迷你对话

A: What had make you so upset?

是什么让你这么不安？

B: Frank has gone out with Lucy again.

Frank又和Lucy出去了。

A: What’s wrong with that?

那又怎么了？

B: Lucy is know as a social butterfly. She has taken many rich men for a ride, you know.

众所周知，Lucy是一个交际花，他玩弄了许多有钱人。

第一 核心表达

【核心短语】a social butterfly

【解词释义】butterfly是指“蝴蝶”，现在用来指“轻浮的人，追求享乐的人”。Social butterfly是指“交际花”“很会交际的人”。

【典型范例】When Miss T'ang arrived home, her parents teased her, Well, our social butterfly is home.

唐小姐回到家里，她父母都打趣她说交际明星回来了。

第二、 词海拾贝

take for a ride：欺骗人； 用武力带走某人并加以谋害

【典型范例1】Some day we shall take him for a ride.

有一天我会杀掉他。

【典型范例2】Be careful not to let other people take you for a ride.

当心别让别人耍弄了。