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素材来源:Friends 老友记第二季
校对:现象级英语晨读团队
五道口,看美剧学五个地道实用的口语表达!
1. cut sb some slack
cut sb some slack,放某人一马,饶某人一次。
刚刚过完假期,面对大堆工作,你苦恼的抱怨工作回到正轨需要时间,放我一马吧,就可以说: Cut me some slack. It's the first day after holidays and it takes time to get back on track.
2. phobia
密集恐惧症trypophobia,幽闭恐惧症claustrophobia,恐惧症用后缀-phobia
phobia本身也可以做名词,表示对某事的恐惧。
有人怕蛇,就可以说 Some people have a phobia about snakes. 有的学生害怕上学:Some children suffer from school phobia.
3. weigh down
weigh sb down 走不动,被拖累。
如果你去逛街,提着大包小包的购物袋走不动了,就可以说:I am weighing down with shopping bags. 负担着压力、内疚感也可以用weigh down with,他负担着沉重的内疚感:He felt weighed down with a sense of guilt.
4. a silver lining
Every cloud has a silver lining. 每朵云都有一圈白光,这句话呢被用来表达不幸或者失望中,总有一线生机,总有一丝希望。
安慰朋友的时候,这个表达就可以用起来,别灰心啊,还有一线希望:Don't give up, there is always a silver lining.
5. in a nutshell
nutshell 坚果的外壳,in a nutshell 这个词组,可以用来表示“概括来说,简而言之”,可以用来代替in short,simply put,in a word.
我们来造几个句子,这就是问题所在,可以说:That's the problem in a nutshell. 你能简单告诉我这个博客内容吗?Can you tell me in a nutshell what this podcast is like? 简而言之,我们今天学到了五个好玩的表达,就可以说:In a nutshell, we've learned five useful expressions today.
你掌握了吗?See you next time~I will be there for you.
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