動感英語在線學附講解文本[40]

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Movie Dictionary
Fan 迷 Movie fan/ a fan of Christina Auguilera Buff 迷 Movie buff
區別：buff與fan相比，是一種更為俚語化的用法。可以說，movie buff,music buff,但是不能用buff of sth. or sb.的形式。
American Slang
Pep talk 鼓勵人的演說，說辭
例句 My boss gave me a great pep talk before the big meeting.I think it really helped me to close the deal. 在會議之前，老板給我很多鼓勵，這使我能夠把單子簽下來。
Angela needed a good pep talk after she didn't get asked to the prom.
沒有人請Angela跳舞，我們該給她一點鼓勵。
Prom 不同于 party.它對中學生來講是非常重要的一件事情，一種社交場合。
Classic Film Clips
She's in pretty bad shape.她的狀況很不好。 Shape=condition
例句 That bicycle is in pretty bad shape.I'll only give you 30 bucks for that.
這輛自行車這么爛,我只出30塊錢。
He was in pretty bad shape after his girlfriend broke up with him.
因為跟女朋友分手了，所以他的精神狀況非常糟。
This is gonna be tough on both of you.
Be tough on sb.= 1. be very hard work to accomplish one's goal.對…來說很難。
2. 對……要求嚴格，苛刻
例句 Now I know all these studying is tough on you.But when you get accepted to college you'll be happy.
我知道現在對你來說學習很難，可一旦你上了大學，你的前途就一片光明了。
The coach was just being tough on you because he can see your potential.
教練對你要求嚴格是因為他知道你很有潛力。
Let's not make this any harder than it has to be.
Make sth. harder than it has to be=make something easy into something difficult 把……弄得很復雜，多此一舉。
例句 Dave is making it harder than it has to be by insisting we wait for the red light before we cross the street. Dave堅持說要等紅燈變綠燈我們才能過馬路。他真是多此一舉。
Don't make it harder than it has to be.Just do what boss says so we can all get out here early.
你就別添亂了,只要按老板說的去做,我們都能早早收工。
Movie Tunes
Uninvited —電影“天使之城”
Key words:uninvited,flatter,hot-blooded,crave