It is also lonely among men.

I can carry you further than any ship could take you. I can help you someday,if you grow too home-sick for your own planet.

知识点笔记：

Home-sick

想家，思乡

【例句一】

I'm home-sick.

我想家了。

【例句二】

A: What's wrong?

你怎么了？

B: Nothing, I'm just a little home-sick. I miss my mom's cooking is all.

没事，我就是有点想家。我想我妈妈做的饭了。

例句中有一个口语非正式表达：

...is all.

某件事情就是我想说的

比如我们可以说：

You're funny is all.

你就是很奇怪嘛。

Grow home-sick

越来越想家/开始想家

【例句一】

I've been growing home-sick lately. I haven't been back home in over 2 years.

我最近越来越想家了。我已经2年多没回家了。

【例句二】

If you grow home-sick, just call your family.

如果你开始想家了，就给你家里人打电话呗。

继续剧情：

That was double scary, huh?

真是双倍的吓人啊。

Triple and quadruple.

三倍和四倍的。

Triple

三倍

它既可以作为形容词，也可以作为动词，比如：

【例句一】

I'll give you triple amount of the money.

我会给你三倍的价钱。

【例句二】

I can help you triple your test score if you study with me.

如果你跟我一起学习，我能让你的考试分数乘三。

【例句三】

Al tripled his initial offer to buy my bike. I think I'm gonna take it.

Al给出了他初始价格的三倍来买我的自行车，我想我要接受这个价格了。

Quadruple

四倍

它也有动词和形容词的表达。

【例句一】

Why are we paying quadruple the price for an inferior product?

我们为什么要为一个烂产品付4倍的钱？

【例句二】

I got rid of a lot of furniture in my apartment and quadrupled the space.

我公寓里的很多家具都被我扔了，空间扩大了四倍。