视频对话:
Papi? Flipping out.
爸爸出事了?他头脑发热。
I'm totally calm.
我很冷静。
You're flipping out!
你就是头脑发热!
He is threatening not to go to Mexico.
他威胁说不去墨西哥了。
He...he says, you know we can't afford it.
他……他说,你知道我们买不起机票。
本期学习词汇:
flip
vt.轻弹,轻击;按(开关);快速翻转;急挥
vi.发疯;急动;捻;蹦蹦跳跳
n.浏览;空翻;(射击时枪管的)跳跃;轻抛
adj.[口语]无礼的,轻率的,油腔滑调的;冒失的,鲁莽的
flip out 精神失常,发疯,精神错乱,情绪激动
例句:
1. He didn't flip on the headlights until he was two blocks away.
他开出两个街区后才打开车头灯。
2. The plane then flipped over and burst into flames.
接着飞机突然翻转并燃起了大火。
3. He got so provoked that he flipped.
他被激怒了,发起火来。
4. He flipped the pages of the diary and began reading the last entry.
他快速翻了一下那本日志,然后开始读最后一篇。
5. I pulled a coin from my pocket and flipped it.
我从口袋里掏出一个硬币,把它弹向空中。
6. Because I know he's going to flip out and I hate it when he gets angry.
因为我知道他一定会为此而抓狂,我不想他发怒。
adj. 平的,与飞机有关的
n. 飞机,水平