时间:2018-12-25 作者:英语课 分类:Eztalk美语会话


英语课

Christmas day, Brooke is on the phone with her mom


Mom: Merry 1 Christmas, sweetie. How's your brother enjoying Taiwan?

Brooke: Ryan says he wants to stay. I think he's in love with some girl who designs 2 fruit platters...

Mom: No! Christmas without him is bad enough. So, honey 3, do you have cold feet yet 4?

Brooke: Yeah, especially 5 since 6 Jack 7 didn't take care 8 of the plane reservations 9.

Mom: You're not coming?

Brooke: Not until 10 the 31st. So can you change the church 11 reservations?

Mom: I'm afraid not. The church is booked until the year 2001.


book (v.)  

预订,预购


fall in love with  

与…坠入情网

A: Have you ever 12 fallen in love?

你有坠入过情网吗?

B: Once, when I was 13 much younger 14.

一次,那是在我很年轻的时候。


fruit platter (n.)  

水果拼盘


have cold feet  

害怕,恐惧


圣诞节当天,与妈妈通电话


妈 妈:亲爱的,圣诞节快乐!你弟弟喜不喜欢台湾啊?

布鲁克:雷恩说他想要留下来。我想他是跟一个设计水果拼盘的女孩坠入情网了……

妈 妈:不!没有他的圣诞节已经够糟了。对了,亲爱的,你开始惶恐了没?

布鲁克:开始了,尤其是因为杰克没把预定机票的事办好。

妈 妈:你们不过来了?

布鲁克:要到三十一号才能过去。你可以跟教堂另外约时间吗?

妈 妈:恐怕不行。教堂到二○○一年之前都已经预约额满了。



1 merry
adj.高兴的,愉快的,欢乐的,兴高采烈的
  • I wish you a merry Christmas.祝你圣诞快乐。
  • She is in a merry mood.她心情愉快。
2 designs
n.阴谋,诡计;设计( design的名词复数 );图案;设计艺术v.设计,绘制( design的第三人称单数 );设计;计划;企图
  • They will be exhibiting their new designs at the trade fairs. 他们将在商品交易会上展出他们新的设计。
  • We tend to be traditional rather than fashion-forward in our designs. 我们的设计往往流于传统而没有超前意识。
3 honey
n.蜂蜜,甜蜜,爱人;adj.蜂蜜似的,甜蜜的,甘美的;vt.加蜜使甜
  • Honey is very sweet.蜂蜜很甜。
  • That car is a honey.那辆轿车是个宝贝。
4 yet
adv.还,仍然,即刻;conj.尽管,然而
  • I am not ready yet.我还没有准备好。
  • Beautiful as she is,she didn't find a boyfriend yet.尽管她很漂亮,但还没找到男朋友呢。
5 especially
adv.特别,尤其,格外;专门地,主要地
  • I like to swim,especially in the sea.我喜欢游泳,尤其喜欢在大海中游泳。
  • I am especially by math problems.我对数学问题特别感兴趣。
6 since
adv.后来;conj.既然,因为,自从;prep.自从
  • He's been working in a bank since leaving school.自从毕业后,他就一直在一家银行工作。
  • I have known him ever since I was a child.我自孩提时代起就已经认识他了。
7 jack
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克
  • I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
  • He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
8 care
n.小心,照料,忧虑;v.关心,照顾,喜爱,介意
  • I really care about the students in my class.我的确喜欢这个班上的学生。
  • Her work is to take care of the children.她的工作是照料好孩子。
9 reservations
n.[法律](权益等的)保留( reservation的名词复数 );预订;保留地;保留意见
  • Most of these workers are American Indians living on reservations. 这些工人中的大多数是住在居留地的美洲印第安人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Have you made the reservations for our holiday yet? 你为我们度假做好预订安排了吗? 来自《简明英汉词典》
10 until
prep.直到...为止;conj.直到...时才...
  • He arrived home until midnight.他直到半夜才到家。
  • She didn't sleep until midnight.她直到半夜才睡。
11 church
n.教堂,礼拜堂;教会
  • Mary joined a church yesterday.玛丽昨天加入了教会。
  • She was standing on the church steps.她正站在教堂门前的台阶上。
12 ever
adv.曾经;永远;不断地;在任何时候;究竟
  • Have you ever been to hangzhou?你曾经去过杭州吗?
  • I will be young and strong and beautiful for ever.我将永远年轻、强壮,永远漂亮。
13 was
v.(is,am的过去式)是,在
  • He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
  • He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。
14 younger
adj.年轻的;n.年纪较小的人
  • My younger brother hides behind the door. 我弟弟躲在门后。
  • She is older than me but my other sisters are younger. 她比我大,其余都是我妹妹。
学英语单词
8vos
acceptance of work
AMTREX
backspace subroutine
Biguezal
bivalvian
Brodie-Trendelenburg test
business value-added tax
chatters
Cordaitopsida
cotylae
cruciate fissure (or cruciate sulcus)
dedikaryotization
dense traffic
device matching
dis-ease
double -entry pump
draughtsmen
drive train
Dundy County
economic load dispatching
elastic potential energy
electromagnetic effects
enamel label
Endiandra dolichocarpa
ends-of
ER diagram
exanthema syphiliticum
extended ASCII character set
five-level Baudot code
frequency-domain analyser
FRS
full rate
genus Leptinotarsa
Grosvenor Squares
guanosine hydrolase
high energy light-weight propellant
homoeostrichus multifidus
horse-lover
ignition inhibitor
in one's hair
in-body
inflammable materials
inshore marine environment
inspection certificate of origin
interpretorial
Juupajoki
Kurmysh
ladies' slipper
Lobi hepatis
M.Sc.
magnetic ferrite
male tank
merchant vesselss
nervi mandibularis
nirling
nondepreciating
null index range
nylon yarn
Ontojärvi
operating result
parallax-free model
philosophations
potential falsifier
preorogenic phase
profitably
pseudoreversible
psychiatry service
Pyrethrum roseum M.B.
R.Tr.
relativistic as-trophysics
relay cell
remained oil
resina draconis
reversed damping
rosalines
rotary vacuum disk fiter
rubidium iridium alum
science education
Scleria scrobiculata
senile reflex
shipwreckings
solid state camera
space record
special-duty motor
steam metal
Steinheid
Stolp(Slupsk)
sweeten the pot
talk without the book
taotai
Tapiantana Chan.
teulons
the civil rights movement
traditional views
transfixions
Trikeri, Diavlos
twister
uncriticisable
wave deltas
whaling guns
wind truss