【英语趣味课堂】害怕-Fears

 Todd: OK, so Nanju, I'm going to ask you about things that people are sometimes afraid of. Are you afraid of flying?

 

Nanju: No

 

Todd: No. Do you fly a lot?

 

Nanju: No, if I am getting opportunity I will be very happy.

 

Todd: Really!

 

Nanju: Yeah sure!

 

Todd: OK, are you afraid of snakes?

 

Nanju: No.

 

Todd: No!

 

Nanju: No.

 

Todd: Now, India has cobras.

 

Nanju: Yeah, it's a lot of cobras. I have seen a lot of cobras, and fighting with cobras, each other, but run away so I can not.

 

Todd: So, you're not afraid of cobras?

 

Nanju: No

 

Todd: Like have you ever seen a cobra by your house?

 

Nanju: Yeah, I have seen a lot of cobras, which is going to be 12 feet.

 

Todd: Really!

 

Nanju: Yeah, sure.

 

Todd: And your not afraid?

 

Nanju: No, I will get some sticks and go through about from my home or something.

 

Todd: So you get a stick and you go and kill it?

 

Nanju: No, I won't kill it. Killing¹ of cobra is very illegal in India. Not illegal, it's like god, so we won't.

 

Todd: Sin². It's a sin. Oh, wow.

 

Nanju: So we won't kill that cobra or something.

 

Todd: Wow, very fascinating. Thank you.

 

学习内容：

 

Learn Vocabulary from the lesson

flying

 

Are you afraid of flying?

 

In this case "flying" is not flying like a bird, but rather traveling by plane.  Notice the following:

 

Are you flying to Miami or driving?

I am flying to Bogota early tomorrow morning.

opportunity

 

If I get the opportunity to fly I will be very happy.

 

In this example, "opportunity" can be replaced by "chance" or it is a good situation to do something.  Notice the following:

 

She has the opportunity to learn a lot in her job.

His boss gave him the opportunity to work with the company's most important client³.

sure

 

Yeah, sure.

 

In the example, "sure" has a similar meaning to "of course" or "yes."  It is a word of agreement.  Notice the following:

 

Sure.  I'll help you study for your exam.

Sure.  We would love to come to your cabin⁴ this weekend.

each other

 

I've seen cobras fighting with each other.

 

"Each other" is a pronoun⁵ used, in this example, to describe the actions between one cobra and another.  They are both performing the same action, directed at the other cobra.  Notice the following:

 

They have liked each other since they were 13 years old.

We looked at each other across the restaurant.

sin

 

In India it's a sin to kill a cobra.

 

A "sin" is a moral⁶ or religious crime.  For example, killing another person is both a religious crime and a legal crime.  Notice the following:

 

Do you think telling lies is a sin?

It is a sin to steal from another person.

 

 

 

1 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

2 sin   

n.罪，罪孽，过失；vi.犯罪，违反

参考例句：

• It's a sin to waste food.浪费食品是一种罪过。
• It's a sin to be indoors on holiday.假期中待在家里实在是罪过。

3 client   

n.委托人，当事人，顾客

参考例句：

• She can't come to the telephone;she's serving a client.她不能来接电话，她正在接待一位顾客。
• The lawyer produced a clever defence of his client.律师机智地为委托人辩护。

4 cabin   

n.(结构简单的)小木屋；船舱，机舱

参考例句：

• They threw up a new cabin in a couple of hours.在几小时之内他们就建起了一座新的小屋。
• It's very hot in the cabin;let's go on deck.舱室内很热，我们到甲板上去吧。

5 pronoun   

n.代词

参考例句：

• The relative pronoun is often dropped if it is the subject.关系代名词做受词时常被省略。
• Here you should use plural pronoun.这里你应该用复数代词。

6 moral   

adj.道德(上)的，有道德的；n.品行，寓意，道德

参考例句：

• Moral beauty ought to be ranked above all other beauty.品德之美应列于其他美之上。
• He deceived us into believing that he could give us moral support.他骗得我们相信他能给我们道义上的支持。