留美老师带你每日说英文 第1101期:餐具的摆放

 台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是：

I don't see why I have to put the utensils² face down. Because when they're sticking up like that, if someone trips and falls, they're going to impale³ themselves and die. That's literally⁴ the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
我不了解为什么我必须要把这些餐具的头朝下摆。因为它们如果像现在这样头朝上、突出来，万一有人绊倒、跌到这里，他们就会被刺死。这实在是我听过最蠢的事。

学习重点：

1.utensil¹ 器皿，用具
utensil (n.) 器皿，用具
utilitarian⁵ (adj.) 功利主义的；实用的

2.stick 刺；戮
stick (v.) 刺；戮
sting (v.) 刺，螫，叮

3.trip 把…绊倒
trip (v.) 把…绊倒
strip (v.) 剥，剥去

4.impale (以尖物) 刺穿
impale (v.) (以尖物) 刺穿
impair⁶ (v.) 削弱；损害

5.literally 确实地、照字面地
literally (adv.) 确实地、照字面地
literary (adj.) 文学的

 

1 utensil   

n.器皿，用具

参考例句：

• The best carving utensil is a long, sharp, flexible knife.最好的雕刻工具是锋利而柔韧的长刻刀。
• Wok is a very common cooking utensil in every Chinese family.炒菜锅是每个中国人家庭里很常用的厨房食用具。

2 utensils   

器具，用具，器皿( utensil的名词复数 )； 器物

参考例句：

• Formerly most of our household utensils were made of brass. 以前我们家庭用的器皿多数是用黄铜做的。
• Some utensils were in a state of decay when they were unearthed. 有些器皿在出土时已经残破。

3 impale   

v.用尖物刺某人、某物

参考例句：

• Do not push me,or I wil impale you on my horns!别推我，要不我会用我的角顶你。
• I poisoned him,but I did not impale him on a spear!我毒死了他，但是我没有把他插在长矛上！

4 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

5 utilitarian   

adj.实用的，功利的

参考例句：

• On the utilitarian side American education has outstridden the rest of the world.在实用方面美国教育已超越世界各国。
• A good cloth coat is more utilitarian than a fur one.一件优质的布外衣要比一件毛皮外衣更有用。

6 impair   

v.损害，损伤；削弱，减少

参考例句：

• Loud noise can impair your hearing.巨大的噪音有损听觉。
• It can not impair the intellectual vigor of the young.这不能磨灭青年人思想活力。