课程笔记:
25. Home
It sounds like home. 听上去很亲切。
Basic need 音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 家
I made my home in the country. (我搬到乡下住了。)
n. 产地
India is the home of tigers.
n. 住宅
I hope to set up my own little home.
adv. 回家;在家
I went home to my mother. (go home)
I'm home. 我到家了
衍生词语
homeless (无家的);
homeward (归途的);
homely (相貌平平的,朴素的)
复合词语
homesick (想家的);
hometown (老家;家乡);
homemade (家里做的,自制的); manmade 人造的
homecoming (adj. 回家的);
homemaker (管家; or housewife);
homeland (祖国; or homecountry);
homework (作业);
Home Secretary (英)(内政大臣);
home economics (家政学) (在国外大学中设有master学位,可见重要性)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
国内市场 home market
国内事务 home affairs
国内贸易 home trade
独自在家 home alone
主场球队 home team
无拘束 to feel at home
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
home free 自由自在
a home bird 喜欢呆在家里的人
生活用语 Street Talks
(1)
A: Happy birthday, Jenny.
B: Wow, thanks! Come on in. Make yourself at home. (请不要拘束)
(2)
A: What's your home/goal in college? (目标)
B: To study law and become a lawyer in the future.
A: Good. As you’ve set your goal, what you need to do now is to home in/target on it. (朝着目标走)
B: I see, sir.
(3)
He is at home in American literature. (精通)
电影对白 Transcripts
句型
I may even be home before you get it. 《情归巴黎》
But I'll have it in my pocket when I get home, and I’ll take it with me wherever I go from now on. 《情归巴黎》
It's like going home. Only to no home I’d ever known.《西雅图夜未眠》
Hey, maybe when we get home, we’ll get a dog. 《西雅图夜未眠》
Will you take me home? 《毕业生》
谚语 Proverbs
Home is where the heart is. 心在哪里,那里就是家。
An Englishman's home is his castle. 英国人的家就是城堡。(为随心所欲的天地。)
There's no place like home. 金窝银窝不如自己的土窝。
East or west, home is best.
流行语汇
party animal/boy/girl
get-together 聚会
party dress 宴会服装
at-home party 家庭宴会
tea party 茶会
dinner party 晚餐会
garden party 游园会
dance; ball 舞会
birthday party 生日宴会
Christmas party 圣诞派对
luncheon ['lʌntʃən] party 午餐会
cocktail party 鸡尾酒会
welcome party 欢迎会
farewell party 告别会
year-end dinner party 年终聚餐会
New Year's banquet 新年宴会
Invitation card/letter of invitation 请贴
Birthday greetings 生日贺辞
reunion party 同学聚会,以前老朋友的聚会等