Unit Two

day

義 Everyday Expressions
He goes on a walk every day.
Most people work during the day.
I got a day off work.

生活用語Street Talks
A: You know what? They lengthened the working day from
eight to nine hours.
B: That’s ridiculous!
A: What time do you get up every day?
B: Six o’clock.
A: Here’s your change, sir.
B: Thank you. Bye.
A: Have a nice day. Come again. (再見/ 祝你愉快）
A: I’ll find you then on your payday.
B: That’ll be the day. (但愿有這一天；做夢）
Go for your gun! Move a muscle! Go ahead, make my day!
(老兄，成全我吧) (注：警察對罪犯常說的話；希望罪犯采取一點反抗行為，使警方能合法地槍斃罪犯。)
　　
dog

義 Everyday Expressions
I walk my dog every morning. (溜狗)
You lucky dog!
生活用語Street Talks
A: Hurry up Peter. You’re late already.
B: Shit! My dogs are killing me. Wait, Lorra! (腳）
That dirty dog tried to cheat me! (卑鄙的家伙)
Victoria is the top dog in this company.
He’s a dirty dog, always chasing whores for free.
Would you quit dogging me about the assignment?
We’ll have two hot dogs and two beers.
What have you done to my girl? You dog! (你這混蛋)

諺語Proverbs
Love me, love my dog.
愛屋及烏。
Every dog has his day.
凡人皆有得意日。
You can not teach an old dog new tricks.
老人舊習難改。
Let sleeping dogs lie.
莫惹是生非。
eye

　　
　　義 Everyday Expressions
Tom is a boy with blue eyes.
She is slowly losing her eyesight.
Mr. White has an eye for pictures.
　　生活用語Street Talks
Why did I sleep with her? Simply eh,eh, ‘cause she has
bedroom eyes. (勾魂的媚眼; sexy eyes）
A: Happy birthday, Jonny!
B: Oh, my eye! I’ve never seen such a big cake! (哎呀)
A: Mama…
B: Oh, gee! Honey, tell me who gave you that black eye. (青眼眶）
A: Scot! You know what? Anna gave me the eye. It really surprised me. (暗送秋波)
B: She makes goo-goo eyes at everybody! (媚眼）
A: No! It’s different! Like magic! You know? She hit me between the eyes the moment I saw her. (發生深刻印象）
Joanna is growing up before my eyes. (在眼皮子底下)
He has big blue eyes and long blond hair.
Let’s just put on my eyes before we go outside. (墨鏡 sunglasses）

　　諺語Proverbs
All evil eye can see no good.
惡人眼里無好人。
Out of sight, out of the heart.
別久情疏。
food

　　義 Everyday Expressions
I have not touched food today.
food, clothing, and housing （衣食住）
　　
　　生活用語Street Talks
Man, this is shit food, I’m not paying for it.
A: How’s the food?
B: It’s pretty good.
A: Well I don’t think so. I don’t like it at all!
B: I’m afraid you’re being too particular about your food.
A: I eat dog food when my parents are out. (亂七八糟的食物)
B: We’re in the same boat! I’ve eaten fast food the whole week. I hate it now. (我倆彼此彼此)
A: Poor us! All this junk food lacks nutrition! (垃圾食品)
B: Caul, let’s dine out tonight for a change!（下館子）
A: Good idea!

foot ( feet )

　　義 Everyday Expressions
Rose hurt her foot.
　　　　
Tom is six feet tall.
He walked with a heavy foot.
　　生活用語 Street Talks
She didn’t change her feet when she came home. (換鞋)
A: I’ve never bungee jumped. (蹦極)
B: C’mon get your feet wet. (try)
Paulo is six feet tall, and Michael is, too.
A: Which foot hurts? Is it the left one?
B: No, the right one.
A: Tom’s baby boy is so cute.
B: Yeah, and I wonder how old the baby was when it began to find its feet? (站立和行走)
A: Jean, could you lend me your bicycle please?
B: Oh, Tom, I’m afraid not. Its tyres are worn!
C: Shit! Ok, never mind. I’ll foot it over to the drug store. See you! (快走)
A: You know John?
B: No! What about him?
A: He’s a well-known heavy foot. (常開快車的司機)
A: Jenny, please believe me. You are my only love! Honey!
B: I’m not stupid, Jack! You have a foot in both camps.
A: I’ve told you, never ever do that again!
B: I’m sorry Dad.
A: If you try it again, I’ll give you the foot. See? (踢某人)

friend

　　
　　義 Everyday Expressions
A friend of mine gave me a bunch of flower on my birthday.
He was a friend of the poor.
He was a friend to all good causes.
　　生活用語Street Talks
A: Hi,Tom. Who’s your friend? (跟在你后邊的是誰)
B: My little brother Fred.
A: Hi, Fred.
A: I need something more than a fair-weather friend. (不能共患難的朋友）
B: I agree.
John and I are old friends.
He was my first good friend here.
What is a friend for? (朋友不就是做這個的嗎？)

　　諺語Proverbs
A good friend is my nearest relation.
良友如近親。
A friend is easier lost than found.
朋友易失不易得。
A friend in court is better than a penny in purse.
曩中有錢，不如朝中有友。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患難朋友才是真朋友。
A friend is best found in adversity.
患難見真友。
A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.
廣交友，無深交。
future

　　
　　義 Everyday Expressions
What will be the future of China?
Andy has a bright future.
　　生活用語Street Talks
A: I’m sorry I was late.
B: Be on time in the future.
A: Angela, I heard you gave up your job?
B: Yeah, because there’s no future in it. (前途）
A: I’m sorry for my mistakes.
B: Try to be more careful in future. (今后)
A: Alice is for sure a good student.
B: Yeah! I see a bright future before her.
A: We’re trying to plan our future.
B: If you knew what the future was going to be like, life would be boring.
A: I can’t believe it. Jane wears such a strange pair of shoes.
B: Yeah, such futuristic shoes will be popular in 2008.
　　諺語Proverbs
When all else is lost the future still remains.
一切全失，未來仍存。
The future becomes the present if we fight for it.
只要肯奮斗，遠景變現實。
girl

　　
　　義 Everyday Expressions
There are more girls than boys in our class.
My little girl is ill.
John and his girl came to lunch.
　　生活用語Street Talks
A: Tom’s a mama’s boy!
B: And he still calls his mother “old girl” too.
A: Jean and Joan are unbelievably different girls. And you’ll never believe they are cousins.
B: You said it! Jean’s so excellent that her boss praised her as his girl Friday; Joan, on the other hand is a party girl and spends little time on study.
A: Did you meet Wallace’s girlfriend? She’s gorgeous!
B: I only heard recently that Wally got her into trouble!
He’s going to a party with Marta, the Columbian girl.

glass

　　義 Everyday Expressions
A mirror is made of glass.
I drink a glass of milk every day!

In two weeks, I broke three pairs of glasses! Can you believe it?
　　生活用語Street Talks
A: Could I have a glass of water please?
B: Sure, make yourself at home.
A: I’d like to raise my glass to our host! (干杯)
B: Cheers.
A: Take another glass, everybody.
(再喝一杯; or take another drink)
B: Let’s drain the glass to the bottom.
(讓我們一飲而盡。Or Bottoms up!)
A: What’s wrong with your finger?
B: I cut my hand on some broken glass.
A: Please pour this milk into that glass.
B: Ok. My pleasure.

　　諺語Proverbs
Women and glass are always in danger.
女人和玻璃，總在危險中。
hair

　　義 Everyday Expressions
My hair used to be very long.
There’s a hair in my soup.

　　生活用語Street Talks
A: Wow, what a gorgeous lady!
B: Which one?
A: The one with long and black hair.
A: I wish I hadn’t married Harry.
B: Why?
A: Well, he’s always getting in my hair. (惹惱某人)
A: I have been fearing my hair out over this math problem.
B: Don’t worry about it,it’s no big deal.
A: My daughter gets me grey hair. She does drug a lot; sleeps with many men.
B: A typical fallen angel.
I hope I remember to ask the barber not to cut my hair too short.
When I heard the strange cry, my hair stood on end.

heart

　　義 Everyday Expressions
His heart stopped heating and he died soon afternards
I want to argue with my boss, but I didn’t have the heart.
Your article doesn’t touch on the heart of the subject.
He has a kind heart.
　　生活用語Street Talks
A: Leo is a good-natured man at heart. (從根本上、內在的)
B: That’s why it came home to my heart. (那感動了我)
A: Frankly, I’m jealous of you. I wish I could marry a man of heart like your husband. (心腸好的人)
B: You will.
A: Do you really want this job?
B: From the bottom of heart… (確實很愿意；or deep down)
A: You were speeding. I have to give you a ticket.
B: Have a heart, officer. I wasn’t going all that fast. (發發善心吧)
A: I’m sorry to hear about your Dad’s accident. How’s your mom?
B: Mom broke her heart over his death.
My uncle had a heart attack last year.
Michael’s a man after my own heart!
My heart skips a beat when he kisses me.

　　諺語Proverbs
What comes from the heart goes to the heart.
肺腑之言感人心。
The heart of a fool is in his mouth but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
愚者的心長在嘴里，智者的嘴長在心里。
Hearts may agree, though heads differ.
見解縱不同，感情可一致。
home

　　義 Everyday Expressions
I made my home in the country. (我搬到鄉下住了。)
India is the home of tigers.
I hope to set up my own little home.
I went home to my mother.
　　生活用語Street Talks
A: Happy birthday, Jenny.
B: Wow, thanks! Come on in. Make yourself at home. (請不要拘束)
A: What’s your home/goal in college? (目標)
B: To study law and become a lawyer in the future.
A: Good. As you’ve set your goal, what you need to do now is to home in/target on it. (朝著目標走)
B: I see, sir.
He is at home in American literature. (精通)
On the way back home, we had a flat tire.
Paul and I never used to be home on weekends.

　　諺語Proverbs
Home is where the heart is.
心在哪里，那里就是家。
An Englishman’s home is his castle.
英國人的家就是城堡。（為隨心所欲的天地。）
There’s no place like home.
金窩銀窩不如自己的土窩。