生活英语对话 Episode 63: A sad goodbye

本单元是关于悲伤的再见的对话

Tim: Well cousin Michal, this is goodbye.
Alice: You've been a great friend to us all and a great flatmate too.
Michal: Thanks you guys.
Tim: Bye Michal and give my love to Uncle Kazimierz.
Michal: Yeah, I will.
Tim: Alice, I think we should leave these two alone.
Helen: Oh Michal, it seems like only yesterday I was here in the airport to meet you and now you're leaving me.
Michal: Helen, I've got something to tell you. I really like you but I'm not ready to settle down. I'm going back to Poland to look after my dad but also because I need some space. Do you hate me now?
Helen: Of course not! You'll always have a place in my heart.
Michal: That's my flight. Goodbye Helen.
Helen: Goodbye my love.


Vocabulary (词汇):

to need some space (需要一些空间):
to want to spend more time alone because a relationship is too intense¹, or because you do not want a committed relationship

to have a place in someone's heart （在某人心中占有一席之地）:
to be loved by someone

本单元的语言点是及物和不及物短语动词，请看下面的短语和例句

Transitive and intransitive phrasal verbs 及物和不及物短语动词

Phrasal verbs (also known as multi-word verbs) are verbs made of two or more words. The first word is a verb and the second word (known as a particle²) is either a preposition³ or an adverb. Some phrasal verbs can
have two particles⁴.

Phrasal verbs with one particle: let down, stand up, fall for, ask out, settle down

Phrasal verbs with more than one particle: go out with, take care of
phrasal verbs with objects (带宾语的短语动词)

Phrasal verbs which must take an object are known as transitive phrasal verbs. In the examples below the object must go after the verb and particle.

to go out with (somebody): to have a romantic relationship with somebody
They had been going out with each other for 5 years when he asked her to marry him.
Is she really going out with him?

to fall for (somebody): to fall in love with
He's not her usual type, but she fell for him after dating for a couple of months.
He fell for her on the first date.

to cheat on (somebody): to secretly have a romantic or sexual⁵ relationship with somebody other than your boyfriend/girlfriend or husband/wife.
She found out that he had been cheating on her for 3 years.
He cheated on her with her best friend.


separable phrasal verbs (可分开使用的短语动词)

Sometimes the object of a transitive phrasal verb must be placed between the verb and particle. The following phrasal verbs are separable.

to ask (somebody) out: to invite someone to something, such as dinner or the theatre, for a romantic date.
He felt nervous about asking her out.
In my country, women never ask men out. It's the men who make the first move.

let (somebody) down: to disappoint somebody by failing to do what you were expected to do, or promised to do
He promised to spend more time with her but he let her down. He kept on working late most evenings.
If you let me down again I will leave you.

stand (somebody) up: to fail to keep an appointment with someone, especially a romantic date
I waited for her for half an hour before I realised she had stood me up.
You shouldn't stand people up. If you can't keep a date you should call them.


phrasal verbs without objects (不带宾语的短语动词)

Some phrasal verbs do not take an object . These are called intransitive phrasal verbs. The phrasal verbs below do not have objects.

settle down: to begin living a stable and orderly⁶ life as an adult
He settled down as a farmer with a family.
I am too young to settle down. I want to travel around the world before I get married.

break up: to end a romantic relationship or marriage
Maria and Peter have broken up .
They broke up after she saw him with another woman

1 intense   

adj.认真的，专注的；强烈的；紧张的；热情的

参考例句：

• Susan was an intense young lady.苏珊是一个热情的年轻姑娘。
• The quarrel caused her intense unhappiness.争吵令她极其不快。

2 particle   

n.微粒，颗粒，粒子；小品词，语助词

参考例句：

• There is not a particle of truth in what you said.你所说的没有一句是实话。
• This particle has a very small mass.这种粒子的质量很小。

3 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。

4 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。

5 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。

6 orderly   

adj.有秩序的，整齐的，一丝不苟的，和平的；adv.有秩序地，有条理地，依次地；n.勤务兵，（医院的）勤务工

参考例句：

• It's an orderly room.这是个整洁的房间。
• The books are in orderly rows on shelves.书籍整齐地排列在书架上。