視頻對話:
Papi? Flipping out.
爸爸出事了?他頭腦發熱。
I'm totally calm.
我很冷靜。
You're flipping out!
你就是頭腦發熱!
He is threatening not to go to Mexico.
他威脅說不去墨西哥了。
He...he says, you know we can't afford it.
他……他說,你知道我們買不起機票。
本期學習詞匯:
flip
vt.輕彈,輕擊;按(開關);快速翻轉;急揮
vi.發瘋;急動;捻;蹦蹦跳跳
n.瀏覽;空翻;(射擊時槍管的)跳躍;輕拋
adj.[口語]無禮的,輕率的,油腔滑調的;冒失的,魯莽的
flip out 精神失常,發瘋,精神錯亂,情緒激動
例句:
1. He didn't flip on the headlights until he was two blocks away.
他開出兩個街區后才打開車頭燈。
2. The plane then flipped over and burst into flames.
接著飛機突然翻轉并燃起了大火。
3. He got so provoked that he flipped.
他被激怒了,發起火來。
4. He flipped the pages of the diary and began reading the last entry.
他快速翻了一下那本日志,然后開始讀最后一篇。
5. I pulled a coin from my pocket and flipped it.
我從口袋里掏出一個硬幣,把它彈向空中。
6. Because I know he's going to flip out and I hate it when he gets angry.
因為我知道他一定會為此而抓狂,我不想他發怒。
adj. 平的,與飛機有關的
n. 飛機,水平