Section 2 Intermediate 中级进阶

万用表达一览

□From what I heard 我听说，据我所知

□Get this！ 想象一下！（如果可以的话）试着领会这个（表示告诉某人某个惊喜、吃惊的消息）

□We could go on and on． 我们可以说个不停。

□That's for sure！ 那是肯定的！

万用表达详解

1. From what I heard

释 Based on what I've heard/According to what I have heard我听说，据我所知

例 From what I heard, he got everything he deserved.

我听说他得到了应有的惩罚。

2. Get this!

释 Imagine this; try to grasp this (if you can)/expressed when telling some one something that will surprise them．想象一下！（如果可以的话）试着领会这个（表示告诉某人某个惊喜、吃惊的消息）

例 Get this! Scientists have just discovered a new way to make glass.

你想象一下！科学家已经发现了一种制造玻璃的新方法。

3. We could go on and on.

释 We could continue to talk about it．我们可以说个不停。

例 We could go on and on about how awful things are, but what good would it (that) do?

我们可以滔滔不绝地说事情有多么糟糕，但那有什么用呢？

4. That's for sure!

释 That's certain！那是肯定的！

例 A: We're doing better than before.我们做得比以前好。

B: That's for sure!

那是肯定的！

实用对话场景

John: We were discussing body language in school today.

Selina: Body language? You mean gestures and stuff like that?

John: Exactly. Our teacher was telling us that there are 700,000forms of body language in the world. We talked about curious gestures I had never heard of before.

Selina: Such as?

John: Well, for example people in some parts of Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey nod their heads to indicate“no”.

Selina:That's strange.From what I heard, tapping your nose in England means“confidential”, but it means“Watch out!” in Italy .

John: And then there are cultures in Philippines, North America and South America that point with their lips, like we point with our fingers.

Selina:That is weird.But get this!The curled-index finger-into-the thumb sign or‘OK' sign means fine to you and me, right? But it's“worthless” in France, and it's considered an insult in Greece, Brazil, Italy, Turkey, and Russia. Oh, yeah. I almost forgot! That“thumb up” sign, meaning‘Great! ', is an insult in most African countries.

John:Wow!We could go on and on.There's just so much to learn about body language, and so much to think about.

Selina:That's for sure!

约翰：今天我们在学校讨论肢体语言。

赛琳娜：肢体语言？你指的是手势之类的东西？

约翰：正是。我们老师告诉我们，世界上有700,000种肢体语言。我们讨论了一些我以前从未听过的奇怪的手势。

赛琳娜：比如说呢？

约翰：比如说在希腊、保加利亚和土耳其的一些地方，人们点头表示“不”。

赛琳娜：这真奇怪。我听说，在英国，轻拍鼻子表示“保密”，但在意大利，则表示“小心！”。

约翰：还有，在菲律宾、北美和南美有一些文化群体，用嘴唇指方向，就和我们用手指指方向一样。

赛琳娜：真怪，不过想想这个！把大拇指和食指卷曲成“O”形状或“OK”手势，对于你我来说意思是“好的”，对吧？但在法国它的意思是“没价值”，在希腊、巴西、意大利、土耳其和俄罗斯被当作一种侮辱。啊，我差点忘记了，竖起拇指的手势，意思是“好”，而在大部分非洲国家，被当作一种侮辱。

约翰：哇！我们可以举出无数的例子，肢体语言就是有很多东西可以学习和思考啊。

赛琳娜：那当然！

跨文化交际小常识

虽然汽车给人类提供了更舒适和便捷的出行方式，加速了经济的发展，但同时也带来了一些负面效应。交通事故就是其中最严重、危害最大的负面效应之一。世界各国都对交通事故的预防及对策倾注了大量的人力、物力和财力。近些年，西方许多国家的交通事故发生率已趋于平稳，但在我国却一直处于上升趋势，每年的交通事故死亡人数也居于世界首位。事实上，中国有句古话“无规矩不成方圆”（Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.），但在交通规矩方面，依然有不少人侥幸地认为规矩是人定的，甚至还有人以不守规矩为荣。

读书笔记

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