Baby
Basic need
音形義 Everyday Expressions
n. [C] 嬰兒
She is expecting a baby. (她懷孕了。)
注：baby的性別不明時，通常用 it 來指代。
n. 孩子氣的人
Don’t be such a baby! (不要這樣孩子氣!)
n. 寶貝(親愛的)口語體為babe
Hey babe, you’d like another drink?
衍生詞語
babyhood (嬰兒時代);
babyish (幼稚的);
復合詞語
baby-sitter/baby-minder (保姆);
babyfaced (娃娃臉的);
常見搭配 Useful Phrases
小兒語 --- baby talk
乳齒 --- baby tooth
嫩蘿卜--- baby carrots(very small,tender carrots,not fullygrown)
生育高峰 --- baby boom
習語與俗語 Idioms & Slangs
baby kisser --- [美俚] 為拉選票而到處拉攏人心的人
babes and sucklings --- 乳臭未乾的孩子
sleep like a baby --- 睡得香
生活用語 Street Talks
A: Rosemary, will you go to the movies with me tonight?
B: I wish I could, Jo. But my baby’s taking me out to dinnertonight. (情人)
A: Tom, I need your help. It’s out of control here.
B: Come on, dear. You can make it. Come on! Give the talk. Thewhole plan is your baby. (由你 負責)
A: That wasn’t hard at all.
B: No, like stealing candy from a baby.
電影對白 Transcripts
句型 Now when I was a baby, Mama named me after the great CivilWar hero, General Nathan Bedford Forrest. 《阿甘正傳》
對話 Lenora: Who’s your friend?
Gump: My name’s Forrest. Forrest Gump.
Dan: This is cunning Carla and Long-Limbs Lenora.
Lenora: Where you been Baby cakes? Huh? I haven’t seen you around lately. You know you should have been here for Christmas because Tommy bought a round on the house and gave everybody a turkey sandwich. 《阿甘正傳》
諺語 Proverbs
The rich get richer and the poor get babies.
富人發財，窮人得子。
第四節
Beauty
Basic need
音形義 Everyday Expressions
n. [c] 美麗的人或事物
She was a famous beauty in her youth.
n. [u] 美
We shall never forget the beauty of the old Beijing.
n. 優點,極具魅力的特色
The beauty of this machine is its simplicity. (這機器的優點在於簡單。)
衍生詞語
beautify (美化);
beautiful (美麗的);
復合詞語
beauty contest (選美比賽);
beauty salon (美容院);
常見搭配 Useful Phrases
美容師 --- beauty aid
風景點 --- beauty spot
習語與俗語 Idioms & Slangs
beauty sleep --- 美容覺(午夜前的睡眠)
the beauty of sth --- 有優勢的方面
生活用語 Street Talks
A: Mom it hurts.
B: This black eye you got in the fight is a real beauty,huh?!
A: Please! Mom!
Saving petrol, you know, that’s the beauty of buying a smallcar.
The beauty of his new job is that he works his own hours. (flexible hours)
電影對白 Transcripts
句型 And now for your listening and viewing pleasure, direct from Hollywood, California, our very own beatnik beauty, let’s give a big round of applause to the luscious Bobby Dylan. 《阿甘正傳》
對話 Jesse Jackson: It’s beautiful to be black, but beauty is not enough.
Crowd Leader: What do you want?
Crowd Response: Black power! 《阿甘正傳》
諺語 Proverbs
Beauty is but skin-deep.
紅顏易變。
Beauty without virtue is a flower without perfume.
貌美而無德，猶如花之無香。
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. / Beauty lies in lover's eyes.
情人眼裏出西施。
名言 Quotations
“Beauty is truth, truth beauty,”—that is all Ya know on earth, and all ya need to know.John Keats (1795-1821), English poet. Ode on a Grecian Urn.
It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But … it isbetter to be good than to be ugly.Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Anglo-Irish author. Lord Henry, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. 17 (1891).
