網絡課堂之英語口語詞彙(10)(Nord主講)錄音及筆記
課程筆記：
25. Home
It sounds like home. 聽上去很親切。
Basic need 音形義
Everyday Expressions
n. 家
I made my home in the country. (我搬到鄉下住了。)
n. 產地
India is the home of tigers.
n. 住宅
I hope to set up my own little home.
adv. 回家；在家
I went home to my mother. (go home)
I'm home. 我到家了
衍生詞語
homeless (無家的);
homeward (歸途的);
homely (相貌平平的，樸素的)
複合詞語
homesick (想家的);
hometown (老家;家鄉);
homemade (家裏做的，自制的); manmade 人造的
homecoming (adj. 回家的);
homemaker (管家; or housewife);
homeland (祖國; or homecountry);
homework (作業);
Home Secretary (英)(內政大臣);
home economics (家政學) （在國外大學中設有master學位，可見重要性）
常見搭配 Useful Phrases
國內市場 home market
國內事務 home affairs
國內貿易 home trade
獨自在家 home alone
主場球隊 home team
無拘束 to feel at home
習語與俗語 Idioms & Slangs
home free 自由自在
a home bird 喜歡呆在家裏的人
生活用語 Street Talks
(1)
A: Happy birthday, Jenny.
B: Wow, thanks! Come on in. Make yourself at home. (請不要拘束)
(2)
A: What's your home/goal in college? (目標)
B: To study law and become a lawyer in the future.
A: Good. As you’ve set your goal, what you need to do now is to home in/target on it. (朝着目標走)
B: I see, sir.
(3)
He is at home in American literature. (精通)
電影對白 Transcripts
句型
I may even be home before you get it. 《情歸巴黎》
But I'll have it in my pocket when I get home, and I’ll take it with me wherever I go from now on. 《情歸巴黎》
It's like going home. Only to no home I’d ever known.《西雅圖夜未眠》
Hey, maybe when we get home, we’ll get a dog. 《西雅圖夜未眠》
Will you take me home? 《畢業生》
諺語 Proverbs
Home is where the heart is. 心在哪裏，那裏就是家。
An Englishman's home is his castle. 英國人的家就是城堡。（爲隨心所欲的天地。）
There's no place like home. 金窩銀窩不如自己的土窩。
East or west, home is best.
流行語彙
party animal/boy/girl
get-together 聚會
party dress 宴會服裝
at-home party 家庭宴會
tea party 茶會
dinner party 晚餐會
garden party 遊園會
dance; ball 舞會
birthday party 生日宴會
Christmas party 聖誕派對
luncheon ['lʌntʃən] party 午餐會
cocktail party 雞尾酒會
welcome party 歡迎會
farewell party 告別會
year-end dinner party 年終聚餐會
New Year's banquet 新年宴會
Invitation card/letter of invitation 請貼
Birthday greetings 生日賀辭
reunion party 同學聚會，以前老朋友的聚會等
26. Job [dʒɔb] [dʒab]
Basic need 音形義 Everyday Expressions
n. 工作
The repair job will cost $300.
n. 職業
I got a job with Siemens.
n. 工作, 任務
You've done a good job.
n. 責任，職責
It's not my job to do this!
衍生詞語
jobless (失業中的);
part-time job (兼職);
full-time job (全職);
job site (施工的地方);
job-creation (就業機會)
常見搭配 Useful Phrases
勞務市場 job market
面試 job interview
工作 job offer
長期工作 permanent job
零活 odd jobs
美差 a fat job
麻煩的工作 a troublesome job
棘手的工作 a tough job
費力不討好的工作 a thankless job
指揮工作 to boss the job
辭職 to quit one’s job
失業 to lose one’s job/ be out of a job
好好幹 to do a good job
習語與俗語 Idioms & Slangs
jobs for the boys 爲親信安排的工作
make a bad /good job of sth 把某事做壞/好
do the job 起作用，奏效
生活用語 Street Talks
(1)
A: I'm going to call the employment agency for a job.
B: What kind of job do you prefer?
A: An office job. As long as it's highly-paid. (報酬優厚的工作)
B: But a desk job doesn't usually pay that much. (文書工作)
(2)
A: Did you hear they fired Sam?
B: Yeah, he was caught drinking on the job. (drinking while working)
A: He deserved it. Sometimes he was sleeping on the job.
電影對白 Transcripts
句型
And I did a hell of a job. 《情歸巴黎》
That decorator on the Bennett job. 《西雅圖夜未眠》
She's on her sixth painter and we're never going to finish this job. 《西雅圖夜未眠》
