小明英語課堂 第3課:天啊
Welcome to class today. So. I’m going to start theslang section with a story.
歡迎大家來上課 我們以一個故事開始今天的俚語
Once upon a time there was a man named George
很久以前有一個叫喬治的人
George was a really good fighter, and he liked to helppeople
喬治是一個很厲害的武士，他也很喜歡幫助別人
And there was a town where people couldn’t get water unless they went past a dragon
在一個城鎮(zhèn)里，人們必須經(jīng)過一只龍才能打水
They fed the dragon all the sheep they had so they could get past it to get water
他們用所有的羊喂給了龍，這樣他們才能打到水
And when they ran out of sheep, they had to start giving the dragon people
當他們用盡了所有的羊，他們只能開始用人去喂龍了
And everyone had their names in a lottery, and every day they would choose one person atrandom
每天他們會以抽簽的形式來選擇一個人
And one day, the princess’ name was chosen
有一天，公主被選中了
The king did not want her to die, but he could not stop it
國王不想讓她去犧牲，但是他不能制止
And George rode into town that day, and promised he would save her
喬治在那天騎著馬進了城鎮(zhèn)，并且承諾了他會救公主
Hi killed the dragon, and became known as Saint George of the Dragon
他殺死了龍，成為了龍的圣喬治
He is a very important person in England
他在英格蘭是一個很重要的人物
And they decided to use his name when they started fighting, in battle
所以人們決定在戰(zhàn)場上的時候用他的名字
So when people from England rode into battle, for a long time
之后的很長一段時間里，
they would cry, “For Harry, England, and St. George!”
英格蘭人騎向戰(zhàn)場的時候會喊“為哈利、英格蘭、和圣喬治!”
And that’s how the slang, “By George,” was started
這就是俚語By George的來源
So basically, saying, “By George!” It kind of means <Tian a> or “My God!”
By George的意思就是“天啊”或“上帝啊”
But it sounds a little bit better. Some people, myself included, don’t feel very comfortable saying“God.”
但是聽上去好一些，因為一些人會不習(xí)慣說“上帝”
IF you want to use the words “By George,”
如果你想用By George
it can be used to express excitement, astonishment, or saying “of course!”
可以在表達興奮，驚訝，或者肯定的時候使用
Have you heard of Oprah? Oprah Winfrey was born on January 29th, 1954.
你聽說過奧普拉嗎?奧普拉?溫弗瑞出生于1954年1月29日
She’s famous for her talk show.
她以她自己的脫口秀而聞名
She’s also been an actress, a producer, and she’s very giving to charity
她也是一個演員，制片人，并且對慈善投入很多
Her show, the Oprah Winfrey Show, is the highest rated program of its kind in history
她的節(jié)目是史上評分最高的脫口秀節(jié)目
Her show was shown all across America between 1986 and 2011
她的節(jié)目在從1986年到2011年的時間里風(fēng)靡美國
She was the richest African American of the 20th century
她是20世紀最富有的非裔美國人
and for a while, she was the only black billionaire in the whole world
并在一段時間里是全世界唯一的黑人億萬富翁
The kind of talk show she created was a tabloid talk show
她所創(chuàng)造的脫口秀叫摘要脫口秀
And these kinds of shows are where people tell secrets
人們會在這種節(jié)目里講述自己的秘密
They make confessions, and are often part of group therapy, where other people try to fixtheir problems, right there, on TV
他們會懺悔，并且有別人在節(jié)目里試圖去幫他們解決問題
She was not the first person to do this kind of talk show, but she was the one who made itfamous.
她不是第一個做這種節(jié)目的人，但是她使之著名
In the mid-1990’s, she reinvented her show with a focus on literature, self-improvement, andspirituality
在90年代中，她改造了她的脫口秀，以文學(xué)，自我進步，和靈性為主
She hosted a rare interview in 1993 with Michael Jackson
她在1993年采訪了邁克爾杰克遜
and it became the 4th most viewed event in American television history
成為了美國電視歷史上瀏覽量第四多的節(jié)目
Sentence Structure. Okay So…today we have an interesting one.
Here is an example: “It doesn’t matter whether it’s rain or shine. The parade will happen”
今天的每日句型是 “不管下雨還是晴天，這個游行都會開始”
But the sentence structure means: “it doesn’t matter whether A or B happens , C will happen.”
句型的意思是 “不管A或B是否發(fā)生，C都會發(fā)生”
So let’s try making a sentence with that
讓我們嘗試用它來造個句
“It doesn’t matter if you use peanut oil or soybean oil., This dish will be delicious. ”
“無論你用花生油還是豆油，它都會很美味”
That’s our sentence structure for today!
這就是今天的句型!
Thank you for coming to Xiao Ming Ying Yu
謝謝你來到小明英語
If you have any questions for me, or any comments
如果你有任何問題
or even a request for some slang or a sentence structure you’re having trouble with
建議，或其他需求
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See you tomorrow.
我們明天再見
