Diven教你说美语19-俚语风暴(十二)“小肚鸡肠”怎么说？.doc

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Diven教你说美语19-俚语风暴（十二）“小肚鸡肠”怎么说？
本期主题：俚语风暴（十二）

1. 非常昂贵 break the bank
Diven--How much does your new BMW cost?
Paul-- 2,000,000 RMB
Diven-- Wow, that really breaks the bank.
Diven注释: break the bank 非常昂贵。

2. 酒后驾车 drunk driving
A crackdown on illegal black cabs has been ongoing for months in Shanghai, along with efforts to combat drunk driving and ensure orderliness at crosswalks.
Diven注释：drunk driving 酒后驾车。crosswalk 人行道。

3. 小肚鸡肠 petty
Diven-- Are you still mad at Johnny for those trivial things he did?
Rita--Of course not, I'm not that petty.
Diven注释：petty 小肚鸡肠，小心眼。trivial 琐事。注意：that 用于形容词前可表示该形容词的程度，是that 的副词用法，翻译为“那么”。

4. 看人准 a good judge of character
Tyler-- Paul is a good judge of character.
Diven-- Right on.
Diven注释：a good judge of character 善于判断别人性格的人。character一般指（人的）性格，角色，特征。

5. 对极了 right on
Rita-- Diven Teaches You American English is an excellent program.
Diven--Right on.
Diven注释：right on 对极了，是right的强调形式，美国人常用right on 代替 right。

6. 检查拉链  XYZ
Diven-- Hey, Paul. XYZ.
Paul-- OMG！
Diven注释："XYZ" 是 "Check your zipper." （检查你的拉链）。注意：这里的XYZ 的 X所代表的是check。Y 代表的是 Your, Z 代表的就是 Zipper 。OMG是“Oh，my god”的缩写，表示惊讶的感叹语。Paul发现自己“门户”大开的时候，当然很“惊讶”咯。

7. 糟糕 that sucks
Paul-- Man, you know what disaster happened to me this morning? I lost my wallet ,within which are all my money and cards.
Tyler-- Oh,that really sucks.
Diven注释：that sucks 糟透了。

8. all set 准备就绪
Paul-- Is the dinner ready yet?
Diven-- Yep! Just need to get some more good wines and it'll be all set.
Diven注释：all set 准备就绪，万事俱备。

9. 君何所忧？ What's eating you?
Diven-- You've been so blue all day，tell me，what's eating you?
Tyler-- I bombed in my driving test.
Diven注释： What's eating you? 询问某人“为何不开心?"时的句型。blue 指忧伤，形容词。特别拓展：音乐中的“布鲁斯”（blues）指的就是那种带有“忧伤，阴郁”感情色彩的音乐风格。driving test 驾考。

10. bad-mouth 讲坏话
Diven-- Don't bad-mouth Paul like that，he is my friend.
Tyler-- I wasn't badmouthing him. I was only telling you the truth.
Diven注释：bad-mouth 作动词，说某人坏话，和gossip类似，但是性质更加恶劣。

今天的学习到此为止。Let's call it a day. Have fun!
I’M DIVEN. THANK YOU FOR BEINGWITH ME.
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