LECTURE 80 基本動詞 HAVE 1

LECTURE 80 基本動詞 HAVE 1

詞組講解

1. have a ball *玩得開心；狂歡

解 俚語；詞義溯源：舉辦［舞會（ball）］

例 Oh come on , Greg. You have to go with us. It's just not as much fun if you're not there. Come on , everybody's expecting you. Just think about—beach, big fire, roasted chicken, beer, girls everywhere—we'll have a ball; but not if you don't come.

2. have a big mouth **大嘴巴；大聲說話；說大話

解 〈口〉習語；詞義溯源：有張大嘴巴；big mouth表示“嘮叨的人”

例 Harry!You have a big mouth!Why did you tell the coach I was playing on another soccer team on the weekends? You know we're not allowed to play on other teams and you gave me to understand that you wouldn't say anything about it to anybody on the team—especially the coach!I'm not telling you anything else!

3. have a bone to pick with sb. / have a bone to pick **對某人不滿；跟某人算賬

解 習語；詞義溯源：與某人之間有得［挑出來（to pick）］的骨頭

例 Ihave a bone to pick with you. You still owe me the fifteen dollars you borrowed.

4. have a brush with sb. or sth. **與某人有小沖突；輕微觸犯；稍微接觸

解 習語；詞義溯源：與某人或某物有了［小摩擦（brush）］；常用close修飾本詞組中的brush；參照have a scrape with sb. or sth.

例 Ionly had to have a brush with malaria once to learn my lesson. Now, whenever I'm planning to travel to Africa or South America, I start taking anti-malaria medication weeks beforehand. Malaria's a scary disease.

5. have a chip on one's shoulder **尋釁好斗；挑起是非

解 習語；詞義溯源：肩膀上面有著［無價值的東西、瑣碎之物（chip）］

例 You'd have a chip on your shoulder too if your coworkers treated you the way mine treat me. I'm the only manager who doesn't have an MBA and they constantly remind of that.

鞏固練習

(A) had a ball

(B) has a big mouth

(C) has a bone to pick with

(D) have a brush with

(E) had a chip on his shoulder

1. A: Did you guys have a lot of fun at the baseball game? B: Oh, we ______! You should have come with us. It was great. A: I wish I had. It's been a while since I last enjoyed myself thoroughly. Since I got married, my life's been nothing but work.

2. A: Do you believe in guardian angels? You know, an angel who saves you from harm when you ______ something bad? B: Definitely. I'm certain that on several occasions when I had a close encounter with a dangerous or unpleasant situation someone rescued me. I just know there's an angel watching over me.

3. A: Don't tell Jenny anything! She can't keep a secret. If you tell her anything about this she'll reveal it to Jim. B: Don't worry—I never planned to tell Jenny. I know she ______.

4. A: What's wrong with Chris? He's always ready to fight these days. I just commented that his coat had an oil stain on it and he started arguing with me. B: Yeah, he's ______ since we selected Patrick for president of our club instead of him. I guess he feels he's been treated unfairly so he's very sensitive about his self-worth.

5. A: When I see Dan I'm going to give him a piece of my mind ! B: You're not the only one who ______ him. He borrowed $700 from me two months ago and hasn't paid it back yet. What's your reason to start an argument with him? A: He told a television news interviewer some bad things about our club.

■ ANSWER

1. (A)

2. (D)

3. (B)

4. (E)

5. (C)

參考譯文

I. 1. 哦，去吧，格雷格。你必須和我們一起去，你要是不去就沒什么意思了。去吧，大家都期待你去呢。你想想啊——海灘、巨大的篝火、烤雞、啤酒，周圍還都是美女——我們要去狂歡；但是如果你不去那就不行了。

2. 哈里！你可真是多嘴啊！你為什么告訴教練我周末在另一支足球隊踢球？你知道我們不許在其他球隊踢球的，你還讓我相信你不會把這件事告訴隊里的任何人——尤其是教練！我再也不會告訴你任何事情了！

3. 我有賬要跟你算：你向我借的15美元還沒還呢。

4. 瘧疾這東西，稍微接觸一下就知道它的厲害了?，F(xiàn)在，每次我要去非洲或者南美洲旅行時，出發(fā)前幾周就開始吃抗瘧疾的藥物。瘧疾是種可怕的疾病。

5. 如果你的同事像我那些同事對待我那樣對你，你肯定也想鬧事。我是唯一一個沒有獲得MBA學位的經(jīng)理，他們總是提起這一點。

II. 1. A：你們在棒球比賽中玩得開心嗎？B：哦，我們玩得非常開心！你要是跟我們一起去就好了，真的很棒。A：真希望我也去了。我上次盡情狂歡已經(jīng)是很久以前的事了。結(jié)婚后，我的生活就只剩下工作了。

2. A：你相信守護天使嗎？就是當你遇到了什么壞事的時候，天使會來保護你，不讓你受傷害。B：絕對相信。有好幾次，當我遇到危險的情況或是不愉快的事情時，總有人幫我。我就知道，有個天使在守護著我。

3. A：什么事也別跟珍妮說！她不會保守秘密的。你跟她說什么，她都會透露給吉姆的。B：不用擔心——我從沒打算告訴珍妮，我知道她是個大嘴巴。

4. A：克里斯怎么了？他這幾天總準備要打架似的。我只是說他外套上有塊油污，他就開始跟我吵。B：是的，自從我們選了帕特里克而不是他當俱樂部的會長以后，他就總是生氣。我猜他是覺得這對他不公平，因此變得自尊心很強，很敏感。

5. A：見到丹時我會毫不客氣地訓他一頓！B：不是只有你對他不滿。兩個月前，他從我這兒借了700美元，到現(xiàn)在也沒有還給我。你是因為什么對他不滿呢？A：他跟電視新聞記者說了一些關(guān)于我們俱樂部的不好的事。