新東方4+1口語(yǔ)語(yǔ)匯4+1聽(tīng)力口語(yǔ)MP3-01
Unit One
核心語(yǔ)匯
action
Everyday Expressions
Now it’s time to take action. (現(xiàn)在是該行動(dòng)的時(shí)候了。)
The action is set in Paris. (事情發(fā)生在巴黎。)
The action lasted five hours. (戰(zhàn)斗持續(xù)了5個(gè)小時(shí)）
She decided to take a legal action against him. (她決定起訴他。)
The action took place in a mountain village. (這個(gè)故事發(fā)生在一個(gè)山村里。)
Street Talks
If you guys are going to bet on the basketball game, I want a piece of the action. (算我一份)
Action stations, everyone! The president has arrived! (各就各位)
Lights, camera, action! (What a director would say when shooting a film.（燈光、攝像、開(kāi)拍！）(導(dǎo)演用語(yǔ))
He likes being part of the action. (他喜歡參與。)
Proverbs
Actions speak louder than words. 行動(dòng)勝于語(yǔ)言。
Don’t judge a man’s actions at first sight; give them a second look. 乍看難評(píng)人，再看認(rèn)得清。
animal
Everyday Expressions
We should protect animals.
Drinking alcohol releases the animal in man. (喝酒使人獸行大發(fā)。)
Street Talks
A: Rebecca, I got a D in maths this term. What do I do?
B: Sorry about that, Freddie. Cheer up! You can make it next term.But frankly speaking, if you weren’t such a party animal, you’d have more time for studying. （喜歡參加聚會(huì)的人）
A: Joanna usually talks to animals and toys.
B: Poor Jo. If only she had a healthy family!
Youth is/are full of animal spirits. （精力十分旺盛）
That fighter is really an animal when he steps in the (boxing)ring. （當(dāng)這個(gè)拳擊手開(kāi)始比賽的時(shí)候，他立刻變成了一個(gè)真正的野獸。）
baby
Everyday Expressions
She is expecting a baby. (她懷孕了。) 注：baby的性別不明時(shí)，通常用 it 來(lái)指代。
Don’t be such a baby! (不要這樣孩子氣！)
Hey babe, you’d like another drink?
Street Talks
A: Rosemary, will you go to the movies with me tonight?
B: I wish I could, Jo. But my baby’s taking me out to dinner tonight. (情人）
A: Tom, I need your help. It’s out of control here.
B: Come on, dear. You can make it. Come on! Give the talk. The whole plan is your baby. (由你負(fù)責(zé)）
Angela has a baby face.
Don’t cry, baby girl. That’s all right.
Hi baby(babe), would you like me to take you home?
A: That wasn’t hard at all.
B: No, like stealing candy from a baby.
Proverbs
The rich get richer and the poor get babies. 富人發(fā)財(cái)，窮人得子。
beauty
Everyday Expressions
She was a famous beauty in her youth.
We shall never forget the beauty of the old Beijing.
The beauty of this machine is its simplicity. (這機(jī)器的優(yōu)點(diǎn)在于簡(jiǎn)單。)
Street Talks
A: Mom it hurts.
B: This black eye you got in the fight is a real beauty,huh?!
A: Please! Mom!
Saving petrol, you know, that’s the beauty of buying a small car.
The beauty of his new job is that he works his own hours. (flexible hours)
A: Why don’t you come with us?
B: I need my beauty sleep, you know. (我需要大睡一場(chǎng))
Proverbs
Beauty is but skin-deep. 紅顏易變。
Beauty without virtue is a flower without perfume. 貌美而無(wú)德，猶如花之無(wú)香。
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. / Beauty lies in lover's eyes. 情人眼里出西施。
Everyday Expressions
She killed two birds with one stone by shopping and visiting the museum on the same trip. (她出門一次，既買了東西又參觀了博物館，真是一舉兩得。)
She is a strange bird.
Street Talks
A: I’ll never be a telephone operator! That job is for the birds（毫無(wú)價(jià)值的/無(wú)聊的）
B: That’s you! Personally, I think it’s an interesting job.
A: Gee, you are one strange bird. (古怪的人)
A: Hi Rick,guess what, Wallace’s twenty years old and doesn’t Know about the birds and the bees.
B: You’re kidding!
C: Hey guys, what’re you talking about?
A: We’re talking about Wallace.
C: What about him?
B: Jack says Wallace doesn’t know about the birds and the bees!!!
C: That explains why he’s a bird-watcher! (喜歡盯著女人看的男人)
A: What are you doing up here?
B: I want to get a bird’s eye view of the campus. I don’t think I’ll ever be an early bird.
A: Do you see that?
B: What?
A: That guy just gave you the bird!
Proverbs
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
一鳥(niǎo)在手勝于兩鳥(niǎo)在林。[明天得一百不如今天得五十/到手的東西才是可靠的]
Birds of the same feather flock together.
羽毛相同的鳥(niǎo)會(huì)結(jié)群在一起。[物以類聚]
The early bird catches the worm.
早起的鳥(niǎo)有蟲吃。[捷足先登。]
Kill two birds with one stone.
用一個(gè)石頭打死兩只鳥(niǎo)。[一箭雙雕，一舉兩得]
body
Everyday Expressions
Swimming is the best way to tone your body. (增強(qiáng)體質(zhì)。)
The mind governs the body. (精神支配肉體。)
Congress is a legislative body. (國(guó)會(huì)是立法機(jī)關(guān)。)
There’s something wrong with the body of a letter.
Street Talks
You’ve got the body and I’ve got the brains.(You’re good-looking,I’m smart.)
A: Where did you bury his body? (尸體)
B: On the the back hill.
A: Dad, I found a dealer!
B: Over my dead body will you sell this house. (除非我死了）
A: It’s illegal to write this kind of article. You see?
B: I’ll write whatever I want to!
A: But they’ll put you in prison,dear?!
B: They can imprison my body, but not my mind.
A: I do not think Tracy is very good-looking.
B: But you’ve got to love that body!
Proverbs
A little body often harbours a great soul.
莫道身軀小，偉人寓其間。
boy
Everyday Expressions
Put out that troublesome boy. (把那個(gè)搗蛋的男孩趕出去。)
Cheer up, my boy!
The bell boy is very responsible.
Oh, boy ,what a beautiful girl!
Street Talks
The cowboys in that movie are mostly nature boys.
(男性味十足的男人)
A: Oh, boy! Look at that! (哎！哇?。?
B: What’s up?
A: That house is on fire!
A: Mr. Smith, your son saved his classmate from drowning this morning!
B: That’s my boy! (好小子)
A: Boy, you’re in trouble!
B: Why?
A: Mom found out you’ve been skipping school.
You’d better listen to me, boy!
Hey, don’t fight! He’s my boy. (buddy)
I went to the bar with the boys last night.
Proverbs
As the boy is, so is the man.
三歲看老。
business
Everyday Expressions
It’s your business to take care of the kids. (你的職責(zé)是照顧孩子。)
What line of business are you in? (你從事那一行？)
John wants to go into business when he leaves university.
