點滴英語天天學第38期:肯求婚了!(短語詳解3)
各位親愛的聽衆朋友，歡迎來到《點滴英語天天學》，我是Juliet。Juliet將帶您體驗美國哈弗大學，美國紐約大學的口語課堂的學習內容。Let's go!
我們今天繼續聊原滋原味的美語表述。首先，我們先來回顧一下Nancy的那番話：
You've got to be kidding. Ken is so much older than she is. He's robbing the cradle. Well, Debbie has always wanted a sugar daddy and now she's going to have one. I have to admit, they do seem crazy about each other. I mean, they'er always making out in public.
Make out可表示“說明，理解，辨認出，設法對付”等含義，Nancy說到的“make out”是什麼意思呢？To make out means to engage in sexual foreplay or intercourse. Nancy說到的make out是指“進行前戲或性交”。我們來看下面的例句：
1. Bill and Jane were making out on the sofa。（Bill和Jane在沙發上親熱着。）
2. Joe bragged that he made out last night. （Joe吹噓着他昨晚過了性生活。）
3. After making out with Alice for an hour, Bill had more of her lipstick on him than she did! （和Alice親熱了一小時之後，Bill嘴上沾的口紅比Alice的還多。）
要點解析: have lipstick on sb. ：某人嘴上有口紅
我們再來看一個小對話：
A: I just saw your brother and Jenny making out! （我剛看見Jenny和你哥哥在親熱着。）
B: I didn't know they were dating. （我不知道他們在約會。）
Make out做“性交，性交前戲”的意思時是非正式書面用語。Nancy說到的“They'er always making out in public.” 用標準書面英語來表述則是：They'er always kissing in public. 或者 They'er always engaging in sexual foreplay.
下面，Juliet再告訴大家一個關於“接吻”的“奇異”的表述：give a French kiss to somebody. 其中的a french kiss means an open-mouthed kiss in which both partners' tongues touch。 它表示“用舌頭接吻”。例如：
1. I was a little surprised when she gave me a French kiss on our first date.（在我們的首次約會中，她用舌頭吻了我一下，我感覺有點驚訝。）
解析要點：surprised是過去分詞，做形容詞用。
One one's date的意思是“在約會時”。再如：We went Dutch on our date.（約會時我們平攤費用。）On our first date, he seemed to do everything right.（我們第一次約會時，他做的每一件事情似乎都很合適。）
2. He tried to give a French kiss to me, but I stopped him. （他企圖想用舌頭吻我，我不讓他這樣做。）
解析要點：stop sb. from doing something：阻攔某人做某事，不讓某人做某事。例如："For God's sake, stop him from gambling, my dear," she said,"or he will ruin himself."（她說：“親愛的，看老天的面子，趕快叫他別再賭錢了。要不然他就完了。”）Nothing would stop him from achieving his ambition.（沒有什麼能阻止他實現他的野心。）
我們今天的學習就到此結束。倘若你正在熱戀之中了，就不要忘了明天繼續來到《點滴英語天天學》來學一學這些關於愛情上的原味表述法。如果您在美國這樣說，老外一定會對你的口語水平會另眼相看。See you tomorrow!
