Unit One
核心语汇
action
Everyday Expressions
Now it’s time to take action. (现在是该行动的时候了。)
The action is set in Paris. (事情发生在巴黎。)
The action lasted five hours. (战斗持续了5个小时）
She decided to take a legal action against him. (她决定起诉他。)
The action took place in a mountain village. (这个故事发生在一个山村里。)
　　
Street Talks
If you guys are going to bet on the basketball game, I want a piece of the action. (算我一份)
Action stations, everyone! The president has arrived! (各就各位)
Lights, camera, action! (What a director would say when shooting a film.（灯光、摄像、开拍！）(导演用语)
He likes being part of the action. (他喜欢参与。)
Proverbs
Actions speak louder than words. 行动胜于语言。
Don’t judge a man’s actions at first sight; give them a second look. 乍看难评人，再看认得清。
animal
Everyday Expressions
We should protect animals.
Drinking alcohol releases the animal in man. (喝酒使人兽行大发。)
Street Talks
A: Rebecca, I got a D in maths this term. What do I do?
B: Sorry about that, Freddie. Cheer up! You can make it next term.But frankly speaking, if you weren’t such a party animal, you’d have more time for studying. （喜欢参加聚会的人）
A: Joanna usually talks to animals and toys.
B: Poor Jo. If only she had a healthy family!
Youth is/are full of animal spirits. （精力十分旺盛）
That fighter is really an animal when he steps in the (boxing)ring. （当这个拳击手开始比赛的时候，他立刻变成了一个真正的野兽。）
baby
Everyday Expressions
She is expecting a baby. (她怀孕了。) 注：baby的性别不明时，通常用 it 来指代。
Don’t be such a baby! (不要这样孩子气！)
Hey babe, you’d like another drink?
Street Talks
A: Rosemary, will you go to the movies with me tonight?
B: I wish I could, Jo. But my baby’s taking me out to dinner tonight. (情人）
A: Tom, I need your help. It’s out of control here.
B: Come on, dear. You can make it. Come on! Give the talk. The whole plan is your baby. (由你负责）
Angela has a baby face.
Don’t cry, baby girl. That’s all right.
Hi baby(babe), would you like me to take you home?
A: That wasn’t hard at all.
B: No, like stealing candy from a baby.
Proverbs
The rich get richer and the poor get babies. 富人发财，穷人得子。
beauty
Everyday Expressions
She was a famous beauty in her youth.
We shall never forget the beauty of the old Beijing.
The beauty of this machine is its simplicity. (这机器的优点在于简单。)
　　
Street Talks
A: Mom it hurts.
B: This black eye you got in the fight is a real beauty,huh?!
A: Please! Mom!
Saving petrol, you know, that’s the beauty of buying a small car.
The beauty of his new job is that he works his own hours. (flexible hours)
A: Why don’t you come with us?
B: I need my beauty sleep, you know. (我需要大睡一场)
Proverbs
Beauty is but skin-deep. 红颜易变。
Beauty without virtue is a flower without perfume. 貌美而无德，犹如花之无香。
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. / Beauty lies in lover's eyes. 情人眼里出西施。
Everyday Expressions
She killed two birds with one stone by shopping and visiting the museum on the same trip. (她出门一次，既买了东西又参观了博物馆，真是一举两得。)
She is a strange bird.
Street Talks
A: I’ll never be a telephone operator! That job is for the birds（毫无价值的/无聊的）
B: That’s you! Personally, I think it’s an interesting job.
A: Gee, you are one strange bird. (古怪的人)
A: Hi Rick,guess what, Wallace’s twenty years old and doesn’t Know about the birds and the bees.
B: You’re kidding!
C: Hey guys, what’re you talking about?
A: We’re talking about Wallace.
C: What about him?
B: Jack says Wallace doesn’t know about the birds and the bees!!!
C: That explains why he’s a bird-watcher! (喜欢盯着女人看的男人)
A: What are you doing up here?
B: I want to get a bird’s eye view of the campus. I don’t think I’ll ever be an early bird.
A: Do you see that?
B: What?
A: That guy just gave you the bird!
　　
Proverbs
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
一鸟在手胜于两鸟在林。[明天得一百不如今天得五十/到手的东西才是可靠的]
Birds of the same feather flock together.
羽毛相同的鸟会结群在一起。[物以类聚]
The early bird catches the worm.
早起的鸟有虫吃。[捷足先登。]
Kill two birds with one stone.
用一个石头打死两只鸟。[一箭双雕，一举两得]
body
　　
Everyday Expressions
Swimming is the best way to tone your body. (增强体质。)
The mind governs the body. (精神支配肉体。)
Congress is a legislative body. (国会是立法机关。)
There’s something wrong with the body of a letter.
Street Talks
You’ve got the body and I’ve got the brains.(You’re good-looking,I’m smart.)
A: Where did you bury his body? (尸体)
B: On the the back hill.
A: Dad, I found a dealer!
B: Over my dead body will you sell this house. (除非我死了）
A: It’s illegal to write this kind of article. You see?
B: I’ll write whatever I want to!
A: But they’ll put you in prison,dear?!
B: They can imprison my body, but not my mind.
A: I do not think Tracy is very good-looking.
B: But you’ve got to love that body!
Proverbs
A little body often harbours a great soul.
莫道身躯小，伟人寓其间。
boy
Everyday Expressions
Put out that troublesome boy. (把那个捣蛋的男孩赶出去。)
Cheer up, my boy!
The bell boy is very responsible.
Oh, boy ,what a beautiful girl!
Street Talks
The cowboys in that movie are mostly nature boys.
(男性味十足的男人)
A: Oh, boy! Look at that! (哎！哇！）
B: What’s up?
A: That house is on fire!
A: Mr. Smith, your son saved his classmate from drowning this morning!
B: That’s my boy! (好小子)
A: Boy, you’re in trouble!
B: Why?
A: Mom found out you’ve been skipping school.
You’d better listen to me, boy!
Hey, don’t fight! He’s my boy. (buddy)
I went to the bar with the boys last night.
Proverbs
As the boy is, so is the man.
三岁看老。
business
Everyday Expressions
It’s your business to take care of the kids. (你的职责是照顾孩子。)
What line of business are you in? (你从事那一行？)
John wants to go into business when he leaves university.