背景知識:
Jamestown colony of Virginia,King George:瑞秋和錢德勒等人打牌,輸了卻不知道給錢,因此錢德勒用喬治三世(King George)把弗吉尼亞的殖民地詹姆斯敦給了美國來作比喻。喬治三世是英國歷史上的君主
,他對北美殖民地采取強硬態度,最終導致美國革命。
詞匯講解:
1. bluff: 以假象騙(人),佯作有把握以騙(人)
eg. Have you ever called someone's bluff?
您是否曾以虛張聲勢來形容某人?
2. break up: 使……分裂
eg. The ship went aground and started to break up.
輪船擱了淺,開始破碎。
3. rematch:(對手之間的)第二次比賽;重賽
eg. By the spring, the governor looked vulnerable in the next election and I began to think of a rematch.
到了春天,懷特州長看上去已經無力贏得連任,我于是開始考慮再次競選州長。
4. nice guy: [口語]好人
eg. Women now know that if they want a nice guy, they have to be less of a mystery.
女子們現在知道了如果想嫁一個好男人,她們必須減少自身的神秘感。