生活英语对话 Episode 15: A heart-to-heart

本单元是关于心交心谈话。

Helen: Hello?
Alice: Hi Helen.
Helen: What's up Alice?
Alice: It's so quiet at work I thought I'd give you a ring. A little bird told me that the landlord is your dad!
Helen: How did you find out?
Alice: Never mind about that. Why have you been keeping it a secret for so long?
Helen: Well because as soon as people know how rich my parents are, they start treating me differently. When you and Tim came to live here I wanted to start afresh so I decided¹ not to tell anyone.
Alice: Oh Helen you're such a silly goose! I promise, it won't make any difference to us! So no more secrets OK?
Helen: OK then.

Vocabulary :

to have a heart-to-heart: to have an honest and open conversation about your feelings
to start afresh: to begin again, in a new way
a silly goose (informal, affectionate): a foolish person
a weird² bloke (informal): a strange man

本单元的语言点是关于 Such 和 so 的用法，下面是关于这两个词用法的语法和例句

Such and So

Such and so can be used for emphasis. For example, 'You're such a goose!' means 'You're very much like a goose!' or 'It's so quiet' means 'It's very quiet'.

such + adjective + noun

He's such a weird bloke.
They're such fantastic cooks.
They are such a happy couple.
She has such lovely kids.

so + adjective/adverb

She's so clever.
They're so rich.
These trains are so slow.
He spoke³ so passionately⁴.

You can join two clauses together with such...that and emphasise⁵ the noun. Or you can use so...that and emphasise the adverb/adjective. You can also leave out 'that', if you want.

so + adjective/adverb

It was such a great party (that) we stayed till 2 in the morning!
She's such an all-round athlete (that) I'm not surprised she won the gold.
He's so mean (that) he didn't even buy her a birthday present.
He works so hard (that) he's bound to be promoted soon.


So can also be used to join two clauses or sentences together and it has a similar meaning to 'as a result'. So is more informal than 'as a result'.

So - conjunction

It was raining so we decided to stay at home.
He wants to pass his exams so he studies almost every night.

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

4 passionately   

ad.热烈地，激烈地

参考例句：

• She could hate as passionately as she could love. 她能恨得咬牙切齿，也能爱得一往情深。
• He was passionately addicted to pop music. 他酷爱流行音乐。

5 emphasise   

vt.加强...的语气，强调，着重

参考例句：

• What special feature do you think I should emphasise? 你认为我该强调什么呢？
• The exercises heavily emphasise the required readings.练习非常强调必须的阅读。