总第146期 2008-06-10
::::今日一词
Murder (n.) 谋杀
A: Did you know there was another murder yesterday?
你知道昨晚又有谋杀案吗？
B:The city is becoming more and more dangerous.
这个城市越来越危险了。
::::今日会话
A:You'd better stay away from him then!
你最好离他远一点。
B:Don't jump to conclusions. You're so paranoid. Calm down!
别妄下定论。你太紧张了。冷静点?
A:But look how he's peeping around!
但是看他在那里东张西望的！
B:You can't really tell if it's him or not...And besides, he wouldn't hurt a fly.
你不能真的确定是不是他……而且，他连只苍蝇都不忍心伤害。
A:Oh, yeah? Then what's that on your neck? A hickey?
哦，是吗？那你脖子上是什么东东？草莓？
B:Oh! How embarrassing!
喔！真尴尬！
A:He's probably prone to domestic violence.
他也许有家庭暴力的倾向。
::::每日一讲
no-brainer 不必花脑筋的事物
A: How do you use this program? It looks quite complicated.
A: 你怎么样用这个软件呢? 看起来很复杂的。
B: No. Looks can be deceiving. This thing is actually a no-brainer. Let me show you.
B: 不会! 外表有时是会骗人的。这个东西其实很容易(不必花脑筋的)。我玩给你看!
"Looks can be deceiving." 是「外表有时是会骗人的」的意思。也许你的竞争对方把自己抬高, 表现出很厉害的样子, 你的朋友就可以说"Looks can be deceiving. He may be just a paper tiger."来安慰你。
::::每日测试
"My mother ______ up at five.”
"我母亲通常在五点钟起床。"
gets usually
usually gets
getts usually
usually getts
答案：usually gets. get的第三人称形式是gets，usually是频繁副词，通常放在动词前。
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