生活英语对话 Episode 45: Packing

本单元是关于出差打包的对话

Tim: Hurry up Alice!
Alice: I'm going as fast as I can.
Tim: The plane's going to take off without us at this rate. You've not even finished packing yet!
Alice: Don't hassle me! I couldn't just walk out in the middle of an emergency. I'm a nurse. These things happen. I got here as fast as I could.
Tim: Look, have you got the most important things?
Alice: Tickets, money, passport - yes they're all here.
Tim: OK, grab¹ what you've got and let's go.
Alice: Oh Tim, hang on! Have you got the football tickets?
Tim: Yes! They're right here... Where are they?
Alice: Just relax. When did you last see them?
Tim: Yesterday, today, oh, I don't know. Where are they?


Vocabulary:（词汇）

at this rate:（以目前这种方式/速度）
in this way or at this speed

to hassle someone (informal):（非正式用法，麻烦或烦扰人）
to annoy or bother someone

to grab something:（抓取;抢夺）
to take hold of something quickly and strongly

本单元语言点是动词短语，动词短语是由动词加小品词，例如：on 或 off。 请看下面的例句。

Phrasal verbs

Phrasal verbs, or multi-word verbs, are verbs that are combined with one or two particles (a preposition or adverb), for example, 'off' or 'on' to make verbs with new meanings. These new meanings are usually non-literal. For example, to hang means to suspend something on a wall (He hung the picture in the living room) but to hang on means to wait ( Hang on a minute. I'll be ready soon).


Phrasal verbs - on（与on有关的动词短语）

Hang on: to wait, often when on the telephone
Can you hang on a moment, I'll just see if David is in the office.
Don't go! Hang on a minute and I can come with you.

Keep on doing something: to continue to do something or to do something repeatedly
The interviewer kept on asking her about her marriage to Paul McCartney.
Keep on practising and your English will improve.

Count on someone/something: to rely or depend on someone/something or to expect something to happen
If I am ever in trouble I can count on my parents to help me.
I didn't count on the taxi failing to arrive. I was really late in the end.

Let on about something: to reveal a secret, for example a surprise party
No-one let on about the party, so she was really surprised.
I didn't let on that I had just won the lottery², I wanted to keep it a secret.


Phrasal verbs - off（与off有关的动词短语）

Take off: to leave the ground (usually an aeroplane) or to become increasingly successful
The plane takes off in an hour. Hurry up!
His acting³ career really took off after he did that film with Spielberg.

See someone off: to go to an airport or station and say goodbye to someone who is leaving
I'll see you off tomorrow, so I can drive you to the airport.
I was a bit sad because no-one came to see me off when I left the country.

Call something off: to cancel something
They called off the cricket⁴ match because of the hurricane.

Put something off: to postpone⁵ something or to delay doing something
They've put the meeting off until next week because the manager is ill.
I can't put this essay off any longer. The deadline for handing it in is tomorrow.

1 grab   

vt./n.攫取，抓取；vi.攫取，抓住(at)

参考例句：

• It is rude to grab a seat.抢占座位是不礼貌的。
• The thief made a grab at my bag but I pushed him away.贼想抢我的手提包，但被我推开了。

2 lottery   

n.抽彩；碰运气的事，难于算计的事

参考例句：

• He won no less than ￡5000 in the lottery.他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。
• They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。

3 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

4 cricket   

n.蟋蟀，板球运动；adj.公平的

参考例句：

• The England cricket team scored quite a useful total.英格兰板球队得分总数令人满意。
• We could hear the shrill of the midsummer cricket.我们可以听到仲夏时节蟋蟀的尖叫声。
• Your behaviour isn't cricket.你的行为不光彩。

5 postpone   

v.延期，推迟

参考例句：

• I shall postpone making a decision till I learn full particulars.在未获悉详情之前我得从缓作出决定。
• She decided to postpone the converastion for that evening.她决定当天晚上把谈话搁一搁。