口语学习:不要把英语当成一种语言来"学"
上次我们说到了感情在英语学习中的重要性,这次就具体谈一谈英语中最重要的感情——夸张,相信看过美剧的人都有感觉,native speakers说英语时语调阴阳顿挫,表情丰富夸张,那正是我们缺乏的东西,想要在语言上夸张,就必须先学会在思维上夸张,让我们看几个例子。
1、形容一个人胖
怎么说?
he's fat?太粗俗了,显得你很没文化,运气背点再遇到一个脾气火爆的大姐,转身就给你俩耳光...
he's been gaining weight?太低级了,弄不好会伤人自尊....
下面让我们加点夸张的情感在里面看看:
说法一:she doesn't take photos,she takes posters.
那大姐拍的不是照片,是海报啊,有木有!!
说法二:she needs a diet,otherwise she's gonna be barred from oneway streets in days.
再像她那样吃下去,过不了几天单行道都不让她过了
2、形容一个人瘦
he's skinny?听着不舒服
he's scrawny?有点侮辱人,因为scrawny是形容发育不全的那种瘦,宋祖德就曾经这样形容过郭敬明,一米五几的身高,七十几斤的体重,扔在垃圾桶里不仔细看还以为是个弃婴呢,差点惹来一场官司,所以scrawny不能乱用。
夸张一点怎么说呢?
she's terribly thin,she swallowed a meatball and thought she's pregnant.
她太瘦了,吃个丸子就以为自己怀孕了。
是不是感觉要好点呢,这样一说,听的人都只顾笑了,哪来时间怄气啊,这就是夸张的魅力...
3、形容一个人高
夸张....
he's tall and he can't see his feet when he stands up.
那家伙贼高了,站起来自己的脚都看不到
4、形容一个人矮
还是夸张....
当有外国网友问你身高时你可以这样回答:
i'm so short,i don't even know if i have a headache or footache.
我就那么点,以至于每次我都不知道到底是头疼还是脚疼。
我敢肯定你会给这位朋友留下很好的印象,因为外国人enjoy the sense of humor.
5、形容一个人长得好看
继续夸张....
you're so gorgeous,i don't get it why god doesn't keep you for himself.
你长的太赞了,真想不通上帝为什么没有把你留给他自己
6、形容一个人长得不好看
接着夸张....
有些无聊的网友问你要照片,你不想给,你就可以这样说:
i don't have the slightest idea why you keep asking for my pictrue,to be honest with you,i am ugly enough to make my pillow pass away the next morning.
大哥你就别要了,找别的妹子去吧,我长得真不咋地,以至于第二天早上起来我发现我的枕头都去世了....