英語早間課堂:話說地道美語 Lesson 22(1)

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All my dear listeners, please listen to the following sentences carefully——I've never seen you so upset! If you don't get a grip, you are going to get an ulcer. Please listen again——I've never seen you so upset! If you don't get a grip, you are going to get an ulcer.

親愛聽眾朋友，您從來這句話中找到了答案嗎?哪里表示出來的意思和我們的語境以及圖片傳達(dá)出來的中心思想相符合呢?

它是get a grip。It is an American slang. 它是一個(gè)美國街頭語。In this phrase, grip means to "control or power over sth". 中文意思是對......的控制力。我們來看2個(gè)例句：The home team took a grip on the game. 主隊(duì)牢牢地控制著比賽的局面。We need to tighten the grip we have on the market. 我們必須加強(qiáng)對市場的控制力。從以上2個(gè)例句可以看出，“對......的控制力”這個(gè)名詞性短語的表述法是a grip on something，注意介詞是on。

In the above sentence, get a grip means "to improve your behavior or control you emotions after being afraid ,upset or angry". And what's more , "get a grip" is an informal speech, so what's the formal speech which is similar to saying "get a grip"? Let's listen to the following sentences: I've never seen you so upset! If you don't control your emotions, you are going to get an ulcer. 那么習(xí)語get a grip的中文意思是鎮(zhèn)定下來：控制住自己的情緒：振作起來：抖擻精神：打起精神等等意思。下面我們就來通過幾個(gè)典型例句來熟悉get a grip的意思和用法。

例句1：You really must get a grip on yourself. You can't lose your temper like that. 你確實(shí)應(yīng)當(dāng)控制一下自己。你不能那樣撒脾氣。

注解：(1)用get a grip表示“某人要控制自己的情緒”的意思，就要和介詞on連用，見得多的是介詞on后面常常跟的是反身代詞。(2)loose temper 發(fā)火，發(fā)怒。例如：You shouldn't have lost your big temper in front of your boss and now you see you were canned. 你本不應(yīng)該在老板面前發(fā)脾氣的，現(xiàn)在你瞧，自己丟掉了工作。

例句2： Will counsel on both sides please try to get a grip on your clients? 雙方律師控制一下他們的情緒好嗎?

注解：On both sides是“雙方地”的意思。例句：It will take strong and enduring commitment on both sides. 這需要兩國作出強(qiáng)有力且持久的承諾。In fact, compromise will be necessary on both sides. 事實(shí)上，雙方都需要妥協(xié)。Sounds of the war are a daily reality on both sides of a bloody conflict. 這些戰(zhàn)爭的聲音反映了每天兩邊血腥沖突的情景。他還有“兩面的”意思，和介詞of連用。例如：Please write on both sides of the paper, and don't write in the margin. 請?jiān)诩埖恼磧擅鏁鴮?，但不要寫在四周的邊上。There I saw a number of trees on both sides of the river. 我看到沿河兩岸樹木很多。Would you like this copied on both sides of the paper? 您要把這個(gè)文件進(jìn)行雙面復(fù)印嗎?

那么，如果您的朋友在生活中遇到某件事情不高興時(shí)，在受到挫折萎靡不正時(shí)，在病痛中嘆氣呻吟時(shí)..... 您不妨用上今天所學(xué)到的街頭語get a grip來勸勉您的朋友，讓他走出心理的陰暗區(qū)。當(dāng)您的朋友受到上司莫名其妙的斥責(zé)后兒大法雷霆時(shí)，您一定要用上get a grip勸住他可千萬不要做啥事情，理智點(diǎn)兒。

【課后功課】

1. Please complete the following sentences according to the Chinese.(請根據(jù)中完成下面的句子。)(1)你得停止自憐自嘆，努力地去干吧!

You've stop feeling yourself and get a . (2)如果你不控制自己的情緒，你會瘋的。

If you don't a grip on yourself you will mad. (3)強(qiáng)者控制自己的情緒，弱者讓情緒控制自己。

strong pulls himself together, weak a motion a grip himself.

2. Please translate the following the paragraph into English.

第二天晚上，辦完醫(yī)院的各項(xiàng)有關(guān)手續(xù)之后，我又一次來到滑鐵盧大橋上。我倚著欄桿，茫然地看著河面，試圖控制住自己的情緒。

參考翻譯答案：The following evening, after taking care of necessary business at the hospital, I stopped on the bridge and leaned over the railings, gazing, unseeing, into the water, trying to get a grip on myself.