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该节目中的迷你对话选自口语书籍,其余讲解部分均为可可原创,未经可可许可请勿转载。
迷你对话:
A: Uncle, have a heart, please lend your new car to me. Only once.
A: 叔叔,发发善心,把你的新车借给我用用,就借一次。
B: Where are you going?
B: 你去哪里?
A: I have a big date tonight.
A: 今晚我有个重要的约会。
B: You have got a car, haven’t you?
B: 你不是有辆车吗?
A: Oh, please. Only once lend your new car to me.
A: 噢,叔叔,就把你的新车借给我一次吧。
地道表达:have a heart
解词释义:此处heart指的是人的喜怒哀乐各种感情的源泉,因此heart这个词出现在美国的不少成语和俗语中。在大多数情况下,人心显示出来是人类感情善良的一面,例如:慷慨。那么,have a heart是要求别人对说话的人表示同情或者是要求别人帮助别人或说话者自己。
支持范例:
Eg. You want me to do all the work tonight? Have a heart, I'm tired.
你要我今晚把工作全做完?发发慈悲吧,我累了。
Eg. Have a heart! It will take me all day to address those envelopes? Can you ask someone else to do some of them.
做做好事!开这些信封要花去我整整一天时间。你叫其他人写一些行吗?
Eg. Have a heart, Jake, and help me to get away now.
做做好事吧,杰克,帮我离开这里。
Eg. Please have a heart and give her another chance.
请发发慈悲再给她一个机会吧。
词海拾贝:
have a date:有个约会
Eg. Don't you have a date with her, say, once a month?
你没有同她约定日期吗,比如一月一次?
Eg. Why are you all dressed-up? Do you have a date?
你为什么盛装打扮?你有约会吗?
Eg. Henry got the cold shoulder when he asked to have a date with Mary.
当亨利要求和玛丽约会时,玛丽对他不予理睬。
Eg. I have a dinner date.
我要去赴晚餐约会。