生活英語(yǔ)對(duì)話 Episode 33:The dripping tap

本單元是關(guān)于滴水的龍頭的對(duì)話

Michal: Hey Tim, what are you doing?

Tim: I'm fixing this tap. I can't put up with that drip-drip noise anymore.

Michal: Have you turned off the water?

Tim: I told you. That's what I'm working on.

Michal: I mean the main water supply? Have you cut it off?

Tim: No, I haven't. Stop worrying and let me get on with this.

Michal: I don't think you should carry on doing that!

Tim: It's okay, just one more turn of the spanner.

Michal: I really think you should stop.

Tim: Oh, go away Michal. You're putting me off. One more turn and then ... aaaaaargh! Oh no! Michal! Help! Stop the water! Aaaaaargh!

Vocabulary: 詞匯

a tap:

the thing you turn to let water run into a sink

水龍頭

a spanner:

a tool used to turn nuts

扳手

to drip:

when small drops of water fall regularly, from a tap or a leaking roof

滴水

to cut something off:

to stop the supply of something, to disconnect something

切斷...

to get on with something:

to do something without delay

開(kāi)始做...

to carry on:

to continue

繼續(xù)做...

to put someone off:

to distract someone

打斷某人做事

to put up with something:

to tolerate something

忍受某事

本單元語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)是短語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞，動(dòng)詞片語(yǔ)由兩個(gè)字組成，主要的一個(gè)動(dòng)詞和一個(gè)介詞，看看下面的短語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞例句。

Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal verbs are composed of two words: a main verb and a particle.

Look at these examples from this week's episode:

to turn something off:

to stop something working, to switch something off

to work on something:

to concentrate on a task, to do a task

to cut something off:

to stop the supply of something, to disconnect something

to get on with something:

to do something without delay

to carry on:

to continue

to put someone off:

to distract someone

to put up with something:

to tolerate something

There are four different types of phrasal verb:

有四種不同類型的動(dòng)詞片語(yǔ)

Type A

These phrasal verbs take a direct object (they are transitive):

I turned off the water

I cut off the water

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You can separate the two parts of the phrasal verb with the object:

I turned the water off

I cut the water off

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If you use an object pronoun(me, you, him, her, it, us, them) you must separate the two parts of the phrasal verb:

I turned it off

I cut it off

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Type B

These phrasal verbs take a direct object(they are transitive) but you cannot separate the two parts of the verb:

I'm working on a new project

I'm working on it

Keep off the grass!

Keep off it!

Type C:

These phrasal verbs do not take a direct object (they are intransitive) and you never separate the two parts of the verb:

Tim didn't stop. He carried on

The water finally ran out

Type D:

These phrasal verbs are composed of three words. They always have a direct object and you never separate these words with the object or the object pronoun:

I put up with it for too long

She is looking forward to the weekend

One verb, two types:

Some phrasal verbs can be both Type C and Type D. You can add a new particle so that the verb can then take a direct object:

To carry on/ to carry on with something

Even though he was tired, he carried on

Even though he was tired, he carried on with his work

To check out/to check out of somewhere

She checked out at 10 o'clock

She checked out of the hotel at 10 o'clock

Verb patterns:

If you have another verb after a phrasal verb, you always use the gerund form (-ing) of the second verb:

He carried on working

I'm looking forward to meeting you