《老爸老妈浪漫史》S01E15学习笔记（第五部分）
1.Shannon: It's just, he'sstill supporting me.解析：support: to provide enough money forsomeone to pay for all the things they need 养活例：I have a wife and two children to support.（我还要养活老婆和两个孩子。） support somebody by (doing) something She supports her family by teaching eveningclasses.（她靠在夜校教书养家糊口。） support yourself I have no idea how I am going to supportmyself.（我不知道要怎么养活自己。） 1. Shannon: Look,he's coming by soon to talk about it. 解析：come by: to make a short visit to a placeon your way to somewhere else 顺路拜访某地 例：He said he'd come by later.（他说他待会会过来。） I'llcome by the house and get my stuff later, OK?（我待会过来拿我寄存的东西，好吗？）Barney: She was in themiddle of a heated argument with her dad.解析：be in the middle of (doing) something: tobe busy doing something例：Can I call you back - I'm in the middle ofa meeting.（我稍候给你回电话好吗？我正忙着开会。） I was in the middle of sorting some paperswhen the phone rang.（电话响的时候，我正忙着整理文件。） Marshall: Barney,that was really embarrassing for both of us. We just earned a huge chunk of story.解析：a (huge/large) chunk (of): a large part oramount of something例：The rent takes a large chunk out of mymonthly salary.（我月薪很大一部分要用来付房租。） A huge chunk of the audience got up andleft before the end of the show.（演出还没结束就有很多观众起身离开了。） 1. Shannon: Youshould go to the Peace Corps and forget about me.解析：forget: 既可以做“及物动词”，也可以做“不及物动词”。（1）及物动词：例：I'm sorry, I’ve forgotten your name.（抱歉，我不记得你名字了。） What happened that day will never beforgotten.（那天发生的事大家都忘不了。） （2）不及物动词：例：**** Hidden Message ***** Barney: Sheand Greg dated for a while and then split up.解析：split up: if people split up, or if someonesplits them up, they end a marriage or relationship with each other 分手 例：Steve's parents split up when he was four.（史蒂夫的父母在他四岁时离婚了。） split up with I thought she'd split up with herboyfriend.（我觉得她已经跟男朋友分手了。）split somebody up Why would she try to split us up?（她为什么想拆散我们？） Barney: Buthere's the real kicker: Shannon is a mom.解析：kicker: a surprising or important ending tosomething 备注：''kicker''常用于美式英语中。 例：The kicker came when the reporter asked therunner whether she was tired.（记者问她比赛完累不累，她的回答出人意料。） 1. Barney: Icould be cooped up in some tiny apartment... 解析：cooped up: adj. having to stay for aperiod of time in a place that is too small 蜗居例：Itisn't good for you to be cooped up in the house all day.（你整天窝在家里不出去不好。）
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