每天三分钟学英语 第252期:外国人说out cold可不是"外面冷"的意思哟

 　　情景对话：

　　Come see! We gotta tie him up. Why the hell¹ didn't we tie him up?

　　Because he was out cold.

　　……

　　知识点笔记：

　　Out cold

　　昏迷

　　【例句一】

　　Don't worry about waking up Jack². He had like 20 beers. He's out cold.

　　别担心会吵醒Jack，他喝了有20罐啤酒，已经昏死过去了。

　　【例句二】

　　It was so scary³. Tanya hit her head and was out cold. We didn't know what to do so we called 911.

　　刚才好可怕，Tanya撞到了她的头，然后就昏过去了。我们不知道怎么办就报警了。

　　情景对话：

　　So now what do we do?

　　You keep asking me that like you think I have some answer.

　　Well, you gotta do something!

　　We! We have got to do something, and I am opened to suggestions.

　　知识点笔记：

　　You keep asking me that like…

　　你一直问我就好像……

　　【例句一】

　　A: So what do you think will be on the midterm?

　　你觉得期中会考什么？

　　B: You keep asking me that like I know. I have no idea.

　　你一直问我就好像我知道似的。我完全不知道。

　　【例句二】

　　A: Do you think this room would look better in pink or light red?

　　你认为这个房间粉色好看还是亮红色好看？

　　B: You keep asking me that like I care. Just do whatever you want.

　　你一直问我这个好像我很在乎似的。你随便选个颜色好啦。

　　Be open to suggestions

　　愿意听取意见

　　【例句一】

　　I don't have anything planned for my birthday. I'm open to suggestions.

　　我的生日没有任何安排，我愿意听听大家的意见。

　　【例句二】

　　We don't know how to address this issue⁴. We're open to suggestions.

　　我不知道怎样解决这个问题，我愿意听听大家的意见。

1 hell   

n.地狱，阴间；用以咒骂或表示愤怒，不满

参考例句：

• It's a hell of a hike from Sydney to Perth.从悉尼到珀斯的徒步旅行简直苦死了。
• The boss really gave me hell today.老板今天着实数落了我一通。

2 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

3 scary   

a.引起惊慌的；害怕的

参考例句：

• What animal do you think is the most scary?你认为什么动物最可怕？
• Are you afraid of scary movies?你害怕恐怖电影吗？

4 issue   

n.出版，发行，（报刊等）期、号，论点，问题，结果， （水，血等的）流出；vt.使流出，放出，发行（钞票等），发布（命令），出版（书等）发给；vi.发行，流出，造成...结果，进行辩护，传下

参考例句：

• I bought the book the day after its issue.这书出版后的第一天，我就去买了它。
• I'll support her down the line on that issue.在那个问题上我将全力支持她。