迷你对话学地道口语第326期:站在原地不动

　　迷你对话
A: It is too bad today.
今天糟透了。
B: What happened?
怎么了？
A: My som lost. I told him to stand rooted to the spot when I went shopping, but he ignored it.
我儿子丢了。我去买东西的时候告诉他站在原地不动，但是她没把这当回事。
B: How did you find him at last?
最后你如何找到他的呢？
A: It was the police wo helped me to do that.
是警察帮我找到他的。
B: It must have taught you a lesson this time.
这件事情一定给你很深的教训吧。
第一 地道短语
stand rooted to the spot
1 解词释义
Root的本义是“生根”，spot是指“地点”。此语的字面意思是“想生了根一样站在那里”，比喻“固定不动”“站在原地不动”等。
2 支持范例
e.g. I stood rooted to the spot from the time she went in until the moment she came out.
我从她进去一直到她出来，一动都没有动。
第二 词海拾贝
1 go shopping：购物
e.g. Before I go shopping, I make a list of the things I must buy.
在上街买东西之前，我把必须买的东西列出一个单子。
e.g. If it's all the same to you, I'd prefer to go shopping by myself.
如果你无所谓，我就自己一个人去购物。
e.g. I'll go shopping with you just to keep you company.
我跟你作伴，陪你一起去买东西。
e.g. I live just by the market, and it's very convenient to go shopping.
我家就住在商场旁边, 买东西很方便。
2 at last：最后
e.g. At last the fury of the storm lessened¹.
风暴的猛烈程度终于降低了。
e.g. After a long dispute, he at last made a concession² to me.
经过长时间的争论，他终于对我让步。
e.g. At last firemen have put out a big forest fire in California.
消防队员终于扑灭了加利福尼亚洲的一场森林大火。
e.g. At last his plan came off.
他的计划最终还是成功了。
3 teach somebody a lesson：给某人教训
e.g. He glared at Bill and was ready to teach him a lesson.
他怒视着比尔,准备教训他一顿。
e.g. If he did not stop his nonsense, they would teach him a lesson he would never forget.
如果他再不停止胡言乱语，他们就要狠狠地教训他一番，叫他终身难忘。
e.g. That will teach him a lesson!It doesn't pay to make fun of the law, my man!
那会给他一个教训！与法律开玩笑绝不会有好下场，我的老弟。
e.g. I've got to teach him a lesson because he always tries to seduce³ my fiancee.
我必须给他一个教训,因为他老是试图勾引我的未婚妻。
第三、口语句型
1. It+系动词+who do something.
指点迷津：这是强调句式，对主语进行强调。
句型操练：It was Mary who broke the flower vase.
是玛丽打破了花瓶。
2 Somebody must have done something.
指点迷津：这个句式是情态动词must在虚拟语气中的用法，表示对过去的事情的非常肯定的猜测。
句型操练：He must have been sick yesterday. He might come back to work today.
他昨天一定是生病了，今天应该回来上班的。

1 lessened   

减少的，减弱的

参考例句：

• Listening to the speech through an interpreter lessened its impact somewhat. 演讲辞通过翻译的嘴说出来，多少削弱了演讲的力量。
• The flight to suburbia lessened the number of middle-class families living within the city. 随着迁往郊外的风行，住在城内的中产家庭减少了。

2 concession   

n.让步，妥协；特许(权)

参考例句：

• We can not make heavy concession to the matter.我们在这个问题上不能过于让步。
• That is a great concession.这是很大的让步。

3 seduce   

vt.勾引，诱奸，诱惑，引诱

参考例句：

• She has set out to seduce Stephen.她已经开始勾引斯蒂芬了。
• Clever advertising would seduce more people into smoking.巧妙策划的广告会引诱更多的人吸烟。