迷你对话
A: It sounds that you have a high opinion of him.
听起来你对他评价很高呀。
B: He is an all-right guy. I have no bone to pick with him.
他这人不错,我跟他没什么矛盾。
A: Birds of feather flock together.
真实物以类聚,人以群分。
B: But he is not a fine wether friend who could sell you down the river.
但她不是那种靠不住的,随时都会出卖你的朋友。
A: You cannot judge a person that way. I have a hunch that he is a sly dog.
你不能这么说,我有预感他是个阴险的人。
B: Depends on with whom. He may be doing things on the sly, but he is honest with me. I trust him.
看对谁呢?他也许办事狡猾,但是对我还是挺诚实的,我相信他。
A: You can never tell. He might do you in when he sees an angle in doing it.
那可说不准,看什么时候有利可图时,他就会坑害你。
对话精讲
第一、 地道表达
【 核心短语 】all-right
【解词释义】all-right和all right要区分开。All-right做形容词时表示“还不错的,还过得去”。All-right中的all表示“很好,优秀”,各方面都不错的人当然应为“优秀”的人了。引申为“可靠的”“可信的”或“善良的”的意思。
【 典型范例1 】We will answer for it that the test is all-right.
我们保证这个试验是可靠的。
【 典型范例2 】The caretaker of the warehouse was all-right.
那个看管仓库的人是很可靠的。
【 典型范例3 】The facts have been drawn from all-right sources.
这些材料是从可靠的来源得来的。
【 典型范例4 】I can assure you that the news is all-right.
我可以向你保证这消息是可靠的。
第二、 词海拾贝
have a high opinion of something or somebody:高度评价,对......有好的看法,认为......很好
【 典型例句1 】Up to now, the customers have a high opinion of the quality of our service.
到目前为止,顾客对我们的服务质量评价甚高。
【典型例句2 】We have a high opinion of his work.
我们对他的工作评价很高。
【典型例句3 】I have a high opinion of that man.
我对那人评价很高。
have a bone to pick with:与......争辩
【 典型范例1 】I have a bone to pick with you. You still owe me the fifteen dollars you borrowed.
我有账跟你算。你向我借的十五美金还没还呢!
【典型范例2】 I can't make out why he seems to have a bone to pick with almost everyone.
我真搞不懂为什么他好象和几乎每个人都有仇似的。
a fair-wether friend:唯利是图的朋友,不能共患难的朋友
【典型范例 1】Bill stayed for lunch but he wouldn't help me with the yard work. He's just a fair-weather friend.
Bill就知道等着吃中午饭,他不会帮助我们清理院子的。他是个唯利是图的人。
【典型范例2】 A fair-weather friend isn't much help in an emergency.
唯利是图的朋友在紧急形式下帮不上忙。
sell sb down the river:出卖某人
【典型范例 】You'll go or I'll sell you down the river. You'll never see your mother again or anybody you know and I'll sell you for a field hand too.
你得给我马上走,要不我就卖了你,叫你以后永远也见不到你妈和其他任何一个熟人,我还要把你卖出去当大田的劳工。
have a hunch:有预感
【典型范例1 】I have a hunch that it will snow soon.
我有快要下雪的预感。
【典型范例2】 Did she have a hunch that my business is going on the rocks?
她是不是预感到我的生意要垮台?
depend on
【释义1】取决于......依靠......依赖......
【 典型范例1 】All living things depend on the sun for their growth.
万物靠太阳生长。
【典型范例2】 This is an authentic news report.We can depend on it.
这是篇可靠的新闻报道,我们相信它。
on the sly:秘密地,偷偷地
【 典型范例1 】Now they wouldn't have to socialize on the sly.
现在他们不必偷偷摸摸地进行社交交往了。
【 典型范例2 】Some officials claimed to unhook connections with the companies but still maintained close ties on the sly.
某些干部口称已跟公司脱钩,可暗中仍然保持联系。
be honest with:对......诚实
【典型范例1 】I made the mistake of being honest with you.
我错误地和你坦诚相待。
【典型范例2 】I admire your honesty, and so I must be honest with you.
我很欣赏你的诚实,所以我也要对你说实话。
do in:杀害; 搞垮; 损坏; 累垮
【典型范例 】Whoever did him in removed a man who was brave as well as ruthless.
无论谁杀了他,都是除掉了一个既勇猛又残忍的人。
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