網絡課堂之英語口語詞彙(12)(Nord主講)錄音及筆記
課程筆記:
29. money ['mʌni]
Basic need
音形義
Everyday Expressions
Money doesn't always bring happiness.
紙幣(美鈔) a bill
硬幣 a coin/ hard money
外幣 foreign currency
假幣 bogus ['bəuɡəs] money/ counterfeit money ['kauntəfit]
複合詞語
moneybags (富翁);
moneylender (放債者);
money-maker (賺大錢的人)
常見搭配 Useful Phrases
賺錢 to make/earn money
爲了錢而結婚 to marry into money
亂花錢 to throw one's money away
投資於 to put money into sth.
習語與俗語 Idioms & Slangs
fun money 節省或保存下來的用於個人享受的錢
have money to burn 有的是錢
marry money 和有錢人結婚
生活用語 Street Talks
(1)
Marian saves a small part of her salary as fun money every month.
(2)
A: If I have enough money, I'm going to take a trip abroad.
B: But you do earn a lot!
A: Well, I spend half my money on clothes. (把一半錢花在…)
B: Icy, if I were you, I'd lay out my money more carefully. (謹慎用錢)
(3)
A: If I buy that car, I'll have to borrow some money.
B: Where is your money?
A: I ventured my money on the stocks. (拿錢買股票投機)
joint venture 合資
put money into sth. 投資
(4)
A: Gosh! We're in the money! (發財了)
B: Yeah! Thank God! We won a thousand dollars at the races today!
諺語 Proverbs
Money makes the mare go.有錢能使鬼推磨。
Money talks. 金錢萬能。
名言 Quotations
Christianity is art & not money. Money is its curse. [,kristi'ænəti]
William Blake (1757-1827), English poet, painter, engraver. Notes on The Laocoon (engraved c. 1820; repr. in Complete Writings, ed. by Geoffrey Keynes, 1957)
30. mouth [mauθ]
Basic need
音形義
Everyday Expressions
n. 口;嘴
Don’t talk with your mouth full.
n. 河口
The town is situated at the mouth of a river.
n. 出口
A rockslide blocked mouth of the cave.
n. 需要供養的人
She's got five mouths to feed.
噘嘴 to pout (one’s mouth) n. 撅嘴;生氣 [paut]
衍生詞語
mouthful (滿口)
複合詞語
mouthpiece (口狀物;代言人);
mouth to mouth (口對口人工呼吸);
mouth watering (令人垂涎的)
常見搭配 Useful Phrases
袋口 the mouth of a bag
口服 by mouth
口頭 by word of mouth
閉嘴 to shut one's mouth/ to shut up/ knock it out (off)
Please be quiet.
使流口水 to make one's mouth water
嘴不穩,話多 to have a big mouth
talker
bad mouth about each other 互相詆譭
習語與俗語 Idioms & Slangs
zip one's mouth 守祕 = keep the secret
keep one's mouth shut 保守祕密
open one's mouth wide 信口開河 (run off at the mouth / shoot off one’s mouth)
shoot one's mouth off 誇張,吹牛
live from hand to mouth 勉強餬口
be born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth 生來就富
all mouth and no action 只說不做
生活用語 Street Talks
(1)
A: I have informed Jerry by word of mouth. (口頭上的)
B: That's good.
(2)
A: The doctor says that he's suffering from cancer.
B: Keep your mouth shut. He couldn't stand it. (嘴嚴點;要密)
(3)
A: Look over there!
B: Oh, your mouth watered for ice cream. (口水直流)
(4)
A: What did you say?
B: I said at 6 tonight.
A: Please put the receiver closer to your mouth. I can't hear you.
諺語 Proverbs
Good medicine is bitter in the mouth. 良藥苦口。
Wisdom may come out of the mouths of babies. 智慧可能出自嬰孩之口。
31. nature
Basic need
音形義
Everyday Expressions
n. 自然
You must know the laws of nature.
n. 本性;性格
She has a gentle nature.
n. 種類
That is a book of the same nature.
衍生詞語
natural (自然的);
naturally (本身地);
naturalism (自然主義)
複合詞語
natural gas (天然氣);
natural-born (天生的)
常見搭配 Useful Phrases
天生地 by nature
按……的本性 in the nature of
脾氣壞的 ill-natured
天性善良的 good-natured
習語與俗語 Idioms & Slangs
nature calls 上廁所
mother nature 自然的力量
against nature 不合情理的,違反自然的
生活用語 Street Talks
(1)
A: Peter has a happy nature.
B: Yeah, he is a good-natured boy.
(2)
A: Victoria's happy by nature.
B: You said it. She's nice by nature as well.
(3)
I'm sorry I naturally say dirty words. It's my nature
We have to do to protect nature.
諺語 Proverbs
Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue, to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak.
天賦我們兩耳,兩眼,一張嘴巴,歸根到底該多聽,多看,少說話。
Nature will have its course. 天行其道。