chill = cold(冷)/simply relaxing(放松)/frightened(驚嚇)
Hey,can you give me some chili sauce?
嘿,你能給我一些辣椒醬嗎?
It was a chilly December this year.
今年的12月真的好冷。
I’m not going to do anything today. I’m just going to chill at home.
我今天什么事都不想做。我只想在家好好放松一下。
That ghost gives me the chills.
我被那個鬼嚇到了。
I told the two students who were fighing to chill out.
我要那兩個被嚇壞的學生放松。
Since we both are free Friday, do you want to chill with me?
既然我們兩個人星期五都有空,你想不想跟我一起去輕松一下?
hype 興奮
John was really hyped up for the big game.
這場大型比賽真的讓約翰很興奮。
Bill Clintons’ sex scandal created a big hype in the United States.
美國地區(qū)大大的炒作比爾•克林頓的性丑聞案。
She’s such a hyper girl. She’s always singing and running around.
她真是個容易亢奮的女生,總是唱個不停,跑個不停。
He’s always so hyper.
他總是這么亢奮。
down 沮喪、難過、同進同出
You can go up to heaven or go down to hell.
你可以選擇上天堂,或者下地獄。
He was really down after he lost the game.
在輸了比賽后,他真的很沮喪。
He isn’t down with hip hop music like I am.
他不像我這樣喜愛hip hop音樂。
I’m going to go steal a bike. Are you down with me?
我要去偷腳踏車,你要跟我一起嗎?
Don’t let me down.
不要讓我失望。不要拒絕我。
tip 秘訣、訣竅、小費
Wilber’s book teaches tips about learning English the easy way.
瑋柏的書教的秘訣是用最簡單的方法學習英文。
In the USA,you always have to leave a tip after you dine in a restaurant.
在美國,你在餐廳用完餐之后一定要留下小費。
I drew a little dot on the tip of his fingers.
我畫了一個小點在他的手指尖。
I accidentally tipped over the glass of water.
我不小心打翻了這杯水。
形容人的性格詞匯:
shy 害羞
open 外向、開放
modest/humble 謙虛、低調(diào)、謙遜
cocky/confident 自大、自信
quite 安靜
obnoxious/hyper不愉快的、亢奮
polite 有禮貌,殷勤,有教養(yǎng)
rude/impolite 粗魯、沒有禮貌
formal 正式的
casual 偶然,臨時,非正式的
collectivism 集體主義
individualism 個人主義