LECTURE 176 基本动词TURN 4
词组讲解
1. turn one's head ** 使头脑发热，趾高气扬
解 习语；词义溯源：转动某人的［头部（head）］让他晕眩
例 Sang Yu's promotion to General Manager seems to have turned his head, hasn't it? I'm surprised. I've always thought he was the type that wouldn't let status go to his head . I never would have guessed he'd get a swelled head from a promotion. I guess that just goes to show I don't know him that well.
2 turn one's stomach ** 使恶心，作呕
解 习语；词义溯源：使某人的［胃（stomach）］旋转
例 Look at that old man over there with that young lady. It turns my stomach to think about the two of them together. Oh, gross!Oh, and the way she clings on to that rich old bastard—terrible. I wonder how much he pays her.
3. turn sb. or sth. on / turn on sb. or sth. *** 打开（水源、煤气、电源等）；使兴奋，使感兴趣
解 〈口〉短语动词；词义溯源：旋转打［开（on）］某物或某人
例 Three pubescent girls stood outside all dressed up in suggestive black mini-skirts and tank tops, their faces made up in an equally suggestive manner. Whenever a man walked by, they'd strike a pose meant to turn him on. Once they had his attention, one of them would persuade him to come in and buy her a drink, promising him “you won't be sorry, Mister. ”
4. turn sb. or sth. out / turn out sb. or sth. *** 使离开，驱逐；制造，生产
解 短语动词；词义溯源：使某人或某物变成［出去（out）］的状态
例 They'd work all night like this—from eight in the evening to five the next morning. And they had no choice. If they didn't earn at least $150 a night each, their owner, a fat 58-year-old woman, would beat them and threaten to turn them out from the small rooms she allowed them to stay in.
5. turn sb. or sth. over / turn over sb. or sth. *** 把某人或某物翻过来，使翻转；转交，移交
解 短语动词；词义溯源：转动某人或某物使其［翻过来、倒过来（over）］
例 In exchange for amnesty, an official who had run off to America, last week agreed to turn over two bundles of false tax receipts he had stashed away in his uncle's basement. Investigators have been going all out for the past week trying to make sense of the estimated 20,000 receipts.
巩固练习
(A) turn my head
(B) turns my stomach
(C) turn...on
(D) turns...out
(E) turned...over
1. A: You did a great job, son. You deserve all the attention you're getting from the newspapers. I just hope you keep in mind who you are. You're still the same person. Don't let this cause you to get a too high opinion of yourself. B: I won't let it ______, Dad. You've taught me better than that.
2. A: I can't pay the rent and I can't afford to move. I'm going to stay here until the owner comes and forces me to leave the place. B: Where are you going to go when he ______ you ______?
3. A: Let's not walk this alley. All the restaurants toss their garbage there. It sits for days before it's picked up. The rancid smell ______. B: You're a country boy!Don't you know every big city has smells that are so unpleasant or horrible that they make you feel like you're going to vomit? You have to get used to disgusting smells and not let them get to you .
4. A: The Jews themselves ______ Jesus of Nazareth ______ to the Romans. B: Not all the Jews—just one Jew took him to the Roman authorities who wanted to punish him. His name was Judas. He was a traitor.
5. A: If you hope to get the students interested and excited about this campaign, you're going to have to offer some incentives—like prizes or money or something like that. B: You don't know me. I can ______ the students ______ just by talking with them. If I tell them it's interesting and exciting, they'll think it is. Watch me.
■ ANSWER
1. (A)
2. (D)
3. (B)
4. (E)
5. (C)
参考译文
I. 1. 桑宇升了总经理后好像变得趾高气扬了，是不是？我很吃惊。我一直认为，他属于那种不会被地位冲昏头脑的人。我从不认为他会因为获得晋升而得意忘形。我觉得这正好说明我不够了解他。
2. 看看那边那个老男人和那个年轻女人。想到这样两个人在一起就让人厌恶。哦，恶心！哦，她就这样抓住那个有钱的老流氓——真恐怖！我想知道他给了她多少钱。
3. 三个妙龄少女站在外面，身穿暗示性的黑色迷你短裙和吊带上衣，浓妆艳抹。只要有男人经过，她们就摆个造型，吸引他的注意。一旦吸引住他的注意力，其中一个就会劝说他进来，给她买酒喝，并向他保证说“先生，你不会觉得遗憾的”。
4. 他们整晚都这样工作——从晚上八点到次日凌晨五点。他们别无选择。如果他们每天晚上挣不到150美元，他们的主人，一个58岁的肥胖的老女人就会打他们，威胁把他们赶出他们居住的小屋。
5. 上周，逃往美国的一位官员同意交出两捆他藏在他叔叔的地下室里的假税单，以此作为获得大赦的交换。在过去一周里，调查人员全力以赴，试图调查清楚大约2万张税单的情况。
II. 1. A：儿子，你做得很好，你理应获得报纸的关注。只是我希望你记住自己是谁，你还是原来的那个人。不要因此而得意忘形。B：我不会因此而被冲昏头脑，爸爸。您的教导让我不会忘乎所以。
2. A：我付不起租金，也没钱搬家。我会一直待在这儿，直到房东来赶我。B：他要赶你走的话，你要去哪儿？
3. A：我们别走这条小巷。所有的餐馆都把垃圾扔在这儿，很多天之后垃圾才能被清理掉。这腐臭的味道让我觉得恶心。B：你真是个乡下来的男孩！你不知道所有的大城市都会散发出令人厌恶或可怕的味道，让人作呕吗？你得适应那种令人恶心的气味，不让它们影响你。
4. A：犹太人自己把拿撒勒的耶稣交给了罗马人。B：不是所有的犹太人——是其中一个犹太人把耶稣交给了想惩罚他的罗马当局。这个人是犹大，他是个叛徒。
5. A：如果你希望让学生对这个活动感兴趣，你得向他们提供奖励——如奖品或奖金之类的东西。B：你不了解我。我通过与他们谈话就能吸引他们。如果我告诉他们活动非常有意思而且激动人心，他们就会这么认为。看我的吧。
