迷你对话学地道口语第878期:应酬话,闲聊

 　　一， 迷你对话

　　A: But you have only given me your chin music, I’m still in the dark about what exactly is your plane.

　　你一直在跟我闲聊，我还是不知道你的计划到底是什么？

　　B: Well, I’m thinking of having a real wonderful vacation somewhere with you.

　　嗯，我正在考虑和你一起去哪个什么地方好好玩玩。

　　A: I know we will go somewhere. But where?

　　我知道我们要去玩，但是去哪儿呢？

　　B: How about Tibet?

　　西藏怎么样？

　　第二， 地道表达

　　chin music

　　1. 解词释义

　　Chin music是美国俚语，表示“闲聊”“空聊”“闲谈”等意思。它是名词性短语，作谓语表示闲谈，可以用give sb. one’s chin music这个结构。

　　2. 拓展例句

　　e.g. The interview resolved itself into a pleasant chin music.

　　会见变成了愉快的闲聊。

　　e.g. Let' s stop our chin music and get down to basics.

　　我们别再闲聊了, 静下心来干些要紧的事吧。

　　e.g. I met him the other day on the street and he gave me his chin music about travel in Paris.

　　我在不久前的一天街上碰到他，便闲聊了一会儿有关巴黎旅游的情况。

　　e.g. In the evenings he installed himself in the window seat in the kitchen, smoking and giving Mary his chin music.

　　晚上，他总是在厨房的窗下坐定，抽着烟和玛丽闲聊。

　　第三， 词海拾贝

　　1. in the dark

　　（1） 黑暗中

　　e.g. All the lights went out and we were left in the dark.

　　所有的灯都熄了, 周围一片黑暗。

　　e.g. They suffered untold¹ terrors in the dark and huddled² together for comfort.

　　他们遭受着黑暗中的难以言传的种种恐怖，因而只好挤在一堆互相壮胆。

　　（2） 不知道

　　e.g. I managed to keep my parents in the dark about this.

　　我设法对父母瞒下了此事。

　　e.g. I'm as much in the dark as you.

　　我和你一样毫不知情。

　　e.g. We were kept completely in the dark about his plan to sell the company.

　　对他计划将公司出售一事, 我们一直蒙在鼓里。

　　2. think of：思考，考虑

　　e.g. Does she really think of adopting teaching as a profession?

　　她真想拿教书作正式的职业吗？

　　e.g. Think of the end at every beginning.

　　凡事开头时就要想到它的后果。

　　3. have a vacation：度假

　　e.g. How I wish to have a long vacation these days!

　　这些天我多么希望去度一次长假啊!

　　e.g. Even if we could have had a vacation, we might not have wanted to.

　　即便是我们可以度假的话，我们也可能不去休呢。

　　4. How about：……怎么样？

　　e.g. How about the price list? Does it have a guarantee to go with it?

　　价格表呢？有没有附保证书呢？

　　e.g. How about meeting each other half-way with the price gap?

　　我们折衷一下如何？

　　第四，语法点拨

　　I’m still in the dark about what exactly is your plane.

　　要点解析：in the dark about something表示不知道某事的意思。此句中about后面跟的是由疑问代词引导的宾语从句——what exactly is your plane。

1 untold   

adj.数不清的，无数的

参考例句：

• She has done untold damage to our chances.她给我们的机遇造成了不可估量的损害。
• They suffered untold terrors in the dark and huddled together for comfort.他们遭受着黑暗中的难以言传的种种恐怖，因而只好挤在一堆互相壮胆。

2 huddled   

挤在一起（huddle的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• We huddled together for warmth. 我们挤在一块取暖。
• We huddled together to keep warm. 我们挤在一起来保暖。