LESSON 01 THE FIRST LESSON
I wasn't looking where I was going. (我走路没看路。)
punch up(揍)
LESSON 02 AN INSPECTOR CALLS
get into hot water(= get into trouble)
drop a clanger(失言)
LESSON 03 A FATE WORSE THAN DEATH
in the pudding club(怀孕)
be sold a pup/dummy(= be cheated or deceived)
【Figure of Speech(比喻)】
as quick as lightning
as light as a feather
as clean as a whistle(清脆)
as blind as a bat
as deaf as posts
as sly as a fox
as mad as a hatter(hatter:淘金者)
as drunk as a lord
as white as snow
as smooth as silk
LESSON 04 ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT
【Cockney rhyming slang: using words that rhyme with the word you wish to use.】
Mutt and Jeff = deaf
plates of meat = feet
Uncle Ned = head
mince pies = eyes
Uncle Dick = sick
Jack the Dandy = brandy
Brahms and Liszt = pissed (drunk)
Thelma Ritter = bitter(苦啤酒)
gold watch = scotch(苏格兰威士忌)
【练习R发音的绕口令】
Around the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran.
【其他知识点】
flour与flower发音相同
put your shoulder to the wheel(努力)
【Mr. Brown 教给大家的两首歌】
一是“A Bicycle Built for Two”, 由英国作曲家 Harry Dacre 创于1892年 ,库布里克的经典电影《2001:太空漫游》中HAL9001在被关闭前用沙哑的声音唱了这首歌。(《2001:太空漫游》的这篇影评Daisy, Daisy介绍了创作背后的故事,很有趣。)歌曲链接:http://music.163.com/#/song?id=428649873
一是“We'll Meet Again”,1939年的英国歌曲,二战时被广为传唱,库布里克的《奇爱博士》中也用了这首歌。歌曲链接:http://music.163.com/#/song?id=5113342
LESSON 05 THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE
French letter(=condom)
the Employment Exchange(= job centre)
LESSON 06 COME BACK ALL IS FORGIVEN
many happy returns of the day(生日祝词)
fountain pen(钢笔)
holy cow(感叹语,天啊!)
toilet water(有香味的水,涂在脸上。好像和perfume并不是一种东西。)
fete与fate发音相同
coin a phrase(套用一句话)
give sb. the boot(开除,解雇)
give the bullet(解雇)
LESSON 07 THE CHEATING GAME
【英语名词的阴阳性】
3 classes of gender: masculine, feminine, neuter. (gender: the grammatical classification of the sex of proper nouns.)
lion~lioness
Duke~Duchess
monkey~monkey
【其他知识点】
pork/lamb chops(猪/羊排骨)
spend a penny( 上厕所。旧时英国公厕的自动门须投一便士硬币后方行开启 )
LESSON 08 BETTER TO HAVE LOVED AND LOST
beefeater(伦敦塔卫兵)
be swept off one's feet(因兴奋而不由自主、飘飘然)
May all your troubles be little ones.(It's an English expression. It means to hope you have a family, a baby. 百度给的结果是“愿你的一切烦恼都是小事”……)
The national sport of England is cricket.
beat about the bush(隐约其辞,绕弯子)
LESSON 09 KILL OR CURE
be laid up(= be struck down 病倒)
undertaker(殡仪员)
under the weather(身体不舒服)
bottoms up(干杯)
down to touch(好像也是“干杯”的意思,没查到。)
"Round the tip and throw the gun, look out dummy, here I come."(Ranjeet说的这个似乎是个俗语,但没查到。)
LESSON 10 HELLO SAILOR
through thick and thin(同甘共苦)
aspirate(the sound made by the letter H,送气音)
Get knotted.(滚开。)
make a clean breast(坦白)
change horse(做出重大改变。这个也没查到。)
head over heels(神魂颠倒)
LESSON 11 A POINT OF HONOUR
Holy Writ(=Bible)
knock out(击倒;淘汰)
epistle(= letter 书信)
in passing(顺便提及)
have green eyes(嫉妒)
"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
syntax(= sentence construction)
LESSON 12 HOW'S YOUR FATHER
"What you never have, you never miss."
pain in the neck(某人很讨厌)
LESSON 13 THE EXAMINATION
jackpot(头奖)
haven't a cat in hells chance(毫无机会)
short hand typist(速记打字员)
在英语中,cat一律用she,dog一律用he。