Situational Words and Phrases 情景词汇
1.be nuts about a. 非常喜欢,迷恋
A: She's nuts about the boy next door.
甲:她迷恋着隔壁的男孩。
B: Really? That's incredible.
乙:真的吗?难以置信。
2.be wild about 对……狂热,十分热衷于
A: I wonder why you are so wild about football.
甲:我不明白你为什么对足球这么狂热。
B: To tell the truth, I like it better than anything else.
乙:说实话,我喜欢足球胜过其他一切。
3.care for 喜欢
A: Would you like to visit your colleague?
甲:你想去看望你的同事吗?
B: No. Frankly speaking, I don't care much for his manners.
乙:不想。坦率地说,我不喜欢他的举止。
4.crush n. (短暂的,少不更事的)迷恋
A: She has a crush on that film star.
甲:她迷恋上那个电影明星了。
B: I don't think falling in love with a film star is rational.
乙:我觉得迷恋电影明星是不理智的。
5.eager a. 渴望的
A: She's eager to travel abroad.
甲:她渴望到国外旅游。
B: So am I.
乙:我也是。
6.enthusiastic a. 狂热的,热情的,极感兴趣的
A: What do you think of the film "Titanic"?
甲:你觉得电影《泰坦尼克》怎么样?
B: We're enthusiastic about it.
乙:我们极感兴趣。
7.fail in love with sb. 爱上某人
A; They fell in love with each other at first sight.
甲:他们俩曾一见钟情。
B: Why did she divorce him then?
乙:那她为什么与他离婚呢?
8.favor v. 偏爱
A: It's unfair for the teacher to favor one child over the other.
甲:老师偏爱某一个学生是不公平的。
B: Why don't you try to please her?
乙:你为什么不取悦她呢?
9.favorite n./a. 特别受到喜爱的(人或物)
A: fur boss's difficult to please.
甲:取悦我们老板太难了。
B: First, you should get to know what her favorite hobby is.
乙:首先你应知道她最大的爱好是什么。
10.flip v. 对……爱得发狂
A: The girl's flipped over you.
甲:那女孩迷恋上你了。
B: Really? I wasn't aware of that.
乙:真的吗?可我没有意识到呀。
11.fond a. 喜欢
A: Do you think they're fond of each other?
甲:你认为他们彼此互相喜欢吗?
B: Yes, of course. I often see them walking arm in arm.
乙:是的,当然。我常看见他们挽着胳膊散步。
12.keen a. 对……着迷,热衷于,喜爱
A: He must be pretty keen on the French girl, they've been dancing the whole night.
甲:他一定对那个法国女孩着了迷,他们跳了一整夜舞。
B: They fell in love with each other at first sight.
乙:他们一见钟情。
13.in love with sb. 爱上某人
A: I wonder why she's in love with her teacher.
甲:我不明白她为什么爱上她的老师。
B: Maybe she'll change her mind and regret it.
乙:也许她会改变主意,’而且会后悔的。
14.Look forward to 期待
A: Are you going home for the summer vacation?
甲:你署假回家吗?
B: Yes,of course. I'm looking forward to seeing my mother.
乙:当然。我盼着见妈妈。
15.pastime n. 消遗,娱乐
A: Collecting stamps is one of my favorite pastimes.
甲:集邮是我最喜欢的消遣方式之一。
B: Stamp-collecting? That's wonderful! I also like collecting stamps in my sparetime.
乙:集邮!太好了!我业余时间也喜欢集邮。
16.sublime a. 壮观的
A: How about going to the mountain?
甲:登那座山怎么样?
B: Why not? I'm really eager to,the sublime cascade.
乙:为什么不去呢?我很渴望去看看那壮观的瀑布。