英語早間課堂:Lesson Two(基礎(chǔ)篇之三)
Mary: Has Jenny broken up with her boyfriend, Tom? I saw him kissing with another attractive girl , Rose under the tree in the university this afternoon.
Jane:Yeah, he did blew Jenny off for Rose living in a rich family.
Mary: Oh... I'm too sorry for Jenny. And does Jenny take it well?
Jane : You can imagine...
Mary:She'd been expulsed from school , moving out of university to live with Tom by renting a house and giving up his study so that she cannot get her university diploma. She'd been in love with Tom from head to toes and now love has gone. She gets nothing. Oh , my god! All of these is too cruel to her! I cannot imagine that if I were Jenny, I..
Jane: Don't you know Tom is skilled in playing with a girl ? Don't you know Tom is very easy to change his mind?
Mary : I know,I know... we would rather saying that he is easy change his mind rather than saying that he hadn't a heart. So , if a guy says that his love to me is forever and will never change, I won't buy it.
Jane: Now you are shouting. You can say it again.
Mary: And now , how is everything going with Jenny on earth? I really want to know about it. Please...
Jane:You know, Jenny is a pure girl who has a sense of emotional specificity. By no means of course not, she cannot stood it and she was made crack up. Finally, she was sent to a mental hospital.
Mary: Really? Impossible! Is there anything wrong with my ears?Are you playing a joke on me? She is a so kind-hearted and an intelligent beauty.
Jane: I wish there was and I wish I was doing, but it's the truth. So, when we were in love with a guy, we should not let our feelings get the upper hand over us.
Mary : It's dead right. We are on the same page.
【短語詳解】
溫馨提示：注意劃線短語break up with 與......分手I can't figure out why my girlfriend wanted to break up with me. 我弄不明白為什么我的女朋友要跟我分手。
Your love life won't exactly be smooth sailing. You may break up with your lover. Spend more time with him or her. 感情生活不太順利，有可能和愛人分手。多花點時間陪陪對方。
You'd better break up with your sleazy boyfriend before you get hurt. 在你受傷之前最好早點跟你那個差勁的男朋友分手。
be sorry for ( have a sympathy for )同情......
Listen! Don't say a thing like that to me. Don't you dare be sorry for me! 聽著!別在對我那樣說。別在為我難過! give up 放棄We will not give up until we find convincing evidence.
不找到令人信服的證據(jù)我們是不會放棄的。
Those of us who live with it would not give up having had the experience.
我們這些深受抑郁癥之苦的人不會放棄擁有這種經(jīng)歷。
from head to toe ( from top to bottom ) 全部地，徹底地Even though she , the poor, took care of his husband from head to toes but his husband has blown her off for a rich lady. 她很平窮，她全力以赴地照顧這她的丈夫，可是她丈夫還是離開了她，跟了一個有錢的女人。
we felt very cold and we were freezing from head to toes. 我們凍壞了，渾身上下都快凍成冰了。
The woman stops, looks her up and down, from head to toe.
這個女人站住，從頭到腳打量了她一番。
be skilled in (be good at )擅長......，精通......
He is skilled in words , which is the tremendous help in getting him his job.
他的言語技巧對他獲得那個職位有著巨大的幫助。
He is skilled in upstairs politics. 他精通上層政治。
play with ( a woman's affections )(男性)玩弄(女性)It is wrong for a man to play with a woman's affections. 男人玩弄女人的情感是不對的。
How can you play fast and loose with a girl's affections? 你怎么可以隨意玩弄一個姑娘的感情呢? change one's mind (alter one's decision or opinion )改變主意 換腦筋 改變想法A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
一個專心致志的人不會改變決心，也不會改變自己的追求。
If you change your mind and become optimistic, you can change your life.
如果你改變自己的信念，變得樂觀一些，你就能改變你的人生。
know about (somebody or something )了解，知道......的情況Tell me what you know about our company. 告訴我你對我們公司有什么了解。
At the time, I did not know about Chen.
那個時候，我還不知道陳良宇。
What do these eggheads know about practical things?
這些書呆子懂得什么實際的事務(wù)?
He says I'm getting too old to know about the youth market.
他說我年紀(jì)太大了，了解不到年輕顧客的真正要求。
by no means 絕不Of course it is by no means easy to advance an absolute one. 提出一個絕對標(biāo)準(zhǔn)當(dāng)然很困難。
What went on in government circles, however, was by no means without effect on the course of events.
然而政府內(nèi)部的矛盾斗爭對于事態(tài)的發(fā)展絕不是毫無影響的。
crack up (精神或體力)崩潰，垮掉Family problems made him crack up. 家庭問題弄得他精神崩潰了。
If he continues to work at that pace, he will certainly crack up. 如果他繼續(xù)以這種速度工作，他的身體一定會垮掉的。
play a joke on 開某人玩笑, 對某人搞惡作劇, 捉弄某人He wipk at me to show that he is play a joke on the others 他向我眨了眨一只眼, 意思是他正在開別人的玩笑。
One day, the boy decided to play a practical joke on the villagers. 一天，這個男孩想對那些村民來個惡作劇。
Don't play a joke on that old man any more. It's impolite. 不要再跟那位老人開玩笑了。這太不禮貌了。
dead right (俚語)完全正確You may be right, dead right, as you speed along in your argument。 你在進行辯論時或許你是對的。
I mean... Dennis is dead right. That's the obvious way to start looking. 我是說……丹尼斯對極了。那是顯而易見的找房子的途徑了。
You were dead right again, old top. 你又是非常正確，老兄。
move out of 搬出，離開I do not really feel inclined to move out of the house . 我并不真想搬出這房子。
Birkin watched the black-clothed form of the other man move out of the door, the bright head was gone, he turned over to sleep. 伯金目送身穿黑衣服的這一男人走出門外。光的腦袋消失了，他便翻身入睡。
would rather... than.... 與其......不如...... ，寧愿......倒是愿意......
I would rather kill the animal outright than leave it to suffer. 我寧愿立刻殺死這個動物而不愿讓它遭罪。
He would rather give away a point than claim an advantage. 他寧愿送分數(shù)，也不愿要求利益。
Most people would rather be successful than knowledgeable. 相比之下，大多數(shù)人更喜歡成功，而不是知識淵博。
a mental hospital 精神病院blow somebody off for ( another one ) 不愛某人而愛另一人have a sense of emotional specificity 情感專一
