生活英语对话 Episode 15: A heart-to-heart
本单元是关于心交心谈话。
Helen: Hello?
Alice: Hi Helen.
Helen: What's up Alice?
Alice: It's so quiet at work I thought I'd give you a ring. A little bird told me that the landlord is your dad!
Helen: How did you find out?
Alice: Never mind about that. Why have you been keeping it a secret for so long?
Helen: Well because as soon as people know how rich my parents are, they start treating me differently. When you and Tim came to live here I wanted to start afresh so I decided 1 not to tell anyone.
Alice: Oh Helen you're such a silly goose! I promise, it won't make any difference to us! So no more secrets OK?
Helen: OK then.
Vocabulary :
to have a heart-to-heart: to have an honest and open conversation about your feelings
to start afresh: to begin again, in a new way
a silly goose (informal, affectionate): a foolish person
a weird 2 bloke (informal): a strange man
本单元的语言点是关于 Such 和 so 的用法，下面是关于这两个词用法的语法和例句
Such and So
Such and so can be used for emphasis. For example, 'You're such a goose!' means 'You're very much like a goose!' or 'It's so quiet' means 'It's very quiet'.
such + adjective + noun
He's such a weird bloke.
They're such fantastic cooks.
They are such a happy couple.
She has such lovely kids.
so + adjective/adverb
She's so clever.
They're so rich.
These trains are so slow.
He spoke 3 so passionately 4.
You can join two clauses together with such...that and emphasise 5 the noun. Or you can use so...that and emphasise the adverb/adjective. You can also leave out 'that', if you want.
so + adjective/adverb
It was such a great party (that) we stayed till 2 in the morning!
She's such an all-round athlete (that) I'm not surprised she won the gold.
He's so mean (that) he didn't even buy her a birthday present.
He works so hard (that) he's bound to be promoted soon.
So can also be used to join two clauses or sentences together and it has a similar meaning to 'as a result'. So is more informal than 'as a result'.
So - conjunction
It was raining so we decided to stay at home.
He wants to pass his exams so he studies almost every night.
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
- From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
- His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
- She could hate as passionately as she could love. 她能恨得咬牙切齿，也能爱得一往情深。
- He was passionately addicted to pop music. 他酷爱流行音乐。