生活英語對話 Episode 2: In the flat

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本單元是關于在公寓的對話

Tim: Alice this is my cousin Michal - our new flatmate. He's really missing his friends.

Alice: Oh, Michal let me take your mind off that...So, where are you from?

Michal: From near Warsaw - the Polish capital.

Alice: Oh, what do you do?

Michal: I'm a guide tourist.

Alice: So interesting! Why are you visiting London?

Michal: To improve my English.

Alice: Oh, well, why not come out with us now? Then we can cheer you up and you can practise your English at the same time.

本單元的語言點是復合詞，復合詞由兩個(或更多)單獨的詞組成?？梢杂妹~(a flatmate)，形容詞(lovesick)或動詞(jump-start)組成復合詞

Compound words are made up of two (or more) separate words. You can combine nouns (a flatmate), adjectives (lovesick) or verbs (jump-start) to make compound words.

Sometimes they become one word (有時它們可組成一個詞):

flatmate (noun)

lovesick (adjective)

Sometimes they become two words (有時它們可組成兩個詞):

tourist guide (noun)

travel agent (noun)

Sometimes they become hyphenated (有時它們可以由連字號，即“-”連接起來):

low-paid (adjective)

film-goer (noun)

Note: There are no hard and fast rules about which category each compound word goes into but a good dictionary will tell you. You can also help yourself by making a note of new compound words you come across and the category they go into.

注意:復合詞應該屬于哪類詞沒有硬性規(guī)定，但查詢一本好詞典一般可以獲得解答。平時遇到新的復合詞的時候應注意記錄，并了解它應該屬于哪類詞。

Generally the stress is on the first word (重讀一般都放在頭一個詞上面):

phone box (noun)

smoke-free (adjective)

spoon-feed (verb)

Vocabulary (詞匯):

A flatmate (n): a person who shares a rented house or flat with other people 與他人共同租住同一個住宅或單元房的人

Lovesick (adj): a feeling of such strong emotion for someone that it makes you feel almost ill (but not actually physically ill) 因思念某人而害相思病(并非身體真的有病)

A tourist guide (n): someone who shows visitors around places of interest 帶領游客四處旅游的導游

Low-paid (adj): earning a small amount of money for working 低收入的

To spoon-feed (v): 1: to feed someone (usually a baby) with a spoon. 2: to give someone so much information or help that a task or job is very easy for them 用調(diào)羹喂某人(如嬰兒、病人);嬌生慣養(yǎng)