He was notorios for playing in the field with many girls.
他因与多名女子乱搞关系而臭名昭着。
③leave the field离开战场,退出比赛
He has to leave the field for a foul.
他因犯规而不得不退出比赛。
Daily Conversation日常会话
A:After graduation, she needn't pay much attention to hunt for a job, her father has left the field clear for her.
毕业以后,她不需为寻找工作费多大心思,她爸爸已经为她铺好路了。
B:I'm so jealous of her. Life to her seems always to be a bow of cherries.
真羡慕她。生活对于她来说似乎总是一帆风顺的。
A:Do you think it's really good for her I think she'd better learn how to be independent.
你认为对她真的好吗?我觉得她最好学会如何独立。
B:Your words are also right. After all her father will leave her some day.
你的话也对。毕竟她爸爸终有一天会离开她的。
Notes:
1. pay attention to注意,重视
2. hunt for搜寻,寻找
3. jealous ['dзel?s] adj. 嫉妒的,吃醋的,羡慕的
fix
固定,安装,凝视,吸引(注意),修理,整理,安排,准备
Useful Phrases实用短语
①fix one's mind on sth.专心于某事
Professor Li fixed his mind on the research just now.
刚刚李教授专心于那项研究。
②fix sb. with a look定睛凝视某人
She fixed him with an angry look.
她生气地盯着他。
③fix on sth./sb.选定,决定
Have you fix on the date for the honeymoon
你选定了蜜月的日期了吗?
Daily Conversation日常会话
A:Have you fixed on the date of travelling
你决定旅行的日期了吗?
B:No. I'm so busy these days and have no time to buy the plane ticket at all.
没有。最近我忙得很根本没时间去买机票。
A:Where are you going to travel
你要去哪旅行呢?
B:Holland is the first place I will choose. I have longed for going there for many years.
荷兰是我的首选。我已经渴望去那多年了。
Notes:
long for渴望,极想,向往
figure外形,轮廓,数字,计算,人物,画像
Useful Phrases实用短语
①become a figure of fun成为嘲笑的对象
At the party she became the figure of fun.
在聚会上她成了嘲笑的对象。
②figure on sth.计划,打算,预料到
I haven't figured on getting to school so early.
我没预料到这么早就到学校了。
③figure sth./sb. out弄懂,弄清楚,弄明白
We've never been able to figure him out.
我们一直没能看透他。
Daily Conversation日常会话
A:Don't make fun of me, ok How can I wear this one to take part in the ball I don't want to become a figure of fun.
别跟我开玩笑了好吗?我怎么能穿这个去参加舞会呢?我可不想成为大家的笑柄。
B:But I think it's more beautiful than what you wear now.
但是我觉得它比你现在穿的要好看啊。
A:When I wear it, my husband will say I look like a zebra.
每当我穿上它,我丈夫都说我看起来像斑马。
B:I would say different people have different opinion.
我只能说不同人有不同的观点。
Notes:
1. make fun of取笑,拿……开玩笑
2. take part in参加
3. zebra [zebr?] n. 斑马
finger手指,用手指摸弄
Useful Phrases实用短语
①be all fingers and thumbs笨手笨脚
We'd never asked her to help us because she was all finger and thumbs.
我们从不找她帮忙,因为她笨手笨脚的。
②have a finger in every pie染指,多管闲事
He's a person who has a finger in every pie.
他是一个多管闲事的人。
③lift (raise) a finger尽举手之劳
When we meet the weak who need help, we should lift a finger to them.
当我们遇到需要帮助的弱者时我们都应尽举手之劳去帮助他们。
Daily Conversation日常会话
A:In this flood, many people lost their families.
在这次洪水中,许多人失去了他们的家人。
B:And they were in great demand of food and clothes now.
并且他们需要大量的食品和衣服。
A:Sure. So we should lift a finger to them.
是的,所以我们应对他们尽举手之劳。
B:I have a piece of advice. Maybe we can raise money for them.
我有一个提议,也许我们可以帮他们募捐。
fire火,火灾,炉火
Useful Phrases实用短语
①fire sb. with anger激怒某人
Your words fired him with anger.
你的话激怒了他。
②set sth. on fire纵火,焚烧
The man set his house on fire.
这个男子烧了自己的房子。
③on fire着火,烧着
Her clothes were on fire.
她的衣服着火了。
Daily Conversation日常会话
A:To our surprise, the old man set his house on fire last night. When the firemen came he was dead in the fire.
让我们所有人都吃惊的是那个老人昨晚放火烧了他的房子。当消防员到时他已经死在火中了。
B:I can't believe in my eyes.
真不敢相信自己的眼睛。
A:I heard he had no families, and everyday he had to lead a poor life.
我听说他没有家人,并且每天过着清贫的生活。
B:Oh, so poor the old man was. He must be hopeless towards the world.
哦,多么可怜的一个老人啊。他一定是对这个世界绝望了吧。
fish鱼 鱼肉,捕鱼
Useful Phrases实用短语
①like shooting fish in a barrel瓮中之鳖
At this moment, he is like shooting fish in a barrel, so don't pay much attention to him.
在这个时候,他就像瓮中之鳖,所以不要太在意他。
②teach a fish how to swim班门弄斧
To show the president where the White House is, just like to teach a fish how to swim.
给总统指引白宫在哪里,就如同教鱼如何游水。
③Fish begins to stink at the head.鱼要腐烂头先臭,
意指: 上梁不正下梁歪。
Daily Conversation日常会话
A:His son was arrested just now. I heard he robbed a market yesterday.
他的儿子刚刚被逮捕了。我听说他昨天抢劫了一家超市。
B:Fish begans to stink at the head. His father also stole when he was young.
上梁不正下梁歪。他爸爸年轻时也偷东西。
A:On one side it also told us : environment is very important to the growing of a child.
一方面它也告诉我们:环境对一个孩子的成长非常重要。
flesh肉,果肉,肉体
Useful Phrases实用短语
①in the flesh本人
I haven't seen the president in the flesh.
我没有见过总统本人。
②pound of flesh无理的要求
I can't accept her pound of flesh.
我不能接受她无理的要求。
③gain the flesh长胖
She eats a little every day because she doesn't want to gain the flesh.
她每天都吃得很少因为怕长胖。
Daily Conversation日常会话
A:Have you ever seen Celine Dion
你见过席琳·迪翁吗?
B:I've seen her on TV but not in the flesh.
我在电视上见过,可是,没见过本人。