? ? ? Part 1 Pronunciation
- I feel like our relationship has been on
the rocks lately. It seems like all we do is fight.
?我覺得最近我們關(guān)系很糟糕。似乎我們天天吵架。
? ? ?- Everything between us would be A-OK
if you paid attention to me.
???要是你多關(guān)心我，我們之間的一切就不會有這些問題。
- Oh, get off my back. l'm not that kind of
person.
??噢，別嘮叨了。我不是那種人。
-Yes, you definitely are! When was the
last time we went anywhere together?
不，你就是!?我們上次出去玩是什么時候?
??????- Money doesn't grow on trees, Mandy!
??????You're burning a hole in my pocket!
??????我們上次出去玩是什么時候?
??????- I can't believe you just said that. I'm far
??????better with our money than you are!
我真不敢相信禰竟然這么說。???我比你花錢更節(jié)約!
??????Part 2 Comprehension
??????1. I feel like our relationship has been on
??????the rocks lately.
??????我覺得最近我們關(guān)系很糟糕。
??????sth be on the rocks.
??????①..瀕臨破裂。??(關(guān)系)
??????relationship? (n.)愛情關(guān)系
??????②(企業(yè)/生意等)陷入困境或者瀕臨破產(chǎn)。
??????This company is on the rocks.這家公司要破產(chǎn)了。
??????be as solid as a rock (關(guān)系)堅如磐石
solid? (adj.)堅硬的，堅固的
?????I? think their marriage is as solid as a
??????rock.
??????我認(rèn)為他們的婚姻堅如磐石。
??????2. It seems like all we do is fight.似乎我們天天吵架。
??????It seems / seemed like +從句.似乎...
??????all we do is fight我們天天吵架
??????→all we do is to fight省略to的情況:
??????①主句的主語含有動詞do的某種形式(do, does, did, have done, has done等)
??????②主語具有“唯一” 這層概念(all,every, only 等)
??????fight? (v.)爭論，爭吵
??????3. Everything between us would be A-
??????OK if you paid attention to me.
??????要是你多關(guān)心我，我們之間的一切就不會有這些問題。
??????sth be A-OK.
? ? ? 一切都很好，很順利。Everything's A-OK now.現(xiàn)在一切都妥帖了。
??????pay attention to sb關(guān)心/注意某人
??????pay no attention to sb不理會/沒注意到某人
??????4. Oh, get off my back. I'm not that kind
??????of person.
??????噢，別嘮叨了。我不是那種人。
??????get off sb's back不要再嘮叨/數(shù)落某人
??????Why don't you get off my back? I'm doing
??????my best.
??????別再數(shù)落我了行不行?我正在努力啊。
??????I'm not that kind of person.我不是那種人。
??????= That's not who | am.
??????= I'm not like that.
??????sb be not that kind of person.某人不是那種人。
??????5. Yes, you definitely are!不，你就是!
??????yes表否定
??????6. When was the last time we went
??????anywhere together?
??????我們上次出去玩是什么時候?
??????When was the last time +從句?上次做某事是什么時候?
??????When was the last time you had a
??????cigarette?
??????你上一次吸煙是在什么時候?
7. Money doesn't grow on trees, Mandy!
You're burning a hole in my pocket!
錢可不是從天上掉下來的，Mandy!你在揮霍我的錢。
??????Money doesn't grow on trees.錢可不是長在樹上。
??????引申義:錢可不是大風(fēng)刮來的。/錢可不
??????是從天_上掉下來的。
??????I'll have to think about it一money doesn't
??????grow on trees, you know.
??????我得想一下。你知道，錢可不是從天上掉下來的。
??????sb be made of money.某人很有錢。
??????She is made of money.她是個富翁。
??????burn a hole in sb's pocket
??????錢在某人的口袋留不住/一有錢就想花/揮霍金錢，花錢無度
??????8. And someone who has a lot of money
??????to throw around.
??????而且這人有很多錢可以隨意揮霍。
??????sb have/has/had a? lot of money to
??????throw around.
??????某人有很多錢可以隨意揮霍。
??????He lost his job, but still seems to have a
??????lot of money to throw around.
??????他丟了工作，但好像還有足夠的錢揮霍。
??????throw money at sth大量花錢(不經(jīng)深思熟慮，以解決某個問題)
??????The problem can't be solved by throwing
??????money at it.
??????這個問題是花錢也解決不了的。
??????9. .... I think we can afford one splurge...所以我覺得我們可以揮霍一次。
splurge? (n.)揮霍，亂花錢
??????one splurge on sth在上擇霍/破費一次
??????splurge? (V.)擇霍，亂花銭
splurge sth on sth在.上揮霍錢財
??????With a couple of months she has
??????splurged about 2,500 dollars on clothes.最近幾個月，地哭衣服花掉了大約2500美元。
??????splurge on sth把錢揮霍在...上
??????I feel like splurging on a new dress.我想花大價錢買條新裙子。
??????10. I can't believe you just said that.我真不敢相信禰竟然這么說。
??????I can hardly believe you just said that.我真不敢相信禰竟然這么說。
??????I can hardly believe sb did / be doing /
??????will do sth.
??????我真不敢相信某人竟然做了/正在做/將要做某事。
??????11. I'm far better with our money than
??????you are!
??????我比你花錢更節(jié)約!
??????sb be good with sth/ sb.
??????某人對...有一套。/某人善于...
??????sb be far better with sth than...
??????某人比....更有一套。/某人比...更善于...
??????far修飾better程度上更...
??????My mom is far better with children than
??????others.
??????媽媽對孩子真是比其他人更有一套。
??????Part 3 The Notebook
??????1. Have you been paying attention to anything that's happening?
??????你真的注意到發(fā)生了什么事了嗎?
??????pay attention to sth注意/留心某事/某物
??????Sorry, I wasn't paying attention to what
??????you were saying.
??????不好意思，我沒仔細(xì)聽你說的話。
??????2. I guess not. I think I must have
??????misread all of these signals.
??????看來沒有。我一定是誤解了一切信號。
misread? (v.)對...錯誤判斷
??????mis + read -→misread?
mis-錯的
??????signal? (n.)信號
??????sb must have done sth.某人一定是做了某事。
??????He must have known what I wanted.他一定早已知道我想要什么了。
??????3. They have like a two-second rebound
??????rate...
??????反正2秒鐘就會恢復(fù)過來...
rebound? (n.)反彈
??????rebound rate反彈頻率，恢復(fù)頻率they→feelings
??????on the rebound (因失戀而)處于心灰意冷的狀態(tài)
??????She married another man on the
??????rebound.
??????她心灰意冷地嫁給了另一個男人。
