英語日常口語 Unit40:Right or wrong?
英語日常口語 Unit40:Right or wrong?
本單元是關於 是對還是錯的對話
Michal: You did what?
Helen: I had to Michal. I had no choice.
Michal: Haven't you got any morals? You know that you're supposed to stick to your friends.
Helen: How could I? He cheated. The professor knew. She had me over a barrel.
Michal: How you say in English? 'A friend in need is a friend indeed'? You didn't turn out to be a very good friend, did you?
Helen: Listen Michal ...
Michal: No, you listen for a change. You're selfish and two-faced Helen. It makes me worry about what you're saying about me behind my back. Now, leave me alone. I don't ever want to speak to you again!
Helen: Oh no Michal!
Vocabulary:（詞彙）
morals (n):（道德）
beliefs about the correct or right way to behave and treat other people
A friend in need is a friend indeed (idiom):（伸出援手的纔是朋友）
If someone helps you when you are having a problem that means s/he is a true friend
to have someone over a barrel (idiom):（沒有選擇餘地）
to give someone no choice about what s/he will do
two-faced (adj):（雙面人）
to say one thing and then do something different. For example, to say you like someone but then gossip about her/him when s/he isn't there
本單元的語言點是關於友誼的詞彙，請看下面關於友誼的一些詞彙
Friendship vocabulary
Here is some vocabulary to describe some of the different aspects of a friendship關於友誼的一些詞彙
Words for 'friends'（和'朋友'有關的詞彙）
a best friend:
(often used by children) to describe the person they are closest to. A 'best friend' is usually your best friend for life
a close friend: a good friend
a pal: (informal): a friend
a mate:(informal): a friend
a girlfriend: a girl or woman who is your platonic friend or a girl or woman you have a romantic or sexual relationship with
a boyfriend:a boy or man you have a romantic or sexual relationship with
an acquaintance: a person who isn't a friend but someone you know a little
a companion: (an old-fashioned reference) to someone who is paid to live with or look after someone else
Idioms about friendship:（習慣用法）
a shoulder to cry on: someone who listens to your problems
It's always good to talk to Hilary, she's so sympathetic. She's a real shoulder to cry on
see eye to eye: to agree with someone
(usually used in the negative) They don't always see eye to eye on politics but they're still great friends
no love lost: disagree with someone
They used to be best friends but they had a huge fight about money. Now there's no love lost between them
hate someone's guts: to very strongly dislike someone. They fell out and now she hates his guts
clear the air: two people talk about a problem they have been avoiding discussing
I hated the way he kept borrowing things without asking me but we had a chat about it and cleared the air so now he knows to check with me first
bury the hatchet: to stop fighting or quarrelling
After years of arguing about politics with my dad, we finally decided to bury the hatchet and stopped trying to change other's opinions
patch up our differences: to settle an argument
I used to fight a lot with my sister. My mum would always make us apologise and patch up our differences so that we would be friends again
through thick and thin: people who have had some good times and difficult times together
They've been friends for 20 years. They've had a lot of fun over the years but he was unemployed after university and she was very ill for a long time recently. They've really been though thick and thin together
