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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(mǎi)我所有的作品等等?! hat sort/kind of thing:類(lèi)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(lèi)似的活動(dòng)。 15……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(huà)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。 whim: 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。 eg : 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)?! he 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(qián),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)碇俏焕先撕?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(qián)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)?! g:He ought to have finished his work yesterday. 他本應(yīng)該昨天就完成工作?! ake 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。 21. 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(qián)?! 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?! o 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(shū)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(shū)送給了那些需要但買(mǎi)不起這些書(shū)的人?! g:Cf. give sb. He gave all his books to the school library. 他把他所有書(shū)都捐獻(xiàn)給學(xué)校圖書(shū)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(qián),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)。 24. 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。 in 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。 eg: He is in high spirits when talking about his son. 一談?wù)撍膬鹤铀颓榫w高昂。 laughing 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)。 helpless with: unable to control a strong feeling one has ?。ㄗ鯝lan 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?! ?9. …a card on which was written, “Monsieur Gustave Naudin for M. le BaronHausberg.” 寫(xiě)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