Why do you look so blue today? ” 什么?你以为我是天空么,看上去还是蓝蓝的? 好吧,最近在和一个朋友聊天时,讲到他最近和女朋友分手了,他说道“I feel so blue recently.” 这里的blue有表示心情低落的意思。 其实,在英语里有许多表示颜色的词,他们可不只是颜色这么单纯哦。比如,green可以表示新手,yellow可以表示胆小鬼。 今天,小奇老师就为大家总结了几个有特出含义的颜色词。 1. green:新手,菜鸟, noob, unexperienced green eyed 嫉妒,眼红 2. blue:抑郁;色情的东西 blue Monday 抑郁的周一 blue video 黄色影碟,注意不能用yellow 3. white: 纯洁,善良 a white lie 善意的谎言 (a lie with good intentions) white elephant 昂贵又无用之物 4. black: 悲哀 Black Friday 黑色星期五(原本是耶稣的受难日,现在却变成了一个和boxing day一样的购物日) black sheep 害群之马 1Example Sentences 1. My girl acted all green eyed when I talked about how nice the waitress was. 当我说道那个女侍应多漂亮时,她表现得很嫉妒 2. She is green at this job since she just graduated. 她是个职场菜鸟因为她刚刚毕业 3. I really didn't want to go to my boss's dinner party, so I told a white lie and said I had to go to a friend's wedding party that night. 我真的很不想去我老板的饭局,所以我说了一个善意的谎言说我今晚要去朋友的婚礼 2. Exercise A: Do you know January 24th is a Blue Monday in 2017? B: What? What is Blue Monday? A: You don't know that? Blue Monday is a Monday that is the most depressing especially because of the return to work and routine after a weekend. Factors used to calculate the date included weather conditions, debt level, time since Christmas and low motivation. B: Wow, good to know. 3.Translation A:你知道明年一月24号是忧郁星期一吗? B:什么?那是什么鬼? A:你不知道?忧郁星期一就是一年中,你由于结束周末回去工作而感到最抑郁的周一。影响计算这个日期的因素包括天气,负债情况,距离圣诞节的时间,低积极性 B:哇,长姿势了 4.Key Words wedding 婚礼 engagement 订婚 depressing 沮丧 routine 日常工作 factor 因素 debt 负债 motivation 积极性 篇幅有限,更多内容请关注奇速英语微信公众号:qisuen 获取更多英语资料。 |
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