句型學口語:初級口語必會句型(part38)

1. I have a fire in my belly to do something for this village. 我有一股強烈的願望，能爲這個村莊做點什麼。特別注意，這個成語與“一肚子火”沒有關係，是表示有一種正面的強烈願望。

I love this desire which comes from a fire in my belly.
　　一首歌的歌詞：Fire in my heart, fire in my belly too Got a heart and a mind and a fire inside And I’m crazy about you You, you on your high flying cloud You, you when you’re laughing out loud.
　　Have a yen for也是口語，同樣表示“I have a desire for”： I have a yen for a thick juicy steak. He has a yen for this girl.

2．Digital cameras are cheap now, you can get one for peanuts.
最便宜的東西莫過於花生，用買花生的錢就能買的東西，那當然是很便宜了。

以前美國南部產棉花，但棉花對土地有結板塊的作用。後來農民發現棉花收割後種花生對土地有幫助，於是開始種花生。那時花生不過像雜草一樣，農民任其爛在田裏。直到發明了花生醬後，花生才漸漸地成爲人們喜歡的食物。

3．Ball這個詞人人都識，就是球的意思。但在口語裏，還有三個其他的含義。

The little girl had a ball at school today. 這個小女孩今天在學校參加了一個舞會。

另外on the ball 的含義是，有知識，有才華，懂行，辦事利索。
　　He is a teacher who is really on the ball. 他是個了不起的老師。a manager who has a lot on the ball很懂行的經理; a student who has nothing on the ball 學得一塌糊塗的學生
另一個說法表示一個人“能幹”，可以說hot-shot：The boss would like to hire a hot-shot employee 能幹的職員 a hot-shot teacher, 能幹的老師，
Ball的第三個用法是having sex：They met, they clicked, they are having a ball.
I am glad you have started the ball rolling. 很高興你把這事推動起來了。

4．You are so jumpy. 你真是有點神經質。
一個人興奮得亂蹦亂跳,所以顯得有點神經質.

5．Blur 模糊，

Taiwan talk is just a blur.
臺灣問題的討論不過是在攪混水。

The next hour is a blur to me.接下來的一個小時我就稀裏糊塗了。

6．Tough, 這個詞是口語中使用頻率比較高的，a tough guy,

It is pretty tough to get a reservation. 這裏的tough就是difficult得意思。You just have to tough it out.

7．Rough, 注意，rough與touch意思不同，容易混淆。

I have some rough patches with my wife. 我有好些地方得與老婆去磨合磨合了。

8．I am here now, I need to get in a swing of it.
我已經到了，該投入行動了。

9．More brawn than brain 四肢發達，頭腦簡單
Nowadays, pop-culture icons are more brawn than brain. 現在流行文化中的偶像都是些四肢發達，頭腦簡單的傢伙。

10．Once you get to the meat of the subject, you will start to enjoy it.
Meat肉，這裏做“精髓”解。Nub也有這個意思：the nub of the story