迷你对话学地道口语第132期:漫不经心地翻阅

　　迷你对话：
A: Can you please give me a hand? I can’t carry the heavy box.
请你帮帮忙好吗？我搬不动那个重箱子。
B: I’m afraid not. Don’t you see I’m looking up a word in the dictionary?
我恐怕帮不了你，你没看见我在查字典吗？
A: I think you are flicking² through it.
我以为你只是随便翻翻而已。
B: Well, wait a minute.
那好，你再等会儿。
地道表达：
flick¹ through：漫不经心地翻阅
支持范例：
Eg. He paused a moment to flick through the books and papers, then went on.
他顿了一顿，翻着那些单据和表册，又接下去说下去。
Eg. I am in no mood to study and just flicking through the books.
我没有心情学习，只是漫不经地翻阅书课本而已。
词海拾贝：
1. give sb a hand：帮助某人
Eg. Stop fucking around and come and give me a hand.
别胡闹了, 过来给我帮个忙.
Eg. The kitchen's always so messy after we've had guests. Give me a hand to do it over, will you?
家里来了客人之后，厨房总是那么乱，请你帮助我们清扫一下好吗？
Eg. Could you give me a hand with the baggage?
你能帮我拿一拿行李吗?
Eg. I asked her to give me a hand but she' s being a bit reluctant.
请她过来帮忙,但她却有点不乐意。
2. look up：查阅(词典或参考书)，(在词典、参考书等中)查找
Eg. I looked your address up in the personnel file.
我从人事档案里查到了你的地址。
Eg. I have looked it up in the encyclopedia³.
我已经在百科全书中查到它了。

1 flick   

n.快速的轻打，轻打声，弹开；v.轻弹，轻轻拂去，忽然摇动

参考例句：

• He gave a flick of the whip.他轻抽一下鞭子。
• By a flick of his whip,he drove the fly from the horse's head.他用鞭子轻抽了一下，将马头上的苍蝇驱走。

2 flicking   

（尤指用手指或手快速地）轻击( flick的现在分词 )； （用…）轻挥； （快速地）按开关； 向…笑了一下（或瞥了一眼等）

参考例句：

• He helped her up before flicking the reins. 他帮她上马，之后挥动了缰绳。
• There's something flicking around my toes. 有什么东西老在叮我的脚指头。

3 encyclopedia   

n.百科全书

参考例句：

• The encyclopedia fell to the floor with a thud.那本百科全书砰的一声掉到地上。
• Geoff is a walking encyclopedia.He knows about everything.杰夫是个活百科全书，他什么都懂。