口语语汇单词篇（4）
第一部分 核心语汇
第一节
Job
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 工作
The repair job will cost $300.
n. 职业
I got a job with Siemens.
n. 工作,任务
You’ve done a good job.
n 责任，职责
It’s not my job to do this !
衍生词语
jobless (失业中的);
part-time job (兼职);
full-time job (全职);
job site (施工的地方);
job-creation (就业机会)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
劳务市场 --- job market
面试 --- job interview
工作 --- job offer
长期工作 --- permanent job
零活 --- odd jobs
美差 --- a fat job
麻烦的工作 --- a troublesome job
棘手的工作 --- a tough job
费力不讨好的工作 --- a thankless job
指挥工作 --- to boss the job
辞职 --- to quit one’s job
失业 --- to lose one’s job/ be out of a job
好好干 --- to do a good job
习语与俗语 Idioms &Slangs
jobs for the boys --- 为亲信安排的工作
make a bad /good job of sth --- 把某事做坏/好
do the job --- 起作用，奏效（=it works）
生活用语 Street Talks
A: I’m going to call the employment agency for a job.
B: What kind of job do you prefer?
A: An office job. As long as it’s highly-paid. (报酬优厚的工作)
B: But a desk job doesn’t usually pay that much. (文书工作)
A: Did you hear they fired Sam?
B: Yeah, he was caught drinking on the job. (drinking while working)
A: He deserved it(活该). Sometimes he was sleeping on the job.
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 And I did a hell of a job（工作做得不错）. 《情归巴黎》
That decorator on the Bennett job. 《西雅图夜未眠》
She’s on her sixth painter and we’re never going to finish this job. 《西雅图夜未眠》
第二节
life
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 生
It’s a matter of life and death.
n. 生命
Many lives were lost in the accident.
n. 生物
Is there life on Mars? (火星上有生物吗？)
n. 人生；生活
“Enjoy life” is my view of life（人生观）.
n. 过日子
We lead a happy life.
n. 活力；生气
The young people were full of life.
衍生词语
lifeless (无生命的)
复合词语
life expectancy (预期寿命);
life jacket (救生衣);
lifetime (一生);
lifelong (终生的);
lifesaver (救星);
lifeboat (救生艇);
lifeguard (救生员);
lifestyle (生活方式);
life-span (寿命，生命的期限);
life-and-death (生死攸关的，关系重大的);
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
人寿保险 --- life insurance
生命周期 --- life cycle
特别高兴时刻 --- the time of one’s life
一辈子 --- all one’s life
恢复生气 --- to come to life
习语与俗语 Idioms &Slangs
life and death --- 生死攸关
the life of the party --- 中心人物
life for life --- 以命偿命
bet one’s life on sth. --- 拿生命打赌
take one’s life in one’s hand --- 冒生命危险
frighten the life out of sb --- 惊吓某人
生活用语 Street Talks
Victoria’s my life saver. Without her I don’t know what to do with my visa.
This is a poem about frontier life in the United States. (边境生活)
Get a life Jane! (有点活力)You’ve been studying all the time.
Don’t be so serious. Go out or have fun or drink a beer! Just get a life!
A: I was short-changed ten dollars. Do you think I should go back to the store and ask for it?
B: Not on your life. You’ll pay more than that for the taxi. (千万不要)
A: I’ve been working hard, but they don’t give me a promotion.（sales promotion（促销））
B: That’s life. Anyway you work for yourself. (生活就是这样)
A: I feel very happy when I’m with you.
B: Me too. Where have you been all my life? (怎么没能早认识你)
电影对白Transcripts
句型 It was the happiest moment of my life. 《阿甘正传》
And just that that, she was gone. Out of my life again. 《阿甘正传》
I pay for your life, David. My life makes your life possible.《情归巴黎》
I’ve loved him all my life. 《情归巴黎》
谚语 Proverbs
Life is not all beer and skittles.人生非尽乐事。
Life is subject（从属于） to ups and downs.人生沉浮。
Life is a comedy to him who thinks and a tragedy to himwho feels. 对于善思者，人生是喜剧；对于善感者，人生是悲剧。
名言 Quotations
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up(特写镜头), but a comedy in long-shot(长镜头).
Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), British comic actor,filmmaker. Quoted in his obituary: Guardian (London, 28 Dec. 1977).
第三节
man(men)
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 男人
Man is stronger than woman.
n. 人类
Man is mortal.
n. 人（包括男女）
Growing old is something a man has to accept.
n. (口语) 伙计
Hey man, how’s it going?
interjection 天啊！
Oh man, it’s unbelievable.
衍生词语
manly (有男子气概的);
manhood (成年);
manmade (人造的)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
文学家 --- man of letters
实业家 --- man ofbusiness
行动主义者 --- man of action(not of words)
喜怒无常的人 --- man of moods
沉默寡言的人 --- man of few words
足智多谋的人 --- man of ideas
有审美力的人 --- man of taste
知名人士 --- man of mark(distinction)
牧师，圣徒 --- man of God
法律界人士 --- man of law
习语与俗语 Idioms &Slangs
a man (woman) in a thousand --- 千里挑一的男人（女人）
the man in the street --- 普通老百姓
man of the hour --- (who everyone’s talking about)热门人物
make a man out of sb --- 使某人长大或成人
be man enough to do sth --- 有足够勇气
be one’s own man --- 能独立自主
生活用语 Street Talks
A: What are you doing here? Who’s manning the machine? (保护)
B: Charelie is.
Mr.John is a man of his word. (信守诺言的人)
Ok,ok, you’re Mr. Know it all. You’re the man! (你牛！)
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 Just shrimp all the time, man. 《阿甘正传》
Man, I’ll tell you what. 《阿甘正传》
Hey, you’re a good man for doing this. Do it! 《阿甘正传》
He’s a lovely man, Annie. 《西雅图夜未眠》
谚语 Proverbs
Man proposes, God disposes.谋事在人，成事在天。
第四节
money
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 金钱；财富
Money doesn’t always bring happiness.
纸币(美钞) --- a bill
硬币 --- a coin/ hardmoney
外币 --- foreign currency
假币 --- bogus money/counter feit money
复合词语
moneybags (富翁);
moneylender (放债者);
money-maker (赚大钱的人)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
赚钱 --- to make/earn money
为了钱而结婚 --- to marry into money
乱花钱 --- to throw one’s money away
投资于 --- to put money into sth
习语与俗语 Idioms &Slangs
fun money --- 节省或保存下来的用于个人享受的钱
have money to burn --- 有的是钱
marry the money --- 和有钱人结婚
生活用语 Street Talks
Marian saves a small part of her salary as fun money every month.
A: If I have enough money, I’m going to take a trip abroad.
B: But you do earn a lot!
A: Well, I spend half my money on clothes. (把一半钱花在…)
B: Icy, if I were you, I’d lay out my moneymore carefully.
A: If I buy that car, I’ll have to borrow some money.
B: Where is your money?
A: I ventured my money on the stocks. (拿钱买股票投机)
A: Gosh! We’re in the money! (发财了)
B: Yeah! Thank God! We won a thousand dollars at theraces today!
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 Do you know how much money it costs to go to New York? 《西雅图夜未眠》
That’s how we and mama got money. 《阿甘正传》
对话 Joanna: All those years, you made all that money and you never told any of us to do it.
Mr. Fairchild: I’ll tell you now, Joanna, marry me. Marry me for my money. People do it everyday. 《情归巴黎》
谚语 Proverbs
Money makes the mare go.有钱能使鬼推磨。
Money talks.金钱万能。
名言 Quotations
Christianity is art & not money. Money is its curse.
William Blake (1757-1827), English poet, painter,engraver. Notes on The Laoco?n (engraved c. 1820; repr. in Complete
Writings, ed. by Geoffrey Keynes, 1957)
第五节
mouth
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 口；嘴
Don’t talk with your mouth full.
n. 河口
The town is situated at the mouth of a river.
n. 出口
A rock slide blocked mouth of the cave.
n. 需要供养的人
she’s got five mouths to feed.
噘嘴 --- to pout (one’s mouth)
衍生词语
mouthful (满口)
复合词语
mouthpiece (口状物；代言人)
mouth to mouth (口对口人工呼吸)
mouth watering (令人垂涎的)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
袋口 --- the mouth of a bag
口服 --- by mouth
口头 --- by word of mouth
闭嘴 --- to shut one’s mouth(shut up =knock it out/off)
使流口水 --- to make one’s mouth water
嘴不稳，话多 --- to have a bigmouth
互相诋毁—bad mouth abouteach ather
习语与俗语 Idioms &Slangs
zip one’s mouth --- 守秘
keep one’s mouth shut --- 保守秘密
open one’s mouth wide --- 信口开河(run off at the mouth)
live from hand to mouth --- 勉强糊口
be born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth --- 生来就富
shoot one’s mouth off --- 夸张，吹牛
all mouth and no action --- 只说不做
生活用语 Street Talks
A: I have informed Jerry by word of mouth. (口头上的)
B: That’s good.
A: The doctor says that he’s suffering from cancer.
B: Keep your mouth shut. He couldn’t stand it. (嘴严点；要密)
A: Look over there!
B: Oh, your mouth watered for ice cream. (口水直流)
A: What did you say?
B: I said at 6 tonight.
A: Please put the receiver closer to your mouth. I can’t hear you.
电影对白 Transcripts
对话 Jonah: I thoughtthat was for hiccups?
Post-man: For hiccups.
Jonah: Yeah, for hiccups.
Post-man: ...take a spoonful of sugar and hold it in your mouth for a minute. 《西雅图夜未眠》
谚语 Proverbs
Good medicine is bitter in the mouth.良药苦口。
Wisdom may come out of the mouths of babies.智慧可能出自婴孩之口。
第六节
nature
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 自然
You must know the laws of nature.
n. 本性；性格
She has a gentle nature.
n. 种类
That is a book of the same nature.
衍生词语
natural (自然的);
naturally (本身地);
naturalism (自然主义)
复合词语
natural gas (天然气)；
natural-born (天生的)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
天生地 --- by nature
按…的本性--- in the nature of
脾气坏的 --- ill-natured
天性善良的 --- good-natured
习语与俗语 Idioms &Slangs
nature calls --- 上厕所
I am going to answer the nature’s call.
mother nature --- 自然的力量
against nature --- 不合情理的，违反自然的
生活用语 Street Talks
A: Peter has a happy nature.
B: Yeah, he is a good-natured boy.
A: Victoria’s happy by nature.
B: You said it. She’s nice by nature as well.
I’m sorry I naturally say dirty words. It’s my nature
We have to do to protect nature.
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 We saw the potential of this merger, and I don’t think anybody doubts it would have been anenormously successful nature(注定). 《情归巴黎》
对话 Mr. Tyson: Whatare we waiting for? And what’s with Sigfreud and Roy?
Linus: Just a minute, Patrick. OK. We’ve known each other for a long time. We have played hard ball on occasion,but I think we have a healthy respect for our… our ndividualbusiness abilities. We saw the potential of this merger, and I don’t think anybody doubts it would have been an enormously successful nature.《情归巴黎》
谚语 Proverbs
Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but onetongue, to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak.
天赋我们两耳，两眼，一张嘴巴，归根到底该多听，多看，少说话。
Nature will have its course. 天行其道。
第七节
News
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 新闻
I like reading foreign news.
n. 消息
I’ll send you further news in a day or two.
n. 新闻报道；新闻节目
We watch the news on television every night.
n. (可做新闻的)人/物
Pop starts are always news.
头版新闻 --- front-pagenews
头条新闻 --- headline news
国际新闻 --- world news
国内新闻 --- home/ domesticnews
政治新闻–-- political news
新闻时事 --- current news
官方消息 --- official news
衍生词语
newspaper (报纸);
newsmagazine (新闻杂志)
复合词语
news agency (通讯社);
newsboy (送报生);
newsreel/newsfilm (新闻短片);
newsstand (报摊);
news media (新闻媒介);
Mass media(大众传媒)
Travel agency(旅行社)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
晚报 --- The Evening News
每日新闻 --- The Daily News
轰动一时的新闻 --- sensational news
爆炸式新闻 --- breaking news
出乎意料的新闻 --- unexpected news
把不好的消息透漏给某人 --- to break the news to sb
生活用语 Street Talks
There wasn’t much news in the paper today.
Oh! That’s old news. Everybody knows.
I’ve good and bad news, which do you want to hear first?
What’s on following the news and weather? Do youhave a TV guide？
A: Have you heard the news about Sally? She’s getting married.
B: That’s news to me!
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 I mean, you can’t even turn on the news nowadays without hearing about how some babe thought someguy’s butt was cute. 《西雅图夜未眠》
对话 Workmate2: Thingsare a little different now. First you have to be friends. You have to like eachother. Then you neck . This could go on for years. Then you have tests. Thenyou get to do it with a condom . The good news is you split the check. Sam: Idon’t think I could let a woman pay for dinner. 《西雅图夜未眠》
谚语 Proverbs
Bad/ ill news travels fast.好事不出门，坏事传千里。
No news is good news.没消息就是好消息。
第八节
night
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 夜；晚
The boys and girls at the dance made a night of it. (一通宵)
in the night (在夜间) ? in the daytime(白昼时光)
during the night (整个夜间) ? during the day(在白天)
by night (在夜晚) ? by day (在白天)
at night (夜里；日落到半夜零时)→ in the morning (半夜零时到正午)→ in the afternoon (正午到日落)→ in the evening (正午到就寝之间的时间)
n. 进行某项活动的夜晚
This is the first night of the play.
复合词语
nightclub (夜总会);
nightlife (夜生活);
nightmare (噩梦);
nighttime (夜间);
nightfall (黄昏);
tuxedo(燕尾服)
nightdress (晚礼服)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
夜盲 --- night blind
夜校 --- night school
留下过夜 --- to stay thenight
昼夜颠倒 --- turn night into day
熬夜—stay up late
习语与俗语 Idioms &Slangs
night owl/ night person --- 夜猫子
Call it a night. --- 今晚就到这儿吧！
an early/a late night --- 比平时睡得早或晚的夜晚
生活用语 Street Talks
Mother sat up all night long. (整夜没睡)
Victoria stayed up the whole night. (熬夜)
We slept by day and traveled by night.
We worked night and day. (日以继夜)
A: Would you like to stay the night?
B: Sure thing!
A: I really get going.
B: Night’s still young! (时间还早)
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 Well, good night. 《毕业生》
Some nights, Jenny would sneak out and come on over to my house, just cause she said she was scared of what?《阿甘正传》
Night time in the army is a lonely time. 《阿甘正传》
It was a very special night for the two of us. 《阿甘正传》
第九节
pain
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 痛苦
I feel a pain in my chest.
n. 苦恼
Peter’s words eased my pain.
n. 辛劳；努力
No pain, no gain.
胸痛 --- chest pain
腹痛—abdominal pain
关节痛 --- joint pains
（分娩）产痛 --- labour pains
局部疼痛 --- a local pain
精神上的疼痛 --- mental pain
断断续续的疼痛 --- an off-and-on pain
成长的烦恼 --- growing pains(pains from growing up, physical and psychological )
衍生词语
painful (痛苦的);
painless (无痛的)
复合词语
pain-killer (镇痛剂);
painstaking(辛苦的)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
疼痛 --- be in pain
辛苦工作 --- to take pains
减轻痛苦 --- to relieve/ease/reduce pain
解除痛苦 --- to remove pain
忍受痛苦 --- to stand/bear pain
加剧痛苦 --- to aggravate pain
同甘共苦 --- to share pleasures and pains
努力做事情 --- be at pains to do sth/spare no pains doing sth
Would you spare me? 绕过我吧。
习语与俗语 Idioms &Slangs
pain in the neck --- 讨厌的人或情况
go to great pains to do sth --- 努力，下功夫做某事
no pains, no gains --- 没有付出，就没有收获。/不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。
生活用语 Street Talks
A: Victor spares no pains. (不辞辛劳)
B: Yeah, he’s a good guy.
Alex is just experiencing growing pains. He’ll be alright.
Victoria is addicted to pain-killers.
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 OK, listen, um,David can’t stand pain. 《情归巴黎》
对话 Sabrina: Are you in a lot ofpain（你很痛吗）?
David: Am I in a lot of pain? Look at your little hand.Guess what happened to me? 《情归巴黎》
谚语 Proverbs
Pain past is pleasure.苦尽甘来。
Pain wastes the body,pleasure the understanding.疼痛糟蹋身体，玩乐糟蹋思想。
第十节
peace
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 和平
The Chinese love peace.
n. 和睦；和好
Have you made your peace with your wife yet?
n. 宁静
Grandparents love the peace of the countryside.
n. 安心
Little Tom is sleeping in peace.
衍生词语
peaceful (爱好和平的);
peaceless (不宁静的;or no peace);
复合词语
peacetime (和平时期);
peacemaker (调停人);
peacing-keeping force (联合国维和部队)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
处于和平局面 --- at peace
心里安宁 --- peace of mind
保持沉默 --- to hold one’s peace
与…和解 --- to make peace(with)
习语与俗语 Idioms &Slangs
be at peace with sb --- 与某人和睦
keep the peace --- 维持治安
生活用语 Street Talks
War started again after eight years of peace.
All I want is some peace and quiet.
Do let me have a little peace.
Speak now or forever hold your peace. (if you haveanything to say, say it now.)
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 Somebody saidworld peace is in our hands. 《阿甘正传》
对话 Dan: Forrest, Inever thanked you for saving my life.
Forrest: He never actually said so, but I think he madehis peace with God. 《阿甘正传》
谚语 Proverbs
Peace with sword in hand, ‘tis safest making.居安思危，此乃万全之策。
Better keep peace than make peace.保持和睦胜过讲和。
名言 Quotations
It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace onlyby preparing for war.
John F. Kennedy (1917-63), U.S. Democratic politician,president. Speech, 6 Sept. 1960, while campaigning for
presidency, Seattle, Wash.
第十一节
person
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 人
The concert hall seats 500 persons.
n. 人称
I’ is the firstperson singular.
n. 本人；自己
You had better go in person.
常人 --- the average person
完人 --- a perfectperson/ a faultless person
聪明人 --- anintellectual person
热心人 --- a warm-heartedperson
文雅的人 --- a gentleperson
正直的人 --- a right-mindedperson/a narrow-minded person
坦率的人 --- a frank person
可靠的人 --- a credibleperson
随和的人 --- an easy-goingperson
话多的人 --- a talkativeperson
讨厌的人 --- an obnoxiousperson[obnoxious [əb'nɑkʃəs]]
自负的人 --- a pretentiousperson
有教养的人 --- a well-bredperson
脾气好的人 --- a good-naturedperson
天资高的人 --- a talentedperson
天资聪慧的人 --- ahighly-gifted person
体格强壮的人 --- a(n) robust/able-bodied person
可敬的有抱负的人 --- a worthy/ambitiousperson
孤独的没有朋友的人 --- a friendlessperson
衍生词语
personal (私人的);
personality (个性);
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
每人 --- per person
亲自 --- in person
私人物品 --- personalbelongings
私人财产 --- personalproperty
面对面的 ---person-to-person
习语与俗语Idioms &Slangs
be no respecter of persons --- 不分贫富贵贱，一视同仁
I like Bill. He’s a very nice person.
Peter keeps his person neat and trim(整洁).
Harry, there’s a strange person to see you.
I want to see him in person.
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 I mean whateverthey think or say, I know the truth, that you’re a wonderfulperson—kind and generous. 《情归巴黎》
Maybe it’s better if you pick up your messages inperson. 《情归巴黎》
What kind of a person would write to someone they heardon the radio? 《西雅图夜未眠》
名言 Quotations
In bourgeois society capital is independent and hasindividuality, while thelivingperson is dependent and has no individuality.
Karl Marx (1818-83) and Friedrich Engels (1820-95),German social philosophers, revolutionaries. The Communist Manifesto, sct. 2(1848).
第十二节
picture
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 图画
Who painted the picture on the wall
n. 照片
I took a picture of my family.
n. 电影
I’ve seen that picture before.
n. 美丽的物；美人
The park is a picture when the roses are in bloom.
衍生词语
picturesque (生动如画的)
motion picture (动作片)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
明白 --- to get the picture
照相（拍静止照） --- to take apicture
不了解情况 --- be out of thepicture
了解情况 --- be in thepicture
习语与俗语 Idioms &Slangs
be the picture of one’s mother/father--- 长的极像他妈妈/爸爸
生活用语 Street Talks
I don’t get a good picture on my TV set. There’s something wrong.
In the picture, you’re standing with aguy with long blond hair.
Jane always wants to be in the picture. (受到注意)
Do you get the picture? (明白了吗？)
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 Is gonna have afew pictures taken, ya know, the kind that make it look bigger than it is. 《情归巴黎》
Could you take a picture of us? 《情归巴黎》
I’ll show you a picture of her. 《西雅图夜未眠》
谚语 Proverbs
A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts.房间挂的画反映主人的思想。