LECTURE 126 基本動詞 MAKE 13

LECTURE 126 基本動詞 MAKE 13

詞組講解

1. make one's head swim 〔spin〕 ** 使暈眩；使困惑

解 習語；詞義溯源：使得某人的頭［暈眩（swim）或旋轉(zhuǎn)（spin）］

例 I'm tired of always having to worry about how we're going to make ends meet . It's all we ever do—worry about having enough money to survive. I want to be rich. I want to have so much money that when I look at our bank account the figures make my head swim!

2. make one's mind up / make up one's mind ** 作出決定；拿定主意

解 習語；詞義溯源：［完全（up）］給出某人的［意見、想法（mind）］

例 The latest is that the new industrial park will be located off the Glendale exit of Interstate 75. This is the council's third change in eight months. In February they announced the park would be in Western Hills; in June it was Rhine Township. Now it's Glendale. If the council has made up its mind, construction officials hope to break ground before the end of the year.

3. make one's mouth water ** 使人垂涎，使人流口水

解 〈口〉習語；詞義溯源：使得某人的嘴里［流口水、含口水（water）］

例 The Vietnamese government will start accepting bids for the automobile factory this September. The prospect of getting a head start on other car manufacturers is making more than just a few mouths water. “Vietnam is a market of 70 million people—all just waiting to buy cars,” said a Chrysler official. “And we're all eager to be the first to fill that demand. ”

4. make one's position clear ** 明確某人的立場

解 習語；詞義溯源：對于某個爭論點使某人處于［立場（position）］ ［明確的（clear）］狀態(tài)

例 Ambassador Lehy will meet today with his Iranian counterpart to discuss the weapons' sales. He expected to make Washington's position clear, which is that no further shipments of heavy weapons to Iraq will be tolerated by the United States and the president will not hesitate to enforce the ban militarily.

5. make sth. from scratch ** 從零開始做某事

解 〈口〉習語；詞義溯源：從［出發(fā)點（scratch）］開始做

例 Canned food?!Never. My mother never once served us processed food. Everything she made, she made from scratch. And she'd shop every day to make sure all the ingredients were fresh. Most families eat like this.

鞏固練習

(A) making his head swim

(B) make up your mind

(C) making my mouth water

(D) make our position clear

(E) make...from scratch

1. A: Perhaps I should ______, Mr. Norton. If we don't receive your payment by Tuesday, we'll have no choice but to...B: Well, let me clearly state our attitude about this matter too, Mr. Bolton. We have no intention of paying this invoice. The repairs were usual after-sales service. By law, we don't have to pay. That's our stance.

2. A: When you started Claxton Paper, wasn't your father already in the business? I mean, you didn't ______ the company ______, did you? B: I did so! My father was only a paper mill laborer. I created my company completely on my own without any advantage.

3. A: I wish they'd hurry up and bring us our pizza. The smell of the pizza at the other table is making me eager to have it. B: It's ______ too. I'll go tell the kitchen to get a move on !

4. A: Tyrone's acting all confused and bewildered. What's his problem? B: It's that girl over there. That really beautiful one—see her? She's been ______ since she came in here.

5. A: Coven, ______, please. Are you going with us to the mountain or staying here with Dicks and his friend? B: I can't decide. I want to do both. A: Well, you can't have your cake and eat it too . Decide!

■ ANSWER

1. (D)

2. (E)

3. (C)

4. (A)

5. (B)

參考譯文

I. 1. 我受夠了總是要擔心如何達到收支平衡。我們一直這樣精打細算——擔心沒有足夠的錢生存下去。我想變得富有。我想有許多錢。我想每次看銀行賬戶的時候，那些數(shù)字能讓我頭暈目眩！

2. 最新消息稱，新工業(yè)園將坐落在75號州際公路格蘭岱爾出口附近。這是地方議會在八個月內(nèi)做出的第三次變動。二月份，他們宣布工業(yè)園將位于西山區(qū)；六月份又說在萊茵小鎮(zhèn)?，F(xiàn)在是格蘭岱爾。如果議會已經(jīng)作出決定，建設部門希望能在年底之前動工。

3. 今年九月，越南政府將開始接受汽車廠的競標。趕在其他汽車制造商之前搶占先機的預想讓很多人垂涎三尺。克萊斯勒公司的一位官員說：“越南是一個擁有7000萬人口的市場——大家都在等著買車。我們非常期望成為第一家滿足越南人需求的公司?！?

4. 勒希大使今天將與伊朗大使會晤，討論武器交易問題。他希望能夠清楚地闡述華盛頓的立場，即美國不能容忍伊朗繼續(xù)向伊拉克運送重型武器，否則總統(tǒng)將毫不猶豫地通過軍事力量執(zhí)行禁令。

5. 罐裝食品？！沒吃過。我媽媽從來不給我們吃加工食品。她做的所有食物都是一步一步從頭做起。她每天都去購物，保證所有食材都是新鮮的。大部分家庭都是這樣吃的。

II. 1. A：或許我應該表明我們的立場，諾頓先生。如果我們在周二之前沒有收到您的付款，我們別無選擇，只能……B：嗯，那我也清楚地說明一下我們對這件事的態(tài)度，博爾頓先生。我們不打算支付這張發(fā)票上的錢款。這次維修屬于正常的售后服務。根據(jù)法律，我們不需要付款。這是我們的立場。

2. A：你成立克拉克斯頓造紙廠的時候，你父親是不是已經(jīng)從事這行了？我的意思是說，你并不是白手起家的吧？B：我是白手起家的！我父親只是一家造紙廠的工人。我完全靠我自己創(chuàng)建了這家公司，沒有任何優(yōu)勢。

3. A：我希望他們能快一點把我們的比薩餅端上來。另外一桌上的比薩餅的香味都讓我迫不及待了。B：我也要流口水了。我去讓廚房快一點！

4. A：蒂龍表現(xiàn)得迷惑不解的樣子。他是怎么回事？B：是因為那邊的那個女孩，非常漂亮的那位——看到她了嗎？自從她進來之后，他就頭暈目眩了。

5. A：科文，請你做個決定吧。你是跟我們?nèi)ヅ郎?，還是跟迪克斯和他朋友待在這里？B：我決定不下來。我兩個都想。A：嗯，你不可能兩件事都做。快決定！