固定搭配C1↩ 00:02
have a nervous breakdown
have a nervous breakdown
精神崩溃
Well, doctor, I would say it's a nervous breakdown .
好吧,医生,我看这是精神崩溃。
发音↩ 00:02
I would say
would 弱读,say 承载判断重音。
Well, doctor, I would say it's a nervous breakdown .
好吧,医生,我看这是精神崩溃。
固定搭配B2↩ 00:18
describe someone as something
describe someone as something
把自己描述成……
Well, uh, I would describe myself as a contact man.
嗯,呃,我会把自己描述成一名联络员。
俚语B2↩ 00:27
errand boy
跑腿打杂的人——可自嘲也可贬人,正式场合慎用
Do you mean, an errand boy ?
您的意思是,跑腿小弟?
俚语C1↩ 00:28
pill-peddler
卖药小贩;挖苦医生——带贬意的玩笑说法,别作正式称呼
Doctor, did I call you a pill-peddler ?
医生,我有说您是卖药小贩吗?
固定搭配B2↩ 00:39
fail someone
fail someone
辜负某人;关键时刻掉链子
I wanna thank you for your splendid reaction to my telephone call. I knew you wouldn't fail us .
我得谢谢您接到电话后的出色反应。我就知道您不会丢下我们不管。
语法B2↩ 00:39
I knew you wouldn't fail us
过去视角下的 would:过去时 knew 后,would 表示当时预期对方不会辜负我们。
I wanna thank you for your splendid reaction to my telephone call. I knew you wouldn't fail us .
我得谢谢您接到电话后的出色反应。我就知道您不会丢下我们不管。
发音↩ 00:39
I wanna thank
wanna 是 want to 的弱化口语,thank 重读。
I wanna thank you for your splendid reaction to my telephone call. I knew you wouldn't fail us .
我得谢谢您接到电话后的出色反应。我就知道您不会丢下我们不管。
发音↩ 00:39
fail us
fail 与 us 连读,末尾辅音直接带入元音。
I wanna thank you for your splendid reaction to my telephone call. I knew you wouldn't fail us .
我得谢谢您接到电话后的出色反应。我就知道您不会丢下我们不管。
俚语B1↩ 00:39
wanna
want to 的口语缩略——非正式口语,正式写作用 want to
I wanna thank you for your splendid reaction to my telephone call. I knew you wouldn't fail us .
我得谢谢您接到电话后的出色反应。我就知道您不会丢下我们不管。
固定搭配B1↩ 00:44
get over something
get over something
从打击中缓过来
Well, I have to get over it .
好吧,我得缓过来。
发音↩ 00:44
get over it
get 的 t 在元音前轻弹,over it 连读。
Well, I have to get over it .
好吧,我得缓过来。
固定搭配C1↩ 00:46
keep something in strict confidence
keep something in strict confidence
对某事严格保密
Now this whole thing must be kept in strictest confidence .
现在,整件事必须严格保密。
语法C1↩ 00:46
this whole thing must be kept in strictest confidence
情态被动:must be kept 表示“必须被保持”,主语承受保密动作。
Now this whole thing must be kept in strictest confidence .
现在,整件事必须严格保密。
固定搭配B1↩ 01:13
take it easy
take it easy
少操劳;放松些
I said that if things go well, I might take it easier and maybe by Christmas make you manager of the shop.
我说过,要是一切顺利,我或许会轻松些,也许到圣诞节就让你当店里的经理。
语法B2↩ 01:13
if things go well, I might take it easier
条件句:if 引出条件,might 表示在该条件下的可能结果。
I said that if things go well, I might take it easier and maybe by Christmas make you manager of the shop.
我说过,要是一切顺利,我或许会轻松些,也许到圣诞节就让你当店里的经理。
发音↩ 01:40
I hated you
I 和 hated 重读,先承认再落到情绪。
I.. I hated you .
我……我恨过你。
固定搭配B1↩ 01:42
can't stand someone/something
can't stand someone/something
受不了某人或某事
I-I couldn't stand your presence anymore.
我、我再也受不了你在眼前了。
固定搭配B1↩ 01:49
be all over
be all over
彻底结束了
No, but that's all over now , sir. You..
不,但那都过去了,先生。您……
固定搭配C1↩ 02:00
a secret rendezvous
a secret rendezvous
秘密幽会
My wife having secret rendezvous with one of my employees.
我的妻子竟然和我的一个员工秘密幽会。
语法C1↩ 02:11
who had been to my home
定语从句:who 指前面的 employee,过去完成时说明到访发生在当时之前。
Well, you see, you were the only one of my employees who had been to my home and you sent my wife flowers - But that-that was-- - You don't have to tell me.
你看,你是我所有员工里唯一来过我家的,而且你还送过我妻子花——可那、那是——你不用解释。
固定搭配B1↩ 02:59
as + adverb + as possible
as + adverb + as possible
尽可能安静地
I want him dismissed as quietly as possible .
我希望尽可能悄悄地把他解雇。
固定搭配B2↩ 03:21
give someone a raise
give someone a raise
给某人加薪
Well, now that you're the boss , if you want to give yourself a raise ..
现在你是老板了,要是想给自己加薪……
语法B2↩ 03:21
now that you're the boss
原因从句:now that 表示“既然”,为 give yourself a raise 提供前提。
Well, now that you're the boss , if you want to give yourself a raise ..
现在你是老板了,要是想给自己加薪……
发音↩ 03:21
yourself a raise
a 弱读为 /ə/,raise 是信息重音。
Well, now that you're the boss , if you want to give yourself a raise ..
现在你是老板了,要是想给自己加薪……
固定搭配B1↩ 03:27
talk something over with someone
talk something over with someone
和某人商量某事
Well, sir, I'll talk it over with myself and if I don't ask for too much money I'll give it to myself. Thank you, sir.
嗯,先生,我会先和自己商量商量;如果我没要太多钱,就给自己加薪。谢谢您,先生。
语法B2↩ 03:27
if I don't ask for too much money
条件从句:if 从句设置“不要钱要太多”的条件,主句再接出玩笑结果。
Well, sir, I'll talk it over with myself and if I don't ask for too much money I'll give it to myself. Thank you, sir.
嗯,先生,我会先和自己商量商量;如果我没要太多钱,就给自己加薪。谢谢您,先生。
固定搭配B1↩ 03:48
nothing but + noun
nothing but + noun
只是;不过是
I'm still nothing but an errand boy at Matuschek and Company.
我在马图谢克公司仍然不过是个跑腿的。
固定搭配B1↩ 03:51
in other words
in other words
换句话说
In other words , you'd like to be a clerk, huh?
换句话说,你是想当个店员,对吧?