迷你对话学地道口语第295期:疯疯癫癫的

　　第一、迷你对话
A: Have you met John recently
?最近你见到约翰了吗？
B: I saw him last week. It seems he was a bit queer in the head.
上周我见到了他，他好像有点疯疯癫癫的。
A: Yes, he has been like that since his accident.
是的，自从车祸后他就这样。
B: What a pity!
真可怜！
第二、 地道表达
queer in the head
1. 解词释义
形容词“queer”的意思是“古怪的”，queer in the head指“某人的精神不正常”。
2. 支持范例
e.g. I think she's gone a bit queer in the head.
我看她精神不太正常。
e.g. Joe Kane decided¹ that the man who confronted him was queer in the head but harmless.
乔·凯恩断定他面前这个人的精神有点不正常，但也并无恶意。
e.g. The judge ruled that the man had killed himself while he was queer in the head.
法官裁定这男子是在精神不正常时自杀的。
e.g. The barrister represented to the court that the defendant² was queer in the head.
讼务律师向法庭陈述被告精神不正常。
第三、 口语句型
What a pity!
1. 解句释义
这个是感叹句，表示对某人的同情，翻译为“真遗憾，真可怜”等。这个感叹句省略了主语it和谓语is。完整的句子应该是What a pity it is!
2. 句型拓展
What a pity that+从句！
（1）解句释义
翻译为“真可惜......”，表示对某事感到遗憾。
（2）典型范例
e.g.What a pity that this kind of rare animal has become extinct.
这种珍稀生物已无噍类了, 真是可惜啊。
e.g.What a pity that you can't come to the theatre with us tonight.
你今晚不能和我们一起去看戏, 真可惜。
e.g. What a pity that our national football team failed.
很遗憾我们国家队输了。
e.g. What a pity that we have another party that day.
太可惜了，我们那天也有个聚会。

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 defendant   

n.被告；adj.处于被告地位的

参考例句：

• The judge rejected a bribe from the defendant's family.法官拒收被告家属的贿赂。
• The defendant was borne down by the weight of evidence.有力的证据使被告认输了。