Situational Words and Phrases 情景词汇
1.make sense 有道理
A: Does what the lecturer said make any sense to you?
甲:讲演者的话对你有什么教益?
B: I'm sorry I couldn't quite catch him.
乙:很抱歉我听不太世他的话。
2.may/might as well 不妨
A: Now, what am I going to do, Prof.?
甲:教授，现在我该怎么办?
B: You might as well delete the redundant part and read it again.
乙:你不妨把冗余的部分删去，然后再读一遍。
3.mess v. 把……弄糟
A: What's wrong? You seem upset.
甲:你怎么了?看上去很难过。
B: I messed up in the final examination.
乙:我期末考试考得一塌糊除。
4.opinion n. 意见
A: Shall I take a Sony or a TCL?
甲:该买台索尼还是王牌?
B: in my opinion, you should choose a Sony.
乙:依我看，你还是买台索尼吧。
5.personally ad. 就自己而言
A: What's your opinion?
甲:你持何种见解?
B: Personally, I believe the scandal is true.
乙:就我看来，这桩丑闻是真实的。
6.point n. 点，观点
A: Get it?
甲:明白了?
B: I'm sorry, but I still can't see your point.
乙:对不起，我还是不懂您的意思。
7.reaction n. 反应
A: What's your reaction to the film?
甲:你觉得这部影片如何?
B: The actor is really an oddball, and um... the idea is quite out of date.
乙:呢……我觉得男主角真是个古怪的家伙，而且影片所反映的观点也有点过时了。
8.reckon v. 思考
A: A penny for your thoughts.
甲:告诉我你在想什么?
B: I'm reckoning if it's all right to date April.
乙:我在想同阿普莉儿约会行不行。
9.remind v. 提醒
A: Say, what does the watch remind you of?
甲:说来听听，这块表让你想到了什么?
B: My childhood and my father.
乙:我的童年，还有我的老爸。
10.similar a. 与奋……相似
A: Your bile is similar to mine, isn't it?
甲:你的自行车和我的自行车很相似，是不是?
B: No, they' re completely different.
乙:不，它们完全不一样。
11.save up for a rainy day 未雨绸缪
A: What's all this for?
甲:这是干什么?
B: I'm just saving up far a rainy day.
乙:我在准备不时之需。
12.say v. 说,主张
A: What would you say?
甲:你意下如何?
B: Everything is fine with me.
乙:怎么办都行。
n.发官权
A: It seems he has no say at home.
甲:好像他在家里并无发言权。
B: You bet. He is a hen-pecked husband.
乙:你说对了，他可是个妻管严。
13.seine v. 取，抓住
A: What do you think of his choice to work for IBM?
甲:他选择为IBM公司工作，对此您有何想法?
B: It's my feeling that he has Seized the chance of a lifetime.
乙:我觉得他抓住了一个千载难逢的好机会。
14.slight a. 轻微的，稍稍的
A: Do you know her name?
甲:你知道她的名字吗?
B: No, I haven't the slightest idea about her.
乙:不，关于她的情况我一点都不知道。
15.sound v. 听来像，让人觉得
A: How does the 2 o'clock train sound?
甲:乘2点钟的火车怎么样?
B: It's all right by me.
乙:我这边没问题。
16.stand v. 立足
A: What's your idea about picking up Japanese?
甲:选学日语怎么样?
B: From where I stand, it's necessary.
乙:依我看很有必要。
17.steady n. 男(或女)朋友
A: Who's that girl over there talking with the professor?
甲:那边和教授说话的女孩是谁?
B: She's my steady. She's sexy good.
乙:我的女友。挺酷的吧?
18.swear v. 发誓
A: You swear to God?
甲:你能以上帝的名义发誓吗?
B: Yeah. I swear. Came on, tell me the whole story.
乙:能。快点告诉我事情的整个经过吧。
19.tell on 告密，告发
A: Are you going to tell on me or not?
甲:你要去打我的小报告是不是?
B: Nonsense. Who told you that?
乙:简直是胡说。谁告诉你的?
20.the very thing 千真万确的事
A: It's said he wrote a novel according to his own experience. Is that true?
甲:据说他以个人经历为亲材写了本小说。真的吗?
B: Yes. That's the very thing./That's it./That's what it is.
乙:的确如此。
21.the way I. see it 依我之见
A: I don't feel like myself these days.
甲:这些天我觉得不怎么舒服。
B: The way I see it, you'd better cut down an smoking.
乙:依我之见，你最好少抽点烟。
22.through ad. 完结
A: Are you through now?
甲:你现在讲完了没有?
B: Heh, you'll have to be patient.
乙:哎，你得耐心点!
23.to do justice to 欣赏，公平对待
A: Is a two-day stay all right?
甲:只呆两天怎么样?
B: But it's almost impossible to do justice to such an ancient city as Beijing in just two days!
乙:像北京这样的一座古老的城市，两天之内怎么可能转完?
24.to one's mind 依某人看来
A: Do you think he can be trusted to undertake the task?
甲:你看他是否能胜任这工作?
B: To. my mind, you can count on him.
乙:依我看，他还是很可靠的。
25.view n. 观点，看法
A: Do you have any particular views on the plan?
甲:对此计划您有何高见?
B: Well，from my point of view, it's not the time yet.
乙:嗯…… 我倒认为时机尚不成熟。
26.what if 如果……怎么样
A: What if I say"no"when he asks me?
甲:当他问时我说“不”怎么样?
B: I think it's the correct thing to do.
乙:我想正该如此。
