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9.bird
Basic Needs
形 名词复数: -s[-dz]
义 Everyday Expressions
◆ n. 鸟
She killed two birds with one stone by shopping and visiting the museum on the same trip.
她出门一次，既买了东西又参观了博物馆，真是一举两得。
◆ n. 家伙，人
She is a strange bird.
Linguistic Skill
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
◆ 益鸟 --- a useful bird
◆ 害鸟 --- a pernicious bird
◆ 猛禽 --- a bird of prey
◆ 鸟瞰图，要点 --- bird’s eye view
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slang
◆ bird in the bush --- 没把握的事
◆ bird in the hand --- 有把握的事
◆ the birds and the bees --- (对孩子解释的)有关两性关系的基本常识
◆ early bird ---最早的人，早起的人
◆ flip / give somebody the bird --- 骂人的话
Communicating Clearly
生活用语 Street Talks
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A: I’ll never be a telephone operator! That job is for the birds.
B: That’s you! Personally, I think it’s an interesting job.
A: Gee, you are one strange bird.
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A: Hi Rick, guess what, Wallace’s twenty years old and doesn’t know about the birds and the bees.
B: You’re kidding!
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A: What are you doing up here?
B: I want to get a bird’s eye view of the campus. I don’t think I’ll ever be an early bird.
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A: Do you see that?
B: What?
A: That guy just gave you the bird!
Cultural Focus
电影对白 Transcripts
对 话
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Little Jenny: Pray with me, Forrest. Pray with me. Dear God, make me a bird, so I can fly far, far far away from here. Dear God, make me a bird...
Forrest: Mama always said that God is mysterious. He didn’t turn Jenny into a bird that day. Instead, he had the police say that Jenny didn’t have to stay in that house no more. 《阿甘正传》
谚语 Proverbs
◆ A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
一鸟在手胜于两鸟在林。[明天得一百不如今天得五十/到手的东西才是可靠的]
◆ Birds of the same feather flock together.
羽毛相同的鸟会结群在一起。[物以类聚]
◆ The early bird catches the worm.
早起的鸟有虫吃。[捷足先登]
◆ Kill two birds with one stone. One stone kills two birds.
用一个石头打死两只鸟。[一箭双雕，一举两得]
名言 Quotations
◆ No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings.
William Blake (1757-1827), English poet, painter, engraver. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Plate 7, "Proverbs of Hell," (1790-93).