4+1口语语汇笔记1
第一单元
第一部分 核心语汇
第一节
Action
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. [C] 行动 (group action 团队行动)
Now it’s time to take action. (现在是该行动的时候了。)
n. [U] 情节
The action is set in Paris. (事情发生在巴黎。)
n. 战斗
The action lasted five hours. (战斗持续了5 个)
n. 诉讼
She decided to take a legal action against him. (她决定起诉他。)
衍生词语
active (积极的); 反义词 passive
take an active role in sth.起积极作用
actionless (没有行动的, 不行动的);
activate (v.激活)
复合词语
action movie (动作片; kongfu movie)
常见搭配 Useful Phrase
军事行动 --- military action America took military action against Iraq.
民事诉讼 --- a civil action civil raw民法 civil case 民事案件civil rights 公民权 Civil Engineering 土木工程
刑事诉讼 --- a criminal action
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
Action! --- 开拍（导演用语）
man of action --- 注重行动的人，实干家
生活用语 Street Talks
If you guys are going to bet on the basketball game, I want a piece of the action. (算我 一份)
Action stations, everyone!
The president has arrived! (各就各位)
电影对白 Transcripts
Linus: What does it tell you?
Sabrina: That’s between you and the river.
Linus: You know it’s funny listening to your talk. Makes
me…. Makes me wonder if I should…
Sabrina: What?
Linus: I don’t know, something is different. I feel different. At work I don’t… I love the action, but, sometimes I wonder, lately especially, been wondering what it would be like, to spend some time in a place that I love like that, not just a few days, but for a real change.
Actually, I think I’ve been thinking about it for a long time, I just, um, I just didn’t know it until, till you, uh… 《情归巴黎》
谚语 Proverbs
Actions speak louder than words. 行动胜于语言。
He is all talk no action.
Don’t judge a man’s actions at first sight; give them asecond look. 乍看难评人，再看认得清。
Fall in love at first sight.一见钟情
第二节
Animal
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. [C] 动物 (野兽 wild animal) farm animal/domestic animal家禽
We should protect animals.
n. 兽性的人，衣冠禽兽
Drinking alcohol releases the animal in man. (喝酒使人兽行大发。)
alcoholic 酗酒的人
workholic工作狂
release a new product推出新产品
衍生词语
animalism (兽性; 活力充沛)；
animate (v. 赋予…以生命，使活泼);
常见搭配 Useful Phrase
兽性 --- animal instincts instinct 本能
动物界 --- the animal kingdom
畜牧—animal husbandry
诱捕动物 --- trap animals
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
animal desire --- 肉欲 sex desire libido
生活用语 Street Talks
A: Rebecca, I got a D in maths this term. What do I do?
B: Sorry about that, Freddie. Cheer up! You can make it next term.But frankly speaking, if you weren’t such a party animal, you’d have more time for studying. （喜欢参加聚会的人）
A: Joanna usually talks to animals and toys.
B: Poor Jo. If only she had a healthy family!
Youth is/are full of animal spirits. （精力十分旺盛）
That fighter is really an animal when he steps in the (boxing)ring. （当这个拳击手开始比赛的 时候，他立刻变成了一个真正的野兽。）
电影对白 Transcripts
Newsman: Sir, why are you running?
Newswoman: Are you doing this for world peace?
Newsman: Are you doing this for the homeless?
Newsman: Are you running for woman’s rights?
Newsman: Or for the environment? Or for animals?
Forrest: They just couldn’t believe that someone would do all that running for no particular reason.
名言 Quotations
Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts.
第三节
Baby
Basic need
音形义 Everyday Expressions
n. [C] 婴儿
She is expecting a baby. (她怀孕了。)
pregnant 怀孕的 having a baby She is with a child. be in family way
Microsoft is expecting a kind of software. 孕育
注：baby的性别不明时，通常用 it 来指代。 It’s so cute.
n. 孩子气的人
Don’t be such a baby! (不要这样孩子气！) childish幼稚的
n. 宝贝（亲爱的）口语体为babe
Hey babe, you’d like another drink?
衍生词语
babyhood (婴儿时代);
babyish (幼稚的);
复合词语
baby-sitter/baby-minder (保姆); babysit照看小孩
babyfaced (娃娃脸的);
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
小儿语 --- baby talk
乳齿 --- baby tooth
嫩萝卜--- baby carrots(very small,tender carrots,not fullygrown)
生育高峰 --- baby boom boom繁荣，昌盛
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
baby kisser --- [美俚] 为拉选票而到处拉拢人心的人
babes and sucklings --- 乳臭未干的孩子
sleep like a baby --- 睡得香
生活用语 Street Talks
A: Rosemary, will you go to the movies with me tonight?
B: I wish I could, Jo. But my baby’s taking me out to dinnertonight. (情人）
A: Tom, I need your help. It’s out of control here.
B: Come on, dear. You can make it. Come on! Give the talk. Thewhole plan is your baby. (由你 负责)
A: That wasn’t hard at all.
B: No, like stealing candy from a baby.
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 Now when I was a baby, Mama named me after the great CivilWar hero, General Nathan Bedford Forrest. 《阿甘正传》
对话 Lenora: Who’s your friend?
Gump: My name’s Forrest. Forrest Gump.
Dan: This is cunning Carla and Long-Limbs Lenora.
Lenora: Where you been Baby cakes? Huh? I haven’t seen you around lately. You know you should have been here for Christmas because Tommy bought a round on the house and gave everybody a turkey sandwich. 《阿甘正传》
谚语 Proverbs
The rich get richer and the poor get babies.
富人发财，穷人得子。
birth control, family planning 计划生育
第四节
Beauty
Basic need
音形义 Everyday Expressions
n. [c] 美丽的人或事物
She was a famous beauty in her youth.
n. [u] 美
We shall never forget the beauty of the old Beijing.
n. 优点,极具魅力的特色
The beauty of this machine is its simplicity. (这机器的优点在于简单。)
衍生词语
beautify (美化);
beautiful (美丽的);
复合词语
beauty contest (选美比赛);
beauty salon (美容院);
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
美容师 --- beauty aid
风景点 --- beauty spot scenic spot, place of interest, scenery 风景，景色
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
beauty sleep --- 美容觉（午夜前的睡眠）
the beauty of sth --- 有优势的方面
生活用语 Street Talks
A: Mom it hurts.
B: This black eye you got in the fight is a real beauty,huh?!
A: Please! Mom!
Saving petrol, you know, that’s the beauty of buying a smallcar.
The beauty of his new job is that he works his own hours. (flexible hours)
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 And now for your listening and viewing pleasure, direct from Hollywood, California, our very own beatnik beauty, let’s give a big round of applause to the luscious Bobby Dylan. 《阿甘正传》
对话 Jesse Jackson: It’s beautiful to be black, but beauty is not enough.
Crowd Leader: What do you want?
Crowd Response: Black power! 《阿甘正传》
谚语 Proverbs
Beauty is but skin-deep.
红颜易变。
Beauty without virtue is a flower without perfume.
貌美而无德，犹如花之无香。
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. / Beauty lies in lover's eyes.
情人眼里出西施。
名言 Quotations
“Beauty is truth, truth beauty,”—that is all Ya know on earth, and all ya need to know.John Keats (1795-1821), English poet. Ode on a Grecian Urn.
It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But … it isbetter to be good than to be ugly.Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Anglo-Irish author. Lord Henry, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. 17 (1891).
第五节
Bird
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 鸟
She killed two birds with one stone by shopping and visiting the museum on the same trip. (她 出门一次，既买了东西又参观了博物馆，真是一举两得。)
n. 家伙，人
She is a strange bird.
衍生词语
birdy （小鸟球,高尔夫两杆进洞球。一杆进洞球---eagle。
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
益鸟 --- a useful bird
害鸟 --- a pernicious bird
候鸟 --- a bird of passage
不死鸟(长生鸟) --- the bird of wonder (phoenix)
鸟瞰图，要点 --- bird’s eye view
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
bird in the bush --- 没把握的事 I am bushed.我特别累了。beat around the bush.拐弯抹角地
bird in the hand --- 有把握的事
the birds and the bees --- （对孩子解释的）有关两性关系的基本常识
early bird---最早的人,早起的人
flip/ give somebody the bird --- 骂人的话（give somebody the finger）
生活用语 Street Talks
A: I’ll never be a telephone operator! That job is for the birds（毫无价值的/无聊 的）
B: That’s you! Personally, I think it’s an interesting job.
A: Gee, you are one strange bird. (古怪的人)
A: Hi Rick,guess what, Wallace’s twenty years old and doesn’t Know about the birds and the bees.
B: You’re kidding!
C: Hey guys, what’re you talking about?
A: We’re talking about Wallace.
C: What about him?
B: Jack says Wallace doesn’t know about the birds and the bees!!!
C: That explains why he’s a bird-watcher! (喜欢盯着女人看的男人)
A: What are you doing up here?
B: I want to get a bird’s eye view of the campus. I don’t think I’ll ever be an early bird.
A: Do you see that?
B: What?
A: That guy just gave you the bird!
电影对白 Transcripts
对话 Little Jenny: Pray with me, Forrest. Pray with me. Dear God, make me a bird, so I can fly far, far far away from here. Dear God, make me a bird...
Forrest: Mama always said that God is mysterious. He didn’t turn Jenny into a bird that day. Instead, he had the police say that Jenny didn’t have to stay in that house no more. 《阿甘正传》
谚语 Proverbs
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 一鸟在手胜于两鸟在林。[明天得一百不如今天得五十/到手的东西才是可靠的]
Birds of the same feather flock together. 羽毛相同的鸟会结群在一起。[
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