【英语趣味课堂】反义词-Opposites

Todd: OK. Ramon, we're going to talk about opposites.

 

Jamon: OK.

 

Todd: What is big?

 

Jamon: The earth is big.

 

Todd: Yeah, I agree. What is small?

 

Jamon: I'm small on the earth.

 

Todd: That's true. How much do you weigh?

 

Jamon: I weigh 65.

 

Todd: Wow! 65 kilograms¹.

 

Jamon: Yeah.

 

Todd: Yeah, yeah. I'm a little bit heavier, about 72....What is expensive?

 

Jamon: A big house is expensive.

 

Todd: Yeah, pretty much anywhere. Ooh..loud motorcycle². Sorry! What is small? I mean..I'm sorry..what is cheap?

 

Jamon: What is cheap? The 100 Yen³ shop is cheap.

 

Todd: Yeah. What can you buy at a 100 Yen shop?

 

Jamon: About everything.

 

Todd: Yeah.

 

Jamon: Which is good.

 

Todd: Do you think 100 Yen shops are a good idea, or do you think they're environmentally⁴ a bad idea?

 

Jamon: No, I like the 100 Yen shop.

 

Todd: Yeah. The cheap stuff⁵. Actually. I do to. It's nice. Alright. Thanks a lot.

 

学习内容：

 

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opposites

 

We're going to talk about opposites.

 

'Opposites' are two things that are exactly different from each other.  Some examples are: hot and cold, up and down, fast and slow.  Notice the following:

 

We are going in the opposite direction.

She is the complete opposite of her husband.

agree

 

Yes, I agree.

 

When you 'agree' with someone you think what they are saying is correct.  Notice the following:

 

We never agree on anything.

I agree with almost everything she says.

how much

 

How much do you weigh?

 

We use the phrase⁶ 'how much' to ask about quantity for non-countable nouns⁷.  In the example, it is asking about the weight in pounds or kilograms.  The answer to these questions is usually a number or measurement⁸.  Notice the following:

 

I don't know how much butter we have.

How much sugar should I buy?

about everything

 

You can buy about everything in a 100 Yen shop.

 

The phrase 'about everything' is the same as almost everything.  In the example, maybe there are one or two things that you can't buy in this shop, but they sell everything else.  Notice the following:

 

About everything is ready for the party.

I have about everything you want in my refrigerator.

good idea

 

I think 100 Yen shops are a good idea.

 

A 'good idea' is something that has a purpose or solves a problem.  Notice the following:

 

He always has good ideas for my problems.

It's a good idea for you to go back to school.

 

1 kilograms   

n.千克( kilogram的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• 2 kilograms of rice 2公斤大米
• Every tonne of coal contains,on average,30 kilograms of nitrogen. 每吨煤平均含30公斤氮。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 motorcycle   

n.摩托车，机车

参考例句：

• Tom went there by motorcycle.汤姆乘摩托车去的那儿。
• He was also the first person in town to buy a motorcycle.他也是镇里第一个买摩托车的人。

3 yen   

n. 日元；热望

参考例句：

• He wanted to convert his dollars into Japanese yen.他想将美元换成日币。
• He has a yen to be alone in a boat.他渴望独自呆在一条船上。

4 environmentally   

adv.有关环境方面

参考例句：

• an environmentally sustainable society 保持生态环境平衡的社会
• Building the proposed new road would be environmentally damaging. 修筑那条拟建的新公路会对环境造成破坏。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

6 phrase   

n.短语，词组；成语，习语

参考例句：

• The phrase was caught on and immediately became popular.这个短语被采用后很快就流行了。
• That's exactly the phrase I was looking for.这就是我一直找的那个短语。

7 nouns   

n.名词；名词( noun的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns. 法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Nouns join to form compounds. 名词和名词结合构成复合词。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 measurement   

n.测量，衡量；(量得的)尺寸，大小

参考例句：

• I can find the size of something by means of measurement.我可以用测量法求得某物的体积。
• He has made an accurate measurement of my garden.他准确地丈量了我的花园。