生活英语对话 Episode 16: A kitchen romance

本单元是关于厨房里的风流韵事的对话

Michal: Oh Bronka! I'm so miserable¹! Alice doesn't want to go out with me.
Helen: Oh sorry, Michal. Am I interrupting something here?
Michal: No, no, I'm just pouring my heart out to Bronka.
Helen: Oh yeah, I found out that Alice gave you a knock-back but it's not the end of the world. There are plenty more fish in the sea you know.
Michal: Fish? I don't want a fish, I want a date!
Helen: Well, there's someone right in front of you!
Michal: You're always too busy studying. You wouldn't go out with a guy like me.
Helen: Oh wouldn't I? Why don't you ask first!
Michal: Would you?
Helen: I'd love to!

Vocabulary :

There are plenty more fish in the sea: (idiom): There are other people available (in this episode², Helen suggest there are other girlfriends apart from Alice for Michal).
To give someone a knock-back (informal): to reject someone

本单元的语言点是英语动词短语，动词短语是动词加介词和副词构成的短语，例如 drop out 意思是没有完成大学学业，离开学校。

Phrasal verbs or multi-word verbs are verbs that are combined with one or two particles³ (a preposition⁴ or adverb), for example, 'out' to make verbs with new meanings. For example, drop means to let slip (She dropped the vase and it broke) but drop out means to leave university or college without graduating (After only 3 months of college, he dropped out and got a job).

Phrasal Verbs – out

Pour out something/Pour something out: Talk about emotions or feelings
You can pour out your troubles to me. I won't tell anyone.
She really poured her heart out to her mum after she failed her exams.

Find out (something): Learn something (by reading or hearing it)
I only found out last week that she's getting married. She kept that one a secret!
When she found out he was having an affair, she divorced⁵ him.

Go out (with someone): Have a romantic or sexual⁶ relationship with someone
They've been going out for 5 years and he still hasn't asked her to marry him.
He asked her to go out with him but she didn't fancy⁷ him so she said "No."

Point out something/Point something out: Inform or tell
We had a great tour guide in Paris . She pointed⁸ out lots of secret places we'd never heard of before. When I make a mistake I hate the way he always points it out .

Fall out (with someone): Have an argument or disagreement with someone and stop being friends with him or her
She fell out with me after all these years over an invite to a party!
They were best friends for years but they fell out and now they don't even talk to each other.

Run out (of something): Not have anything left of something
This pen has run out . Can I borrow yours?
Our car ran out of petrol and we had to walk 10 miles to a garage to buy some more.

Figure something out/Figure out something: Think about something until you discover the answer
He figured out how his new DVD player worked after he read the instruction manual⁹.

1 miserable   

adj.悲惨的，痛苦的；可怜的，糟糕的

参考例句：

• It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
• Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。

2 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。

3 particles   

微粒( particle的名词复数 )； 颗粒； 极少量； 小品词

参考例句：

• These small particles agglomerate together to form larger clusters. 这些颗粒聚结形成较大的团。
• The nucleus of an atom consists of neutrons, protons and other particles. 原子核由中子、质子和其他粒子构成。

4 preposition   

n.介词

参考例句：

• You should cancel this preposition in the sentence.你应该删去句子中的这个介词。
• We use different preposition to talk about time,days,months and seasons.我们用不动的介词来谈论时间，日，月和季节等。

5 divorced   

adj.离婚的；分开的；不相干的；脱离的v.与…离婚(divorce的过去式和过去分词)；分离；与某人离婚，判某人离婚

参考例句：

• Apparently they are getting divorced soon. 看样子，他们很快就要离婚。
• Many divorced men remarry and have second families. 许多离婚的男子再婚组成了新的家庭。

6 sexual   

adj.性的，两性的，性别的

参考例句：

• He was a person of gross sexual appetites.他是个性欲旺盛的人。
• It is socially irresponsible to refuse young people advice on sexual matters.拒绝向年轻人提供性方面的建议是对社会不负责任。

7 fancy   

n.想像力，幻想；喜好，爱；adj.想像的，时髦的，华丽装饰的，奢侈的；技巧的；vt.想象，自认为，喜好

参考例句：

• He seemed to have taken quite a fancy to her.他似乎相当喜欢她。
• I have a fancy that it's going to rain.我想大概要下雨。

8 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

9 manual   

adj.手工的，体力的；n.手册，指南，键盘

参考例句：

• The majority of men there earn their living by manual labour.那里绝大多数人靠体力劳动谋生。
• The school offers manual training to the pupils.该校为学生开设手工课。