【英语早间课堂】Just between us.

【主题】

We've learnt four ways of telling somebody to keep a secret which are " Not a word. " ; " I am not one to kiss and tell. " ; " Keep it to yourself. " and " Keep your mouth shut. " And today I would like to share a new expression with you which means¹ " Only you and I know. " which is way to say some information is very private. What's it? Let's listen to a simple situational dialogue and find it. A : Just between us . My marriage isn't going well . B : Are you fighting a lot with your husband?

【答疑解惑】

It is " Just between us ." We also can say "It's between you and me. " "It's between us. " "It's stays between us." "It stays here. " just 可以放在 between 和stay的前面，以表示强调。Just between us字面上的意思是：就在你和我之间。在口语中说及秘密时，意思就是：这是你我之间的秘密（谈话），不要告诉别人。

【即学即用】

Let's put it into practice. Please translate the following sentences into English. 1 只有你和我知道这事。

2 好了，我有主意了，但是这是我们之间的秘密，行吗？

3 在这里说的话不要告诉别人。

Think them hard and the answers will be given later. 1 This is between you and me. 2 Alright , I got an idea. But it stays between us. Agreed ? 3 What's said here stays here. The above sentences are from hit American films . Here are some tips we should pay attention to. 1 Alright 就是 all right .但是在电影中经常写为:Alright.在《老友记》里面 come on 就写为: c'mon. 2 Get an idea 意思是：想到一个注意。

3 Agreed 是个省略句。完整的句子是：Do you agree? 在影视脚本语言中，如果直接用实义动词来提问，相当于一般疑问句， 那么就用这个实义动词的过去式。We've learnt "Do you understand?" 在影视中就是：Understood?

【听透美语】

Please listen to me to read the dialogue to see the differences between my pronunciation and the pronunciation in the recording². 请听我的发音与录音的发音有什么区别。

A: Just between us. My marriage isn't going well. B: Are you fighting a lot with your husband?

I will give explanations to you one by one. 1 just between us ['d??sbtwi:n?s] 【点拨】just 以爆破辅音[t]结尾， between 又以爆破辅音 [d] 开头，因此前一个爆破辅音[t] 这时就要保持沉默了。Between 以辅音[n] 结尾, us 以元音 [ ?] 开头，可以进行连读。 The stress falls on the first syllable³ .

2 isn't going [[i'zn'g?ui?]

【点拨】isn't 以爆破辅音[t]结尾，而going 又以 爆破辅音[g] 开头，因此前面的[t]不发音。The stresses fall on the second and the third syllable. 3 with you [wieju:] 【点拨】with 以辅音[e]结尾，you的发音半元音[ju:], 可以进行连读。

4 fighting ['fa?din]

【点拨】美语中[t??]发音为[din]. 句子中的连读浊音等一要看规则，而要就住特例。

Let's look at the stresses in the following sentences. They depends on a conversational⁴ dialogue in which how the speaker's mood is and your language sense .

1 'Just between us . 2 My 'marriage i'sn't 'going 'well .

3 Are you 'fighting a 'lot with 'your 'husband?

一个句子的重音判断一要看整个对话的情景，说话者的语气，还有一个很重要的是我们的语感。

【小题大作】

My marriage isn't going well . 【翻译】我的婚姻不如意。

【关键词】In this sentence "go" which is a key word refers to progress. It's used to talk about how well or badly something makes progress or succeeds. 意思是：（事情）进展，进行。We'er very familiar with the two sentences orally⁵ which are : Did everything go smoothly⁶? 一切都顺利吗？How's it going? It goes well. 近况如何？很好。

【文法】这句中用现在进行时表示经常出现的情况。Well 是副词，修饰 go，做状语，表程度。

Are you fighting a lot with your husband?

【翻译】你经常和你丈夫吵架吗？

【关键词】In this sentence "fight" means "to have an argument ". Here is a set phrase⁷ which is " fight with somebody about something", about 可以改为over, 意思是：因某事和某人吵架，争辩。For example: It's a trivial⁸ matter and not worth fighting about. 这是桩小事，不值得争吵。

【文法】此句中用现在进行时表示经常发生的事情。A lot 是副词短语修饰fight , 表频率。With your husband 是介词短语，修饰fight, 表对象。

 

转自可可英语

1 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

2 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

3 syllable   

n.音节；vt.分音节

参考例句：

• You put too much emphasis on the last syllable.你把最后一个音节读得太重。
• The stress on the last syllable is light.最后一个音节是轻音节。

4 conversational   

adj.对话的，会话的

参考例句：

• The article is written in a conversational style.该文是以对话的形式写成的。
• She values herself on her conversational powers.她常夸耀自己的能言善辩。

5 orally   

adv.口头地，口述地

参考例句：

• Not to be taken orally!不可入口！
• All candidates must first be orally examined.所有的考生必须先参加口试。

6 smoothly   

adv.平滑地，顺利地，流利地，流畅地

参考例句：

• The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。
• Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。

7 phrase   

n.短语，词组；成语，习语

参考例句：

• The phrase was caught on and immediately became popular.这个短语被采用后很快就流行了。
• That's exactly the phrase I was looking for.这就是我一直找的那个短语。

8 trivial   

adj.琐碎的，不重要的，无价值的

参考例句：

• Be patient.Don't lose your temper over trivial matters.忍着点，别为了一点小事发火。
• It's useless to fire away with such trivial details.喋喋不休地谈这些琐碎细节是无用的。