发音↩ 00:02
How's tricks
重读 tricks,听出这句问候的轻佻和调侃。
- Miss Mollie Malloy. - Hello, Mollie. How's tricks ?
- 莫莉·马洛伊小姐。- 你好,莫莉。最近怎么样?
俚语B2↩ 00:02
How's tricks
最近怎么样——老派随口问候,熟人间用。
- Miss Mollie Malloy. - Hello, Mollie. How's tricks ?
- 莫莉·马洛伊小姐。- 你好,莫莉。最近怎么样?
固定搭配B1↩ 00:05
pay a call on someone
pay a call on someone
上门拜访某人
- I've been looking for you tramps . - Come to pay a call on Williams?
- 我一直在找你们这些下三烂。- 来找威廉斯?
发音↩ 00:05
I've been looking
been 常弱读成 /bɪn/,整段要连着听。
- I've been looking for you tramps . - Come to pay a call on Williams?
- 我一直在找你们这些下三烂。- 来找威廉斯?
俚语B2↩ 00:05
tramps
没用的家伙——带侮辱性,正式场合别用。
- I've been looking for you tramps . - Come to pay a call on Williams?
- 我一直在找你们这些下三烂。- 来找威廉斯?
语法B1↩ 00:13
ain't you?
反意疑问:主句带判断,句尾用 ain't you 反问对方是否承认。
A lot of wise guys , ain't you?
真是一帮自作聪明的家伙,是吧?
俚语B2↩ 00:13
wise guys
自以为聪明的家伙——口语嘲讽,指耍小聪明的人。
A lot of wise guys , ain't you?
真是一帮自作聪明的家伙,是吧?
固定搭配B2↩ 00:15
break up something
break up something
搅乱某个局面
You're breaking up the game . What do you want?
你把这场好戏搅黄了。想干什么?
发音↩ 00:15
What do you
do you 常压成 /dəjə/,别逐词等清晰音。
You're breaking up the game . What do you want?
你把这场好戏搅黄了。想干什么?
发音↩ 00:22
Keep your shirt
Keep 和 shirt 重读,命令里的安抚意味更明显。
语法B2↩ 00:24
If you was worth breaking my nails on
虚拟条件句:If 从句设想一种情况,主句用 would 表示假设结果;was 是口语用法。
If you was worth breaking my nails on , I'd tear your face open.
要是你值得我折断指甲,我早把你的脸撕烂了。
固定搭配B2↩ 00:27
be sore about something
be sore about something
为某事恼火
What are you sore about ? Wasn't that a swell story we gave you?
你到底气什么?我们给你的那篇精彩报道,不是挺好吗?
俚语B1↩ 00:27
swell
很棒的——老派称赞,现代听来略过时。
What are you sore about ? Wasn't that a swell story we gave you?
你到底气什么?我们给你的那篇精彩报道,不是挺好吗?
固定搭配B2↩ 00:31
make a fool out of someone
make a fool out of someone
把某人当傻子耍
You crumbs have been making a fool out of me long enough.
你们这些小喽啰把我当傻子耍,已经够久了。
俚语B2↩ 00:31
crumbs
小喽啰或废物——轻蔑地骂一群人,别用于正式场合。
You crumbs have been making a fool out of me long enough.
你们这些小喽啰把我当傻子耍,已经够久了。
语法B1↩ 00:34
I never said I loved Earl
宾语从句:said 后接完整陈述句,I loved Earl 是被转述的内容。
I never said I loved Earl , and was willing to marry him on the gallows.
我从没说过我爱厄尔,也没说过愿意在绞刑架上嫁给他。
固定搭配B1↩ 00:39
someone's soul mate
someone's soul mate
灵魂伴侣
And about my being his soul mate and having a love nest with him.
还有什么灵魂伴侣、和他筑爱巢之类的。
固定搭配B2↩ 00:39
a love nest
a love nest
秘密爱巢
这里是记者编造的暧昧说法。
And about my being his soul mate and having a love nest with him.
还有什么灵魂伴侣、和他筑爱巢之类的。
固定搭配B2↩ 00:42
the death house
the death house
死囚牢房
You've been around that cuckoo since they threw him in the death house .
自从他们把那个疯子扔进死囚牢房,你就一直围着他转。
俚语B2↩ 00:42
cuckoo
疯疯癫癫的人——口语贬称,避免指代精神障碍者。
You've been around that cuckoo since they threw him in the death house .
自从他们把那个疯子扔进死囚牢房,你就一直围着他转。
固定搭配B1↩ 01:00
what's the matter
what's the matter
到底怎么了
...and asked him what was the matter .
……问他到底怎么了。
语法B2↩ 01:00
what was the matter
嵌入疑问句:asked 后把疑问内容放进句中,保留 what 引导的疑问结构。
...and asked him what was the matter .
……问他到底怎么了。
固定搭配B1↩ 01:02
be on the job
be on the job
在岗或做这份工作
He told me about being fired after being on the job for 14 years .
他说自己工作了14年后被解雇了。
语法B2↩ 01:02
after being on the job for 14 years
动名词结构:after 后接 being,说明被解雇发生在工作了十四年之后。
He told me about being fired after being on the job for 14 years .
他说自己工作了14年后被解雇了。
发音↩ 01:02
for 14 years
for 弱读,14 years 连在一起听成时间块。
He told me about being fired after being on the job for 14 years .
他说自己工作了14年后被解雇了。
固定搭配A2↩ 01:15
talk to someone
talk to someone
和某人聊天
I tell you he just sat there talking to me all night.
我告诉你,他就坐在那里和我聊了一整晚。
发音↩ 01:15
talking to me
to 弱读成 /tə/,talking-to 会自然黏连。
I tell you he just sat there talking to me all night.
我告诉你,他就坐在那里和我聊了一整晚。
固定搭配B2↩ 01:18
lay a hand on someone
lay a hand on someone
碰某人或对其动手
这里强调厄尔没有越界或伤害她。
He never once laid a hand on me .
他从来没有碰过我一下。
固定搭配B2↩ 01:31
treat someone decently
treat someone decently
待某人厚道
Because Earl treated me decent , and not like an animal .
因为厄尔待我厚道,从没把我当成动物。
语法B1↩ 01:31
Because Earl treated me decent
原因从句:Because 引出理由,后面的 not like an animal 补充对照说明。
Because Earl treated me decent , and not like an animal .
因为厄尔待我厚道,从没把我当成动物。
发音↩ 01:31
not like an animal
重读 not 和 animal,突出尊重与侮辱的对比。
Because Earl treated me decent , and not like an animal .
因为厄尔待我厚道,从没把我当成动物。
固定搭配B2↩ 01:39
leave a call for a time
leave a call for a time
预约某时叫醒
这里指旅馆叫早,不是普通打电话。
He left a call for 7 a.m.
他预约了早上7点的叫早电话。
固定搭配B2↩ 01:41
it's a wonder (that)...
it's a wonder (that)...
真是奇怪或亏得
这里带反讽:居然还没被雷劈死。
It's a wonder lightning don't come down and strike you all dead.
真奇怪,老天怎么还没降下雷电把你们全劈死。
发音↩ 01:41
come down and strike
down and、and strike 连读,整串像一口气冲出来。
It's a wonder lightning don't come down and strike you all dead.
真奇怪,老天怎么还没降下雷电把你们全劈死。
固定搭配B1↩ 01:57
a pain in the neck
a pain in the neck
讨厌的人或麻烦事
They're fixing up a pain in the neck for your boyfriend.
他们正给你男朋友找麻烦。
固定搭配B2↩ 02:05
mean someone no harm
mean someone no harm
无意伤害任何人
A poor little fellow that never meant nobody no harm .
那么可怜的小伙子,从没想过要伤害任何人。
固定搭配B1↩ 02:08
crack jokes
crack jokes
开玩笑
Sitting with the angel of death, and you cracking jokes .
他正陪着死神,你们却在拿他开玩笑。
固定搭配A2↩ 02:13
take one's hands off someone
take one's hands off someone
把手从某人身上拿开
- Take your hands off me! - Let's get out of here.
- 把手从我身上拿开!- 我们走吧。
俚语B1↩ 02:16
ain't
不是或不——口语或方言形式,正式写作不用。
They ain't human.
他们根本不是人。