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4.baby
Basic Needs
音 [’beibi] 音标 ei 发音饱满，完整
形 名词复数: -bies[-bis]
义 Everyday Expressions
◆ n. 婴儿
She is expecting a baby. 她怀孕了。
注：baby的性别不明时，通常用 it 来指代。
◆ n. 孩子气的人
Don’t be such a baby! （不要这样孩子气！）
◆ n. 宝贝，亲爱的（口语体为babe）
Hey babe, you’d like another drink?
衍生词语
◆ babyhood 婴儿时代
◆ babyish 幼稚的
复合词语
◆ baby-sitter 保姆
◆ baby faced 娃娃脸的
Linguistic Skill
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
◆ 小儿语 --- baby talk
◆ 乳齿 --- baby tooth
◆ 婴儿车--- a baby carriage
◆ 嫩萝卜--- baby carrots
◆ 生育高峰 --- baby boom
◆ 在生育高峰出生的人--- baby boomer
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slang
◆ babe in the wood(s) --- 不懂世故的人
◆ babes and sucklings --- 乳臭未干的孩子
◆ sleep like a baby --- 睡得香
Communicating Clearly
生活用语 Street Talks
◆ A: Tom, I need your help. It’s out of control here.
B: Come on, dear. You can make it. Come on! Give the talk. The whole plan is your baby.
◆ Angela has a baby face.
◆ Don’t cry, baby girl. That’s all right.
◆ Hi baby (babe), would you like me to take you home?
◆ A: That wasn’t hard at all.
B: No, like stealing candy from a baby.
Cultural Focus
电影对白 Transcripts
句型
◆ Now when I was a baby, Mama named me after the great Civil War hero, General Nathan Bedford Forrest.《阿甘正传》
对话
◆ Lenora: Who’s your friend?
Gump: My name’s Forrest. Forrest Gump.
Dan: This is cunning Carla and Long-Limbs Lenora.
Lenora: Where you been Baby cakes? Huh? I haven’t seen you around lately. You know you should have been here for Christmas because Tommy bought a round on the house and gave everybody a turkey sandwich. 《阿甘正传》
谚语 Proverbs
◆ The rich get richer and the poor get babies.
富人发财，穷人得子。
名言 Quotations
◆ A baby is God’s opinion that life should go on.
Carl Sandburg (1878-1967), U.S. poet. Remembrance Rock, ch. 2 (1948).
◆ Since people are going to be living longer and getting older, they’ll just have to learn how to be babies longer.
Andy Warhol (1928-87), U.S. pop artist. From A to B and Back Again, ch. 7 (1975).
