迷你对话学地道口语第406期:笨蛋,缺心眼的人

　　迷你对话
A: There is something wrong with my girlfriend.
我女朋友有麻烦了。
B: What’s the trouble?
怎么了？
A: The department manager is all over her. He says he loves her.
部门经理理应向她献殷勤，说他喜欢她。
B: What about your friend? Did she fall for him?
那你的朋友呢？她喜欢他吗？
A: Of course not! She thinks he’s an apple-head. She doesn’t like an apple-head man, you know.
当然不喜欢了。她觉得她是个缺心眼的人，不喜欢这样的人，你知道吧。
B: Now you don’t have the butterflies in your stomach, do you?
那你就不用担心了呀，是吧。
对话精讲
第一、地道表达
核心短语】an apple-head
解词释义】apple是指“苹果”，head是指“脑袋”，两者连用来表示“愚蠢的人”。
典型范例1】Don't have anything to do with any apple-head.
不要和那些愚蠢的人发生任何关系。
典型范例2】The apple-head gambled¹ away all his money.
这个愚蠢的人把他所有的钱都赌输了。
典型范例3】An apple-head seldom knows what's going on in the world.
愚蠢的人很少察知世上正在发生的事。
第二、词海拾贝
fall for：迷恋，喜欢
典型范例1】Many high school boys fall for the young singer.
许多高中男生迷恋那位年轻歌手。
典型范例2】I fall for his writings, because they fall in with my taste.
我极喜爱他的作品，因为它们合我的口味。
have the butterflies in one’s stomach：焦虑不安，紧张不安
典型范例1】I always have butterflies in my stomach when I see the people from the personnel² department.
每当见到人事部人员进行面试时，我总是感到很紧张。
典型范例2】The company financial report isn't due³ until next Friday. But the boss has butterflies in his stomach and wants us to have it all ready for him on Tuesday morning.
我们公司的财务报告应该是下星期五才交。但是，我们的老板紧张得要命，非要我们在星期二早上就交给他。

1 gambled   

v.赌博，冒风险( gamble的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He gambled his savings to start a small store. 他孤注一掷地用自己的积蓄开了一家小店。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He gambled all his winning on the last race. 他把所有赢得的钱都押在最后一场比赛上。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 personnel   

n.[总称]人员，员工，人事部门

参考例句：

• The personnel are not happy to change these rules.全体工作人员对改变这些规定很不高兴。
• Personnel has lost my tax forms.人事部门把我的税收表格给弄丢了。

3 due   

n.应得物；adj.预定的，应付的，到期的，应有的

参考例句：

• I received nothing except what was due to me.除了我应得的东西，我并未接受任何东西。
• The rocket is due to lift off at noon on Friday.火箭定于星期五中午发射。