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Why do you look so blue today? ” 什么?你以為我是天空么,看上去還是藍藍的? 好吧,最近在和一個朋友聊天時,講到他最近和女朋友分手了,他說道“I feel so blue recently.” 這里的blue有表示心情低落的意思。 其實,在英語里有許多表示顏色的詞,他們可不只是顏色這么單純哦。比如,green可以表示新手,yellow可以表示膽小鬼。 今天,小奇老師就為大家總結了幾個有特出含義的顏色詞。 1. green:新手,菜鳥, noob, unexperienced green eyed 嫉妒,眼紅 2. blue:抑郁;色情的東西 blue Monday 抑郁的周一 blue video 黃色影碟,注意不能用yellow 3. white: 純潔,善良 a white lie 善意的謊言 (a lie with good intentions) white elephant 昂貴又無用之物 4. black: 悲哀 Black Friday 黑色星期五(原本是耶穌的受難日,現(xiàn)在卻變成了一個和boxing day一樣的購物日) black sheep 害群之馬 1Example Sentences 1. My girl acted all green eyed when I talked about how nice the waitress was. 當我說道那個女侍應多漂亮時,她表現(xiàn)得很嫉妒 2. She is green at this job since she just graduated. 她是個職場菜鳥因為她剛剛畢業(yè) 3. I really didn't want to go to my boss's dinner party, so I told a white lie and said I had to go to a friend's wedding party that night. 我真的很不想去我老板的飯局,所以我說了一個善意的謊言說我今晚要去朋友的婚禮 2. Exercise A: Do you know January 24th is a Blue Monday in 2017? B: What? What is Blue Monday? A: You don't know that? Blue Monday is a Monday that is the most depressing especially because of the return to work and routine after a weekend. Factors used to calculate the date included weather conditions, debt level, time since Christmas and low motivation. B: Wow, good to know. 3.Translation A:你知道明年一月24號是憂郁星期一嗎? B:什么?那是什么鬼? A:你不知道?憂郁星期一就是一年中,你由于結束周末回去工作而感到最抑郁的周一。影響計算這個日期的因素包括天氣,負債情況,距離圣誕節(jié)的時間,低積極性 B:哇,長姿勢了 4.Key Words wedding 婚禮 engagement 訂婚 depressing 沮喪 routine 日常工作 factor 因素 debt 負債 motivation 積極性 篇幅有限,更多內容請關注奇速英語微信公眾號:qisuen 獲取更多英語資料。 |
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