LECTURE 159 基本動詞TAKE 8

LECTURE 159 基本動詞TAKE 8

詞組講解

1. take it or leave it ** 要么接受，要么放棄；不容討價還價

解 〈口〉習(xí)語；詞義溯源：照原樣接受或者［放任（leave）］不管

例 Look, here's the way it's going to be: You can stay in my house so long as you keep your room neat and don't keep late hours . I know you like to go to bars until early in the morning, but if you want to stay here, you'll be in by midnight every night. That's it—take it or leave it. It makes no difference to me.

2. take it slow ** 緩慢地移動；慢慢來

解 〈口〉習(xí)語；詞義溯源：［慢慢地（slow）］做

例 Kids these days start dating one week and then going to bed with each other the next week. When we were high school students, we had to take it slow. Sleeping together was not something to make light of . It was very serious and meant you were going to marry each other.

3. take kindly to sb. or sth. ** 欣然接受；自然而然地愛上

解 習(xí)語；詞義溯源：［友善而親切地（kindly）］對待某人或某事

例 It goes without saying that the shop owner didn't take kindly to our little protest outside his store. He called the police right away, but they told him there was nothing they could do, as we had a right to protest there.

4. take leave of one's senses ** 失去理智，精神失常

解 習(xí)語；詞義溯源：做［脫離（leave）］了［正常狀態(tài)（senses）］的事

例 Temporary insanity was Mr. Zimmerman's plea. His lawyer plans to show that Zimmerman temporarily took leave of his senses before pushing his office colleague out of the 14th-floor window.

5. take liberties with sb. or sth. / make free with sb. or sth. ** 任意歪曲，隨意對待

解 習(xí)語；詞義溯源：對某人或某事采?。垭S心所欲、放任自流（liberties）］的態(tài)度

例 Do you have problems with unexplained long-distance phone calls showing up on your office's telephone bill? Are your employees taking liberties with your telephones? Put a stop to it today with Phone Arrest computerized switchboard software. With Phone Arrest, only authorized long-distance calls make it through your computerized switchboard.

鞏固練習(xí)

(A) take it or leave it

(B) take it slow

(C) take kindly to

(D) taken leave of my senses

(E) taking liberties with

1. A: I think I've already offered as much discount as I can, but Claxton Paper is still asking for more. How can I let them know that this is my final offer and that I am not willing to change it any further? B: Just tell them to ______. Either they accept it or refuse it.

2. A: A dog? You want to keep a dog in the dormitory? I don't think Mr. Smithson is going to ______ that idea. A fish maybe, but not a dog! B: I didn't say I was going to tell Mr. Smithson. Of course he wouldn't be receptive to the idea. It'll be our secret, so keep it to yourself , okay?

3. A: Have you gone crazy? You've started acting very irrational, Charles. B: Have I? You think I've ______, do you? Well I've got news for you: I'm fully aware of what I'm doing. It may seem sudden unreasonable behavior to you, but someday you'll see I'm right.

4. A: You still don't get it, do you? You still don't understand why my father got upset with you, do you? Mark!He got upset because you behaved boldly and impolitely towards him as if you were his friend, and you did and took things without asking his permission first. You were too familiar with him when you don't know him that well. B: I didn't mean to be ______ him. I was just trying to make myself at home . I thought it would make him feel more comfortable with me.

5. A: We'd better progress cautiously and carefully. We don't know what the result of this experiment is going to be. B: Yeah, you're right. We'd better ______.

■ ANSWER

1. (A)

2. (C)

3. (D)

4. (E)

5. (B)

參考譯文

I. 1. 看，應(yīng)該是這樣的：只要你保持室內(nèi)整潔，不晚睡晚起，你就可以住在我這里。我知道，你喜歡在酒吧待到凌晨，但是如果你想住在這里，你就必須在午夜前回來。就這樣——你要么接受，要么放棄，這對我來說無所謂。

2. 現(xiàn)在的孩子這周剛開始約會，下周就住在一起了。我們讀中學(xué)的時候，必須慢慢來。住在一起可不是能輕視的事。這事非常嚴(yán)肅，而且意味著要結(jié)婚的。

3. 毫無疑問，商店老板不能接受我們在商店外面舉行小規(guī)模的抗議。他立即報了警，但是警察告訴他，他們也無可奈何，因為我們有權(quán)在那里抗議。

4. 短暫性發(fā)瘋是齊默爾曼先生的借口。他的律師想以此證明，齊默爾曼先生把他的辦公室同事從14樓的窗戶推出去之前暫時精神失常了。

5. 您的辦公室電話賬單上有莫名其妙的長途電話嗎？您的員工隨意使用公司電話嗎？有了電腦連接總機的電話捕捉軟件，您就可以制止他們。有了電話捕捉軟件，只有有權(quán)限的長途電話才能通過連接電腦的總機撥打出去。

II. 1. A：我覺得我已經(jīng)給了最大的折扣，但是克拉克斯頓紙品公司還是要求更大的折扣。我怎么才能讓他們知道，這是我的最終報價，我不愿意再做出任何改變了呢？B：就告訴他們不能再討價還價了。他們要么接受，要么拒絕。

2. A：狗？你想在宿舍里養(yǎng)狗？我想史密森先生不會接受這個想法。養(yǎng)魚他可能會同意，但養(yǎng)狗可不行！B：我沒說要告訴史密森先生。他當(dāng)然不會同意。這是我們的秘密，所以你要保守秘密，可以嗎？

3. A：你瘋了嗎？你的行為非常荒謬，查爾斯。B：我瘋了？你覺得我瘋了，是嗎？嗯，我有個消息要告訴你：我很清楚我在做什么。這對你來說可能有些突然，不合理，但是總有一天你會發(fā)現(xiàn)我是對的。

4. A：你還不明白，是嗎？你還是不知道我父親為什么生你的氣，是嗎？馬克！他生氣是因為你太冒失，對他沒有禮貌，好像你是他的朋友。你在做事情和拿走他的東西之前都沒有先征得他的同意。你還沒有完全了解他，就表現(xiàn)得和他太熟悉了。B：我不是想表現(xiàn)得對他很放肆，我只是想讓自己感覺自在一些。我原以為這樣會讓他覺得和我在一起很舒服。

5. A：我們最好謹(jǐn)慎小心地進行試驗，因為我們不知道它的結(jié)果將會怎么樣。B：嗯，你說得對。我們最好慢慢來。