英語日常口語 Unit33:The dripping tap

本單元是關于滴水的龍頭的對話

Michal: Hey Tim, what are you doing?
Tim: I'm fixing this tap. I can't put up with that drip-drip noise anymore.
Michal: Have you turned off the water?
Tim: I told you. That's what I'm working on.
Michal: I mean the main water supply? Have you cut it off?
Tim: No, I haven't. Stop worrying and let me get on with this.
Michal: I don't think you should carry on doing that!
Tim: It's okay, just one more turn of the spanner.
Michal: I really think you should stop.
Tim: Oh, go away Michal. You're putting me off. One more turn and then ... aaaaaargh! Oh no! Michal! Help! Stop the water! Aaaaaargh!

Vocabulary: 詞匯

a tap:
the thing you turn to let water run into a sink
水龍頭

a spanner:
a tool used to turn nuts
扳手

to drip:
when small drops of water fall regularly, from a tap or a leaking roof
滴水

to cut something off:
to stop the supply of something, to disconnect something
切斷...

to get on with something:
to do something without delay
開始做...

to carry on:
to continue
繼續做...

to put someone off:
to distract someone
打斷某人做事

to put up with something:
to tolerate something
忍受某事

本單元語言點是短語動詞，動詞片語由兩個字組成，主要的一個動詞和一個介詞，看看下面的短語動詞例句。

Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal verbs are composed of two words: a main verb and a particle.
Look at these examples from this week's episode:

to turn something off:
to stop something working, to switch something off

to work on something:
to concentrate on a task, to do a task

to cut something off:
to stop the supply of something, to disconnect something

to get on with something:
to do something without delay

to carry on:
to continue

to put someone off:
to distract someone

to put up with something:
to tolerate something

There are four different types of phrasal verb:
有四種不同類型的動詞片語

Type A

These phrasal verbs take a direct object (they are transitive):
I turned off the water
I cut off the water
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You can separate the two parts of the phrasal verb with the object:
I turned the water off
I cut the water off
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If you use an object pronoun(me, you, him, her, it, us, them) you must separate the two parts of the phrasal verb:
I turned it off
I cut it off
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Type B

These phrasal verbs take a direct object(they are transitive) but you cannot separate the two parts of the verb:
I'm working on a new project
I'm working on it

Keep off the grass!
Keep off it!

Type C:

These phrasal verbs do not take a direct object (they are intransitive) and you never separate the two parts of the verb:
Tim didn't stop. He carried on
The water finally ran out

Type D:

These phrasal verbs are composed of three words. They always have a direct object and you never separate these words with the object or the object pronoun:
I put up with it for too long
She is looking forward to the weekend

One verb, two types:

Some phrasal verbs can be both Type C and Type D. You can add a new particle so that the verb can then take a direct object:
To carry on/ to carry on with something
Even though he was tired, he carried on
Even though he was tired, he carried on with his work

To check out/to check out of somewhere
She checked out at 10 o'clock
She checked out of the hotel at 10 o'clock

Verb patterns:

If you have another verb after a phrasal verb, you always use the gerund form (-ing) of the second verb:
He carried on working
I'm looking forward to meeting you