英语听力短剧 05海伦在家

Episode¹ 5: Helen at home

Helen: Hello?

Mum: Hello? Helen? It's mum here. How are you my dear? Studying hard? You know how much your degree means to your father and me.

Helen: I was studying before you phoned me! Listen, I need your advice. I’m in love! But he doesn’t even notice me. He only has eyes for Alice. What can I do?

Mum: Love? Love! There’s plenty of time for that later. Get your head out of the clouds and back into your books. Do you hear me?

Helen: Yes, yes mum.

 

Idioms: head and heart

Idioms use language metaphorically³ rather than literally⁵. 'She put her foot in her mouth' means that she said something stupid and was embarrassed by it (the metaphorical² meaning) not that she ate her toes (the literal⁴ meaning).

Idioms are also fixed⁶ groups of words so you can't change the wording of an idiom. For example, you can say 'They get on like a house on fire' to describe how much two people like each other but you can't say 'They get on like a hospital on fire'.

英语习语是英语语言文化中不容忽视的重要组成部分。英语习语折射着英语语言民族在地理、历史、宗教信仰、生活习俗等方面丰富的文化信息和独特的文化特色。准确掌握英语中的习语, 能帮助我们深刻理解英语词汇中的文化内涵及文化差异, 从而更加准确、传神地使用英语。

Idioms of the head:

Get your head out of the clouds. 别心不在焉

Stop daydreaming⁷. Concentrate on what you should be thinking about instead.

I laughed my head off at that film. 笑掉大牙

That film was very funny and it made me laugh a lot.

I don't know the answer off the top of my head.

I can't answer the question immediately. I don't have the answer memorised.

off the top of one's head: [美国口语]当场；立即；飞快地；脱口而出地，未经仔细思考地

Don't bite his head off for that tiny mistake. 严厉斥责;气汹汹地向...回话

Don't shout at him for making a small mistake.

We should put our heads together to solve this puzzle. 大伙聚在一起商量(或策划)，集思广益

We should work together to find the answer.

I'm so happy! I'm head over heels in love with that woman!

I'm completely in love!

Head over heels: 完全地

She is head over heels in love.

她深坠爱河。

1 episode   

n.（作品的一段）情节，插曲，系列事件中之一

参考例句：

• The episode was a huge embarrassment for all concerned.这段小插曲令所有有关人员都感到非常尴尬。
• This episode remains sharply engraved on my mind.这段经历至今仍深深地铭刻在我的心中。

2 metaphorical   

a.隐喻的，比喻的

参考例句：

• Here, then, we have a metaphorical substitution on a metonymic axis. 这样，我们在换喻（者翻译为转喻，一种以部分代替整体的修辞方法）上就有了一个隐喻的替代。
• So, in a metaphorical sense, entropy is arrow of time. 所以说，我们可以这样作个比喻：熵像是时间之矢。

3 metaphorically   

adv. 用比喻地

参考例句：

• It is context and convention that determine whether a term will be interpreted literally or metaphorically. 对一个词的理解是按字面意思还是隐喻的意思要视乎上下文和习惯。
• Metaphorically it implied a sort of admirable energy. 从比喻来讲，它含有一种令人赞许的能量的意思。

4 literal   

adj.照字面的，原义的，逐字的

参考例句：

• This word should not be taken in its literal sense.这个词不能按本义去理解。
• He made a literal interpretation.他逐字解释。

5 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

6 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

7 daydreaming   

v.想入非非，空想( daydream的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Stop daydreaming and be realistic. 别空想了，还是从实际出发吧。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Bill was sitting and daydreaming so his mother told him to come down to earth and to do his homework. 比尔坐着空想， 他母亲要他面对现实，去做课外作业。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》