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);   refugee难民

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 Office(英)(内政部)

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  love affair绯闻

国内贸易 --- home trade

独自在家 --- home alone

主场球队 --- home team

无拘束 --- to feel at home

习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs

home free --- 自由自在

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。