迷你对话学地道口语第87期:仔细分析

　　迷你对话：
A:Have you ever thought about Tom’s attitude?
你曾想过汤姆的态度没有？
B:I’vecut it upand come to the conclusion that hi is actually sick of Jenny’s brother. But he likes Jenny. She is a big apple in his eye.
我仔细分析过，我认为他的确讨厌Jenny的哥哥，但是他喜欢Jenny，在他眼里Jenny就是掌上明珠。
A:Love me, love my dog. He’s a sensible¹ kind man.
爱屋及乌嘛，他可是个讲道理的好人。
B:That’s why many people look up to him.
这就是很多人敬重他的原因。
地道表达：cut up
解词释义：cut up 本义是“切成小块”。把事情切成小块当然是为了“便于考查和分析某事物”。
支持范例：
Eg.Cut the plan up afterward² to learn why it had failed.
事后仔细分析那项计划以便搞清它失败的原因。
Eg.There was no time to cut that up now.
现在没有工夫仔细分析这个问题。
Eg.Again carefully cut it up more, we can make out that this is completelyincorrect.
仔细分析一下，我们可以看出这是完全错误的。
词海拾贝：
think about：考虑，思索
Eg.The time is approaching when we must think about buying a new house.
我们要想一想买新房子的事了，时机即将来临。
Eg.Sit back for a minute and think about what you have done.
歇息一会，想想你做了些什么。
Eg.I will think about your suggestion,and give you an answer tomorrow.
我将考虑一下你的建议,然后,明天给你一个答复。
Eg.Even now when I think about it I feel pain in my heart.
就是现在想起来我心里都感到难受。
come to the conclusion：得出结论
Eg.We had come to the conclusion that we must push ahead with our plan to increase production.
我们的结论是我们必须推行增产计划。
Eg.The debate do not come to a conclusion until midnight
辩论直到午夜才得出结果。
Eg.He do not know the facts. If he know the fact , he will come to a different conclusion .
他不了解这些事实，如果他知道事实真相，他会得出一个不同的结论来的。
be sick of：讨厌，厌恶
Eg.I'm sick of waiting around like this.
我讨厌透了像这样在一旁等著。
Eg.Are you sick of my smoking³ here?
你很讨厌我在这里吸烟吧？
Eg.I got sick of his smoking in the classroom.
我讨厌他在教室抽烟。
a big apple in one’s eye：某人的掌上明珠
Eg.Don’t offend⁴ May as she is a big apple in the teachers’ eye.
不要得罪玛丽，她可是老师的掌声明珠。
Eg.I brought her up like the apple of my eye.
我把她抚养长大，视如掌上明珠。
Eg.He is looked after by my mother. He is the apple of our eye.
我儿子由我母亲照料，他是全家的掌上明珠。
look up to：尊敬，敬仰
Eg.In the old society, who would look up to us?
旧社会谁还会看得起我们？
Eg.School children usually look up to great scientists.
学生们通常敬佩大科学家们。
Eg.I look up to your great name.
我景仰大名。
Eg.people do look up to you if you speak good English.
如果你说得一口漂亮的英语，人们会对你另眼相看。
谚语：
Love me, love my dog.爱屋及乌。

1 sensible   

adj.可察觉的，意识到的，实用的；n.可感知物

参考例句：

• Are you sensible of the dangers of your position? 你觉察到你处境中的危险了吗？
• He was sensible enough to mind his own business.他颇有见识，不去管闲事。

2 afterward   

adv.后来；以后

参考例句：

• Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏，然后吃饭。
• Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来，这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。

3 smoking   

n.吸烟，抽烟；冒烟

参考例句：

• He was wise to give up smoking.他戒烟是明智的。
• He has decided to cut out smoking and drinking.他已决心戒烟、戒酒。

4 offend   

v.犯错误；违犯；犯罪

参考例句：

• He took care never to offend his visitors.他小心谨慎，绝不得罪他的访客。
• I think I never offend you.我想我从没有触犯过你。