每天三分钟学英语 第210期:外国人说we are shy可不是"我们害羞"的意思哟

 情景对话：

There we go. So, the whole thing adds up to 99.888042%. We are .111958% shy.

今日知识点：

There we go. 好了，就这样。

Be careful. We just need to get this couch¹ through the door. There we go. Alright you can put it down now.

小心，我们只需要把沙发搬出门。好了，你可以把它放下了。

So, the whole thing adds up to… 所以，所有的加在一起是…

Looks like we need 6 bottles of water. So, the whole thing adds up to 30 gallons.

看起来我们需要6瓶水，所有的加起来是30加仑。

A: Yeah I included the tip also.

是的，我包括小费了。

B: So, the whole thing adds up to $100. That's $20 each.

所以，所有的加在一起是100美金。每人20美金。

We are … shy. 我们还缺…

例句一：

I added up all the receipts², but we are $500 shy. I don't know where the money went.

我算上了所有的收据，但我们还缺500美金。我不知道钱哪里去了。

例句二：

We only have four people. That's still one person shy. Not enough for a team.

我们只有四个人，还缺一个人，不够组队啊。

Supposedly that's everything. 那应该就是所有的了。

举个栗子：

A: This doesn't seem like much stuff³. Is this all Maria's taking?

这看起来不像有很多东西啊，Maria就只带这点儿吗？

B: Supposedly that's everything, but who knows. She might bring down another suitcase.

应该就是这些东西了，谁知道呢，也行他会再拿一个行李箱。

情景对话：

Yeah, I don't know. I just I just… Just seems like something's missing⁴, doesn't it? There's got to be more to a human being than that.

Just seems like something's missing.

感觉还缺点什么。

举个栗子：

A: I got everything you asked for.

我拿到了你所有要求的东西。

B: Just seems like something's missing. Did you get the toilet paper?

看起来好像缺点什么你拿厕纸了吗？

There's got to be more to… than… 肯定不止就…

例句一：

Man, I hate my job. There's got to be more to life than working all the time.

天哪，我恨死我的工作了。生命肯定不止就是整天工作。

I haven't lost a pound and it's been over a week. There's got to be more to losing weight than just dieting and exercise.

一个礼拜了我一磅也没减。减肥肯定不止节食和运动这两种方法吧。

1 couch   

n.睡椅，长沙发椅；vt.表达，隐含

参考例句：

• Lie down on the couch if you're feeling ill.如果你感觉不舒服就躺到沙发上去。
• The rabbIt'sprang from its grassy couch.兔子从草丛中跳出。

2 receipts   

（企业、银行等）收到的款，进款； 收到( receipt的名词复数 )； 收入； 收据； 收条

参考例句：

• Cash income is calculated by subtracting total trading income from total receipts. 现金收入是从总收入中减去总贸易收入来计算的。
• The receipts have increased since last year. 自去年起收入已增加。

3 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。

4 missing   

adj.遗失的，缺少的，失踪的

参考例句：

• Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具，看有无丢失。
• All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了，就短他一个。