总第147期 2008-06-11

  

::::今日一词

Portable 　 (a.) 　手提的　 

A: Do you drink the water when you go hiking? 
你去徒步旅行的时候会喝那里的水吗？
B:I always take a portable water purifier. 
我都会带着可携式净水器。

::::今日会话

A:Morning. Sleep well?
早。睡得好吗？

B:Like an angel. You?
象个天使。你呢？

A:I tossed and turned all night. I really think that something bad is going to happen.
我整晚辗转难眠。我真的认为有坏事要发生了。

B:Well, it already did.
嗯，已经发生了。

A:What!
什么！

B:My underwear disappeared. I hung it out on the line yesterday.
我的内裤不见了，昨天我晾在外面的绳子上。

::::每日一讲
 
work one's butt off 很努力地(做一件事)

A: I can't believe all my work is gone just like this. I've worked my butt off on this all day!
A: 我不敢相信我的心血就这样丢掉了!我今天整天辛辛苦苦都在搞这个!

B: What happened? Computer crashed?
B: 怎么啦? 计算机当了吗?

美语里不少口语都跟"butt"(屁屁)有关, 像 "kick ass"、"kiss ass"这里的"work one's butt off" 也是。还有一个"freeze one's butt off"(冷得把屁屁冻僵)也是喔!

::::每日测试

"Mother ______ at home.”

"妈妈在家总是很忙。"

 is busy usually
 is usually busy
 does usually busy
 does busy usually

 答案：is usually busy。busy是形容词，前面不能用助动词does。usually是频繁副词，通常放在be动词或助动词后。