各位亲爱的朋友们,欢迎来到《点滴英语天天学》,我是Juliet。在这档节目中,Juliet将带您体验美国哈弗大学,美国纽约大学的《原味美语》的口语课堂的学习内容。
首先,我们来回顾一下Jane和Nancy对Ken和Debbie公开的恋情行为的态度和一些八卦之言:
Jane: I know. I hate that. Get a room!
Nancy: Well, they have been going together for three years and have been shacked up for one year. I guess they wanted to be make it official.
有人会说到“go together”不就是“一起走”的意思嘛,Juliet真是小题大做。好了,Juliet还是来做下解释吧:Nancy用“go together”要表述的意思是:“和某人定期约会,和某人定期谈朋友”。To go together means to date each other regularly.
我们通过下面的例句来熟悉它的意思和掌握它的用法:
1. Don't ask Jill out—she and Bobby are already going together. (不要和Jill约会了,她和Bobby正在谈朋友。)
要点解析:ask somebody out在口语中也表示“与某人约会”的意思。
2. Bob and Ann have been going together for months. (Bob和Ann谈朋友已经好几个月了。)
要点解析:have been going together是现在完成进行时,表示Bob和Ann的约会从过去一直到说话者说话这时候一直都在进行。
3. Tom and Jane want to go together, but they live too far apart.(Tom和Jane想谈朋友,但是他们住的地方相距很远。)
要点解析:far apart的意思是“离得很远”。例如:Since then, we've lived far apart and never seen each other again.(从那以后,我们山南海北再也没有见过面。)I didn't know we were so far apart.(我不知道我们之间的隔阂有这么深。)Our views are not so far apart, after all.(我们的想法毕竟没有多大的分歧。)
To go together作为“和某人定期谈朋友或约会”的意思解释时,是非正式书面用语,那么Nancy说的“They have been going together for three years.”用标准书面英语如何来说呢?我们可以用“dating”来进行替换,即:They have dating for three years.
我们今天的学习就到此结束吧,明天我们继续学习一个比较鄙俗的表示“怀孕”的语汇。如果您对它感兴趣,明天来到我们的《点滴英语天天学》,听Juliet说美语。See you tomorrow.