迷你對話

A: What had make you so upset?

是什么讓你這么不安？

B: Frank has gone out with Lucy again.

Frank又和Lucy出去了。

A: What’s wrong with that?

那又怎么了？

B: Lucy is know as a social butterfly. She has taken many rich men for a ride, you know.

眾所周知，Lucy是一個交際花，他玩弄了許多有錢人。

第一 核心表達

【核心短語】a social butterfly

【解詞釋義】butterfly是指“蝴蝶”，現在用來指“輕浮的人，追求享樂的人”。Social butterfly是指“交際花”“很會交際的人”。

【典型范例】When Miss T'ang arrived home, her parents teased her, Well, our social butterfly is home.

唐小姐回到家里，她父母都打趣她說交際明星回來了。

第二、 詞海拾貝

take for a ride：欺騙人； 用武力帶走某人并加以謀害

【典型范例1】Some day we shall take him for a ride.

有一天我會殺掉他。

【典型范例2】Be careful not to let other people take you for a ride.

當心別讓別人耍弄了。