音形义

Everyday Expressions

n. [C] 班级

He is first in English in his class.

n. 社会阶级

ruling class/the upper class/the middle class/the lower class(统治阶级/上层阶级/中层阶级/下层 阶级)

n. 等级,种类

He is a top-class actor.

n. [C] 课

Do you enjoy the computer class in New Oriental school?

v. 分类；归类

It may be conveniently classed under A, B, and C.

衍生词语

classify (分类);

classy (有品位的);

classic (经典的)

复合词语

first class (头等舱);

business class (公务舱);

economy calss (经济舱);

常见搭配 Useful Phrases

高级旅馆 --- classy hotel

一流运动员 --- top class athlete

上课 --- to take a class

旁听课 --- to sit in on a class

旷课 --- to cut out a class

习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs

class act --- 值得称赞的行为

classis-classis --- (女人)美丽的身段

生活用语 Street Talks

A: Your helping out that old woman was a class act.

B: No, it’s nothing special. Age before Beauty.

A: Hey, man. Look over there!

B: At what? A: There! Victoria is coming to her car.

B: Wow, such a classis-classis I’ve never seen.

A: Please! John.

Her answer to that angry guest was a classy way to handle the situation. (高雅的方式）

电影对白 Transcripts

句型 I sit next to them in my Home Economics class all the time《阿甘正传》

对话 Jenny: He’s very smart. He’s one of the smartest in his class. Yeah, it’s OK. Go talk to him...Forrest, I’m sick.

Forrest: What, do you have a cough or a cold? 《阿甘正传》

Linus: Is he a world class philanthropist, or what?

Louie: Just a squeeze. 《情归巴黎》

名言 Quotations

The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.

Karl Marx (1818-83) and Friedrich Engels (1820-95), German social philosophers, revolutionaries.

The Communist Manifesto, sct. 1 (1848; repr. in Karl Marx: Selected Works, vol. 1, 1942).

 

音形义

Everyday Expressions

n. [C,U] 云

Large, black clouds signaled a coming storm.

n. 阴影

Steven sat on the bench, while clouds of black despair settledover him.

n. 飞过的一大群

A cloud of insects fly into the bathroom.

v. (使）脸色变阴沉

When Jerry heard the news of his wife’s accident, his face clouded over.

衍生词语

cloudless (晴朗的);

cloudy (多云的)

常见搭配 Useful Phrases

乌云 --- dark clouds

厚云 --- heavy clouds

暴风云/雷雨云 --- storm clouds

蒙蒙的尘埃 --- a cloud of dust

心不在焉；空想，不现实 --- to be in clouds

处于困境，失意 --- to be under the cloud

习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs

cloud nine --- 极乐境地；飘飘然

cloudy memory --- 记忆不清晰

cast a cloud over sb --- 给某人心里蒙上阴影

have one’s head in the clouds --- 做白日梦 (be dreaming)

生活用语 Street Talks

A: What’s up with Sally? She’s on cloud nine! (高兴的坐不住)

B: Well, her favorite rock star spoke to her!

A: That explains it! I hope she’s not floating in the clouds. (想入非非)

A: What’s wrong?

B: My mind feels all cloudy after getting hit on the head. (头晕)

A: When was your first kiss, Sam?

B: Well my memory is a little cloudy. Let me think a sec, uh…Oh I got it. It’s 5.

The freight truck caused a cloud of dust as it went down the dirt road.

Get your head out of the clouds and get down to work! (别做白日梦了)

电影对白 Transcripts

对话 Dr.Marsha: But something must be missing if Jonah still feels you’re under a cloud. Now just a few questions: Are you sleeping at night?

Jonah: He doesn’t sleep at all. 《西雅图夜未眠》

谚语 Proverbs

Black clouds thunder a great deal, but rain little.乌云雷声大，雨点小。

 

I．请把下列岁数与人生的阶段连线。

Age                       Stage

0-1                        an adult

1-2                        a teenager (14 early teens)

2-12                       old age( you can also use elderly)

13-17                      a baby

18+                        in your thirties (38—late thirties)

20-30                      a toddler

30-40                      retirement (when people stop work)

40+                        a child----this period is your childhood

60or 65                     people are middle-age; in middle age

75+                        in your twenties(24-26 mid twenties)

Ⅱ. 请把下列左右两边的短语按照逻辑顺序连线。

1. A lady of a “certain age”,                 She keeps everyone at an arm’s length.

2. If one does something wrong,                when we were hanging out on campus.

3. My mother is an unhappy woman.             it is necessary not to change.

4. The world is a beautiful book,                the person has the authority to blame him.

5. I miss those carefree days,                   his face clouded over.

6. When it is not necessary to change             but of little use to him who cannot read it.

7. My mind feels all cloudy                    which means certainly aged.

8. When Jerry heard the news,                  after getting hit on the head.

Ⅲ. 请把下面的英语谚语填写完整。

1.He who ………………..himself.

近墨者黑。

2.A………..turns away wrath.

婉言可以息怒。

3.Answer ………………….to his folly.

以其人之道，还治其人之身。

4.Life isn’t …………………

人生不是开满鲜花的温床。

5.Strike………………….: it’s as good as two.

先发制人，其效加倍。

6.Books, like friend, …………………………….

书籍如朋友，应该少而精。

7.………………..does more harm than want of knowledge.

缺乏谨慎比缺乏知识危害更大。

8.Chance dispenses life…………………

人生际遇，难得平等。

9.Every man is ………………whose circumference……………………

每个人都是生活在他自己的不能越过的圈子的中心。

10. Black clouds thunders………………but……………

乌云雷声大，雨点小。

 

About Clothing Fashion

cardigan………………………………………………………… 开衫毛衣

jumper ………………………………………………………… 针织套头外衣

sport suit ……………………………………………………….. 运动套装

tights ……………………………………………………. 紧身衣

bell-bottom trousers ………………………………………… 喇叭裤

bikini ……………………………………………………………. 比基尼

career woman’s wear ………………………………………… 职业女装

casual wear …………………………………………………… 休闲装

cashmere ……………………………………………………… 开司米,羊绒

denim …………………………………………………………... 丁尼布(牛仔服的布料)

lace …………………………………………………………….. 蕾丝

linen ……………………………………………………………. 亚麻布

logo …………………………………………………………….. 商标图案

new arrival …………………………………………………… 新款

pajamas ……………………………………………………… 睡衣

pantyhose …………………………………………………… 连裤袜

scarf ………………………………………………………… 围巾

shorts ………………………………………………………… 短裤

slip dress ……………………………………………………… 吊带裙

 

 

 

音形义

Everyday Expressions

adj. 凉的；凉爽的

The room was cool after the sun had gone down. (太阳落山后这房子里很凉爽。)

adj. 冷静的；沉着的

Don't get excited about the examination; keep cool. (不要对考试太激动，沉着点。)

adj. 冷淡的；冷酷的；不动感情的

Michael seemed very cool towards us today. I wonder whether we've offended him. (迈克尔今天对 我们十分冷淡,不知我们是否冒犯了他。)

adj. 棒极了的

It’s cool!

n. 凉爽；凉爽的东西

n. 平静；冷静；镇静

Try and keep your cool.

vt/vi. (常与down, off连用） 使变冷；使冷却；冷一冷

We cooled down by swimming in the river. (我们在河里游泳，好凉快凉快。)

衍生词汇

cool-headed (冷静的, 沉着的);

cooler (冷却器);

cooling (冷却)

习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs

cool down --- 变凉, 平静下来

that’s cool --- 很棒(amazing, interesting, great)

stay cool --- 保持冷静

生活用语 Street Talks

There’s a cool breeze this evening, isn’t there?

Tom thinks he’s really cool, doesn’t he? (hip, popular…)

Would you cool it with your complaining?

I needed to cool down after that long run.

A: Hey tell ya what, let me get us a nice cool drink from the freezer.

B: Cool, sounds like a great idea.

电影对白 Transcripts

对话 Jenny: He’s cool. He’s cool. He’s one of us.

Black Panther: Let me tell you about “us”. Our purpose here is to protect our black leaders from the racial onslaught of the pig who used to brutalize our black leaders, rape our women and destroy our black communities. 《阿甘正传》

 

音形义

Everyday Expressions

n. [C] 价值,费用

Living costs are mostly higher in cities than in the country.

n. 代价

Feminists are determined to obtain their rights at all costs.

vt. 使失去, 值, 需要, 使花费

This vase cost me thirty dollars.

衍生词语

costly (昂贵的)；

cost-effective (合算的,节约成本的);

cost–price (成本价格)

常见搭配 Useful Phrases

生活费用 --- the cost of living

使某人丧失生命 --- to cost sb his life

不惜任何代价 --- be at all costs

以…为代价 --- be at the cost of

习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs

cost a bomb/cost a fortune/cost a pretty penny --- 花掉一大笔钱

cost an arm and a leg --- 花掉一大笔钱

cost somebody --- 某人要付出代价

cost sb dear --- 使某人付出沉重的代价

生活用语 Street Talks

A: Your car’s cute, York.

B: Yeah, but it cost me an arm and a leg.

A: I like that bag, what did it cost you?

B: Ten bucks.

A: Diving can be very dangerous, as I found to my cost. (吃了苦头后才知道)

B: Yeah, your careless driving almost cost your life.

A: Please, could you do me this last favor?

B: Ok, but it’s gonna cost you! I’ll get a new job at any cost!

电影对白 Transcripts

句型 The last time you found someone sensational it cost the family amillion and a half dollars. 《情归巴黎》

对话 Linus: What did that cost me?

David: I don’t know. So who’s the new bidder on Tyson? Unisat? 《情归巴黎》

Jonah: Do you know how much money it costs to go to New York?

Jessica: Nobody knows. It changes practically everyday. How much money do you have?

Jonah: 80$. 《西雅图夜未眠》

谚语 Proverbs

Fools pursue pleasure regardless of the cost.愚人只追求享乐，而不顾代价。

Courtesy costs little and means much.讲礼貌并不费事，却有很大的意义。

 

音形义

Everyday Expressions

n. 人群

There is a large crowd of people in the hall.

n. 群众；大众

Advertisements seek to appeal to the crowd.

vt. 拥挤,挤满

Shoppers crowded Wangfujing Street yesterday.

v. 涌上

Many past memories crowded in upon Andy’s mind.

v. 装满

Her mind was crowded with whys.

常见搭配 Useful Phrases

密密麻麻的人群 --- dense crowds of people

随大流 --- to move with the crowd/to follow the crowd

驱散人群 --- to break up the crowd

推开人群 --- to push aside the crowd

习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs

the “in” crowd --- 非常受欢迎的人群（most popular group of people）

Don’t crowd me! --- 别烦我! (move away from me)

crowd-pleaser --- 很能调动大家情绪的人

be in with the right crowd --- 物以类聚，人以群分

生活用语 Street Talks

A: What can we do? There’s a big crowd waiting in front of the gate.

B: I don’t know neither. We had difficulty getting a taxi.

A: Let’s see what Bob would say about it.

B: Don’t expect anything original from him, he just follows the crowd. (新名堂)

A: Did you enjoy the concert?

B: Yeah,but it was too crowded

A: Dan cares too much about being part of the “in” crowd.

B: No kidding.

电影对白 Transcripts

句型 It’s a good thing mama was restin’ ‘cause the streets were awfully crowded with people looking at all the statues and monuments and some of them people were loud and pushy. 《阿甘正传》

谚语 Proverbs

A crowd is not company.人群不成友伴。

The man who follows the crowd often follows his doom.人云亦云者，常遭厄运。

Two’s company, three’s a crowd.两人为欢，三人为患。

 

音形义

Everyday Expressions

vt. 叫；喊

The injured girl cried for help.

vt. 要求

The workers cried for a raise in pay.

vt. 哭（出声）

Don’t cry! vt. 大叫；大喊

I cried, “Watch out!”

n. 叫声

Sally gave a loud cry at the sight of the wolf.

n. 哭声

Leslie raised a hysterical cry.

常见搭配 Useful Phrases

哭着睡着了 --- to cry oneself to sleep

恳求，请求，急需，呼吁 --- to cry for

大喊大叫 --- to cry out

夸奖，称赞 --- to cry up

cry one’s eyes (heart) out --- 痛哭

crybaby --- 爱发牢骚、爱哭的人

crying baby --- 受不了打击的人

生活用语 Street Talks

The boy cried for help.

Icy’s been crying her heart out over that bum that left her. (一无是处的家伙)

 : Frank and Jane broke up!

B: Yeah, and he cried his eyes out but finally got over her.

We heard loud cries coming from inside the building.

电影对白 Transcripts

句型 And you didn’t cry. 《情归巴黎》

对话 Ben: Listen—could you just stop crying, please?

Elaine: No, I couldn't. 《毕业生》

谚语 Proverbs

there is no use crying over spilt milk.后悔是没有用的。

 

音形义

Everyday Expressions

n. 日期

What’s the date of your birthday?

n. 约会

I have a date with Tom tonight.

n. 约会的伴

She is my date.

vt. 约会

They’ve been dating for months.

v. 追溯到

The traditional friendship between our two peoples dates back to ancient days.

衍生词语

dateless (年代或时期不详的);

dating (约会)

常见搭配 Useful Phrases

与某人约会 --- to make a date with sb.

不遵守约会 --- to break a date

跟上时代 --- be up to date

过时 --- be out of date

有约会了 --- be on a date

习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs

dating bar --- 约会酒吧（单身男女相识的地方）

blind date --- 由人安排的男女初次会面

double date --- 两对男女

生活用语 Street Talks

A: Scott! So tell me, How was your “big date” last night? （重要的约会）

B: Oh, Gosh! That blind date was so ugly that I wished for a moment that I were blind, too.

A: Did you hear Fred and Jenny are dating?

B: No way!

A: Victoria,you got time tonight?

B: Don’t bother me, I’m on a date.

Next time I buy tickets for the theater, I’ll be sure to look at the date.

电影对白 Transcripts

句型 Mrs. Robinson, Elaine and I have a date. 《毕业生》

She must have asked for an actual wedding date. 《情归巴黎》

Your idea of a long—term relationship is giving your date a chance to order dessert. 《情归巴黎》

Well--I guess I'll have to ask her out on a date and find out what the big deal is. 《毕业生》

 

音形义

Everyday Expressions

n. 交易

They made a deal with a Chinese firm.

n. 发牌；所发的牌

We played four deals in 30 minutes.

vi. 处理，应付

Do you know how to deal with the kids?

vt. 分配

Grandma dealt out the fruit to kids.( 祖母给孩子们分发水果。)

衍生词语

dealer (商人);

car dealership (车行）

常见搭配 Useful Phrases

易货；物物交换 --- a barter deal

肮脏交易 --- a dirty deal

公平交易 --- a fair deal

经营，从事 --- to deal in

发牌 --- to deal cards

习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs

deal sb/sth a blow --- 给某人某事以打击

make a big deal --- 大惊小怪；小题大做

生活用语 Street Talks

A: The boss is going to give us a twenty-cent-an-hour raise.

B: Big deal! (讽刺口气)

A: I’ll treat you to dinner tonight. Six o’clock. I’ll pick up you then.

B: It’s a deal! (一言为定)

A: I heard a big noise down the hall last night. What’s the deal? (怎么了)

B: Nothing special. Forget it.

A: Ouch! That hurts!

B: Sorry!

A: Only sorry? Are you blind?

B: Oh, come on. I only stepped on your toe. Don’t make a big deal out of it.

A: What do you think of Victor?

B: I like talking with him. He has a great deal of experience. (很多)

A: I’ll give you the money tomorrow.

B: Eh, no big deal. (No problem.)

电影对白 Transcripts

句型 They’ve sent you to deal with me, haven’t they? 《情归巴黎》

It would mean a great deal to me if you could. 《情归巴黎》

Big deal. 《西雅图夜未眠》