要部分 (of) There’s something wrong with the body of a letter.
衍生词语
bodily (身体的,肉体的)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
体形 --- body shape
健美 --- body building
肢体语言--- body language
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
body and soul --- 全心全意
hard body --- 身材不错的人 (person of good figure)
keep body and soul together --- 维持生命
生活用语 Street Talks
You’ve got the body and I’ve got the brains. (You’re good-looking,I’m smart.)
A: Where did you bury his body? (尸体)
B: On the the back hill.
A: Dad, I found a dealer!
B: Over my dead body will you sell this house. (除非我死了）
A: It’s illegal to write this kind of article. You see?
B: I’ll write whatever I want to!
A: But they’ll put you in prison,dear?!
B: They can imprison my body, but not my mind.
电影对白 Transcripts
对话 Joe: But he’s not here.
Kathleen: Well, if he’s not here, he has a reason. Because there is not a cruel or careless bone in his body, but I wouldn’t expect you to understand anybody like that… You’ve deluded yourself into thinking that you’re some sort of benefactor bringing books to masses. But no one will ever remember you, Joe Fox. And maybe no one will remember me either, but, plenty of people remember my mother, and they think she was fine and they think her store was something special. You’re nothing, but a suit. 《网上情缘》
谚语 Proverbs
A little body often harbours a great soul. 莫道身躯小，伟人寓其间。
名言 Quotations
Your body is the church where Nature asks to bereverenced.
Marquis de Sade (1740-1814), French author. Mme Delbène, in L’’Histoire de Juliette, ou les Prospérités du Vice, pt. 1 (1797).
第七节
Boy
Basic need
音形义 Everyday Expressions
n. 男孩
Put out that troublesome boy. (把那个捣蛋的男孩赶出去。)
n. 孩子
Cheer up, my boy!
n. 服务员
The bell boy is very responsible.
intej (美国口语中)表示惊异的感叹词
Oh, boy ,what a beautiful girl!
衍生词语
boyhood (少年时代);
boyish (孩子气的)
复合词语
boyfriend (男朋友 );
playboy (花花公子);
the Boy Scouts (童子军);
busboy (餐馆中打扫桌子的人)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
农场工人 --- a farm boy
报童 --- a newspaper boy
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
page boy --- 听差的男孩
party boy --- 善交际的男子
home boy --- 老乡
the boys --- 哥儿们
活用语 Street Talks
The cowboys in that movie are mostly nature boys.(男性味十足的男人)
A: Oh, boy! Look at that! (哎！哇！)
B: What’s up? A: That house is on fire!
A: Mr. Smith, your son saved his classmate from drowning thismorning!
B: That’s my boy! (好小子)
A: Boy, you’re in trouble!
B: Why?
A: Mom found out you’ve been skipping school.
I went to the bar with the boys last night.
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 I like to know what my boys are up to. 《毕业生》
That boy sure is a running fool. 《阿甘正传》
So, you boys from Arkansas, huh? 《阿甘正传》
对话 Mr.Braddock: Listen. Now I'm going to ask for a big round ofapplause to bring this boy out here—All right.Now wait a minute—Oh, let me amendthat—to bring this young man out here—because today he is twenty-one years old—
Mr. Arnold: Yeah. Let's get on with the show! 《毕业生》
谚语 Proverbs
As the boy is, so is the man.三岁看老。
名言 Quotations
There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy’s life when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure.Mark Twain (1835-1910), U.S. author. Tom Sawyer, ch. 26 (1876).
第八节
Business
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 职务,职责
It’s your business to take care of the kids. (你的职责是照顾孩子。)
n. 职业 What line of business are you in? (你从事那一行？)
n. 商业
John wants to go into business when he leaves university.
复合词语
businessman/ businesswoman (商人（男/女）);
businesslike (公事化的);
business hours (营业时间，办公时间)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
娱乐圈 --- show biz (business)
开始办正事，言归正传 ---to get (down) to business
别管闲事 --- mind one’s own business
与…无关，没有权力… --- have no business to (do)
忙自己的事情 --- go about one’s business
破产，倒闭 --- go out of business
习语与俗语Idioms & Slangs
business is business --- 公事公办
It’s none of your business. --- 不关你的事
生活用语 Street Talks
A: Hi Bob, how’s business? (情况如何)
B: Just okay.
A: Okay, enough small talk. Let’s get down to business/ talk business. (谈正题吧)
B: Good idea.
A: Since we’re good friends, you don't have to pay me.
B: No, I can’t accept it. Business is business.
A: Joanna, will you go out with me tonight?
B: I’d like to, but I’m afraid I can’t. I have another date tonight.
A: With who?
B: David! C’mon! It’s none of your business. (你就别管了)
A: Why are you so happy?
B: Well, the bank just called and agreed to finance us. So we are in business now, buddy!
A: Hi Jane where’s your husband?
B: He’s away on business.
I majored in bookkeeping in business school.
Be careful, these guys mean business.
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 1 You went to business school, I can’t get you anywhere near the office. 《情归巴黎》
2 Cash, stock, and they don’t want to tell me how to run the business. 《情归巴黎》
3 In all these years, you’ve never once seen the face of somebody the day after we’ve taken over their business, have you? 《情归巴黎》
Didn’t you once say “Everything is business”? 《情归巴黎》
Don’t mention the IRS or the federal business system. 《西雅图夜未眠》
Well this is your business, I don't want to play games with you. 《毕业生》
谚语 Proverbs
Business makes a man as well as tries him. 事业既会考验人，也会造就人。
Business is the salt of life. 事业是人生之盐，不可缺少。
第九节
Car
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. [C] 小汽车 (美语中也用 automobile)
He goes to school by car.
n. 车厢 (美语中也用carriage)
Cafe cars are operated on trains by the Railways. (列车上有吸烟休息室的餐车由铁道部门经营。)
n. 其他车辆
I go to work by street car every day. (有轨电车)
车身--- body
轮胎--- tire(British English: tyre)
前灯--- headlight
方向灯--- turn signal
保险杠--- bumper
引擎盖--- hood
方向盘--- steering wheel
后视镜--- rearview mirror
行李箱--- trunk
挡风玻璃--- windshield
发动机；引擎 --- engine
变速箱--- transmission
离合器 --- clutch
仪表盘 --- dash board
跑车--- coupe（2 door sporty car）
轿车--- sedan（4 door family car）
三排以上座位的豪华车--- limonsine
敞篷车--- convertible
吉普类车---SUV (sport utility vehicle)
刹车--- brake
防死刹车系统--- ABS (Anti-lock brake system)
车牌--- license plate
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
晕车 --- car sickness
缆车 --- a cable car
车祸 --- car accident (短时间的)
停车场 --- car park
车费 --- car fare
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
car pool(ing) --- 为了节省parking space, 几人共同使用一辆车
car jack --- 在车中强行抢车
生活用语 Street Talks
A: Can I borrow your car tonight?
B: Just make sure you don’t wreck it.
A: Nancy, you want to go to a movie now?
B: Sorry, I can’t leave now. I’m car pooling today
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 Do you have a patrol car in the vicinity of twelve hundred Glenview Road? 《毕业生》
Did the dry cleaners have your car? 《情归巴黎》
I was just taking her hand, to help her out of a car. 《西雅图夜未眠》
The car is down this way. 《西雅图夜未眠》
Please do not leave your car unattended. 《毕业生》
对话 Mr. Carlson: Is that the new car out there? The little red Wop job?
Mr. Braddock: That's Ben's graduation present. 《毕业生》
Mrs. Robinson: We'd go to his car.
Ben: Oh no. In the car you did it?
Mrs. Robinson: I don't think we were the first.
Ben: What kind of car was it?
Mrs. Robinson: What?
Ben: Do you remember the make of the car?
Mrs. Robinson: Oh my God.
Ben: Really. I want to know.
Mrs. Robinson: It was a Ford, Benjamin. 《毕业生》.
名言 Quotations
I don’t even like old cars … I’d rather have a goddam horse. A horse is at least human, for God’s sake.
J. D. Salinger (b. 1919), U.S. author. Holden Caulfield, in The Catcher in the Rye, ch. 17 (1951).
第十节
Chance
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 偶然性，运气
Bill left everything to chance. (每件事都听其自然。)
n. [C] 机会
John wants to go abroad when he gets a chance.
n. 可能
This ideal stands a good chance of realization.
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
邂逅 --- chance meeting
私生子 --- chance child
偶然地 --- by chance
碰碰运气 --- take a chance
听天由命，顺其自然 --- leave…to chance
机会/可能性很大 --- stand a good chance
可能性很小 --- slim chance
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
Fat chance! --- 没戏！（Not a chance. No way.）
Chinaman’s chance --- 机会渺茫（美国社会中种族歧视严重，中国人的命运可想而知）
chance of a lifetime --- 千载难逢的机会
by any chance --- 或许，可能
the chance are that --- 很可能
生活用语 Street Talks
A: Sally, I was wondering if I, I could borrow…Well I mean…Imean borrow…
B: Money? Me lend you money! Not a chance! (全无机会)
A: Well Mr. Black, I appreciate your interest in our company, but I doubt you can do this job properly.
B: I’m sure I can do it well. I’ve always wanted to be the best in whatever I did. Give me a chance. (给我一次机会吧)
A: Well, the debate was fair.
B: Yeah, you said it. Each opponent had a chance to speak.
A: As chance would have it, I ran into Ron today. (很凑巧）
B: Do you have a cigarette by chance? (凑巧)
A: VV, would you lend me 50,000?
B: Fat chance!
What about my chances to got this job?
Are you from China by any chance?
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 The only chance they’ll ever have is a half way house, that’ll help them get their feet under them again. 《情归巴黎》
But, I’d go and visit her every chance I got. 《阿甘正传》
Everybody gets a second chance. 《阿甘正传》
Give it a chance. 《情归巴黎》
对话 David: Who are you to lecture me about closeness? Your idea of a long-term relationship is giving your date a chance to order dessert.
Linus: I don’t have time for dessert. I’m too busy with thiscompany. You’re a grown man, David. Finish something. Elizabeth Tyson’s the best things that ever happened to you, and you told me so yourself. 《情归巴黎》
谚语 Proverbs
Chance dispenses life with unequal justice.人生际遇，难得平等。
第十一节
Chance
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. [C] 孩子
Tom’s first child died two days after he got divorced.
n. 无经验的人,行动像小孩子的人
My wife is a child in financial matters. (我的妻子不善于理财。)
n. 产儿，产物
His books were the children of his brain.
衍生词语
childish (幼稚的,孩子气的);
childlike (天真的,特指大人的言行);
childhood (童年);
childless (无子女的);
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
临产胎儿 --- child about-to-be-born
调皮的孩子 --- naughty child
任性的孩子 --- wilful child
彬彬有礼的孩子 --- a well-behaved child
有天赋的孩子 --- a gifted child
独生子 --- the only child
抚养孩子 --- raise a child
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
wild child --- 舞会狂 (party animal)
child's play --- 极易做的事，小菜一碟；不重要的行为
生活用语 Street Talks
A: Daddy, uncle Willie is too fat.
B: Huh! He’ll be angry when he hears that.
C: Let it be, honey. He’s only a child. Children and fools speak the truth.
A: That’s not fair!
B: Stop acting like such a child! (别这么幼稚。)
A: Was the test difficult?
B: Child’s play. (小儿科。)
I’m a real wild child. I like to drink, chase women, and smoke weed. (大麻)
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 The doctors had begged me to take drugs, but I kept saying Iwouldn’t do anything to hurt my child. 《情归巴黎》
All children are hideous at the age of eight. 《西雅图夜未眠》
对话 Sabrina: What was he like as a child? Mr. Fairchild: Shorter. 《情归巴黎》
Forrest: I liked that guitar. It sounded good. I started moving around to the music, swingin’ my hips. This night, me and mama was out shoppin’ and we walked right by Pitsey’s Furnature and Appliance store, Guess what... (Elvis was on TV dancing the way that Forrest taught him)
Mrs.Gump: This is not for children’s eyes. 《阿甘正传》
谚语 Proverbs
Children and fools cannot lie.孩子和傻子，不会说谎。
The child is father of the man 童年的经历可决定成年以后的性格（三岁看大）。
第十二节
Chance
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. [C] (时)钟
I set my alarm clock for 6.30. (我把闹钟拨到6点半响。)
v. 计时；记录
This old car has clocked up another 50,000 kilometers. (这部老爷车已经行驶了5万公里）
v. 达到（速度）
He clocked 9.6 seconds for the 100 meters. (他用9.6秒跑完100米)
复合词语
clockwise (顺时针);
clock tower (钟楼);
clock watcher (总看钟点等着下班的人)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
把钟拨准 --- put the clock right
把钟拨慢 --- turn back the clock
把钟拨快 --- set a clock ahead
争分夺秒 --- race work against the clock
给钟上发条 --- wind a clock
抢时间 --- fight the clock
连轴转 --- work around the clock
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
clock in/ clock out ---（上班/ 下班）签到；打卡
stay the clock --- 不介意时间 (forget about time)
around the clock --- 夜以继日
生活用语 Street Talks
A: Damn George, he’s trying to kill the clock. (为保持分数而拿着球拖延比赛时间）
B: We’ve got to stop him. Come on!
If you don’t shut up, buster, I’m gonna clean your clock! (狠揍你一顿)
A: All staff in the company are required to clock in. (记录上班时间)
B: Clock in? You mean punch in? (同样表示记录上班时间)
A: Yes!
B: Do we have staff who usually clock in late?
A: Sometimes, yes.
B: Well I used to set my alarm clock for exactly 7 o’clock a.m. I’m sure I won’t be late for work.
Let’s stay the clock babygirl, and enjoy ourselves. (忘记时间)
第十三节（原教材也为第十二节）
Company
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 同伴
I don’t feel at home in Alice’s company. (觉得不安闲。)
n. 陪伴
George keeps his own company. (独来独往)
n. 公司
This company laid off 100 hands. (人)公司名通常简写为: Co.例：史密斯公司--- Smith Co.
衍生词语
companion (伙伴);
companionship (友谊，伴侣关系);
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
出版社 --- a publishing company
陪伴 --- for company
和某人一道 --- keep sb. company
和…交往，与…为友--- keep company with
和…一起 --- be in company with
断绝来往 --- part company
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
company man --- (白领阶层的)受雇者
Two is company, three is crowd. --- 两人为伴,三人添乱.
生活用语 Street Talks
A: Jack doesn’ t enjoy the company of the opposite sex!（不喜欢与异性作伴）
B: What a queer bird! (多希奇的人啊！)
C: No, I don’t think so. I think he’s glad of Joanna’s company!
A: See, they’re over there!!!
A: What does your son do for a living?
B: He works for a shipping company.
A: John and Kate are keeping company. (谈恋爱）
B: Well I don’t think they are serious. Parents usually remind their kids to avoid the company of strangers. (避免与生疏人交往)
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 Anyway, like I was saying, I had a lot of company. 《阿甘正传》
He graduated from Yale at 19 and took his mother and company for a ride on the fiber-optic highway, and turned a one hundred million dollar family business into some serious money. 《情归巴黎》
I’m too busy with this company. 《情归巴黎》
It’s like what happens when I watch those phone company ads.《西雅图夜未眠》
谚语 Proverbs
Better go it alone than to be in bad company.宁可一人独往，莫与坏人为伴。
You may know a man by the company he keeps.只见其友则知其人。
第二部分 语汇练习
I. 下面这些人们常见的 actions 到底指什么呢，请填空说明(有可能有多种含义)。
1. People often smile when …………………………………………………………………………
2. They often breathe quickly after…………………………………………………………………..
3. They laugh when…………………………………………………………………………………..
4. They blow their noses……………………………………………………………………………..
5.They shake their heads……………………………………………………………………………..
6. They cry…………………………………………………………………………………………
7. They yawn when…………………………………………………………………………………..
Possible Answer: 1. they’re happy or being polite
2. running
3. they’re happy or when there is something very funny
4. when they have a cold
5. when they want to say “no”
6. when they’re sad
7. when they’re tired or bored
II. 人通常被形容成为某种动物。下列这些与动物有关的形容词是描写人的状态，请划线对应。
sheepish: malicious-tongued
cocky bad-tempered
Mousy: dull, uninteresting, shy, quiet
dogged: stubborn
catty awkwardly self-conscious
ratty arrogant
III. 下列一对单词中的黑体字母发音是否相同？ 请分辨并注明音标。
Examples: whale water (different) cat camel (same)
1. lion tiger 2. leopard mosquito
3. bear eagle 4. gorilla giraffe
5. spider wild 6. monkey mosquito
7. camel snake 8. leopard shark
9. dog wasp 10 mouse cow
keys: 1 same /ai/ 2 different /e/, /?/ 3 different /??/ /?:/ 4 different /g/ /??/
5 same /ai/ 6 different /?/ /?/ 7 different /? / /ei/ 8 different/?:/ /?:/
9 same /?/ 10 same /au/
IV. 下面有十四个单词分别对应人体的部位，请从横向或纵向排列中找出来。
C E L B O W A
H T I A E N R
I O P C Y A M
N E C K E I H
I H A N K L E
K C H E S T E
C H E E K A L
Keys: chin, elbow, toe, neck, lip, eye, cheek, chest, ankle, arm, heel, nail, back, knee,
VI. 有些名词叫集合名词，即描述一个群体的名词，不需要加 s或 es,如 people, gang等。请用下列的集合名词填空。 company team crew staff cast
1. A ……………of rescue-workers arrived at the scene of disaster.
2. The …………..were all saved when the ship sank.
3. The …………….are rehearsing a new production.
4. The ………………were all amateurs.
5. The ………………are on strike.
Keys: 1. team 2. crew 3. company(指一群演员) 4. cast (指演员阵容) 5. staff
V. 把下列英文谚语翻译成中文，注重核心名词的用法。
1. Don’t judge a man’s actions at first sight; give them a second look.
2. The rich get richer and the poor get babies.
3. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
4. The early bird catches the worm.
5. A little body often harbors a great soul.
6. As the boy is, so is the man.
7. Business neglected is business lost.
8. A clock that stands still is better than one that goes wrong.
9. Two is company, three is a crowd.
第三部分 流行语汇
movie buff 电影谜
animated cartoon(animation) 卡通片
documentary movie 记录片
newsreel 新闻片
comedy 喜剧片
tragedy 悲剧片
action movie 动作片
romance 爱情片
sci-fi movie 科幻片
detective movie 侦察片
western movie 西部片
horror/scary movie 恐怖片
thriller 惊悚片
nomination 提名奖
Academy Award 学院奖
smash hit 巨大的成功
movie theater/house 电影院
drive-in 露天电影院
premier show/first run 首映
producer 制片人
director 导演
movie star 电影明星
actor/actress 男/女演员
leading actor 主角
supporting actor 配角
full house 客满
box office 票房
第二单元
第一部分 核心语汇
第一节
Day
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 天,日子
He goes on a walk every day.
n. 白天
Most people work during the day.
n. 工作日
I got a day off work.
复合词语
payday (发薪日);
dayjob (主要工作);
daybreak (拂晓);
daydream (白日梦);
daylight (黎明);
daytime (白天的时间);
day-boy/girl (走读生);
daycare (日托,父母白天上班，把小孩子交给托儿所);
day shift (白班工人)（night shift 夜班）
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
日复一日 --- day after day
日日夜夜 --- day and night
鼎盛时期 --- in one’s day
使某人非常兴奋 --- make sb’s day
有朝一日 --- one day
最近 --- the other day
会议议程 --- the order of the day
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
dog days --- 三伏天
take it day by day --- 慢慢来 (go slowly)
call it a day --- 今天就到这儿
those were the days --- 那是过去的好时光
It’s not sb’s day --- 倒霉的一天
for a rainy day --- 未雨绸缪
生活用语 Street Talks
A: You know what? They lengthened the working day from eight to nine hours.
B: That’s ridiculous!
A: Here’s your change, sir.
B: Thank you. Bye.
A: Have a nice day. Come again. (再见/ 祝你愉快）
电影对白 Transcripts
对话 Mr. Robinson: Hi, Ben. What are you doing with yourself these days?
Ben: Oh—not too much. Take it easy. 《毕业生》
Mrs. Braddock: Well, you don't drive around from midnight until noonthe next day, Benjamin.
Ben: Oh, no. 《毕业生》
第二节
Dog
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n 狗
I walk my dog every morning. (溜狗)
n. 人，家伙
You lucky dog!
复合词语
hot dog (热狗);
dog-earned (书翻旧而页角折卷的);
dog fight (混战);
dog-paddle (游泳动作的狗刨式);
dog-tired (极度倦怠的)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
警犬/ 猎犬/ 看门狗/ 疯狗 --- a police dog/ a hunting dog/ a watch dog/ a mad dog
三伏天 --- dog days
书页的折角 --- dog ears
忧烦的日子 --- to lead a dog’s life
不当人看待 --- to treat sb like a dog
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
top dog --- 大人物 (hot shot)
dog eat dog --- 残酷无情的竞争
dog’s chance --- 机会渺茫
rain cats and dogs --- 瓢泼大雨
fight like cat and dog --- 打得很厉害
o to the dogs --- (指组织、机构)大不如从前，不再有往日之盛
put on the dog --- 炫耀，摆排场
生活用语 Street Talks
That dirty dog tried to cheat me! (卑鄙的家伙)
Victoria is the top dog in this company.
Would you quit dogging me about the assignment?
We’ll have two hot dogs and two beers.
What have you done to my girl? You dog! (你这混蛋)
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 But came back because Irene threatened to put the dog tosleep if he didn’t. 《西雅图夜 未眠》
I don’t know, but I think it was her grandma’s dog. He was a mean dog. 《阿甘正传》
谚语 Proverbs
Love me, love my dog.爱屋及乌。
Every dog has his day.凡人皆有自得日。
You can not teach an old dog new tricks.老人旧习难改。
Let sleeping dogs lie.莫惹是生非。
第三节
EYE
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 眼睛
Tom is a boy with blue eyes.
n. 视力
She is slowly losing her eyesight.
眉毛 --- eyebrow
眼皮,眼睑 --- eyelid
眼睫毛 --- eyelash
眼球 --- eyeball
复合词语
eyewitness (目击者);
eyesore (眼中钉);
eye-appealing (漂亮的);
eye-catching (引人注目的);
eyesight (视力);
eye-opener (令人开眼界的事物);
eye-strain (眼睛疲惫)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
遭到白眼 --- to get the eye
引起注重 --- to catch sb’s eye
挤眉弄眼 --- to make eyes at
留意某人/某事--- to keep an eye on sb/sth
目不转睛地看 --- be all eyes
在某人看来 --- in sb’s eyes
直视某人 --- to look sb in the eyes
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth) --- 以眼还眼（以牙还牙）一报还一报
only have eyes for --- 只对…感爱好
see eye to eye with sb --- 完全一致，看法相同
生活用语 Street Talks
A: Scot! You know what? Anna gave me the eye. It really surprised me. (暗送秋波)
B: She makes goo-goo eyes at everybody! (媚眼)
A: No! It’s different! Like magic! You know? She hit me between the eyes the moment I saw her. (发生深刻印象)
Let’s just put on my eyes before we go outside. (墨镜 sunglasses)
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 This is not for children’s eyes. 《阿甘正传》
Good morning, blue eyes. 《情归巴黎》
Can you keep an eye on things at front until I get back? 《西雅图夜未眠》
谚语 Proverbs
All evil eye can see no good.恶人眼里无好人。
第四节
Food
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 食物
I have not touched food today.
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
绿色/健康食品 --- health food
冷冻食品 --- frozen food
加工食品 --- processed food
快餐 --- fast food
海产品 --- seafood
包装食品 --- packed food
熟食 --- cooked food
中餐/ 意大利餐 --- Chinese/ Italian food
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
junk food --- 垃圾食品
food for thought --- 值得深思的事
生活用语 Street Talks
A: How’s the food?
B: It’s pretty good.
A: Well I don’t think so. I don’t like it at all!
B: I’m afraid you’re being too particular about your food.
A: I eat dog food when my parents are out. (乱七八糟的食物)
B: We’re in the same boat! I’ve eaten fast food the whole week. I hate it now. (我俩彼此彼 此)
A: Poor us! All this junk food lacks nutrition! (垃圾食品)
B: Caul, let’s dine out tonight for a change!（下馆子）
A: Good idea!
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 I’d rather die than eat airplane food. 《西雅图夜未眠》
Now the really good thing about meeting the president of the United States is the food. 《阿甘正传》
It was my favorite food in France. 《情归巴黎》
第五节
Foot
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 脚
Rose hurt her foot.
脚背 --- instep
脚趾 --- toe
脚弓 --- arch
脚后跟 --- heel
n. 英尺
Tom is six feet tall.
复合词语
football (橄榄球);
footnote (脚注 );
footprint (脚印);
footwear (鞋类);
footstep (脚步);
bare-footed (光脚的)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
步行 --- on foot
光脚 --- naked/ bare foot
笨手笨脚 --- to have two left feet
自力更生 --- to stand on one’s own feet
到达 --- set feet on sth
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
have a foot in both camps --- 脚踏两只船
have a foot in the door --- 初入行业
have both feet on the gound --- 脚踏实地
drag one’s feet --- 拖延不走
get somebody’s foot wet --- 尝试做某事
get the cold feet --- 畏缩不前;紧张
生活用语 Street Talks
A: I’ve never bungee jumped. (蹦极)
B: C’mon get your feet wet. (try)
A: Jean, could you lend me your bicycle please?
B: Oh, Tom, I’m afraid not. Its tyres are worn!
C: Shit! Ok, never mind. I’ll foot it over to the drug store. See you! (快走)
A: Jenny, please believe me. You are my only love! Honey!
B: I’m not stupid, Jack! You have a foot in both camps.
A: I’ve told you, never ever do that again!
B: I’m sorry Dad.
A: If you try it again, I’ll give you the foot. See? (踢某人)
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 I’ve been following in foot steps all my life. 《情归巴黎》
t’s just cold feet isn’t it? 《西雅图夜未眠》
This is Captain Browning and we’re at our cruising altitude of approximately 35,000 《西雅图夜未眠》
Try and keep your feet dry. 《阿甘正传》
The Mekong will eat a grunt’s feet right off his legs. 《阿甘正传》
第六节
Friend
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 朋友
A friend of mine gave me a bunch of flower on my birthday.
n. 支持者
He was a friend of the poor.
同义词
buddy (哥们姐们）
pal (伙伴)
dude (哥们，男性之间互相当呼)
衍生词语
friendly (友好的)
复合词语
friendship (友谊);
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
好朋友 --- best friend
笔友 --- a pen friend (a pen pal)
酒肉朋友 --- a fair-weather friend
忠实的朋友 --- a devoted friend
交朋友 --- to make friends (with)
生活用语 Street Talks
A: I need something more than a fair-weather friend. (不能共患难的朋友)
B: I agree.
What is a friend for? (朋友不就是做这个的吗？)
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 She was my most special friend... My only friend. 《阿甘正传》
You mean to tell me I can’t have a drink and a dance with an old friend? 《情归巴黎》
She said she was having a drink in the hotel with a friend. 《毕业生》
谚语 Proverbs
A good friend is my nearest relation.良友如近亲。
A friend is easier lost than found.朋友易失不易得。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难朋友才是真朋友。
A friend is best found in adversity.患难见真友。
A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.广交友，无深交。
第七节
Future
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 未来
What will be the future of China?
n. 前途
Andy has a bright future.
衍生词语
futuristic (新潮的，非传统的);
futures (期货);
futurism (未来派)
复合词语
future tense (将来时)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
政治前程 --- political future
前途光明 --- a promising future
前途黯淡 --- a dark future
从今以后 --- in the future
不久将来 --- in the near future
供以后参考 --- for future reference
放眼未来 --- to look to the future
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
have a great/bright future --- 前途远大
have no future/ to have a dull future --- 没有前途
生活用语 Street Talks
A: I’m sorry I was late.
B: Be on time in the future.
A: Angela, I heard you gave up your job?
B: Yeah, because there’s no future in it. (前途)
A: Alice is for sure a good student.
B: Yeah! I see a bright future before her.
A: We’re trying to plan our future.
B: If you knew what the future was going to be like, life would be boring.
A: Alice is for sure a good student.
B: Yeah! I see a bright future before her.
A: We’re trying to plan our future.
B: If you knew what the future was going to be like, life would be boring.
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 And to myfuture son-in-law, David Larrabee, lucky S.O.B. Just kidding, David, just kidding. 《情归巴黎》
We enjoyed having you on board and look forward to seeing you again in the near future.《毕业生》
谚语 Proverbs
When all else is lost the future still remains.一切全失，未来仍存。
The future becomes the present if we fight for it.只要肯奋斗，远景变现实。
第八节
Girl
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 女孩
There are more girls than boys in our class.
n. 女儿
My little girl is ill.
n. 女朋友
John and his girl came to lunch.
衍生词语
girlish (少女般的);
girlhood (少女时代)
复合词语
the Girl Scouts (女童军);
Spice Girls (辣妹组合 a band)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
女职员 --- an office girl
女话务员 --- a hello girl (or telephone operator)
(杂志等)封面女郎 --- a cover girl
堕落的女子 --- a fallen girl (or a fallen angel)
和女友约会 --- to date a girl
泡妞 --- to chase girls
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
girl Friday --- 得力的女助手
bar girl --- 吧女（指酒吧） bus girl --- 餐馆里的女杂工
call girl --- 妓女 (whore with telephone)
party girl --- 热衷于社交聚会的女子
get a girl into trouble --- 使女子怀孕
生活用语 Street Talks
A: Jean and Joan are unbelievably different girls. And you’ll never believe they are cousins.
B: You said it! Jean’s so excellent that her boss praised her as his girl Friday; Joan, on the other hand is a party girl and spends little time on study.
A: Did you meet Wallace’s girlfriend? She’s gorgeous!
B: I only heard recently that Wally got her into trouble!
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 Listen, this girl is smart, she’s really smart. 《情归巴黎》
I could have sworn I knew every pretty girl on the North Shore. 《情归巴黎》
You’re the only girl I danced with only once. 《情归巴黎》
Mrs. Robinson: Is it a girl?
Ben: Is what a girl? 《毕业生》
名言 Quotations
Girls are so queer you never know what they mean. They say No when they mean Yes, and drive a man out of his wits for the fun of it.
Louisa May Alcott (1832-8), U.S. author. Laurie, in Little Women, pt. 2, ch. 12 (1869).
第九节
Glass
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 玻璃
A mirror is made of glass.
n. 玻璃杯
I drink a glass of milk every day!
饮料杯 --- a beverage glass
啤酒杯 --- a beer glass (or a jar mug)
雪利酒杯 --- a sherry glass
威士忌酒杯 --- a whisky glass
白兰地酒杯 --- a Brandy glass (or snifter)
红葡萄酒酒杯 --- a wine glass
n. 眼镜 (pl) (也为 spectackes)
In two weeks, I broke three pairs of glasses! Can you believe it?
墨镜 --- sun glasses
花镜 --- reading glasses
度数深的眼镜 --- strong glasses
隐形眼镜 --- contact lenses
近视镜 --- glasses for near-sighted persons (在英语中没有确切的近视镜或远视镜的表达法。
e.g. A: I wear glasses.
B: Why?
A: ‘cause I am near-sighted.
衍生词语
glassful (一杯的容量);
glassy (像玻璃那样的);
glaze (v. 给…镶嵌玻璃/给某物覆盖上薄而亮的表面)
复合词语
glass house (温室);
glassware (总称：玻璃器皿);
glassworks (玻璃制造厂);
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
梳妆小镜(妇女手提包中) --- a vanity glass
斟满一杯 --- to fill up a glass
碰杯（祝酒） --- to touch glasses
生活用语 Street Talks
A: Could I have a glass of water please?
B: Sure, make yourself at home.
A: I’d like to raise my glass to our host! (干杯)
B: Cheers.
A: Take another glass, everybody. (再喝一杯; or take another drink)
B: Let’s drain the glass to the bottom. (让我们一饮而尽。Or Bottoms up!)
A: Please pour this milk into that glass.
B: Ok. My pleasure.
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 It means seeing life through rose colored glasses. 《情归巴黎》
I could probably scare us up some champagne a couple of Dixie cups, I’m through withglasses. 《情归巴黎》
If you’re having trouble sleeping you might want to try to drink a glass of water from the other side. 《西雅图夜未眠》
谚语 Proverbs
Women and glass are always in danger. 女人和玻璃，总在危险中。
第十节
Hair
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 毛发（不可数）
My hair used to be very long.
n. (人或物）毛发（指单根）（可数）
There’s a hair in my soup.
衍生词语
hairy (多毛的);
hairless (无毛发的)
复合词语
hairbrush (发刷);
hairpin (发夹);
haircut (理发);
hair oil (发油);
hairdo (发式；the style or manner of arranging or combing);
hairstyle (发型；the design of coiffure);
hairdresser (美发师);
hairdryer (吹风机)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
梳头 --- to brush/ comb hair
做头发 --- to set/ do one’s hair
吹干头发 --- to blow-dry hair
卷烫头发 --- to curl hair
留长发 --- to wear/ keep one’s hair long
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
make hair stand on end --- 毛骨悚然
tear out one’s hair --- 气恼，焦虑
get grey hair from --- 发愁；被什么…把头发弄白
by a hair’s breath --- 以极短的数量/极短的距离
get in sb’s hair --- 给某人惹麻烦
hang by a hair --- 千钧一发
生活用语 Street Talks
A: I wish I hadn’t married Harry.
B: Why? A: Well, he’s always getting in my hair. (惹恼某人)
A: I have been fearing my hair out over this math problem.
B: Don’t worry about it,it’s no big deal.
A: My daughter gets me grey hair. She does drug a lot; sleeps with many men.
B: A typical fallen angel.
When I heard the strange cry, my hair stood on end.
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 I make sure he combs his hair and brushes his teeth everyday. 《阿甘正传》
I don’t care what she did to her hair. 《情归巴黎》
In twisted braids of lilies knitting the loose train of thine amber dropping hair. 《情归 巴黎》
第十一节
Heart
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 心，心脏
His heart stopped heating and he died soon afternards
n. 勇气
I want to argue with my boss, but I didn’t have the heart.
n. 要害，中心部位
Your article doesn’t touch on the heart of the subject.
n. 内心、心灵 He has a kind heart.
衍生词语
heartless (无情的);
hearten (v.鼓动；振奋);
heartening (adj.令人振奋的)
复合词语
heartbroken (心碎的);
heart-warming (温馨感人的);
heartache (心痛,悲叹);
wholehearted (全心全意的);
heartattack (心脏病发作);
heartbeat (心搏);
heart-failure (心力衰竭);
heart land (中心地带);
heart-to-heart (谈心)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
市中心 (喻) --- the heart of the city (or hotspot)
全心全意的 --- heart and soul
冷心肠/热心肠 --- cold-hearted/warm-hearted
灰心泄气 --- to lose heart
使人心碎 --- to break one’s heart
习语与俗语Idioms & Slangs
Follow your heart. --- 跟着感觉走。
be after one’s own heart --- 正合己意
have a heart of gold --- 心地善良
have a heart of stone --- 铁石心肠
from the bottom of one’s heart --- 打心眼里
have one’s heart in one’s mouth --- 非常惊恐
生活用语 Street Talks
A: Leo is a good-natured man at heart. (从根本上、内在的)
B: That’s why it came home to my heart. (那感动了我)
A: Frankly, I’m jealous of you. I wish I could marry a man of heart like your husband. (心肠 好的人)
B: You will.
A: Do you really want this job?
B: From the bottom of heart… (确实很愿意；or deep down)
A: You were speeding. I have to give you a ticket.
B: Have a heart, officer. I wasn’t going all that fast. (发发善心吧)
A: I’m sorry to hear about your Dad’s accident. How’s your mom?
B: Mom broke her heart over his death. My heart skips a beat when he kisses me.
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 I’ll just grow a new heart. 《西雅图夜未眠》
He had himself a heart attack or something. 《阿甘正传》
对话 Sabrina: Well, that you’re the world’s only living heart donor.
Linus: Oh, that.
谚语 Proverbs
What comes from the heart goes to the heart.肺腑之言感人心。
The heart of a fool is in his mouth but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart. 愚者的心长在嘴里，智者的嘴长在心里。
Hearts may agree, though heads differ.见解纵不同，感情可一致。
第十二节
Home
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 家
I made my home in the country. (我搬到乡下住了。)
n. 产地
India is the home of tigers.
n. 住宅
I hope to set up my own little home.
adv. 回家；在家
I went home to my mother.
衍生词语
homeless (无家的);
homeward (归途的);
homely (相貌平平的，朴素的)
复合词语
homesick (想家的);
hometown (老家;家乡);
homemade (家里做的，自制的);
homecoming (adj. 回家的);
homemaker (管家; or housewife);
homeland (祖国; or homecountry);
homework (作业);
Home Secretary (英)(内政大臣);
home economics (家政学)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
国内市场 --- home market
国内事务 --- home affairs
国内贸易 --- home trade
独安闲家 --- home alone
主场球队 --- home team
无拘束 --- to feel at home
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
home free --- 自由安闲
a home bird --- 喜欢呆在家里的人
生活用语 Street Talks
A: Happy birthday, Jenny.
B: Wow, thanks! Come on in. Make yourself at home. (请不要拘束)
A: What’s your home/goal in college? (目标)
B: To study law and become a lawyer in the future.
A: Good. As you’ve set your goal, what you need to do now is to home in/target on it. (朝着 目标走)
B: I see, sir.
He is at home in American literature. (精通)
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 I may even be home before you get it. 《情归巴黎》
But I’ll have it in my pocket when I get home, and I’ll take it with me wherever I go from now on. 《情归巴黎》
It’s like going home. Only to no home I’d ever known.《西雅图夜未眠》
Hey, maybe when we get home, we’ll get a dog. 《西雅图夜未眠》
Will you take me home? 《毕业生》
谚语 Proverbs Home is where the heart is.心在哪里，那里就是家。
An Englishman’s home is his castle. 英国人的家就是城堡。（为随心所欲的天地。）
There’s no place like home.金窝银窝不如自己的土窝。
第二部分 语汇练习
I. 我们可以用一系列的形容词来修饰 friend，请根据下列的形容词解释意义。
1. an old-----friend is someone ………………………………………………………………
2. a---close----friend is someone ………………………………………………………………
3. your –best/ bosom -friend is the one friend …………………………………………………
keys: you have known for a long time
you like and trust
you feel closest to
II. 你能写出以下列字母起首的某种食物吗？至少列举两个。
1.Beginning with the letter “p” …………………………………………
2.Beginning with the letter “b”………………………………………….
3.Beginning with the letter “m” ……………………………………….
4.Beginning with the letter “c”………………………………………….
5.Beginning with the letter “a”………………………………………….
III. 请回答下列关于家的问句，并把它们连成一段话。
1. Do you live in a house or flat?
2. If you live in a flat, what floor is it on?
3. If you live in a house, do you have a garden?
4. Does the house/flat belong to you (or your family), or do you rent it?
5. Would you describe your house/flat as dark or light?
6. Is it noisy or quiet?
IV. 请写出：
1. five games where you can hit the ball( with various kinds of equipment).
2. four games where you can pass the ball.
3. three games where you can catch the ball.
4. two games where you can kick the ball.
5. one game where you can head the ball.
Possible Answers:
1. tennis, table tennis, badminton, cricket, baseball, hockey
2. soccer, rugby, American football, hockey, basketball
3. rugby, American football, cricket, baseball, basketball
4. soccer, rugby
5. soccer
V. 请把下列谚语译成英文。
1. 爱屋及乌。
2. 凡人皆有自得日。
3. 有得必有失。
4. 别久情疏。
5. 广交友，无深交。
6. 一切全失，未来仍存。
7. 旁观者清。
8. 愚者的心长在嘴里，智者的嘴长在心里。
9. 心在哪里，哪里就是家。
第三部分 流行语汇
get-together 聚会
at-home party 家庭宴会
tea party 茶会
dinner party 晚餐会
garden party 游园会
dance; ball 舞会
birthday party 生日宴会
Christmas party 圣诞派对
luncheon party 午餐会
cocktail party 鸡尾酒会
welcome party 欢迎会
farewell party 离别会
year-end dinner party 年终聚餐会
New Year’s banquet 新年宴会
Invitation card/letter of invitation 请贴
Birthday greetings 生日贺辞
party dress 宴会服装
第三单元
第一部分 核心语汇
第一节
Job
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 工作
The repair job will cost $300.
n. 职业
I got a job with Siemens.
n. 工作,任务
You’ve done a good job.
n 责任，职责
It’s not my job to do this !
衍生词语
jobless (失业中的);
part-time job (兼职);
full-time job (全职);
job site (施工的地方);
job-creation (就业机会)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
劳务市场 --- job market
面试 --- job interview
工作 --- job offer
长期工作 --- permanent job
零活 --- odd jobs
美差 --- a fat job
麻烦的工作 --- a troublesome job
棘手的工作 --- a tough job
费力不讨好的工作 --- a thankless job
指挥工作 --- to boss the job
辞职 --- to quit one’s job
失业 --- to lose one’s job/ be out of a job
好好干 --- to do a good job
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
jobs for the boys --- 为亲信安排的工作
make a bad /good job of sth --- 把某事做坏/好
do the job --- 起作用，奏效
生活用语 Street Talks
A: I’m going to call the employment agency for a job.
B: What kind of job do you prefer?
A: An office job. As long as it’s highly-paid. (报酬优厚的工作)
B: But a desk job doesn’t usually pay that much. (文书工作)
A: Did you hear they fired Sam?
B: Yeah, he was caught drinking on the job. (drinking while working)
A: He deserved it. Sometimes he was sleeping on the job.
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 And I did a hell of a job. 《情归巴黎》
That decorator on the Bennett job. 《西雅图夜未眠》
She’s on her sixth painter and we’re never going to finish this job. 《西雅图夜未眠》
第二节
life
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 生
It’s a matter of life and death.
n. 生命
Many lives were lost in the accident.
n. 生物
Is there life on Mars? (火星上有生物吗？)
n. 人生；生活
“Enjoy life” is my view of life.
n. 过日子
We lead a happy life.
n. 活力；生气
The young people were full of life.
衍生词语
lifeless (无生命的)
复合词语
life expectancy (预期寿命);
life jacket (救生衣);
lifetime (一生);
lifelong (终生的);
lifesaver (救星);
lifeboat (救生艇);
lifeguard (救生员);
lifestyle (生活方式);
life-span (寿命，生命的期限);
life-and-death (生死攸关的，关系重大的);
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
人寿保险 --- life insurance
生命周期 --- life cycle
非凡兴奋时刻 --- the time of one’s life
一辈子 --- all one’s life
恢复生气 --- to come to life
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
life and death --- 生死攸关
the life of the party --- 中心人物
life for life --- 以命偿命
bet one’s life on sth. --- 拿生命打赌
take one’s life in one’s hand --- 冒生命危险
frighten the life out of sb --- 惊吓某人
生活用语 Street Talks
Victoria’s my life saver. Without her I don’t know what to do with my visa.
This is a poem about frontier life in the United States. (边境生活)
Get a life Jane! You’ve been studying all the time.
Don’t be so serious. Go out or have fun or drink a beer! Just get a life!
A: I was short-changed ten dollars. Do you think I should go back to the store and ask for it?
B: Not on your life. You’ll pay more than that for the taxi. (千万不要)
A: I’ve been working hard, but they don’t give me a promotion.
B: That’s life. Anyway you work for yourself. (生活就是这样)
A: I feel very happy when I’m with you.
B: Me too. Where have you been all my life? (怎么没能早熟悉你)
电影对白Transcripts
句型 It was the happiest moment of my life. 《阿甘正传》
And just that that, she was gone. Out of my life again. 《阿甘正传》
I pay for your life, David. My life makes your life possible.《情归巴黎》
I’ve loved him all my life. 《情归巴黎》
谚语 Proverbs
Life is not all beer and skittles.人生非尽乐事。
Life is subject to ups and downs.人生沉浮。
Life is a comedy to him who thinks and a tragedy to him who feels. 对于善思者，人生是喜剧；对于善感者，人生是悲剧。
名言 Quotations
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), British comic actor, filmmaker. Quoted in his obituary: Guardian (London, 28 Dec. 1977).
第三节
man(men)
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 男人
Man is stronger than woman.
n. 人类
Man is mortal.
n. 人（包括男女）
Growing old is something a man has to accept.
n. (口语) 伙计
Hey man, how’s it going?
interjection 天啊！
Oh man, it’s unbelievable.
衍生词语
manly (有男子气概的);
manhood (成年);
manmade (人造的)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
文学家 --- man of letters
实业家 --- man of business
行动主义者 --- man of action (not of words)
喜怒无常的人 --- man of moods
沉默寡言的人 --- man of few words
足智多谋的人 --- man of ideas
有审美力的人 --- man of taste
知名人士 --- man of mark (distinction)
牧师，圣徒 --- man of God
法律界人士 --- man of law
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
a man (woman) in a thousand --- 千里挑一的男人（女人）
the man in the street --- 普通老百姓
man of the hour --- (who everyone’s talking about)热门人物
make a man out of sb --- 使某人长大或成人
be man enough to do sth --- 有足够勇气
be one’s own man --- 能独立自主
生活用语 Street Talks
A: What are you doing here? Who’s manning the machine? (保护)
B: Charelie is.
Mr.John is a man of his word. (信守诺言的人)
Ok,ok, you’re Mr. Know it all. You’re the man! (你牛！)
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 Just shrimp all the time, man. 《阿甘正传》
Man, I’ll tell you what. 《阿甘正传》
Hey, you’re a good man for doing this. Do it! 《阿甘正传》
He’s a lovely man, Annie. 《西雅图夜未眠》
谚语 Proverbs
Man proposes, God disposes.谋事在人，成事在天。
第四节
money
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 金钱；财富
Money doesn’t always bring happiness.
纸币(美钞) --- a bill
硬币 --- a coin/ hard money
外币 --- foreign currency
假币 --- bogus money/ counterfeit money
复合词语
moneybags (富翁);
moneylender (放债者);
money-maker (赚大钱的人)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
赚钱 --- to make/earn money
为了钱而结婚 --- to marry into money
乱花钱 --- to throw one’s money away
投资于 --- to put money into sth
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
fun money --- 节省或保存下来的用于个人享受的钱
have money to burn --- 有的是钱
marry money --- 和有钱人结婚
生活用语 Street Talks
Marian saves a small part of her salary as fun money every month.
A: If I have enough money, I’m going to take a trip abroad.
B: But you do earn a lot!
A: Well, I spend half my money on clothes. (把一半钱花在…)
B: Icy, if I were you, I’d lay out my money more carefully.
A: If I buy that car, I’ll have to borrow some money.
B: Where is your money?
A: I ventured my money on the stocks. (拿钱买股票投机)
A: Gosh! We’re in the money! (发财了)
B: Yeah! Thank God! We won a thousand dollars at the races today!
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 Do you know how much money it costs to go to New York? 《西雅图夜未眠》
That’s how we and mama got money. 《阿甘正传》
对话 Joanna: All those years, you made all that money and you never told any of us to do it.
Mr. Fairchild: I’ll tell you now, Joanna, marry me. Marry me for my money. People do it everyday. 《情归巴黎》
谚语 Proverbs
Money makes the mare go.有钱能使鬼推磨。
Money talks.金钱万能。
名言 Quotations
Christianity is art & not money. Money is its curse.
William Blake (1757-1827), English poet, painter, engraver. Notes on The Laoco?n (engraved c. 1820; repr. in Complete Writings, ed. by Geoffrey Keynes, 1957)
第五节
mouth
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 口；嘴
Don’t talk with your mouth full.
n. 河口
The town is situated at the mouth of a river.
n. 出口
A rockslide blocked mouth of the cave.
n. 需要供养的人
she’s got five mouths to feed.
噘嘴 --- to pout (one’s mouth)
衍生词语
mouthful (满口)
复合词语
mouthpiece (口状物；代言人);
mouth to mouth (口对口人工呼吸);
mouth watering (令人垂涎的)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
袋口 --- the mouth of a bag
口服 --- by mouth
口头 --- by word of mouth
闭嘴 --- to shut one’s mouth
使流口水 --- to make one’s mouth water
嘴不稳，话多 --- to have a big mouth
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
zip one’s mouth --- 守秘
keep one’s mouth shut --- 保守秘密
open one’s mouth wide --- 信口开河
live from hand to mouth --- 勉强糊口
be born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth --- 生来就富
shoot one’s mouth off --- 夸张，吹牛
all mouth and no action --- 只说不做
生活用语 Street Talks
A: I have informed Jerry by word of mouth. (口头上的)
B: That’s good.
A: The doctor says that he’s suffering from cancer.
B: Keep your mouth shut. He couldn’t stand it. (嘴严点；要密)
A: Look over there!
B: Oh, your mouth watered for ice cream. (口水直流)
A: What did you say?
B: I said at 6 tonight.
A: Please put the receiver closer to your mouth. I can’t hear you.
电影对白 Transcripts
对话 Jonah: I thought that was for hiccups?
Post-man: For hiccups.
Jonah: Yeah, for hiccups.
Post-man: ...take a spoonful of sugar and hold it in your mouth for a minute. 《西雅 图夜未眠》
谚语 Proverbs
Good medicine is bitter in the mouth.良药苦口。
Wisdom may come out of the mouths of babies.聪明可能出自婴孩之口。
第六节
nature
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 自然
You must know the laws of nature.
n. 本性；性格
She has a gentle nature.
n. 种类
That is a book of the same nature.
衍生词语
natural (自然的);
naturally (本身地);
naturalism (自然主义)
复合词语
natural gas (天然气)；
natural-born (天生的)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
天生地 --- by nature
按…的本性--- in the nature of
脾气坏的 --- ill-natured
天性善良的 --- good-natured
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
nature calls --- 上厕所
mother nature --- 自然的力量
against nature --- 不合情理的，违反自然的
生活用语 Street Talks
A: Peter has a happy nature.
B: Yeah, he is a good-natured boy.
A: Victoria’s happy by nature.
B: You said it. She’s nice by nature as well.
I’m sorry I naturally say dirty words. It’s my nature
We have to do to protect nature.
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 We saw the potential of this merger, and I don’t think anybody doubts it would have been an enormously successful nature. 《情归巴黎》
对话 Mr. Tyson: What are we waiting for? And what’s with Sigfreud and Roy?
Linus: Just a minute, Patrick. OK. We’ve known each other for a long time. We have played hard ball on occasion, but I think we have a healthy respect for our… our ndividual business abilities. We saw the potential of this merger, and I don’t think anybody doubts it would have been an enormously successful nature. 《情归巴黎》
谚语 Proverbs
Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue, to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak.
天赋我们两耳，两眼，一张嘴巴，归根到底该多听，多看，少说话。 Nature will have its course. 天行其道。
第七节
new
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 新闻
I like reading foreign news.
n. 消息
I’ll send you further news in a day or two.
n. 新闻报道；新闻节目
We watch the news on television every night.
n. (可做新闻的)人/物
Pop starts are always news.
头版新闻 --- front-page news
头条新闻 --- headline news
国际新闻 --- world news
国内新闻 --- home/ domestic news
政治新闻 –-- political news
新闻时事 --- current news
官方消息 --- official news
衍生词语
newspaper (报纸);
newsmagazine (新闻杂志)
复合词语
news agency (通讯社);
newsboy (送报生);
newsreel/newsfilm (新闻短片);
newsstand (报摊);
news media (新闻媒介);
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
晚报 --- The Evening News
每日新闻 --- The Daily News
轰动一时的新闻 --- sensational news
爆炸式新闻 --- breaking news
出乎意料的新闻 --- unexpected news
把不好的消息透漏给某人 --- to break the news to sb
生活用语 Street Talks
There wasn’t much news in the paper today.
Oh! That’s old news. Everybody knows.
I’ve good and bad news, which do you want to hear first?
What’s on following the news and weather? Do you have a TV guide？
A: Have you heard the news about Sally? She’s getting married.
B: That’s news to me!
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 I mean, you can’t even turn on the news nowadays without hearing about how some babe thought some guy’s butt was cute. 《西雅图夜未眠》
对话 Workmate2: Things are a little different now. First you have to be friends. You have to like each other. Then you neck . This could go on for years. Then you have tests. Then you get to do it with a condom . The good news is you split the check. Sam: I don’t think I could let a woman pay for dinner. 《西雅图夜未眠》
谚语 Proverbs
Bad/ ill news travels fast.好事不出门，坏事传千里。
No news is good news.没消息就是好消息。
第八节
night
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 夜；晚
The boys and girls at the dance made a night of it. (一通宵)
in the night (在夜间) ? in the daytime (白昼时光)
during the night (整个夜间) ? during the day (在白天)
by night (在夜晚) ? by day (在白天)
at night (夜里；日落到半夜零时)→ in the morning (半夜零时到正午)→ in the afternoon (正午 到日落)→ in the evening (正午到就寝之间的时间)
n. 进行某项活动的夜晚
This is the first night of the play.
复合词语
nightclub (夜总会);
nightlife (夜生活);
nightmare (噩梦);
nighttime (夜间);
nightfall (黄昏);
nightdress (晚礼服)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
夜盲 --- night blind
夜校 --- night school
留下过夜 --- to stay the night
昼夜颠倒 --- turn night into day
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
night owl night person --- 夜猫子
Call it a night. --- 今晚就到这儿吧！
an early/a late night --- 比平时睡得早或晚的夜晚
生活用语 Street Talks
Mother sat up all night long. (整夜没睡)Victoria stayed up the whole night. (熬夜)
We slept by day and traveled by night.
We worked night and day. (日以继夜)
A: Would you like to stay the night?
B: Sure thing!
A: I really get going.
B: Night’s still young! (时间还早。)
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 Well, good night. 《毕业生》
Some nights, Jenny would sneak out and come on over to my house, just cause she said she was scared of what? 《阿甘正传》
Night time in the army is a lonely time. 《阿甘正传》
It was a very special night for the two of us. 《阿甘正传》
第九节
pain
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 痛苦
I feel a pain in my chest.
n. 苦恼
Peter’s words eased my pain.
n. 辛劳；努力
No pain, no gain.
胸痛 --- chest pain
关节痛 --- joint pains
（分娩）产痛 --- labour pains
局部疼痛 --- a local pain
精神上的疼痛 --- mental pain
断断续续的疼痛 --- an off-and-on pain
成长的烦恼 --- growing pains (pains from growing up, physical and psychological )
衍生词语
painful (痛苦的);
painless (无痛的)
复合词语
pain-killer (镇痛剂);
painstaking(辛劳的)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
疼痛 --- be in pain
辛劳工作 --- to take pains
减轻痛苦 --- to relieve/ease/reduce pain
解除痛苦 --- to remove pain
忍受痛苦 --- to stand/bear pain
加剧痛苦 --- to aggravate pain
同甘共苦 --- to share pleasures and pains
努力做事情 --- be at pains to do sth/spare no pains doing sth
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
pain in the neck --- 讨厌的人或情况
go to great pains to do sth --- 努力，下功夫做某事
no pains, no gains --- 没有付出，就没有收获。/不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。
生活用语 Street Talks
A: Victor spares no pains. (不辞辛劳)
B: Yeah, he’s a good guy.
Alex is just experiencing growing pains. He’ll be alright.
Victoria is addicted to pain-killers.
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 OK, listen, um, David can’t stand pain. 《情归巴黎》
对话 Sabrina: Are you in a lot of pain?
David: Am I in a lot of pain? Look at your little hand. Guess what happened tome? 《情归巴黎》
谚语 Proverbs
Pain past is pleasure.苦尽甘来。
第十节
peace
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 和平
The Chinese love peace.
n. 和睦；和好
Have you made your peace with your wife yet?
n. 宁静
Grandparents love the peace of the countryside.
n. 安心
Little Tom is sleeping in peace.
衍生词语
peaceful (爱好和平的);
peaceless (不宁静的;
or no peace);
复合词语
peacetime (和平时期);
peacemaker (调停人);
peacing-keeping force (联合国维和部队)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
处于和平局面 --- at peace
心里安宁 --- peace of mind
保持沉默 --- to hold one’s peace
与…和解 --- to make peace (with)
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
be at peace with sb --- 与某人和睦
keep the peace --- 维持治安
生活用语 Street Talks
War started again after eight years of peace.
All I want is some peace and quiet.
Do let me have a little peace.
Speak now or forever hold your peace. (if you have anything to say, say it now.)
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 Somebody said world peace is in our hands. 《阿甘正传》
对话 Dan: Forrest, I never thanked you for saving my life.
Forrest: He never actually said so, but I think he made his peace with God. 《阿甘正传》
谚语 Proverbs
Peace with sword in hand, ‘tis safest making.居安思危，此乃万全之策。
Better keep peace than make peace.保持和睦胜过讲和。
名言 Quotations
It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.
John F. Kennedy (1917-63), U.S. Democratic politician, president. Speech, 6 Sept. 1960, while campaigning for presidency, Seattle, Wash.
第十一节
person
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 人
The concert hall seats 500 persons.
n. 人称
I’ is the first person singular.
n. 本人；自己
You had better go in person.
常人 --- the average person
完人 --- a perfect person/ a faultless person
聪明人 --- an intellectual person
热心人 --- a warm-hearted person
文雅的人 --- a gentle person
正直的人 --- a right-minded person
坦率的人 --- a frank person
可靠的人 --- a credible person
随和的人 --- an easy-going person
话多的人 --- a talkative person
讨厌的人 --- an obnoxious person
自负的人 --- a pretentious person
有教养的人 --- a well-bred person
脾气好的人 --- a good-natured person
天资高的人 --- a talented person
天资聪慧的人 --- a highly-gifted person
体格强壮的人 --- a(n) robust/ able-bodied person
可敬的有抱负的人 --- a worthy, ambitious person
孤独的没有朋友的人 --- a forlorn and friendless person
衍生词语
personal (私人的);
personality (个性);
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
每人 --- per person
亲自 --- in person
私人物品 --- personal belongings
私人财产 --- personal property
面对面的 --- person-to-person
习语与俗语Idioms & Slangs
be no respecter of persons --- 不分贫富贵贱，一视同仁
I like Bill. He’s a very nice person.
Peter keeps his person neat and trim.
Harry, there’s a strange person to see you.
I want to see him in person.
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 I mean whatever they think or say, I know the truth, that you’re a wonderful person—kind and generous. 《情归巴黎》
Maybe it’s better if you pick up your messages in person. 《情归巴黎》
What kind of a person would write to someone they heard on the radio? 《西雅图夜未眠》
名言 Quotations
In bourgeois society capital is independent and has individuality, while thelivingperson is dependent and has no individuality.
Karl Marx (1818-83) and Friedrich Engels (1820-95), German social philosophers, revolutionaries. The Communist Manifesto, sct. 2 (1848).
第十二节（原教材也为第十一节）
picture
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 图画
Who painted the picture on the wall
n. 照片
I took a picture of my family.
n. 电影
I’ve seen that picture before.
n. 漂亮的物；美人
The park is a picture when the roses are in bloom.
衍生词语
picturesque (生动如画的);
motion picture (动作片);
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
明白 --- to get the picture
照相（拍静止照） --- to take a picture
不了解情况 --- be out of the picture
了解情况 --- be in the picture
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
be the picture of one’s mother/father --- 长的极像他妈妈/爸爸
生活用语 Street Talks
I don’t get a good picture on my TV set. There’s something wrong.
In the picture, you’re standing with a guy with long blond hair.
Jane always wants to be in the picture. (受到注重)
Do you get the picture? (明白了吗？)
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 Is gonna have a few pictures taken, ya know, the kind that make it look bigger than it is. 《情归巴黎》
Could you take a picture of us? 《情归巴黎》
I’ll show you a picture of her. 《西雅图夜未眠》
ctly the right word. 《情归巴黎》
谚语 Proverbs
A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts.房间挂的画反映主人的思想。
第二部分 语汇练习
I. 下列动词是与 money 有关的动作，请选择恰当的动词填空，注重动词的正确形式。
buy spend lose pay cost charge save
sell win waste find give afford
1. My car was five years old, so I …….it and ………..a new one.
2. I ………….over $2,000 for my computer, but it isn't worth very much now.
3. My father………me $50 last week but I ……………….most of it on a ticket for a concert on Friday.
4. Last week somebody…………….$ 1 million in a game on television. It was incredibly exciting.
5. I’m afraid I ……….my money on those CDs because I never play them.
6. I can’t………………to go on holiday this year.
7. Parents often think that children……..their money
8. I’m ……….for a new bike. I should have enough by the end of the year.
9. The mechanic ………me $100 for the service he provided.
Keys: 1. sold, bought 2. paid 3. gave, spent 4. won 5. have wasted 6. afford 7. waste 8. saving 9. charged
II. 下列名词是单数还是复数，或是单数和复数兼而有之，只是意思不同。请查字典判定，假如其中的名词既可单数，也可复数，请造句说明它们的区别。
butter cup housework hair insurance coffee grape money television coin work travel Countable: ……………………………………………………
Uncountable:………………………………………….
Countable and uncountable:……………………………………………………
Keys: Countable: cup, grape, coin
Uncountable: butter, travel, housework, money, spaghetti, insurance
Countable and Uncountable:
Television U eg. Television is bad for your eyes.
C eg. We bought a television yesterday.
Work U eg. Most people enjoy their work.
C eg. The Mona Lisa is a famous work of art.
Coffee U eg I love coffee.
C eg. I sat down and ordered a coffee (即a cup of coffee).
Hair U eg. My hair is getting very long and untidy. I need to have it cut.
C eg. There is a hair on my dinner plate.
III．连线题，请把下列两组短语根据逻辑关系连接起来。
1. It was so foggy that when order breeds habit.
2. Man is a creation of desire, for nature is the art of God.
3. Chaos often breeds life, made a night of it.
4. Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, we can secure peace only by preparing for war.
5. All things are artificial, that we had a job finding our way home.
6. The boys and girls at the dance not a creation of need.
7. It is an unfortunate fact that gets a grant to study in Sao Paulo.
8. The person who wins but a comedy in long-shot.
IV. 请用本课单词来填写下列句子。
1. If you have no courage you must have fast ……….
2. …………is comedy to him who thinks and a tragedy to him who feels.
3. …………proposes, God disposes.
4. ………..makes the mare go.
5. Wisdom may come out of the ………….of babies.
6. …………….teaches us to love our friends but religion our enemies.
7.Bad ……….travels fast.
8.……….with sword in hand, it is safest making.
第三部分 流行语汇
WWW (World Wide Web) 全球信息网
BBS(Bulletin Board System) 网络留言版系统
Post 张贴文章
ICQ (I seek you) home page 主页
hook up to the Internet 上网
modem “猫”, 调制解调器
electronic account 帐户
software 软件
on-line talking 在线聊天
on-line shopping 网上购物
chat room 聊天室
E-mail 电子邮件
e-commerce 电子商务
protocol 协议
web site 网站
search engine 搜索引擎
link 链接
register 注册
network 网络
Netizen 网民
The Internet industry 网络产业
Broadband 宽带
Download 下载
Web-surfing 网上冲浪
Cybercafe 网吧
Hacker 黑客
第四单元
第一部分 核心语汇
第一节
Pleasur
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 乐趣，快乐（不可数）
Reading gives me great pleasure.
n. 乐事，快事（可数）
she has few pleasures left in life.
n. 娱乐
“Are you here on business?”“No, for pleasure—this is my holiday.”
衍生词语
pleasurable (令人快乐的)；
pleasant (使人愉快的，合意的)；
pleasure-seeking (寻欢作乐的)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
随意/听便 --- be at one’s pleasure
享受的乐趣 --- to enjoy the pleasure of...
以为乐 --- to take great pleasure in
寻欢作乐 --- to seek/look for pleasure
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
pleasure seeker --- 寻找快乐的人（someone who always looks for fun）
For business or for pleasure? --- 是来办公还是来旅游？
生活用语 Street Talks
A: Bill, have you met Joan before?
B: No. Don’t think I’ve had the pleasure. (不曾有此幸运)
A: Thank you for your help.
B: My pleasure. (不客气)
A: Hi, Bill, nice to see you again.
B: My pleasure. (我也很兴奋见到你)
A: Bill, would you please pass me the tomato sauce?
B: With pleasure. (可以)
How do you do, Mr. Smith? It’s a pleasure to meet you.
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 Well, it’s all about pleasure. 《情归巴黎》
对话 Mrs. Larrabee: I’m Maude.
Elizabeth: Pleasure. 《情归巴黎》
谚语 Proverbs
Pleasure has a sting in its tail.乐极生悲。
Pleasure is a source of pain; pain is the source of pleasure.苦中有乐，乐中有苦。
名言 Quotations
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), U.S. president. Letter, 12 Oct. 1786.
One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.
Jane Austen (1775-1817), English novelist. Emma, in Emma, ch. 9 (1816).
第二节
price
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 价格
Prices are rising.
n. 代价
Loneliness was the price of Victoria’s success.
零售价 --- retail price
批发价 --- wholesale price
全/半价 --- full/ half price
最高价 --- ceiling price
最低价 --- floor price
最优价格 --- best price
低于成本的价格 --- below-cost price
拍卖价格 --- auction price
黑市价格 --- black-market price
衍生词语
priceless (无价的);
pricey (昂贵的)
复合词语
pricetag (价码牌);
price-list (价目表)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
价格战 --- price war
明码售货 --- sell at marked prices
报价 --- quote price
为所得付出代价 --- pay the price for
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
be at any price --- 不惜任何代价
cheap at the price --- 物有所值
beyond/above price --- 极其珍贵的，无价的
生活用语 Street Talks
How much is this rug? Do you know the price?
A: You pay a heavy price if you drink too much.
B: Why is that? A: You may lose your wallet or something.
A: Name your price! (你说个价吧！)
B: Ok, I’ll give you my best price. Let’s see, 600 dollars.
A: No. I can’t accept it. The market price is 620 dollars. Let’s make it 580. (价格随质量而异)
B: Oh no! Sir! The price varies according to the quality. Look at my stuff! I don’t understand how come you can’t accept such a popular price?!
A: 580 dollars! That’s it.
B: No. 590 dollars! The floor price. I can assure you that you’regetting a good bargain. Ok? Low prices and fine wares! (物美价廉)
A: Ok.
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 And we’re the price clubonly instead of a 10 gallon vatof olive oilfor 3 .99, that won’t even fit under your Kitchen cabinet. 《网上对话》
Kathleen: Fox Books makes no apologies. I have met Joe Fox and I’ve heard him compare his store to a price club and the books in it to cans of olive oil.
Joe: DOOH. Ow.(drop dead) 《网上情缘》
谚语 Proverbs
Virtue is beyond price.美德乃无价之宝。
Everyone has his price.人皆有价值（都能以某种方式加以购买）。
第二节
problem
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 问题
We must discuss the problem of how to protect the environment.
n. 难题
What they did produced new problems with us.
n. 习题
It took me an hour and a half to work out this problem in mathematics.
衍生词语
problematic (有问题的)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
社会问题 --- social problems
日常问题 --- day-by-day problems
问题儿童 --- a problem child (a child who causes trouble)
澄清问题 --- to clear up problems
提出问题 --- to present a problem
惹麻烦 --- to cause problems
解决问题 --- to solve the problem
生活用语 Street Talks
According to Mr. Green, this is a complicated problem.
What’s the problem? Do you know?
Johnny is a real problem child.
A: What should I do?
B: You figure it out yourself. It’s not my problem.
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 What’s your problem? 《阿甘正传》
No problem. 《阿甘正传》
If there is any problem, here’s the number of the pediatrician. 《西雅图夜未眠》
对话 Dr.Marsha: You don’t like the one he has now?
Jonah: He doesn’t have one now. That’s the problem. 《西雅图夜未眠》
第三节
road
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. [C] 道路
Where does this road lead?
n. [C] 手段；方法
There is no royal road to learning.
n. [C] 途中
Andy is on the road to Shanghai.
road --- 车辆通过的大马路
street --- 两侧有建筑物、商店的市内道路
sidewalk --- 和车辆相对的人行道
path --- 仅供人走的小路 (公园)
way --- 抽象意义的路
highway --- 高速公路
复合词语
railroad (铁路);
road-block (路障);
road tax (公路税)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
交通路标 --- a road sign
死胡同 --- a dead-end road
关大道 --- a straight and easy road
乡间道路 --- a country road
平坦的道路 --- a level road
坎坷的道路 --- a rough road
迂回的路 --- a round-about road
交通规则 --- rule of the road
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
hit the road ---上路 (get going)
on the road --- 在路上奔波（由于职业的原因，如演员、运动员、销售员等。）
生活用语 Street Talks
The thing I don’t like about driving is all the traffic on the road.
There are dangerous drivers like that one on the road.
Smoking too much is a dead end road. (bad result)
A: Hi Victor, you’ll fly to New York next Tuesday?
B: Yeah, but I really hate this life of being onthe road all he time.
A: Well, it’s time to go.
B: OK. But Let’s have one for the first. (以此杯送行)
A: It’s getting late.
B: Yeah I suppose it’s time to hit the road
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 I decided to go for a little run so I ran to the end of the road. 《阿甘正传》
对话 Ben: Where is Elaine?
Mrs. Robinson: I'll be with you in a moment, Benjamin. Do you have a patrol car in the vicinity of twelve hundred Glenview Road? Good. We have a burglar here. Just a second. I'll ask him. Are you armed? No—I don't believe he is. Thank you. Ben: What have you done to her? 《毕业生》
谚语 Proverbs
All roads lead to Rome.条条大道通罗马。
There is a road from heart to heart.心心相印。
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.只有良好的动机而不付诸实践，徒遭埋怨或惩罚。
第四节
shoe
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 鞋
I put on / took off my shoes.
n. 马蹄铁
The horse has cast a shoe.
皮鞋 --- leather shoes
正式皮鞋 --- dress shoes
雨鞋 --- rain shoes
帆布鞋 --- canvas shoes
高跟鞋 --- high-heeled shoes
厚底鞋 --- platform shoes
轻便鞋 --- walking shoes
运动鞋 --- gym shoes (sneaker)
复合词语
shoemaker (鞋匠)；
shoestring/shoelace (鞋带)；
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
穿鞋 ---to put on/wear one’s shoes
脱鞋 --- to take off one’s shoes
补鞋 --- to repair shoes
刷鞋 --- to brush up one’s shoes
擦鞋 --- to polish shoes (or shoe shine)
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
put oneself in somebody’s shoes --- 站在别人的角度/立场上
have a shoe in sth --- 先占上一席之地（在某行业中）
fill sb’s shoes --- 出色地接替某人的工作、职务
step into sb’s shoes --- 接替某人
生活用语 Street Talks
If you could just put yourself in my shoes for a minute, you’d understand. (站在我的角度)
A: Olive, there’s a shoe store over there. Let’s get in and take a look.
B: I’d rather not. You know I got ripped off last time I shopped there. (被宰了: to rip somebody off)
A: Sam, keep your shoes on. I can’t stand the odor.
B: But you’re the one asking me to take them off.
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 Look, the heels on these shoes are grotesque. 《西雅图夜未眠》
Put your shoes on. 《毕业生》
Those must be comfortable shoes.
I bet you could walk all day in shoes like that and not feel a thing. 《阿甘正传》
I wish I had shoes like that. 《阿甘正传》
谚语 Proverbs
Every shoe fits not every foot.一鞋难合百人足。
The fairest looking shoe may pinch the foot.样子好看的鞋有可能会夹脚，外表好看的东西未必
No one knows better where the shoe pinches than he who wears it.各人甘苦各自知。
第五节
story
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 故事
I really cannot swallow such a curious story.
n. 经历
Would you write the story of your life?
n. 假话（口语）
Don’t tell stories, Tom!
n. 新闻报道，文章
That’ll make a good story. (新闻报道的好题材)
复合词语
story-book (故事书)；
story-teller (讲故事的人/说谎的人)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
冒险故事 --- an adventure story
可靠的说法 --- an authentic story
黄色故事 --- a blue story
迷人的故事 --- a charming story
连载小说 --- a day-to-day story
故事情节 --- story line
写故事的人 --- story writer
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
The story does not lose in the telling. --- 这故事讲起来照样有趣。
the story goes that --- 据说
make/cut long story short --- 长话短说
never-ending story --- 麻烦的事情
the same old story --- 老生常谈的事
a tall story --- 难以置信的
生活用语 Street Talks
Don’t tell the same old story.（不要老生常谈。）
They say the new film is an adventure story.
Every night he tells a story to his children.
A: How did you get to know her?
B: It’s a long story.
A: I love long story. /I have time./Try me.
I could tell in his face that he was just telling a story.
He beats her all the time. It’s a never-ending story.
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 Well, I thought it was a very lovely story and you tell it so well, with such enthusiasm. 《阿甘正传》
Why retell the story? 《阿甘正传》
It’s a long story. 《情归巴黎》
I thought I would look into doing a story on those radio shows. 《西雅图夜未眠》
第六节
success
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 成功
The race ended in success for the Chinese athlete.
n. 成就
Steven tried several lines of business with no great success.
衍生词语
successful (成功的);
successfully (成功地);
successor (继任者)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
接近胜利 --- to approach success
获得成功 --- to get/obtain success
赢得成功 --- to win success
成功 --- to meet with success
习语俗语 Idioms & slangs
a roaring success --- 巨大的成功
生活用语 Street Talks
The conference was a success.
Failure is the mother of success.
If you want to be a success, you have to work hard.
The new movie is a success.
电影对白 Transcripts
Del: You know, the finest line a man will walk is between success at work and success at home. I got a motto. Like your work. Love your wife.
Neil: Well, I’ll remember that. What’s the flight situation? 《旅行冒险记》
谚语 Proverbs
Nothing succeeds like success.一顺百顺。
Success is the child of audacity.成功是冒险的产物。
To know how to wait is the great secret of success. 懂得怎样等待是成功的最大秘诀。
名言 Quotations
God doesn’t require us to succeed; he only requires that you try.
Mother Teresa (1910-97), Roman Catholic missionary in India. Quoted by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in: Rolling Stone (New York, Dec. 1992).
第七节
sugar
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 糖
Please put some sugar into my coffee.
蔗糖 --- cane sugar
冰糖 --- crystal sugar
乳糖 --- milk sugar
葡萄糖 --- grape sugar
棉花糖 --- spun sugar ( or cotton candy)
方糖 --- cube/ block/ cut sugar
vt. 使好受些
He tried to sugar the bad news.
衍生词语
sugarless (无糖的)
复合词语
sugarless food (无糖的食物);
sugarless gum (无糖的口香糖);
sugar-coated (巧为粉饰的)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
从甘蔗中提取糖 --- extract sugar from canes
糖衣 --- sugar coat
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
Sugar or cream? --- 要糖还是奶油？ (点咖啡时的问语)
sugar daddy --- 老色鬼；老荒唐（a wealthy older man who gives expensive gifts to a young person in return for sexual favors or companionship）
sugar --- 甜心（nickname, you might call your lover）
sugar the pill --- 降低某事物令人厌恶的程度
生活用语 Street Talks
Would you please pass the sugar?
Welcome home, sugar!(to your lover/spouse)
This new drink is sugar-free. (无糖的)
电影对白 Transcripts
对话 Post-man: For hiccups..
Jonah: Yeah, for hiccups.
Post-man: Take a spoonful of sugar and hold it in your mouth for a minute. 《西雅图夜未眠》
谚语 Proverbs
When it’s bitter in the heart no sugar in the mouth helps.口中之糖无补于心中之痛。
第八节
time
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 时间；时
I can’t afford time to visit all those places.
n. 作某种工作的时间
I don’t have much time for rest.
n. 期限（加 a ）
Would you please wait here for a time?
n. 时代；时势
Science makes progress with the times.
n. 次数
I met that foreign guy at least 4 times.
n. 倍
This is five times as long as that.
衍生词语
timely (适时发生的);
timer (定时器);
timeless (永远的)
复合词语
timetable (时间表；时刻表);
time-honored (历史悠久的);
time-consuming (耗费时间的)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
时空--- time & space
首次 --- for the first time
最后一次 --- for the last time
暂时 --- for the time being
有时 --- from time to time
长时间 --- for a long time
一次又一次 --- time and time again
从前 --- once upon a time/long time ago
过得很快乐 --- to have a good time
钟表走得准时/不准时 --- to keep good/bad time
一直 --- all the time
依次、逐一 --- be at a time
曾经、一度 --- at one time
来得及 --- be in time for...
准时 --- be on time
提前 --- ahead of times
具有超前意识 --- ahead of one’s time
随时 --- at all time
与此同时 --- at the same time
习语与俗语
Idioms & Slangs time flies --- 光阴似箭
the time is ripe --- 时机成熟
time on one’s hands --- 闲暇
time limit --- 时限
good timing --- 正是时候
ine times out of ten --- 十之八九，几乎总是
take one’s time --- 不着急
have a rough/hard time --- 吃苦
have time to kill --- 没事可做
it’s high time to do --- 该做什么
it’s only a matter of time --- 迟早会发生
behind the times --- 过时，落后的
longtime no see---好久不见
生活用语 Street Talks
Excuse me. Can you tell me what time is it?
（几点了？＝ Do you have the time?）
The judges, as you can imagine, had a very difficult time choosing a winner.
The teacher kept talking all the time.
Do one thing at a time. Haste makes waste.
At one time they were in love.
Don’t worry, you may be in time for the bus.
I waited for you for a long time.
For the first time, I tried to give some serials thoughts about my life.
This money will do for the time being.
Victor buys me flowers from time to time.
My watch keeps good time.
A: Victoria is a good teacher.
B: I agree. But should she improve her timing, she would be a better one.
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 Night time in the army is a lonely time. 《阿甘正传》
You can’t keep trying to rescue me all the time. 《阿甘正传》
It’s time for your bath lieutenant. 《阿甘正传》
The time in Paris will be so good for you. 《情归巴黎》
When was the last time I came here? 《情 归巴黎》
谚语 Proverbs
Time waits for no man.岁月不待人。
Other times,other names.此一时也，彼一时也。
Time is money.时间就是金钱。
There is no time like the present .现在就是做事的最佳时机。
第九节
way
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 道；道路
Excuse me, will you tell me the way to the station?
n. 距离；路程
Tian’an Men Square is a little/short way to the Museum.
n. 方向
This way, please.
n. 方式；方法
Do it (in) this way. (这样做)
n. 习惯
It’s just his way. Don’t mind his teasing.
n. 风俗
the American way of living
复合词语
wayword (任性的)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
前进 --- make one’s way
迷路 --- lose one’s way
用手摸索前进 --- feel one’s way/grope one’s way
勉强前进 --- force one’s way/push one’s way
用肩推着前进 --- shoulder one’s way
有利也有弊 --- cut both ways
断裂，倒塌 --- give way
让步，妥协 --- give way to sb/sth
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
No way! --- 没门!
no way out --- 没出去的路
way back home --- 回家的路上
work one’s way up --- 向上爬
by the way --- 顺便说一句
be born /made that way --- 天生就是这种人
be set in one’s way --- 固执，不变通
go/get one’s own way --- 为所欲为
be in the family way --- 怀孕
in a way --- 在某种程度上
in the way --- 阻碍，挡路
under way --- 正在进行
生活用语 Street Talks
It’s a long way from here.
We walked all the way to the station. (一路上)
BTW/By the way, where are you going? (对了；随便 incidentally)
We went to America by way of Hawaii. (经由 via)
My Grandparents always let me have my own way. (随心所欲)
In a way you are right. (在某一方面上)
Don’t stand in my way. (挡我的路)
Get out of my way! (让开；让路)
You are way out of line. (你太出格了。)
Don’t go anywhere, I’m on my way. (别走，我在路上。等等我。)
My son finally found his way back home. One way or round trip? (单程还是双程？)
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 How she discovered ways to expand her mind and learn how to live in harmony, which must be out west somewhere ‘cause she made it all the way to California. 《阿甘正传》
I thought I was going back to Vietnam but instead they decided the best way for me to fight the communists was to play ping pong. 《阿甘正传》
Mama always had a way of explaining things so that I could understand them. 《阿甘正传》
Down that way? 《阿甘正传》
But someone is in the way. 《情归巴黎》
I’ll always feel that way about Paris. 《情归巴黎》
No way! He’d kill me! 《西雅图夜未眠》
Did anybody read that book all the way through? 《西雅图夜未眠》
No-we're just on our way downstairs! 《毕业生》
谚语 Proverbs
Where there is a will, there is a way.有志者事竞成。
第十节
word
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 字；单字
Don’t use difficult words.
n. 简短的话
Oliver gave me a word of advice.
n. 诺言
David is a man of his word.
n. 通知（不加冠词）
No word has come from David. (大卫一点消息也没有。)
衍生词语
wording (措词);
wordless (沉默的);
wordy (唠叨的)
复合词语
wordplay (俏皮话);
wordperfect (一字不差地熟记的；
or letterperfect in AmE);
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
脏话 --- dirty word
简言之 --- in a word
换句话说 --- in other words
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
stick to one’s word --- 信守诺言(do what you said you would)
give one’s word --- 许诺 (promise)
eat one’s word --- 说出的话又不承认
生活用语 Street Talks
A: Jerry I want to have a word with you. (说几句话)
B: Shoot! (go ahead)
A: I’ve something to tell you guys. You know, I’m going to quit smoking, drinking, gambling and womanishing, and starting from tomorrow! (追女人)
B: Famous last words! (鬼才信！)
A: Please! I’m pretty serious about that. I’ll not eat my words this time.
B: We don’t believe a word of that.
John didn’t say a word about it.
In a word, I don’t trust Jack.
In other words, Jack betrayed us.
I don’t remember his exact words, but you got the point.
I’ll take your word for it. (我接受你的许诺。)
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 I am a man of my word. 《阿甘正传》
I believe those were her words. 《情归巴黎》
谚语 Proverbs
Words are the wings of the actions.语言是行动的翅膀。
Enough words, little wisdom.话多聪明少。