第8課:高頻生活動詞用法
一、高頻生活動詞用法
make a last-ditch effort--做最後的努力(to make a final effort)
例句1:I made a last-ditch effort to talk to my ex-girlfriend before she moved to a different city, but she didn't return any of my phone calls. 在我前女友搬到另一個城市之前,我做了一次左後的嘗試和努力想要跟她再溝通一下,但是她不接我電話。
make a killing --掙超多錢(make a lot of money)
例句1:Peter buys apartments located on beautiful beaches and rents them out to tourists. He's making a killing. 皮特在那些漂亮的海灘上買了很多公寓,然後租出去掙了很多錢。
make your mouth water 讓你流口水 (saliva口水)
例句1:Wow, just looking at that triple chocolate cake makes my mouth water. 哇,點到那個三重巧克力蛋糕就讓我不斷流口水了。
make a pass at/make eyes at對某人眉目傳情
例句1:At the Christmas party, the company president made a pass at the new secretary. 在聖誕聚會上,公司總裁對新來的祕書表達出了極大的"性"趣。
make your blood boil 讓你很生氣
例句1:The corruption in this country makes my blood boil. I can't stand to think how much money is wasted with political scandals. 國家的腐敗讓我非常非奴。一想到因爲貪污浪費的錢就氣憤難忍。
二、美劇學習
captain has failed you.
1)臺詞:
Your captain has failed you.
1)Your captain 的重讀音在captain
2)一個句子的重讀規則:
Your captain has failed you.
2)Fail someone 辜負某人
例句: You failed the city. 你辜負了這個城市。
例句:I felt like I failed her. But I tried, and I've tried really hard. 我覺得我讓她失望了,但是我努力了,我真的有很努力。
3)It never fails. 這事從來沒失敗過。
例句: Trust me. If you use what you've learned in your daily life. You will learn English well. It never fails. 相信我,如果你想把英語學好,你一定要在生活使用它。只要你這樣做,你一定可以學好。
2. I feel like that weed lube's starting to kick in.
1)臺詞:
I feel like that weed lube's starting to kick⌒in.
1)like 中k略讀; that 中t略讀
2)to 的略讀;
3)kick in 的連讀;
2)feel like that… 複習;
例句:I feel like that Peter's trying to hide something and bragging his company's revenue. 我覺得皮特想試圖隱瞞什麼,然後對他們公司收入也有很大吹牛成分。
例句:I feel like that my life has turned into a new page. I used to be anxious about everything. I worried about what if I won't make enough money to make me happy, what about people around me don't like me and stuff. But I'm much more peaceful than before. 我覺得我的生活已經進入了一個新篇章,我以前對一切都很焦慮,很焦慮萬一我掙的錢不足以讓我開心怎麼辦,我周圍人不喜歡我怎麼辦,但是我現在很好了。我現在內心比以前更平靜了。
3)kick in 穿上很好看
例句:The effects of the pain killer should begin to kick in within a few minutes. 這個鎮定劑醫效果一會就會起來了。
3. Don't worry. It'll probably wear off soon.
1)臺詞:
Don't worry. It'll probably wear off soon.
別擔心。很快就會消失啦。
1)Don't worry. 發音
2)It'll 的連讀。
2)Wear off 逐漸消失
例:How long does it take for coffee to wear off? 咖啡咖啡音要多長時間效果會減退啊?
例:The pain killer started to wear off, so I began to feel the pain again. 止痛藥的藥效要沒有了,所以我開始又感覺到疼了。
例:The excitement of working in a new company soon wore off, and it became just like any other job. 在一個新公司的