趣味青春英语电台 第223期:Pointing the finger

 　　Idiom:

　　Pointing the finger 责备某人

　　Hit the book:

　　scenery 风景

　　unfold 展开

　　beat the blues¹ 摆脱情绪困境

　　giggle² 傻笑

　　geu in the way

　　insipre 灵感

　　harness 缰绳，控制

　　No-Internet Activity 1: Take Long Walks.

　　Let us guess. Since you've had net at home, you rarely go out. Or if you ever do, you bring your internet on the go devices, hang out at cafes and surprise, bury your nose under all those wonderful websites (aherm, such as coolawesome.com). Having no internet connection gives you the chance to go out, smell the roses (or daisies or gerberas or petunias³ or the freshly-mown grass) and exercise your legs. Enjoy the scenery as it unfolds right before you. Admire the beauty of your neighborhood park, not just in pictures. Or, you can grab your iPod and running shoes and go jogging or running. That's the best way to beat the blues as exercise makes your body release those happy hormones⁴.

1 blues   

n.抑郁，沮丧；布鲁斯音乐

参考例句：

• She was in the back of a smoky bar singing the blues.她在烟雾弥漫的酒吧深处唱着布鲁斯歌曲。
• He was in the blues on account of his failure in business.他因事业失败而意志消沉。

2 giggle   

n.痴笑，咯咯地笑；v.咯咯地笑着说

参考例句：

• Both girls began to giggle.两个女孩都咯咯地笑了起来。
• All that giggle and whisper is too much for me.我受不了那些咯咯的笑声和交头接耳的样子。

3 petunias   

n.矮牵牛（花）( petunia的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The petunias were already wilting in the hot sun. 在烈日下矮牵牛花已经开始枯萎了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• With my porch and my pillow, my pretty purple petunias. 那里有我的前廊我的枕头，我漂亮的紫色矮牵牛。 来自互联网

4 hormones   

n. 荷尔蒙，激素 名词hormone的复数形式

参考例句：

• This hormone interacts closely with other hormones in the body. 这种荷尔蒙与体內其他荷尔蒙紧密地相互作用。
• The adrenals produce a large per cent of a man's sex hormones. 肾上腺分泌人体的大部分性激素。