雅思生活常用口語(yǔ)積累：我的電話壞了

　　核心句型：

　　The phone was out of whack.我的電話壞了。

　　whack是個(gè)擬聲詞，讀音仿佛激烈碰撞時(shí)那種驚天動(dòng)地的聲音。out of whack這個(gè)短語(yǔ)的正確意思是：“紊亂，不正常”。因此，當(dāng)美國(guó)人說(shuō)"The phone was out of whack."時(shí)，他/她要表達(dá)的意思就是:"The phone was broken."、"There was something wrong with the phone."、"The phone was out of order."。

　　一句話情景對(duì)白：

　　Benjamin: Hello, Terry. What's up? Why are you calling me so late?

　　本杰明：喂，泰瑞，怎么了?為什么這么晚給我打電話?

　　Terry: Ben, I tried hundreds of times to contact you this afternoon, but failed.

　　泰瑞：本，我下午給你打了無(wú)數(shù)次電話，但是都沒(méi)打通。

　　Benjamin: I'm sorry. The phone was out of whack.

　　本杰明：真抱歉，我的電話壞了。

　　搭配句積累：

　?、賁o I missed a few important calls.

　　所以我錯(cuò)過(guò)了幾個(gè)重要的電話。

　　②So call him back later.

　　那晚點(diǎn)再回電話給他。

　?、踂ell, you can try this one.

　　那你可以試試這臺(tái)電話。

　?、躉h, I'll ask someone to have it repaired.

　　好吧，我會(huì)找人來(lái)修的。

　　單詞：

　　whack n. 重?fù)?/p>

　　You really have to whack the ball.

　　你真的需要猛擊球才行。

　　Someone whacked him on the head.

　　有人狠狠地打了他的頭。

　　We got whacked. On paper we should have wiped the floor with them.

　　我們被輕易地?fù)魯×?。按理說(shuō)我們本應(yīng)該大敗他們。

　　His mother was murdered. Yeah, she got whacked. Snuffed out.

　　他母親是被謀殺的。是的，是被人干掉的，弄死的。

　　The ecosystem will be thrown out of whack.

　　生態(tài)系統(tǒng)將會(huì)失去平衡。