My New Boyfriend
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A: I heard you were on a date last night! So, how did it go? I want all the juicy details!
B: Um... well, actually, we had a fantastic time last night. He was...amazing!
A: Okay, now you really have to fill me in. What’s he like?
B: He’s really good looking; he’s quite tall, around ‘’6’1”, he’s in his early thirties, and he’s got the most beautiful dark brown eyes...
A: He sounds hot! What does he do for a living?
B: You know what, this is the best part. David is a junior investment banker at Fortune Bank, so he’s got a great career path ahead of him!
A: Hold on a sec, his name is David?
B: Yeah?
A: That’s my brother!
1、heard :听说;听到,听见
I heard you were on a date last night!
我听说你昨晚约会了。
I heard you were singing, but I could not make it out
我听到你唱歌了,但是没有听清。
2 、① How did it go? ...进行的怎么样?
How did your business trip go?
你的出差进行的怎么样?
②How is it going?
How is your relationship going?
你的情感进行的怎么样了?
3、juicy;多汁的;有趣的。刺激性强的
A juicy lemon / pear 一个多汁的柠檬/梨
Juicy gossip /story /detail精彩刺激的八卦/故事/细节
He provided some juicy gossips for a few days
这几天他提供了很多有趣的绯闻。
Tell me all the juicy details 告诉我所有的细节
4、Fill me in (后面一般接on)= tell me all the details详细说说(说所有的细节)
Now you really have to fill me in. What’s he like?
现在你真的要仔细跟我说说,他长得怎么样?
I miss the meeting, would you like to fill me in on what happened?
我错过了这个会议,你可以跟我详细说说发生了什么吗?
5、good looking/ a good look;长得好看
Handsome (老人对年轻人说)
He’s good looking/ He has a good look
他长得很好看
6、西方人对身高的表达
例如around ‘’6’1”(6 feet and 1 inch;6英尺1英寸高)
Feet 英尺(1英尺=12英寸=30.48厘米)
Inch 英寸(1英寸=2.54厘米)
所以6’1”(6 feet and 1 inch;6英尺1英寸=182.88cm+2.54cm=185.42cm 也就是我我们说的一米八五左右
注意;中西方计量单位的差异
7、Early thirties 三十出头
Mid thirties 35左右
Late thirties 将近40
注意;青少年不可以用这种表达
8、dark 深色的,暗色的
dark blue藏蓝色; dark green藏青色
dark brown eyes深棕色的眼睛
9、He sounds hot 他听起来很性感
hot;性感的(一般用于朋友之间,陌生人说hot略显无礼)
10、What does he do for a living?
他是以什么为生的?
相当于what is his job?
11、junior investment banker初级的投资银行家
Fortune Bank,财富银行
12、career path; 职业前景,职业道路
ahead of 在..面前
He’s got a great career path ahead of him!
在他面前有很棒的职业前景
13、Hold on a sec,等一下(sec是second的缩写,更口语化的表达)
等于hold on second
同义表达还有;hold a minute; wait a second; just a sec