留美老师带你每日说英文 第1101期:餐具的摆放
时间：2019-02-18 作者：英语课 分类：留美老师带你每日说英文
英语课
台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是：
I don't see why I have to put the utensils 2 face down. Because when they're sticking up like that, if someone trips and falls, they're going to impale 3 themselves and die. That's literally 4 the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
我不了解为什么我必须要把这些餐具的头朝下摆。因为它们如果像现在这样头朝上、突出来，万一有人绊倒、跌到这里，他们就会被刺死。这实在是我听过最蠢的事。
学习重点：
1.utensil 1 器皿，用具
utensil (n.) 器皿，用具
utilitarian 5 (adj.) 功利主义的；实用的
2.stick 刺；戮
stick (v.) 刺；戮
sting (v.) 刺，螫，叮
3.trip 把…绊倒
trip (v.) 把…绊倒
strip (v.) 剥，剥去
4.impale (以尖物) 刺穿
impale (v.) (以尖物) 刺穿
impair 6 (v.) 削弱；损害
5.literally 确实地、照字面地
literally (adv.) 确实地、照字面地
literary (adj.) 文学的
n.器皿，用具
- The best carving utensil is a long, sharp, flexible knife.最好的雕刻工具是锋利而柔韧的长刻刀。
- Wok is a very common cooking utensil in every Chinese family.炒菜锅是每个中国人家庭里很常用的厨房食用具。
器具，用具，器皿( utensil的名词复数 )； 器物
- Formerly most of our household utensils were made of brass. 以前我们家庭用的器皿多数是用黄铜做的。
- Some utensils were in a state of decay when they were unearthed. 有些器皿在出土时已经残破。
v.用尖物刺某人、某物
- Do not push me,or I wil impale you on my horns!别推我，要不我会用我的角顶你。
- I poisoned him,but I did not impale him on a spear!我毒死了他，但是我没有把他插在长矛上！
adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实
- He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
- Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。
adj.实用的，功利的
- On the utilitarian side American education has outstridden the rest of the world.在实用方面美国教育已超越世界各国。
- A good cloth coat is more utilitarian than a fur one.一件优质的布外衣要比一件毛皮外衣更有用。
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