生活英语手册 080（5.友好交谈－5.4闲聊）

　　你今天不太正常，出什么事了吗？
You are not yourself today,what's up？
你最近见过杰克吗？
Have you seen Jack¹ lately?
听说他出国留学了。
I'm tolded he's gone abroad for further study.
是真的吗？
Is that true?
你晚上出去吗？
Do you go a moonlighting in the evening?
他下岗了。
He was laid off.
他失业了。
He lost his job.
他被炒鱿鱼了。
He got the sack.
他被撤职了。
He was dismissed from his post.
他以权谋私。
He abuse his power for his personal gain.
他收受贿赂。
He took bribes³.
他贿赂一个政府官员。
He bribe² a goverment official.
他损公肥私。
He feather his own nest at public expense.
他辞职不干了。
He quit.
他自己开了一家小商店。
He's running a small shop.
他赚了不少钱。
He makes a lot of money.
他们发财了。
They made a fortune.
他又跳槽到一家中日合资企业。
He's hopped⁴ to a sino-japanese joint⁵ venture.
他在炒股，亏了不少钱。
He's speculating in stocks and lost a lot of money.
他的儿子辍学了。
His son drop out of school.
她经常旷课。
She often cuts school.
她时不时的逃学。
She plays truant⁶ now and then.
你儿子的学习怎样？
How is your son getting along with the studies?
他很受老师的宠爱。
He is a teacher's pet.
他每天玩电子游戏。
He plays video games every day.
他考试作弊。
He cheated in the exames.
他被处分了。
Disciplinary action was taken against him.
他吸毒。
He takes drugs.
他在贩毒。
He traffics in drugs.
他是个毒品贩子。
He's a drugpusher.
他是个瘾君子。
He is a drug addict⁷.
他爱上他的秘书了。
He fell for a secretary.
他要结婚了。
He's going to get married.
他和他太太离婚了。
He divorced his wife.
他们打算移民加拿大。
They are going to immigrate⁸ to Canada.
他是个同性恋。
He's gay.

1 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。

2 bribe   

n.贿赂；v.向…行贿，买通

参考例句：

• He tried to bribe the policeman not to arrest him.他企图贿赂警察不逮捕他。
• He resolutely refused their bribe.他坚决不接受他们的贿赂。

3 bribes   

n.贿赂( bribe的名词复数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂v.贿赂( bribe的第三人称单数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• corrupt officials accepting bribes 接受贿赂的贪官污吏

4 hopped   

跳上[下]( hop的过去式和过去分词 )； 单足蹦跳； 齐足（或双足）跳行； 摘葎草花

参考例句：

• He hopped onto a car and wanted to drive to town. 他跳上汽车想开向市区。
• He hopped into a car and drove to town. 他跳进汽车，向市区开去。

5 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

6 truant   

n.懒惰鬼，旷课者；adj.偷懒的，旷课的，游荡的；v.偷懒，旷课

参考例句：

• I found the truant throwing stones in the river.我发现那个逃课的学生在往河里扔石子。
• Children who play truant from school are unimaginative.逃学的孩子们都缺乏想像力。

7 addict   

v.使沉溺；使上瘾；n.沉溺于不良嗜好的人

参考例句：

• He became gambling addict,and lost all his possessions.他习染上了赌博，最终输掉了全部家产。
• He assisted a drug addict to escape from drug but failed firstly.一开始他帮助一个吸毒者戒毒但失败了。

8 immigrate   

v.（从外国）移来，移居入境

参考例句：

• 10,000 people are expected to immigrate in the next two years.接下来的两年里预计有10，000人会移民至此。
• Only few plants can immigrate to the island.只有很少的植物能够移植到这座岛上。