网络课堂之英语口语词汇(12)(Nord主讲)录音及笔记
课程笔记：
29. Money ['mʌni]
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/ hard money
外币 foreign currency
假币 bogus ['bəuɡəs] money/ counterfeit money ['kauntəfit]
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 money 和有钱人结婚
生活用语 Street Talks
(1)
Marian saves a small part of her salary as fun money every month.
(2)
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 money more carefully. (谨慎用钱)
(3)
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)
joint venture 合资
put money into sth. 投资
(4)
A: Gosh! We're in the money! (发财了)
B: Yeah! Thank God! We won a thousand dollars at the races today!
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. [,kristi'ænəti]
William Blake (1757-1827), English poet, painter, engraver. Notes on The Laocoon (engraved c. 1820; repr. in Complete Writings, ed. by Geoffrey Keynes, 1957)
30. mouth [mauθ]
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 rockslide 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) n. 撅嘴；生气 [paut]
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/ to shut up/ knock it out (off)
Please be quiet.
使流口水 to make one's mouth water
嘴不稳，话多 to have a big mouth
talker
bad mouth about each other 互相诋毁
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
zip one's mouth 守秘 = keep the secret
keep one's mouth shut 保守秘密
open one's mouth wide 信口开河 (run off at the mouth / shoot off one’s mouth)
shoot one's mouth off 夸张，吹牛
live from hand to mouth 勉强糊口
be born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth 生来就富
all mouth and no action 只说不做
生活用语 Street Talks
(1)
A: I have informed Jerry by word of mouth. (口头上的)
B: That's good.
(2)
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)
(3)
A: Look over there!
B: Oh, your mouth watered for ice cream. (口水直流)
(4)
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.
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。
31. 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
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
（1）
A: Peter has a happy nature.
B: Yeah, he is a good-natured boy.
(2)
A: Victoria's happy by nature.
B: You said it. She's nice by nature as well.
(3)
I'm sorry I naturally say dirty words. It's my nature
We have to do to protect nature.
谚语 Proverbs
Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue, 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。
