迷你对话学地道口语第862期:不理不睬

 　　第一， 迷你对话

　　A: Jim always invites me to have dinner recently.

　　Jim最近老是邀请我共进晚餐。

　　B: Do you like him?

　　你喜欢他吗？

　　A: Why do you ask me this question?

　　你为何问我这个问题？

　　B: I think he must fall in love with you.

　　我想他肯定爱上了你。

　　A: Really? That’s too bad. It seems that I’d better brush him off.

　　真的吗？太糟了，貌似我最好拒绝与他来往。

　　第二， 地道表达

　　brush sb. off

　　1. 解词释义

　　Brush sb. off表示“不理睬某人”“漠视某人”，多用于非正式场合。用连字符将brush和off连在一起就变成了名词，即：brush-off。这样的话，就产生了一个意思和它一样的习语：give sb. a brush-off。

　　2. 拓展例句

　　e.g. Paul asked Tara out to dinner but she brushed him off .

　　保罗邀请塔拉外出吃饭，但遭到拒绝。

　　e.g. He'd let me down more than once so the next time he asked me for a favour I brushed him off.

　　他已不止一次为难我，因此下次他求我帮助时，我也让他碰碰钉子。

　　e.g. When I tried to talk to her about it she just brushed me off.

　　当我试图和她谈这件事时，她就是不理我。

　　第三， 词海拾贝

　　fall in love with：爱上……，与……相爱

　　e.g. It is natural that he should fall in love with such a beautiful girl.

　　他爱上那位美丽的姑娘是很自然的事。

　　e.g. You always fall in love with women with beautiful eyes!

　　你老是对电眼美女一见钟情。

　　e.g. John fell in love with Mary, but she gave him the go- by.

　　约翰哀伤玛丽，但她躲着他。

　　e.g. Legend¹ has it that the fairy princess fell in love with a pauper².

　　据传说,那位仙女般的公主爱上了一个贫儿。

　　第四， 拓展视野

　　同意短语：give sb. a brush-off

　　e.g. Why did her family give her a brush-off?

　　她怎么与家里一刀两断了？

　　e.g. These guests were given a brush off.

　　客人们受到了冷遇。

　　e.g. I didn't expect that she gave us a brush- off.

　　我没有料到她会这样拒绝我们。

　　第三，口语句型

　　It seems that+宾语从句。（貌似…… 似乎……）

　　e.g. It seems that you are letting things get you down.

　　看上去你快要累趴下了。

　　e.g. Lend an ear to him. It seems that he knows the whole story.

　　仔细听他讲, 他似乎知道全部内情。

1 legend   

n.传说；传奇故事

参考例句：

• This is a popular legend.这是一个民间传说。
• According to ancient legend,the river is a goddess.据古代传说，这条河是位女神。

2 pauper   

n.贫民，被救济者，穷人

参考例句：

• You lived like a pauper when you had plenty of money.你有大把钱的时候，也活得像个乞丐。
• If you work conscientiously you'll only die a pauper.你按部就班地干，做到老也是穷死。