《老爸老妈浪漫史》S01E15学习笔记（第五部分）

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1.  Shannon: It's just, he'sstill supporting me.

解析：

support: to provide enough money forsomeone to pay for all the things they need 养活

例：

I have a wife and two children to support.（我还要养活老婆和两个孩子。）

support somebody by (doing) something

She supports her family by teaching eveningclasses.（她靠在夜校教书养家糊口。）

support yourself

I have no idea how I am going to supportmyself.（我不知道要怎么养活自己。）

1. Shannon: Look,he's coming by soon to talk about it.

解析：

come by: to make a short visit to a placeon your way to somewhere else 顺路拜访某地

例：

He said he'd come by later.（他说他待会会过来。）

I'llcome by the house and get my stuff later, OK?（我待会过来拿我寄存的东西，好吗？）

Barney: She was in themiddle of a heated argument with her dad.

解析：

be in the middle of (doing) something: tobe busy doing something  

例：

Can I call you back - I'm in the middle ofa meeting.（我稍候给你回电话好吗？我正忙着开会。）

I was in the middle of sorting some paperswhen the phone rang.（电话响的时候，我正忙着整理文件。）

Marshall: Barney,that was really embarrassing for both of us. We just earned a huge chunk of story.

解析：

a (huge/large) chunk (of): a large part oramount of something  

例：

The rent takes a large chunk out of mymonthly salary.（我月薪很大一部分要用来付房租。）

A huge chunk of the audience got up andleft before the end of the show.（演出还没结束就有很多观众起身离开了。）

1. Shannon: Youshould go to the Peace Corps and forget about me.

解析：

forget: 既可以做“及物动词”，也可以做“不及物动词”。

（1）及物动词：

例：

I'm sorry, I’ve forgotten your name.（抱歉，我不记得你名字了。）

What happened that day will never beforgotten.（那天发生的事大家都忘不了。）

（2）不及物动词：

例：

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Barney: Sheand Greg dated for a while and then split up.

解析：

split up: if people split up, or if someonesplits them up, they end a marriage or relationship with each other 分手

例：

Steve's parents split up when he was four.（史蒂夫的父母在他四岁时离婚了。）

split up with

I thought she'd split up with herboyfriend.（我觉得她已经跟男朋友分手了。）

split somebody up

Why would she try to split us up?（她为什么想拆散我们？）

Barney: Buthere's the real kicker: Shannon is a mom.

解析：

kicker: a surprising or important ending tosomething

备注：''kicker''常用于美式英语中。

例：

The kicker came when the reporter asked therunner whether she was tired.（记者问她比赛完累不累，她的回答出人意料。）

1. Barney: Icould be cooped up in some tiny apartment...

解析：

cooped up: adj. having to stay for aperiod of time in a place that is too small 蜗居

例：

Itisn't good for you to be cooped up in the house all day.（你整天窝在家里不出去不好。）