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/fake 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   bread winner养家糊口的人

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)   joint venture 合·资

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。 No money,no talks.

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   knock it out/off   please be quiet

使流口水 --- to make one’s mouth water

嘴不稳，话多 --- to have a big mouth    talker多嘴的人   bad mouth about each other 互相诋毁  

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 run off at the mouth/shoot off one’s mouth

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.智慧可能出自婴孩之口。

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   I am going to answer the nature’s call.

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.