生活英语手册 081（5.友好交谈－5.5评头品足）

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你听说玛丽的事了？
Did you hear what happend to mary?
你怎么知道的？
How do you know?
你从哪里听说的？
Where did you hear that?
只是听说而已.
It's just hear-say.
你想听有趣的事吗？
Do you want to hear something interesting?
我有一件事告诉你，但你不要告诉别人.
I'll tell you something, but don't pass it on to anyone else.
他多才多艺.
He's versatile¹.
她很有才华.
She's very talented.
她是个很能干的人.
She's real go-getter.
她口才很好.
She's eloquent².
她爸爸是个学术渊博的老师.
Her father is a teacher with great learning.
她是个博览全书的女孩.
She's a well-read girl.
约翰是个书虫.
John is a bookworm.
他见多识广.
He's a man of the world.
他很会看人.
He's a good judge of character.
他是个守信用的人.
He's a man of his word.
他为人正派.
He flies right.
他是个好人.
He's a good guy.
他容易相触.
He's easy to get along with.
他办事效率高.
He's efficient.
他助人为乐.
He's always ready to help others.
他性格开朗。
He has a pleasant personality.
他诚实可靠.
He's honest and reliable.
他很忠诚.
He's faithful.
她很有事业心.
She is enterprising.
他精力充沛.
He's energetic.
他富有创新精神.
He's creative.
他是个有责任心的人.
He's a responsible man.
她很细心.
She's thoughtful.
他很有主见.
He knows his own mind.
他很内向.
He's very reserved.
她做事优柔寡断.
She's shilly-shally.
她不会让你失望的.
She's irresolute³ and hesitant.
他的脾气很好.
He has a good temper.
他心底善良.
He's kind-hearted.
他看起来比实际年龄要小.
He looks young for his age.
她身材很好.
She has a good figure.
她吃的很少.
She eats like a bird.
你很有胆量.
You have a lot of guts⁴.
他经常说谎.
He often tells lies.
他好高务远.
He's aiming too high.
他爱吹牛.
He likes to brag⁵.
她经常讲别人的坏话.
She often speaks ill of others.
她净会说好话.
She's a smooth talker.
她喜欢出风头.
She likes to show off.
她是个马屁精.
She's a boot licker.
她是个长舌妇.
She's a gossip.
他话很多.
He's talkative.
她好管嫌事.
She's nosing.
他头脑简单.
He's simple-minded.
他爱摆架子.
He's acting⁶ big.
他一无是处.
He's good for nothing.
他是个败家子.
He's a black sheep.
他是个老顽固.
He's a stubborn old man.
他喜欢小题大作.
He's a die-hard.
他是个烟鬼.
He's a chain smoker⁷.
他难以捉摸.
He's vague.
他很好色.
He's fresh.
他很令人讨厌.
He's very offensive.
他骄傲自大.
He's stuck-up.
他很狡诈.
He's as sly as a fox.

1 versatile   

adj.通用的，万用的；多才多艺的，多方面的

参考例句：

• A versatile person is often good at a number of different things.多才多艺的人通常擅长许多种不同的事情。
• He had been one of the game's most versatile athletes.他是这项运动中技术最全面的运动员之一。

2 eloquent   

adj.雄辩的，口才流利的；明白显示出的

参考例句：

• He was so eloquent that he cut down the finest orator.他能言善辩，胜过最好的演说家。
• These ruins are an eloquent reminder of the horrors of war.这些废墟形象地提醒人们不要忘记战争的恐怖。

3 irresolute   

adj.无决断的，优柔寡断的，踌躇不定的

参考例句：

• Irresolute persons make poor victors.优柔寡断的人不会成为胜利者。
• His opponents were too irresolute to call his bluff.他的对手太优柔寡断,不敢接受挑战。

4 guts   

v.狼吞虎咽，贪婪地吃，飞碟游戏（比赛双方每组5人，相距15码，互相掷接飞碟）；毁坏（建筑物等）的内部( gut的第三人称单数 )；取出…的内脏n.勇气( gut的名词复数 )；内脏；消化道的下段；肠

参考例句：

• I'll only cook fish if the guts have been removed. 鱼若已收拾干净，我只需烧一下即可。
• Barbara hasn't got the guts to leave her mother. 巴巴拉没有勇气离开她妈妈。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 brag   

v./n.吹牛，自夸；adj.第一流的

参考例句：

• He made brag of his skill.他夸耀自己技术高明。
• His wealth is his brag.他夸张他的财富。

6 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

7 smoker   

n.吸烟者，吸烟车厢，吸烟室

参考例句：

• His wife dislikes him to be a smoker.他妻子不喜欢他当烟民。
• He is a moderate smoker.他是一个有节制的烟民。