作者：Alice的学习笔记
原文来自《Effortless English》——New Method Learning English
Mini Story
Dear Abby:
My husband of 39 years no longer hugs me or shows me any
affection
. I have
seen him through
cancer and
diabetes
. We have four grown children, and we have been
seeing a therapist
for a year and a half. He is kind, generous and friendly, but there are no
compliments
or any of the
flirtatious
banter
we used to enjoy.
He
swears
he’s not
having an affair
, and he doesn’t know why he has changed. Perhaps you do?
Grace in Phoenix.
单词、短语
-
affection
喜爱，慈爱，挚爱。
Bart had a deep affection for the old man.
巴特对这位老人有很深的感情。
Africa has always had a special place
in my affections.
非洲在我心中始终
占据着特殊的位置
。
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see sb's through
帮助某人，支持某人（渡过难关），英文解释为：to give help and support to someone during a difficult time。
Setting goals should help see you through.
确定好目标能帮助你渡过难关。
I've got enough money to see me through six months of unemployment.
我的钱可以让我失业以后维持六个月。
拓展一下：
1）
see through sb/sth
表示看穿、识破某人/事。
I can't bluff – she'd see right through me.
我不能吹牛 — 她一眼就能识破。
I saw through his excuses.
我识破了他的借口。
2）
see sth through
把某事进行到底〔尤指某种困难或惹人讨厌的工作〕。
lot of effort to see the project through.
完成这个项目需要很大的努力。
-
diabetes
糖尿病，患糖尿病的
-
therapist
治疗专家，英文解释为：someone who has been trained to give a particular form of treatment for physical or mental illness.
a speech therapist
言语治疗师
-
compliment
赞美的话，夸奖，称赞.
Being compared to Abba is
a great compliment
.
和阿巴乐队相提并论是极大的荣誉。
All Felix's guests
paid
her
extravagant compliments
.
费利克斯的所有客人都对她赞不绝口。
-
flirtatious
形容词，表示打情骂俏的，调情的。 动词是
flirt
，表示挑逗，调情，英文解释为：If you are interested in someone romantically, you might
flirt with them
, which means to
chat them up
or tease them in a playful way.
-
banter
可作名词，也可作动词，表示玩笑，打趣，戏谑
He considered himself
a master of witty banter
.
他认为自己是风趣幽默的玩笑大王。
He stood around
bantering with
his colleagues.
他转来转去，与同事们打趣逗乐。
-
swear
发誓，保证，郑重声明.
Mona
swore
never
to
return home.
莫娜发誓再也不回家了。
Do you
swear on your honor
(=promise very strongly) that you will never tell anyone?
你能以你的名誉发誓你决不告诉任何人吗?
-
have an affair
有外遇，有暧昧关系
He had an affair with his boss that lasted six years.
他和他老板的暧昧关系持续了六年。
