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你到底在干什么? eg:How on earth did she manage that? 她究竟是怎么把事情辦成的? eg:Where in the world have you been? 你到底跑到哪里去了? is a great friend of mine, buys all my pictures and that sort of thing 他是我的好朋友,買我所有的作品等等?! hat sort/kind of thing:類似的其他事情 eg:In the summer camp, the children go swimming ,play games, that sort of thing. 孩子們?cè)谙牧顮I(yíng)游泳、玩游戲等。 eg:Participants in the shortterm course attend lectures, have discussions, that sort of thing. 短訓(xùn)班的學(xué)員聽(tīng)課、討論以及進(jìn)行其他類似的活動(dòng)?! ?5……gave me a mission a month ago to paint him as a beggar. 一個(gè)月之前他給了我一筆傭金,叫我把他畫成個(gè)乞丐?!?……a month ago he told me to paint a picture of him as a beggar. mission: a formal request to sb. to design or make a piece of work such as a building or a painting 傭金 16. It is the whimof a millionaire. You know these rich men.—— Millionaires often suddenly want to do such unusual things. 這當(dāng)然是百萬(wàn)富翁一時(shí)心血來(lái)潮的怪念頭,你知道這幫闊老爺是會(huì)做這種事的?! him: a sudden feeling that you would like to do or have esp. eg : When there is on particularly important and good reason. 心血來(lái)潮 eg : We decided, on a whim, to fly to Hainan. 我們一時(shí)心血來(lái)潮決定乘飛機(jī)去海南?! g : Lately, the president has been firing and picking new ministers at whim. 最近,總統(tǒng)總是憑一時(shí)心血來(lái)潮任免部長(zhǎng)?! ?7. …h(huán)e sank in an armchair the picture of dismay. 他跌坐進(jìn)一把扶手椅,一幅驚恐的模樣?! he picture of dismay在句中作主語(yǔ)he的補(bǔ)足語(yǔ)。 the picture of一幅……樣子/模樣 the picture of health/ innocence/ despair, etc.: look very healthy, eg : Wearing rags and holding out his hat for money, the old model was the picture of misery. 身著破衣?tīng)€衫,伸出帽子討錢,這老模特的模樣十分悲慘?! g : With flowers in his hands and dozens of former students around him, the old man is the very picture of happiness and content. 手捧鮮花,被幾十個(gè)以前教過(guò)的學(xué)生簇?fù)碇?,那位老人?jiǎn)直是幸福和滿足的化身。自考綜合英語(yǔ)(二)下冊(cè)詳解第十一課下 18. …h(huán)e burst into a roar of laughter. 他放聲大笑起來(lái)?! urst into:(突然)放聲(大笑、高唱、痛哭) eg : He burst into tears when he heard the news. 聽(tīng)到那消息后,他放聲大哭?! g : As soon as Mr. Adams entered, his Chinese colleagues burst into singing:“Happy birthday to you!” 亞當(dāng)斯先生一進(jìn)來(lái),他的中國(guó)同事就高唱起來(lái):“祝你生日快樂(lè)!” eg : He burst into tears. 他突然哭了?! g : He burst into running. 他突然拔腿就跑?! ?9. “……you39。ll never see it again. His business is with other men’s money.”—— He invests other men39。s. (Most likely he is a brokera person who buys and sells things, for example, shares in a business, for other people. Maybe he is a banker or he runs an investment pany, or that sort of thing.) .你的那一英鎊是拿不回來(lái)了,他做的是別人的錢的生意。(前一句話是開(kāi)開(kāi) 玩笑,后一句指他是銀行家或是經(jīng)營(yíng)投資公司。) business 生意,商業(yè) bushiness school商學(xué)院 business hours營(yíng)業(yè)時(shí)間 go into business從事商業(yè),下海經(jīng)商 20.“I think you ought to have toldme, Alan,” said Hughie in a bad temper, “and have let me make such a fool of myself” “艾倫,你為什么不早告訴我?”休吉生氣地說(shuō)?!澳悴粦?yīng)該讓我出丑?!薄 ught to have done sth.: should have done 表示過(guò)去應(yīng)該做而沒(méi)有做的事(有責(zé)備的含義)?! g:You should have handed in your paper last week. 你本應(yīng)該上個(gè)星期把論文交上來(lái)。 eg:He ought to have finished his work yesterday. 他本應(yīng)該昨天就完成工作。 make a fool of oneself: 因干愚蠢的事而丑 eg:At the party, he drank too much, and made a fool of himself. 在聚會(huì)時(shí),他喝酒太多,鬧出不少笑話?! g:If you go to the funeral in this dress, you39。ll make a fool of yourself. 你要是穿這件連衣裙去參加葬禮,你會(huì)出丑的?! ?1. It never entered my mind that you went about giving money awayin that careless manner. 我真沒(méi)想到你會(huì)這樣隨便亂給別人錢?! hat從句是主語(yǔ),it為形式主語(yǔ)?! t never entered my mind / head that:(口語(yǔ))我從未想到……(表示驚訝) eg:It never entered my mind that the much admired TV star was a secret agent. 我沒(méi)有想到那位倍受崇拜的電視明星居然是個(gè)間諜。 go about sth./ doing sth.:做;著手做 eg:It39。s a difficult job. I don’t know how to go about it. 這工作很棘手,我還不知道該怎么著手去做?! g: How is the family going to going about getting the money for the boy39。s operation? 這家人怎么著手去為那男孩子籌集手術(shù)費(fèi)? give sth. away: to give sth. free of charge白給;贈(zèng)送 eg:He gave away all his mother39。s books away when she died. 他母親去世后他把她的書都送給別人了。 eg:He gave a lot of his books away to people who need but can not afford them. 他把不少的藏書送給了那些需要但買不起這些書的人。 eg:Cf. give sb. He gave all his books to the school library. 他把他所有書都捐獻(xiàn)給學(xué)校圖書館了?! 〔荒苷f(shuō):He gave away all his books to the school library. can understand your kissing a pretty model, but your giving money to an ugly one——, no! 你要是親吻一個(gè)漂亮的模特我能理解,不過(guò)給一個(gè)丑陋的模特錢,真不能理解! Kissing……, giving……動(dòng)名詞的復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu) 23.“……You know he wasn39。t in full dress! ……h(huán)e was in rags. He was not in normal clothes. 你是知道的,他當(dāng)時(shí)穿著可是不雅觀?! n full dress:禮服,正式場(chǎng)合的穿著(此處指有身份的人一般穿戴的襯衫、西服領(lǐng)帶等)?! g: He should be in full dress going to such a party. 他出席這樣的晚會(huì)應(yīng)當(dāng)穿講究點(diǎn)?! ?4. He was in the highest spirits after you left; kept laughing to himself and rubbing his old wrinkled hands together. 你走之后,他的心境極佳,不斷對(duì)自己大笑,一個(gè)勁地那布滿皺紋的雙手?! n high spirits:情緒、心境很好,情緒高昂 eg: The children are in high spirits when they are playing the game. 孩子們玩游戲的時(shí)候特別高興?! g: He is in high spirits when talking about his son. 一談?wù)撍膬鹤铀颓榫w高昂?! aughing to oneself:對(duì)自己樂(lè)?!alk to oneself自言自語(yǔ); think to oneself自思自量?! ?5. He39。ll invest your poud for you, Hughie, pay you the interestevery six months, and have a wonderful story to tell after dinner. 他會(huì)用你的那一英鎊去投資,每六個(gè)月給你付一次利息,茶余飯后把 這件奇聞趣事當(dāng)故事講給別人聽(tīng)。(這里特里沃是在善意發(fā)取笑休吉,和他開(kāi)玩笑,那位百萬(wàn)翁究竟會(huì)如何回報(bào) 那一英鎊他也沒(méi)有想到。) invest投資,投入 interest利息 26. “I39。m an unlucky evil…… ” devil: (used for emphasis when expressing one39。s opinion)a person a poor devil可憐的人兒 a little devil嬌小的人兒 27.“I shouldn39。t dare to show my face if people knew ” If people knew I had given a pound to a millionaire, how they would laugh at me, and how I could face their ridicule. , Hughie wouldn39。t stay, but walked home, feeling very unhappy, and leaving Alan Trevorhelpless withlaughter. 可是,休吉再也呆不下去了,他滿面愁容走回了家,把艾倫?特里沃樂(lè)得喘不上氣來(lái)?! elpless with: unable to control a strong feeling one has (做Alan Trevor的補(bǔ)足語(yǔ))控制不住強(qiáng)烈的情感,如大笑,大怒、絕望等?! g:He went away helpless with despair. 他絕望地離開(kāi)了。 29. …a card on which was written, “Monsieur Gustave Naudin for M. le BaronHausberg.” 寫有“霍斯勃格男爵先生之代表古斯塔夫?諾丁先生”的一張名片?! n which…… 為定