各位亲爱的听众朋友,欢迎来到Juliet的《原味美语》课堂!Juliet将带您体验美国哈弗、纽约大学的的口语课堂内容。
Jack成绩优秀,且长得也标致,可就是没有一个女生对他有好感。有天,他和室友Tim在校园里散步,这时候,Tim发现一个漂亮的女生一直瞅着Jack,他就叫Jack主动去和那位女生搭讪,可是Jack怎么也不愿意。那么,一表人才的Jack为什么不愿意呢?我们来听听他和Tim的窃窃私语。
Jack: Hey! That girl over there is checking you out! Why don't you go say hello?
Tim: The last time I said hello to a girl in a place like this, she thought I was coming on to her and blow me off before I had a chance to introduce myself.
Jack 不愿意去和那位女生搭讪的原因暂且不说,先跟Juliet来学习3个“原味表达法”。今天,要学习的是check out。在这个对话中,它的搭配结构是check sb. out,check后面可以跟人,也可以跟物,即:check something out。
在Jack和Tim的窃窃私语中,check somebody out或者check something out的意思是look at or examine a person or a thing that seems interesting or attractive. 译为:查看或观察(有趣的事情或人)。Out是副词,somebody,something可以放与check和out之间,也可以放于out之后。我们来看2个例句:
1. Check out that girl over there! She is beautiful! I have never seen her before. (瞧瞧那个女孩!真漂亮!我以前从来没有见过。)
2. Hey! Check out that car! It is at a lower price and I think I can afford it. (嘿!看那辆车,降价了,我想我买得起了。)
在以上的例句中,check somebody /something out作为“查看,观察有趣的人或事物”的意思,属于非正式说法。那么,That girl over there is checking you out! 用标准英语如何来说呢?我们可以这么说:That girl over there is examining you.
我们今天的学习就到这里,明天和后天我们来学习Tim说到的come on to和blow me off是什么意思。