英語日常口語 Unit40:Right or wrong?

本單元是關于 是對還是錯的對話

Michal: You did what?
Helen: I had to Michal. I had no choice.
Michal: Haven't you got any morals? You know that you're supposed to stick to your friends.
Helen: How could I? He cheated. The professor knew. She had me over a barrel.
Michal: How you say in English? 'A friend in need is a friend indeed'? You didn't turn out to be a very good friend, did you?
Helen: Listen Michal ...
Michal: No, you listen for a change. You're selfish and two-faced Helen. It makes me worry about what you're saying about me behind my back. Now, leave me alone. I don't ever want to speak to you again!
Helen: Oh no Michal!

Vocabulary:（詞匯）

morals (n):（道德）
beliefs about the correct or right way to behave and treat other people

A friend in need is a friend indeed (idiom):（伸出援手的才是朋友）
If someone helps you when you are having a problem that means s/he is a true friend

to have someone over a barrel (idiom):（沒有選擇余地）
to give someone no choice about what s/he will do

two-faced (adj):（雙面人）
to say one thing and then do something different. For example, to say you like someone but then gossip about her/him when s/he isn't there

本單元的語言點是關于友誼的詞匯，請看下面關于友誼的一些詞匯

Friendship vocabulary

Here is some vocabulary to describe some of the different aspects of a friendship關于友誼的一些詞匯

Words for 'friends'（和'朋友'有關的詞匯）

a best friend:
(often used by children) to describe the person they are closest to. A 'best friend' is usually your best friend for life

a close friend: a good friend

a pal: (informal): a friend

a mate:(informal): a friend

a girlfriend: a girl or woman who is your platonic friend or a girl or woman you have a romantic or sexual relationship with

a boyfriend:a boy or man you have a romantic or sexual relationship with

an acquaintance: a person who isn't a friend but someone you know a little

a companion: (an old-fashioned reference) to someone who is paid to live with or look after someone else

Idioms about friendship:（習慣用法）

a shoulder to cry on: someone who listens to your problems
It's always good to talk to Hilary, she's so sympathetic. She's a real shoulder to cry on

see eye to eye: to agree with someone
(usually used in the negative) They don't always see eye to eye on politics but they're still great friends

no love lost: disagree with someone
They used to be best friends but they had a huge fight about money. Now there's no love lost between them

hate someone's guts: to very strongly dislike someone. They fell out and now she hates his guts

clear the air: two people talk about a problem they have been avoiding discussing
I hated the way he kept borrowing things without asking me but we had a chat about it and cleared the air so now he knows to check with me first

bury the hatchet: to stop fighting or quarrelling
After years of arguing about politics with my dad, we finally decided to bury the hatchet and stopped trying to change other's opinions

patch up our differences: to settle an argument
I used to fight a lot with my sister. My mum would always make us apologise and patch up our differences so that we would be friends again

through thick and thin: people who have had some good times and difficult times together
They've been friends for 20 years. They've had a lot of fun over the years but he was unemployed after university and she was very ill for a long time recently. They've really been though thick and thin together