2024.02.25

一。①porter[ˈpɔːrtər]n. 门房

The porter carries customers' suitcases.

门房搬着客人们的行李箱。

②thrilled[θrɪld] adj. 极为激动的

He's thrilled to see the rockets.

看到火箭他很激动。

③quarter[ˈkwɔːrtər] n. 二十五美分

I only have a quarter in my wallet.

我的钱包里只有二十五美分。

④faith[feɪθ]n. 信任

He has deep faith in the robot cat.

他对机器猫有深深的信任。

⑤inevitable[ɪnˈevɪtəbl] adj. 不可避免的

Aging process is inevitable.

衰老过程是不可避免的。

⑥upend[ʌpˈend]v. 颠覆

This blue car is totally upended.

这辆蓝色的轿车完全翻转过去了。

二。⑴①get to somewhere去哪儿

Where did you get to last night?你昨晚去哪儿了？

②get to sb让某人生气/让某人心烦

I know he's annoying,but you shouldn't let him get to you.我知道他很讨厌，但是你犯不着跟他这种人生气。

⑵even then尽管如此

I gave Jim very clear instructions,but even then he managed to make a mess of it.我非常清楚地告诉了Jim怎么做，但尽管如此，他还是把事情弄得一团糟。

⑶work overnight通宵加班

⑷take one's shift请人代班

Jack,no one is going to take your shift.Jack没有人会替你班的。

do/work the night shift

be on the night shift

Are you on the night shift or the day shift？你上的是夜班还是白班？

三.①take a canoe ride乘坐独木舟

②different skin tones不同肤色

③a taboo subject禁忌的话题

④indigenous people土著居民

⑤primitive society原始社会

口语：

①形容某件事很简单，别再用so easy，试试：

(There's) nothing to it.

②have a blast开心到炸

I had a blast.我玩的非常爽。

语气比have a good time/have fun更强烈。

③As pretty as those shells are,we just wanna leave them be.虽然那些贝壳那么美，但我们还是别碰它们。

想表达虽然，除了although，不妨用用as…as.

④What sort of etiquette would you recomnend…?初到某地，向知情人士打探风俗人情。

What sort of etiquette would you recomnend for someone who's new to the island?对于刚来到岛上的人，你有什么礼仪方面的建议？

⑤How can I tell the difference between them just by looking at them?如果只看外表的话，怎么才能区分出他们的不同呐？

tell the difference between 区分两者之间的不同

⑥询问别人接下来的安排：

What's the first thing we've got going on today?我们今天先去做什么呐？

⑦ leave sth as it is 不要动xx

You want to leave nature as it is here in Hawaii。不要去破坏夏威夷的自然环境。

⑧go check it out去瞧瞧

Maybe we should go check it out.要不过去瞧瞧吧。