2017年上半年大學(xué)英語六級口語詞匯講解(二十一)

　　A: Do you know him?

　　你認(rèn)識他?

　　B: Not very well.

　　不太熟悉。

　　A: Then why did you believe him and gave him so much money?

　　那你為何相信他而給他那么多錢呢?

　　B: I am simply flowing my nose and I think he really needs help.

　　我只是憑直覺，想到他真的需要幫助。

　　知識點講解

　　Follow one’s nose的意思為“憑直覺”“憑第六感官”。

　　A: I think, for this thing, he has gone too far.

　　在這件事情上，我認(rèn)為他做得有點過分了。

　　B: Why?

　　為什么呢?

　　A: You know, he shouted from the house tops that Susan had done such a thing.

　　你知道嗎，他大聲宣告蘇珊做的那件事情。

　　B: Yeah, it’s nobody but she did that.

　　是的，可的確是她不是別人干的。

　　A: But I think we should spare her feelings.

　　可是我覺得還是應(yīng)該給她留點情面。

　　知識點講解

　　From the housetops是副詞性短語，意思是“公開地”“廣泛地”。通常與declare，cry，shout，proclaim等動詞連用。 短語shout/proclaim sth. from the housetops的意思就是“公開宣布某事”。

　　A: I don’t know why I get a stage fright when I speak to a large crowd of people.

　　我不知道為何我對著一群人說話，我就會怯場。

　　B: That’s the case with many people.

　　許多人都是如此。

　　A: And when you are afraid of giving a poor account of yourself, you will feel even worse.

　　當(dāng)你害怕給別人留下不好的印象的時候，你會感覺到更糟糕。

　　B: I think that is where the problem lies.

　　我認(rèn)為那真是問題所在。

　　知識點講解

　　stage fright是名詞短語，其意思為“怯場”。它經(jīng)常與動詞get連用，即為： get a stage fright。