二、Listen and Learn 内容透析
1.thank-you: 名词,表示“感谢”。常见的词组有a thank-you letter/thank-you note感谢信。比如:I wrote her a thank-you note to show my appreciation of their hospitality.我给她写了封感谢信,感谢他们的殷勤好客。
2.She has a closet the size of this apartment just full of them.她的衣橱跟我们家一样大, 里面塞满了这种衣服。closet: 壁橱。apartment: 一套公寓房间。be full of: 充满。
3.talented: 有才能的(多才的)。talent:才华,才能,天才,天资。a talented person有才华的人。这个单词的近义词是:gifted有天赋的,有才华的。“才子佳人”叫做wits and beauties/ gifted scholars and beautiful ladies。另外,词语bel-esprit也表示“才子,有才智的人”。
4.You used to be cool, and, the 90s are having a comeback.你以前是挺酷的,再说 90年代的流行复苏了嘛。comeback: 复苏,卷土重来。比如:He lost the last election but hopes to make a comeback next time.他上次竞选失败,但是希望下次卷土重来。
5.You have no idea how much that hurts.你不知道这么说伤我多深。“不知道”除了说don't know以外,还可以说have no idea, be blank。另外,在口语中dunno是"don't know"的另外一种表达。