【英语早间课堂】话说地道美语 Lesson 16(2)

【课堂热身】

首先，let's warm up。我们还是先来热热身。在第16课的第一讲中我们学了一个与“change something old and make it take on an entirely¹ new look”同义的非常形象一个地道说法：put a new face on something。译为：使......改观，使......面目一新（焕然一新，焕然如新，灿然一新，耳目一新，气象一新），改变......的面貌。

【课堂详说】

Apart from it, put a new face on has another meaning. So , what's it? 想知道吗？那么请走进第16课第二讲的学习。Lesson Sixteen How to say "焕然一新" in real American English? (Lecture 2)All my dear listeners, listen to my sentence: Put a new face on and enjoy the opera as I do. Put a new face on and enjoy the opera as I do. Listen again! Put / a new face / on / and / enjoy the opera / as / I do. Well , what does it mean? 它的意思是：像我一样去欣赏歌剧，换换心情。

In the above sentence, "put a new face on" means "change one of your moods"。那么，put a new face on在今天的这个句子中的意思是：转换心情。Next , let's look at more example sentences in some certain situations to be familiar with it in order to use it with ease. 下面我们就来看些例句来熟悉put a new face on作为“转换心情”的意思。

如果您是女性朋友的话，当您心情不好的时候，您改如何去put a new face on? 那么Juliet在此提供给您几个妙方，you might as well give it a shot when you are in ill humour。

1. Let's put a new face on , hanging out for shopping. 我们去溜溜街，购购物，换换心情。

那么在您心情不好的时候，不妨画个淡妆，挎个时尚包，邀上几个好友溜溜街，购购物，这确实可以改变您不好的心情。据报道，79 percent of women say they will splurge to cheer themselves up. 79%的受访女性表示，她们将疯狂购物以便换个好心情。Sometimes , so do I. 其实，有时候，我也如此，花些钱买个好心情也值了。

2. Don't complain about it any more. It's no use crying over spilled milk. Just go to a beauty salon² and put a new face on. 不要再怨天尤人了。这是覆水难收，会而无补呀。去美容院做个美容，换个心情吧。

那么，在您心情不好的时候，去美容也是一个不错的方法。因为在美容过程中，您会fancying for perennial³ youth，您脑海中全然是美丽的面孔。如果配合美容师，加上呼吸的配合，您的不好的情绪会得以缓解。

注解：complain about 抱怨，埋怨 cry over spilled milk 做徒劳无益的后悔 go to a beauty salon 做美容3. Have a far in hairdo at a barber. Then, come to have a white night with us , singing and dancing and it would be sure to put a new face on you. 去理发店做个时尚发型，然后今天和我们狂欢一夜，换个心情。

注解：In在这句话中是副词，意思是时尚的，时髦的，相当于be fashionable。它的反义词就是out，过时的。eg. Slangs are often in and out quickly.俚语常常很快地流行，又很快地过时。Far也是副词，意思是很，相当于very much，修饰in，这里是副词修饰副词。此外，掌握三个短语：have a hairdo 做个发型 at a barber 在理发店 have a white night 度过一个不眠之夜Well , just some new clothes, some new hairstyle, new perm, new makeup⁴ ... Everything would make you feel different right away, just do it! These are not expensive.只要一些新衣服，烫个新发型、弄个新装扮，任何能让你改变心情的事，就立刻去做，这些都不贵。在10多年前，我就在报刊上就看到西方人流行一个观点：“要工作，更要一份好的心情。”Yes, I go along with it. Many a pickle⁵ makes a buckle⁶. If you keep yourself depressed⁷ for a long time, you will catch mental illness. And then you can do nothing. 那么，为了您的心理健康，不要吝惜钱包里的钱，消费一下买个好心情。

好，刚才我们通过一个话题学习了一些例句，下面我们就来看看put a new face on作为“转换心情”的用法。Put a new face on作为“转换心情”解时，那么put a new face on中介词on后面就可以跟表示人的名词或者是代词，即：put a new face on somebody, 但是它们通常省略。

 

转自可可英语

1 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

2 salon   

n.[法]沙龙；客厅；营业性的高级服务室

参考例句：

• Do you go to the hairdresser or beauty salon more than twice a week?你每周去美容院或美容沙龙多过两次吗？
• You can hear a lot of dirt at a salon.你在沙龙上会听到很多流言蜚语。

3 perennial   

adj.终年的；长久的

参考例句：

• I wonder at her perennial youthfulness.我对她青春常驻感到惊讶。
• There's a perennial shortage of teachers with science qualifications.有理科教学资格的老师一直都很短缺。

4 makeup   

n.组织；性格；化装品

参考例句：

• Those who failed the exam take a makeup exam.这次考试不及格的人必须参加补考。
• Do you think her beauty could makeup for her stupidity?你认为她的美丽能弥补她的愚蠢吗？

5 pickle   

n.腌汁，泡菜；v.腌，泡

参考例句：

• Mother used to pickle onions.妈妈过去常腌制洋葱。
• Meat can be preserved in pickle.肉可以保存在卤水里。

6 buckle   

n.扣子，带扣；v.把...扣住，由于压力而弯曲

参考例句：

• The two ends buckle at the back.带子两端在背后扣起来。
• She found it hard to buckle down.她很难专心做一件事情。

7 depressed   

adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的

参考例句：

• When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
• His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。