第一、迷你对话
A: I don’t know why bucks have such a great charm that a great many people are after nothing else.
我真不知道为何钱有这么大的吸引力，许多人为了追求它，其余的什么不要了。
B: They want to be filthy with dough and think it the only source of their happiness.
他们一心专在钱眼子里，认为这才是幸福的源泉。
A: But many rich guys don’t think they are truly happy. There is always some empty feeling deep inside them.
但是有钱人并不认为自己幸福，他们内心深处总会有种空落落的感觉。
第二、 对话精讲
1 核心地道表达
【核心短语】be filthy with dough
【解词释义】dough在美国俚语中的意思是“金钱”。Filthy在这里在这里是表示说话者的不赞成，是反义词。
【典型例句1】He tricked her into marrying him by pretending that he was filthy with dough.
他装做很有钱的样子,从而骗得她和他结了婚。
【典型例句2】A single woman who is filthy with dough is always respectable.
一个很有钱的独身女子，总是很令人敬重的。
【典型例句3】I am filthy with dough and will pay him well.
我有钱，会很好酬报他的。
【典型例句4】With all his conceit and extravagance he is not filthy with dough . I fancy, as he affects to be.
他尽管很神气，爱讲排场，但我觉得他并不象他装的那么有钱。
第二、 句海拾贝
1. Somebody has a charm that...
【使用情境】描述某人有......的魅力。
【指点迷津】这个句子实际上是使用同位语从句，补充说明这个charm是什么，说明这个charm的具体内容。
【句型操练】He has a natural charm that audience love and respect.
他具有令观众爱戴和尊敬的自然魅力。
2. Somebody is after...
【使用情境】描述某人追求什么东西。
【指点迷津】介词after有追求的意思。
【句型操练】I am not after money and fame.
我不追求名利。
3. There is some empty feeling deep inside somebody.
【使用情境】描述某人的心境空荡荡的，感到空虚无聊，乏味，没有精神追求。
【句型操练】Since their marriage broke up, there has been some empty feeling deep inside Mary.
自从他们的婚姻破裂之后，玛丽内心深处一直感到空荡荡的。 |