【英语趣味课堂】他最好的朋友-His Best Friend

Rebecca: Alright, so Gareth, who's your best friend?

 

Gareth: Ah, difficult question, but I would have to say that my wife is my best friend.

 

Rebecca: You're wife so then where did you meet?

 

Gareth: We met in England when I was eighteen. My wife was twenty-one, and we met at university.

 

Rebecca: At the university really. So why are you such good friends?

 

Gareth: I think because we can share true feelings. With some of my friends I tend to hold a little bit back. I don't necessarily¹, give all of myself to them, so with my wife I can tell her that I'm sad or upset or angry or happy and we can talk about a lot of stuff², and I feel very comfortable and yeah, just realized with her.

 

Rebecca: That's really nice. What do you guys normally³ do together?

 

Gareth: We like movies and TV shows. We're really into American TV shows and we just finished up watching Lost. It's an American TV show that went on for quite sometime⁴, like six years, and we watched it from the very beginning and we just watched the last episode⁵ and we like TV shows. We also have two children so most of our time is spent playing with them. Going out. We like to travel a lot, so we often travel back to my home-country, England, and my mom's living in America at the moment so we're planning to visit her for Christmas.

 

Rebecca: Sounds like a lot of fun.

 

Gareth: Yeah, it is. Definitely⁶.

 

Rebecca: So then, the big question: do you guys ever fight?

 

Gareth: Oh, yeah. Of course, yeah, but that's the good thing about it. It's making up after the fight that's important. So it doesn't matter that we fight and I think that most couples early on tend to avoid conflict⁷ and they tend to bottle stuff up inside, but then if you do keep that inside you'll end up resenting⁸ the partner for it, so I think it's healthy to give your opinion and that's what my wife and I do. We often tell each other when we're unhappy, and the reason why and we discuss it and we often fight and sometimes it gets heated, a heated argument, but then we make up and it's good. It makes us stronger. It makes up realize what annoys the other so.

 

Rebecca: So you can avoid them in the future.

 

Gareth: Exactly, yeah.

 

Rebecca: Sounds really nice. That's really great. Thank you very much.

 

重点词汇：

 

Learn Vocabulary from the Lesson

hold a little back

 

With my friends I tend to hold a little back.

 

When you hold a little back, you keep something, such as energy or effort or emotions, that you could give, but choose not to. The opposite of holding back is to be open or giving. Notice the following:

 

He is shy and tends to hold back his emotions.

The winning⁹ team held a little back for the end of the game.

give all of oneself

 

 

I don't necessarily give all of myself to my friends.

 

When a person gives all of oneself, that means¹⁰ they are very open and do not keep anything secret. Notice the following:

 

In any relationship, one should give all of oneself.

He gave all of himself to his marriage, but his wife didn't, so they got divorced¹¹.

bottle stuff up inside

 

 

When you bottle stuff up, you hold things inside such as emotions or feelings things that are trying to get out. Notice the following:

 

All of my feeling are bottled up inside.

Everything was bottled up inside until he let it all out.

heated

 

 

We had a heated argument.

 

When a situation is heated, that means both sides are very aggressive¹² or upset, and usually there is much shouting or yelling¹³. Notice the following:

 

The students had a heated debate about crime¹⁴ and race.

The managers had a heated discussion¹⁵ about company policy¹⁶.

make up

 

 

We fight but then we make up and it's good.

 

When to people make up, they stop fighting and forgive each other. Notice the following:

 

My wife and I fight a lot but we always make up.

The best part of fighting is making up afterwards.

1 necessarily   

adv.必要地，必需地；必定地，必然地

参考例句：

• More work does not necessarily call for more men.增加工作量不一定就要增添人员。
• A voter must necessarily be no younger than eighteen.选民必须在18岁以上。

2 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。

3 normally   

adv.正常地，通常地

参考例句：

• I normally do all my shopping on Saturdays.我通常在星期六买东西。
• My pulse beats normally.我脉搏正常。

4 sometime   

adv.将来某一时候；改天

参考例句：

• He came sometime last month.上个月某个时候他曾经来过。
• It will happen sometime and somewhere.有朝一日这总会在什么地方发生的。

5 episode   

n.（作品的一段）情节，插曲，系列事件中之一

参考例句：

• The episode was a huge embarrassment for all concerned.这段小插曲令所有有关人员都感到非常尴尬。
• This episode remains sharply engraved on my mind.这段经历至今仍深深地铭刻在我的心中。

6 definitely   

adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地

参考例句：

• The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
• I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。

7 conflict   

n.冲突，矛盾，争执；vi.争执，撞斗，冲突，抵触

参考例句：

• Your statement is in conflict with the rest of the evidence.你的陈述同其余证据有矛盾。
• The conflict between them seems ceaseless.他们之间冲突似乎没个止息。

8 resenting   

对…感到愤怒( resent的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Far from resenting such tutelage, I am only too glad to avail myself of it. 我决不憎恨这种教育，相反，我十分高兴对它加以利用。
• "I've been sick, I told you," he said, peevishly, almost resenting her excessive pity. “我生了一场病，我告诉过你了，"他没好气地说，对她的过分怜悯几乎产生了怨恨。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

9 winning   

adj.获胜的，胜利的；吸引人的，有说服力的

参考例句：

• Team A has no chance of winning.A队没有获胜的可能。
• They have great hopes of winning.他们获胜的希望极大。

10 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

11 divorced   

adj.离婚的；分开的；不相干的；脱离的v.与…离婚(divorce的过去式和过去分词)；分离；与某人离婚，判某人离婚

参考例句：

• Apparently they are getting divorced soon. 看样子，他们很快就要离婚。
• Many divorced men remarry and have second families. 许多离婚的男子再婚组成了新的家庭。

12 aggressive   

adj.侵略的，好斗的；敢作敢为的

参考例句：

• You'd better keep the two aggressive boys apart.你最好把那两个好斗的男孩分开。
• These fish are very aggressive.这些鱼极具攻击性。

13 yelling   

v.叫喊，号叫，叫着说( yell的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The coach stood on the sidelines yelling instructions to the players. 教练站在场外，大声指挥运动员。
• He let off steam by yelling at a clerk. 他对一个职员大喊大叫，借以发泄怒气。 来自《简明英汉词典》

14 crime   

n.犯罪，罪行，罪恶

参考例句：

• You'll have to pay for your crime.你得为你的罪行付出代价。
• Crime in our big cities is on the increase.在我们大城市里犯罪率正在增长。

15 discussion   

n.讨论，谈论；论述

参考例句：

• It is certain he will come to the discussion.他肯定会来参加讨论。
• After months of discussion,a peace agreement is gradually taking shape.经过几个月的商讨，和平协议渐渐有了眉目。

16 policy   

n.政策，方针，保险单

参考例句：

• This policy is very tough.这个政策是很强硬的。
• The country has always pursued a policy of peace.该国一直奉行和平政策。