美語情景對話 第324期:Adjectives Opposites 形容詞反義詞

Todd: OK. Sophie, we're going to talk about opposites. OK. What is big?

託德：好，蘇菲，我們要來談談反義詞。好，什麼東西是大的？

Sophie: An elephant.

蘇菲：大象。

Todd: OK. What is small?

託德：好。那什麼是小的？

Sophie: A Mouse.

蘇菲：老鼠。

Todd: A mouse, OK. Are you afraid of mice?

託德：老鼠，好。你害怕老鼠嗎？

Sophie: No, not actually.

蘇菲：不，實際上我不怕。

Todd: OK. What is expensive?

託德：好。那什麼是貴的？

Sophie: A yacht.

蘇菲：遊艇。

Todd: A yacht! Have you ever been on a yacht?

託德：遊艇！你坐過遊艇嗎？

Sophie: Yes, actually I have.

蘇菲：嗯，我坐過。

Todd: Oh, really! What was it like?

託德：哦，真的嗎！感覺怎麼樣？

Sophie: Rough!

蘇菲：風浪很大！

Todd: Really! The sea was really rough!

託德：真的嗎！海上風浪很大！

Sophie: Yes. I was sick.

蘇菲：對。我在遊艇上吐了。

Todd: OK. Oh, that's not fun.

託德：哦，那可不好玩。

Sophie: No.

蘇菲：嗯。

Todd: Oh, that's 's 's bad. OK. is cheap?

託德：哦，那，那很糟。好，嗯，什麼是便宜的？

Sophie: Cheap is onigiri.

蘇菲：飯糰很便宜。

Todd: Onigiri. What is onigiri?

託德：飯糰。飯糰是什麼？

Sophie: Onigiri is the best thing to eat in Japan for lunch.

蘇菲：飯糰是日本午餐最好的食物。

Todd: Oh, so it's the, the rice ball.

託德：哦，就是米飯糰嗎。

Sophie: Yeah, the rice triangle.

蘇菲：對，把米飯做成三角形。

Todd: Ok, yeah, yeah. That's very good. Good stuff. is heavy?

託德：好。對。那非常好。是非常好吃的食物。嗯，什麼是重的？

Sophie: A tractor?

蘇菲：拖拉機吧？

Todd: Yeah, a tractor is heavy. Ooh, it's getting really loud! is light?

託德：對，拖拉機很重。哦，越來越吵了！嗯，什麼是輕的？

Sophie: A feather.

蘇菲：羽毛。

Todd: A feather. Oh, that's good. OK. Thanks.

託德：羽毛。哦，很好。好，謝謝你。

重點講解：
1. be afraid of
害怕的；恐懼的；
eg. Most animals are afraid of fire.
大多數動物怕火。
eg. They were afraid of answering the questions and incriminating themselves.
他們擔心因回答這些問題而受到牽連。
eg. He's afraid of going out alone at night.
他害怕夜晚獨自出去。
2. sick
嘔吐的；噁心的；想吐的；
eg. She got up and was sick in the handbasin.
她起身在洗手池裏吐了起來。
eg. The very thought of food made him feel sick.
一想到食物他就噁心。
eg. Orange juice makes him sick so don't give it to him.
橙汁會讓他噁心，別讓他喝橙汁。