迷你对话学地道口语第86期:发誓保证

　　迷你对话：
A:Jenny, what's wrong with you? Why do you keep weeping like that?
Jenny，你怎么啦？你为什么一直这样哭泣。
B:Mary told me that she had seen you with John last night. I got to know the fact that you are playing the field.
Mary说她昨天看到你跟Joan约会，我终于知道你是个花心大萝卜了。
A:Honey,cross my heart, I'v never looked at another woman since the first day I set my eyes on you! Believe me, that's the truth.
宝贝儿，我向你发誓，自从见到你以后，我就在没有对别的女人多看过一样，这可是千真万确的呀。
地道表达：
cross one's heart
解词释义：
改习语也可以写成cross one's heart and hope to die。Cross本来指的是双手合十的样子。该习语形容人发自内心的祈祷，表示说的是真话，可翻译为：诅咒，发誓。
词海拾贝：
1.be wrong with：有问题，有毛笔
Eg.I can't quite lay my finger on what's wrong with the engine.
我不能确切地说出引擎的毛病。
Eg.There' s something wrong with my eyes — I can' t see properly.
我眼睛有毛病了——看不清楚了.
Eg.All the mothers in the ward¹ seemed to have something wrong with them.
整个病房里做妈妈的似乎都有点问题。
Eg.There' s something wrong with this color scheme but I can' t quite pin it down.
这种颜色搭配不太合适, 可是我也说不清楚怎么不合适.
2.keep doing：一直做某事
Eg.If I don't nip it in the bud², he'll keep doing it.
如果我不防患于未然，他会继续干这种事的。
Eg.If I keep watching so much TV, I'll turn into a zombie.
假如我继续看这么多电视节目，我会变成行尸走肉。
Eg.You'll have to keep working hard to stay ahead of the others.
要领先于其他人，你就必须不断努力工作。
Eg.After another year you will have very good English skills, as long as you keep working at it.
只要你坚持练习，一年后你的英语就相当不错了。
3. like that：这样
Eg.Be nicer to him. You shouldn't mess around with him like that.
对他好些, 你不该对他这样随便.
Eg.I don't like people who go around bleating³ out things like that.
我不喜欢跑来跑去讲那种蠢话的人。
Eg.Does he have enough dexterity⁴ to cope with a job like that?
他是否灵活到能应付那样的工作?
Eg. Don't you have any hobbies, like stamp collecting or things like that?
你有什么爱好吗？像集邮之类的爱好？
3.play the field：不专一，三心二意
Eg.But we're in college now. You can play the field and meet lots of new college girls.
但我们现在上大学了。你可以脚踏多条船,认识更多新的大学美眉。
Eg.You'll never get Mark to go steady with you. He likes to play the field.
你跟马克的关系永远也稳定不下来。他喜欢广交女朋友。
4.set eyes on sb：看见，见到
Eg.Get out of my sight, you wretch⁵ ! I never want to set eyes on you again.
滚开，你这个混蛋！我永远不要再看见你。
Eg. Iknew he wasn't trustworthy the minute I set eyes on him!
我第一眼就看出他不是一个值得信赖的人！
Eg.This is the first time I've set eyes on such a ravishing beauty.
天下真有这样标致的人物,我今儿才算见了!
Eg.As soon as I set eyes on him, I recognized hit as an old schoolmate.
我一眼看到他就认出他是个老同学。
5.look at：看
Eg.Don' t look at the dark side of things.
不要以悲观的态度观察事物。
Eg.Any way you look at it, we're on the losing side.
不管你怎么看，我们是吃亏了。
Eg.I look at this problem from a different viewpoint.
我从不同的观点来看这个问题。
Eg.It was even more pleasing to look at in the morning light.
它在早晨的光线下看起来更悦目。

1 ward   

n.守卫，监护，病房，行政区，由监护人或法院保护的人（尤指儿童）；vt.守护，躲开

参考例句：

• The hospital has a medical ward and a surgical ward.这家医院有内科病房和外科病房。
• During the evening picnic,I'll carry a torch to ward off the bugs.傍晚野餐时，我要点根火把，抵挡蚊虫。

2 bud   

vi.发芽，萌芽；n.芽，花蕾

参考例句：

• Some flowers bud their leaves very early in spring.有些花在春季里很早发出叶来。
• A bad habit in a child should be nipped in the bud.应该尽早把孩子的坏习惯改过来。

3 bleating   

v.（羊，小牛）叫( bleat的现在分词 )；哭诉；发出羊叫似的声音；轻声诉说

参考例句：

• I don't like people who go around bleating out things like that. 我不喜欢跑来跑去讲那种蠢话的人。 来自辞典例句
• He heard the tinny phonograph bleating as he walked in. 他步入室内时听到那架蹩脚的留声机在呜咽。 来自辞典例句

4 dexterity   

n.(手的)灵巧，灵活

参考例句：

• You need manual dexterity to be good at video games.玩好电子游戏手要灵巧。
• I'm your inferior in manual dexterity.论手巧，我不如你。

5 wretch   

n.可怜的人，不幸的人；卑鄙的人

参考例句：

• You are really an ungrateful wretch to complain instead of thanking him.你不但不谢他，还埋怨他，真不知好歹。
• The dead husband is not the dishonoured wretch they fancied him.死去的丈夫不是他们所想象的不光彩的坏蛋。