看电影学雅思口语精彩语句(一)

 　　前情介绍：

　　豪斯医生我行我素，不上门诊，被院长逮着谈话，被院长要求继续去门诊上班。这段便是HOUSE和院长CUDDY之间的一段对话。

　　原句重现：

　　House: Excellent, we have a point of agreement. You aren'tgoing to fire me.

　　Cuddy: Your reputationwon't last up if you don't do your job. The clinic is part of your job. Iwant you to do your job.

　　House: Well, like the philosopherJagger once said, "You can't always get what you want."

　　语言点分析：

　　1. have a point of agreement

　　意思：共同点；在这点上一致，这点上达成一致

　　eg：There's a variety of reasons why Marxism could be widely spreadin China,one of which isthe point of agreement between Chinese traditional culture and Marxist thought system.

　　马克思主义在中国早期的广泛传播具有多方面的原因,其中一个非常重要的原因,就是中国传统文化与马克思主义思想体系有着某些契合点。

　　2. fire

　　意思：解雇

　　eg：She wanted to fire him immediately.

　　她想马上解雇他。

　　3. like the philosopher¹ Jagger once said

　　意思：正如哲学家Jagger曾经说过

　　这句话我们可以用在写作或者口语中，中间Jagger可以替换掉，这句话后面可以接上其他哲学家（或者其他的科学家等等）的名人名言。

1 philosopher   

n.哲学家，哲人

参考例句：

• The philosopher has his ideas built on the rock of reason.那位哲学家把思想稳固地建立于理性之上。
• What a philosopher seeks after is truth.一个哲学家所追求的是真理。