LECTURE 31 基本動(dòng)詞 GET 10

LECTURE 31 基本動(dòng)詞 GET 10

詞組講解

1. get down to business 〔work〕 **開始做正事；進(jìn)入嚴(yán)肅話題

解 習(xí)語；詞義溯源：［下降（down）］到達(dá)［正事、工作（business，work）］

例 Don't bother to bring your proposals with you tomorrow. Mr. Chen wants everybody to take a tour of the new factory first. Then we'll get down to business on the second day. Okay?

2. get down to cases **開始談?wù)?，著手干正?

解 習(xí)語；詞義溯源：［下降（down）］到達(dá)［問題，事件（cases）］

例 Once the engineers have re-drafted the building's plans, we can get down to cases on such things as what style of bricks you want, the color of the floors, the type of furniture, etc.

3. get down to the nitty-gritty *認(rèn)真考慮細(xì)節(jié)

解 俚語；詞義溯源：［下降（down）］到達(dá)［問題的核心、本質(zhì)（nitty-gritty）］

例 Ithink it was about 11:00 PM that we actually got down to the nitty-gritty. We worked through the night and had our costumes ready for the parade by 12:00 the next day.

4. get 〔have〕 goose bumps 〔pimples〕 **起雞皮疙瘩，毛骨悚然

解 習(xí)語；詞義溯源：得到［（因寒冷、恐懼、興奮等） 起雞皮疙瘩（goose bumps，goose pimples）］的狀態(tài)

例 You're silly, Debby. You actually get goose bumps when you talk to Mr. Hartz? I admit he's cute, but don't you think you're reacting like a high school girl?

5. get gray hair 〔hairs〕 **變得非常緊張、焦慮；因擔(dān)心而變得蒼老

解 習(xí)語；詞義溯源：有著［花白的（gray）］［頭發(fā)（hair）］；參照give sb. gray hair〔hairs〕

例 You think taking care of children is easy? Why don't you try it? You'll see just how demanding and exhausting it is. You'll be getting gray hairs in less than a week.

鞏固練習(xí)

(A) get down to business

(B) get down to cases

(C) get down to the nitty-gritty

(D) get goose bumps

(E) get gray hair

1. A: Do you ______ when the teacher accidently scratches the board with the chalk? B: You mean those little bumps on your skin that you get when the temperature is cool? No, it has no effect on me.

2. A: Are you sure you want to be a stock broker? It'll cause you a lot of stress and frustration. B: I know I'll ______, but the money makes it worth the trouble!

3. A: For three hours you all sat around drinking beer and exchanging stories about girls? Did you ever ______? B: No, that's not the way in their culture. You never begin to talk about the purpose of your meeting until the second day.

4. A: There's no time to waste. I think everybody knows all the general information, so as soon as the meeting starts, I want to start talking about the specifics. Any objections? B: None. We'll skip the preliminary stuff and ______ right away.

5. A: Once you have all the ingredients ready, it's time to start the actual work of making a cake. Shall we start? B: Okay. Well, wait a minute. Before we ______ of making this cake, let's remind our television audience about safety in the kitchen. If your children are...

■ ANSWER

1. (D)

2. (E)

3. (A)

4. (B)

5. (C)

參考譯文

I. 1. 你不用明天交意見書。陳先生想讓大家先參觀一下新工廠，第二天再開始辦正事。好嗎？

2. 工程師們重新起草這棟建筑的方案后，我們就可以開始討論實(shí)質(zhì)性問題了，比如你想用哪種類型的磚、地板用哪種顏色、家具要什么樣式等等。

3. 我想我們是在晚上11點(diǎn)的時(shí)候才開始真正認(rèn)真考慮細(xì)節(jié)的。我們連夜加班，趕在第二天12點(diǎn)前，把游行用的服裝準(zhǔn)備好了。

4. 你太傻了，黛比。與哈茨先生交談的時(shí)候，你都會(huì)起雞皮疙瘩嗎？我承認(rèn)他很可愛，但是你不覺得你的反應(yīng)就像個(gè)女高中生嗎？

5. 你以為照看孩子那么簡(jiǎn)單嗎？你為什么不自己試試？你會(huì)知道這要求有多高，多費(fèi)勁。你不到一周便會(huì)憂心忡忡。

II. 1. A：老師的粉筆偶爾刮黑板的時(shí)候，你會(huì)不會(huì)起雞皮疙瘩？B：你是說天冷的時(shí)候，皮膚上長(zhǎng)出的那種小疙瘩嗎？不，它對(duì)我沒有任何影響。

2. A：你確定你想做股票經(jīng)紀(jì)人嗎？這會(huì)給你帶來許多壓力和挫折。B：我知道我會(huì)緊張焦慮，但是只要有錢，這些麻煩都值了！

3. A：你們就只坐在一起喝了三個(gè)小時(shí)啤酒，相互吹噓跟女孩子一起的故事嗎？你們有沒有談?wù)?？B：沒有，那不是他們的文化背景下的做事方式。大家只有到第二天才正式開始談?wù)摃?huì)面的目的。

4. A：不能浪費(fèi)時(shí)間了。我想所有人都了解了大致信息，所以會(huì)議一開始，我們就談?wù)摷?xì)節(jié)。有沒有不同意見？B：沒有，我們將略過開始部分，直接討論實(shí)質(zhì)問題。

5. A：所有原料都準(zhǔn)備好之后，就可以開始著手做蛋糕了。我們可以開始了嗎？B：好。哦，等一下。在我們了解做蛋糕的細(xì)節(jié)之前，我們要提醒電視機(jī)前的觀眾有關(guān)廚房的安全問題。如果您的孩子……