8 Language Charm: Slang and Idioms
• Vocabulary
• 1. charm 魅力;吸引力
• Peter likes to enjoy the charm of the countryside in
autumn.
• Peter 喜歡享受秋季鄉間的魅力.
• 1. charming 迷人的
• Everyone likes Jennifer
• because she is a smart
• and charming girl.
• 每個人都喜歡Jennifer
• 因為她是個既聰明又
• 迷人的女孩.
• 2. idiom 慣用語;成語
• The idiom “break a leg” is used to wish someone good
luck.
• 慣用語”break a leg” 用在祝人好運.
• Use動詞三態: use used used
• Be + used 被動式
• Wish + 人(someone) + 事物(good luck)
• 3. native 天生的;本國的;本土的
• Jason is a native speaker of English, but he can also
speak Chinese very well.
• Jason 的母語是英文,但他也能說流利中文.
• 4. expression (表達的) 詞語
• “Shut up” is not a polite expression, so try not to use it.
• 閉嘴不是禮貌的詞語,所以盡量不要用.
• Not + to V 不定詞的否定
• 4. express 表達
• The guests expressed their thanks to the host of the
party before leaving.
• 客人在離開前,像宴會主人表達她們的謝意.
• 5. casual 非正式的
• In this company, you can wear casual clothes to work
on Fridays.
• 在這公司你可在星期五穿非正式的服裝上班.
• 6. situation 情況
• Mike’s business is in a bad situation because it has lost
a lot of money.
• Mike 的生異狀況不好,因為使經損失了很多錢.
• Lose動詞三態: lose lost lost
• Have/has + 過去分詞 (完成式)
• Be + 過去分詞 (被動式)
• 7. particular 個別的;特定的
• Is there any particular color you would prefer for your
living room carpet?
• 你對於客廳地毯有偏好任何特定的顏色嗎?
• 關係子句如何寫:
• You would prefer the color for your living room carpet.
• 8. fixed 固定的
• The table is fixed to the floor so you won’t be able to
move it.
• 這桌子被固定在地板,所以
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8. fix 固定
John tried to fix a bookcase
to the wall.
• John 試著將書櫥固定在牆上.
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9. fashionable 時尚的
It is fashionable for girls to have short hair now.
現今女孩留短髮是很時尚的.
It is + 形容詞 + for + 人 + to V…
9. fashion 時尚;流行
Teenagers always like to wear the latest fashions.
青少年總喜歡穿最新的流行時尚.
10. nowadays 現今
Nowadays, most people care not only about eating
tasty food but also about having a healthy diet.
• 現今多數人在意的不只是吃美食,還要吃得健康.
• Not only A but also B = A and B
• 11. outdated 過時的
• In my opinion, their ideas about educating children are
outdated in today’s society.
• 依我意見,他們對於教育小孩的想法在今日社會是過
時的.
• 12. rock 超棒
• I love all of Jay Chou’s songs. His music rocks!
• 我喜歡周杰倫所有的歌.他的音樂超棒的!
• 13. awesome 很棒的
• This movie is awesome!
• I’m going to watch it again.
• 這部電影很棒! 我要再看
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13. awful 很糟的
His writing is awful; I can’t understand a word of it.
他的作文很糟,我一個字都看不懂.
14. incredible 難以置信的
Although Maria is only 40, she has experienced
many things and her life story is incredible!
雖然Maria 只有四十歲,她卻經歷了很多事,而且她
的人生故事真是令人難以置信.
Experience動詞三態:
Experience experienced experienced
Have/has + 過去分詞 (完成式)
• 15. annoy 惹惱
• Andy annoyed his girlfriend when he kept telling bad
jokes.
• Andy 一直說爛笑話,這可惹毛了他的女友.
• 15. annoyed 惱怒的
• Helen is annoyed by her neighbor’s dogs because they
bark all the time.
• Helen 被她鄰居個狗吵得很火大,因為牠們一直叫.
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Annoy動詞三態: annoy annoyed annoyed
Be + 過去分詞(annoyed) (被動式)
15. annoying 惱人的
It is annoying that there are so many commercials
during the TV show.
• 電視節目有那麼多的廣告真是很惱人.
• It is + 形容詞 + (for + 人) + to V…
• It is + 形容詞 + that 子句
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16. otherwise 否則;不然
We must hurry; otherwise we’ll be too late.
我們一定要快一點,不然會太遲.
17. daily 日常生活的;每日的
Our daily conversation is usually about the weather,
news, and things that are happening around us.
我們日常的對話通常是關
於天氣新聞和周圍發生的事.
About 有關
Around 周圍
關係子句改法:
Things are happening around us.
• Phrases 片語
• 1. back seat driver 後座司機
• Can you not be a back seat driver? It’s very annoying!
• 你可不可以不要當個後座司機?它很令人煩.
• 2. be kicked out of 從…被踢出
• Jason cheated on the exam and was almost kicked out
of school.
• Jason 考試作弊,差點被踢出學校.
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3. bite one’s tongue 閉嘴
I wanted to tell her what I really
thought of her jokes, but I just bit my tongue.
• 我想告訴他我對他的笑話真正的想法,但我還是閉嘴了.
• What I really thought of her jokes 間接問句(名詞子句)
• 4. drive sb. up the wall 使某人抓狂
• That boy’s bad manners are driving me up the wall.
• 那男孩的不好態度使我抓狂.
• 5. make sense 有道理
• This sentence is too difficult, and it doesn’t make
sense to me.
• 這句子太難,我看不懂.
• 6. as a whole 視為一體
• They sell this cheese as a whole; you cannot buy just
one piece.
• 她們的起司是整個賣;妳不能只買一片.
• 7. for instance 例如
• Several of Joe’s friends came to the potluck dinner, for
instance, Linda, Ben, and Mike.
• Joe 的幾個朋友來參加買樂晚餐,例如,Linda, Ben, 和Mike.
• Reading
• It is fun to get closer to English by learning some
slang and idioms.
• 藉由學習俚語和慣用語來更加接近英語是有樂趣
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• Get + 形容詞 (get closer)
• It is + 形容詞 + to V…
• By 藉由(表示方法)
• 介係詞 + 名詞或Ving
• Many native speakers use these creative expressions
to make their English more colorful.
• 許多母語人是用這些有創意的詞語使他們的英語
更多采多姿.
• Make + O + 形容詞,名詞,原形動詞
• Slang is used in casual situations by particular groups of
people, such as people in the army and teenagers.
• 俚語是由特定族群的人在非正式的情況下所使用的,
例如軍隊和青少年.
• Use動詞三態:use used used
• Is used (be + pp) 被動式
• By 表示被…
• Some slang words die quickly, while
• others become fixed in the language.
• 有些俚語會快速消失,而其他的則成為語言中的固定
用語.
• Become/get/turn/go/grow變得…(連綴動詞) + 形容詞
• Become fixed 變成固定的
• While/when 連接詞
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For example, “groovy” was very popular in the 1960s.
例如,groovy在60年代非常受歡迎.
It was used to say something was cool or fashionable.
它用來表示某事物很酷或很時尚.
That + 子句 (名詞子句)
Was used (be + pp) 被動式
However, if you say “This song is really groovy”
nowadays, you will show how “uncool” and outdated
you are!
• 但如果現在你說,這首歌很
• groovy, 妳會顯得不酷又過時.
• How uncool and outdated you are!
• 間接問句(名詞子句)
• 妳多麼漂亮呀! _____
• Groovy kind of love
• Groove kind of love
• When I am feeling blue, all I have to do is take a
look at you. Then I am not so blue. When you
are close to me, I can feel your heart beat, I can
feel your breathing in my ear. Wouldn’t you
agree, baby you and me got a groovy kind of
love…. When I am in your arms, nothing seems
to matter. If world is going to shatter, I don’t
care. Wouldn’t you agree…
• “Rock” is another expression that means “cool,” but in
more exciting situations.
• Rock 這個字是另一種”酷”的詞語,而用在更令人興奮
的情況.
• That means cool (that 關係代名詞= the expression)
• You can say someone or something “rocks” to mean
that person or thing is awesome and incredible.
• 你可以說某人或某事”rock”,用以表是那個人或事物
超棒和好到令人難以置信.
• For example, you might say “cool” when somebody
buys a nice phone or gets a new haircut.
• 例如,當有人買了好的手機或剪了新髮型時,你可以
說酷.
• And you say “Yi-Jie Lin(林義傑) rocks” for running
across the Sahara Desert.
• 不過你會說跑步穿越撒哈拉大沙漠的林義傑“超棒”.
• While slang is usually heard in conversations, idioms
(is) widely used in both the spoken and written
language.
• 俚語通常見於人們的對話中,而慣用語在口語和書寫中
都被廣泛使用.
• Hear動詞三態: hear heard heard
• Is heard (be + PP) 被動式
• Speak動詞三態: speak spoke spoken
• Write 動詞三態: write wrote written
• 過去分詞(PP) 表示被動或完成
• These expressions don’t make sense when they are
read word by word.
• 當這些慣用語一字一字看時並沒有甚麼意義.
• Read動詞三態: read read read
• Are read (be + PP) 被動式
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Instead, they have to be treated as a whole.
相反的,它們必須被視為一個整體.
Have to 必須
Treat動詞三態: treat treated treated
Be treated (be + 被動式
For instance, you’re a “back seat driver” if you try to tell
the driver how to drive.
• 例如,如果你試圖告訴司機如何開車,那就變是“後座
司機”.
• How do you drive?疑問句 How you drive 名詞子句
• How to drive 名詞片語
• If you keep annoying the driver, you will “drive him up
the wall.”
• 如果妳持續惹惱司機,那就將會讓他抓狂.
• If the driver then asks you to shut up, you should “bite
your tongue.”
• 如果司機接著要你閉嘴,你就應該咬著舌頭不說話.
• Otherwise, you may “be kicked out of “ the car!
• 否則,你可能會被踢出車外.
• Kick動詞三態:kick kicked kicked
• Be kicked 被動式
• Slang and idioms are common
• in daily conversations.
• 俚語和慣用語在日常會話中
• 很常見.
• They might seem difficult to understand at first, but
in fact, they are easy and fun.
• 它們可能一開始看起來難以理解,但事實上它們
容易學且有趣.
• Seem/appear/become/get/grow/turn/go連綴動詞
+ 形容詞
• Try using your imagination, and you will understand
the humor in them.
• 試著運用你的想像力,
• 你將會了解它們中的幽默.
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Speaking—Talking with Slang and Idioms
Daren, Alan, and Melody are chatting at a coffee shop.
在咖啡廳聊天
When Angela come to our class last year, I knew you
had a crush on her.
當Angela去年來到我們班上時, 我知道你就為她著迷
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Know/think/say/show/hope/mean/find…+that 子句
What do you mean?
你這話甚麼意思?
Oh, what I mean is you really liked Angela from the
start.
喔,我的意思是說,你真的從一開始就喜歡她了.
What do you mean? 疑問句
What you mean 名詞子句
• You can say that again. To me it was like love at first
sight.
• 我非常同意. 對我來說,那就像是一見鍾情.
• absolutely. She completely stole your heart.
• 絕對是.她完全偷了你的心.
• Steal動詞三態: steal stole stolen
• Yeah, you totally fell head over heels for her.
• 是呀,你完全未她神魂顛倒
• Fall動詞三態: fall fell fallen
• I have to say you two are made for each other.
• 我必須說,妳們兩個是天生一對.
• Make動詞三態: make made made
• Thanks. You really think so?
• 謝謝.妳真的這麼認為嗎?
• Well, Angie told me that you might be her Mr.
Right.
• 嗯,Angie告訴我你可能是她的真命天子.
• Tell動詞三態: tell told told
• Tell + 人 +that 子句
• Really? I think I’m
• on cloud nine now!
• 真的嗎?我真是
• 高興得不得了!