LECTURE 163 基本動詞TAKE 12

LECTURE 163 基本動詞TAKE 12

詞組講解

1. take sides ** （在爭論中）支持其中一方，偏袒

解 習語；詞義溯源：選擇其中［一面、一方（side）］

例 It's pretty hard to take sides when I think both of them are wrong, but if I had to side with one or the other, I guess I'd stand by Wu Jin. I'm not saying I agree with him, but his argument is at least logical. Jin Hu's is totally ludicrous.

2. take 〔bring, let〕 sb. down a peg or two / take sb. down a notch or two ** 使某人丟面子，殺某人的威風

解 習語；詞義溯源：將某人收容在一個或兩個［釘、栓、樁、琴栓（peg）或槽口、階段、等級、箭扣（notch）］［之下（down）］

例 Hey Cindy, wait up! Hey, I wasn't able to catch up with you last night after the party, but I wanted to tell you that I thought you did a great job taking Patrick Boelter down a peg or two. You really put him in his place when you pointed out he hadn't earned even one award at the Young Artists Exhibit. Oh, he's so conceited, isn't he?

3. take sb. for sb. or sth. ** 以為，將…誤認為

解 習語；詞義溯源：把某人誤解成某人

例 Do you guys remember the first time we met Mr. Leverly? We all thought he was going to be the most boring history teacher we'd ever had and we took him for a strict disciplinarian. Remember that? Who'd ever thought we'd end up voting for him as Teacher of the Year?

4. take sb. or sth. away / take away sb. or sth. *** 帶走，拿走；（飯后）收拾桌子；消除

解 短語動詞；詞義溯源：把某人或某物帶走到［遠離（away）］這里的地方

例 It was not what I had ordered. It was some lower quality cut of meat—maybe not even beef. So I asked him to take it away and bring us the T-bone steaks we wanted. He pretended not to understand English. What he didn't know was that my wife has a good command of Thai language. She gave him a piece of her mind and the plates quickly disappeared.

5. take sb. or sth. by storm ** 強奪，完全征服

解 習語；詞義溯源：對某人或某物采?。蹚娨u、突襲（storm）］

例 City after city, the Broadway Musical CATS has taken the world by storm. Now in its twelfth year on Broadway, CATS will be performed this year in 23 major cities including Tokyo, Singapore, London and Paris by seven different casts.

鞏固練習

(A) take sides

(B) take...down a peg or two

(C) took...for

(D) took...away

(E) took...by storm

1. A: Have you ever mistakenly assumed somebody in the department store was somebody who worked there? B: You mean ask them a question because you think they are an employee, but they're not? Yeah, lots of times. In fact, just yesterday I ______ a man ______ a clerk and asked him what time the store closed. He asked, “Why don't you ask someone who works here?” I was so embarrassed.

2. A: We've got to think of a way to reduce his pride and self-esteem. B: Taking away his membership in the Chamber of Commerce ought to ______ him ______. We've got the power to do it, so why not?

3. A: Where's your video game toy, Tommy? B: The teacher ______ it ______, Mommy. A: What?!The teacher confiscated it?! B: Yes. She takes all toys from students and won't let them have them again until the end of the school year.

4. A: What year was it that the rock-n-roll band called The Beatles made such a great impression on America? B: I think they ______ America ______ in 1963. They were hugely popular and successful immediately after they started performing there. They were the first of the so-called “British Invasion” bands.

5. A: No way! I'm not going to ______. If you want to, go ahead. Not me! B: I'm afraid you have no choice but to show which argument you support—the people are waiting for you to support one argument against the other.

■ ANSWER

1. (C)

2. (B)

3. (D)

4. (E)

5. (A)

參考譯文

I. 1. 當我認為他們雙方都有錯誤時，很難選擇支持哪一方，但是如果必須選擇支持某一方的話，我想我應該支持吳晉。我不是說我同意他的觀點，但是他的論點至少符合邏輯。金虎的觀點非?；奶?。

2. 嘿，辛迪，等等！嘿，昨天晚上聚會后我沒能追上你，但是我想告訴你，我覺得你做得非常好，殺了帕特里克·貝爾特的威風。當你說他在年輕藝術(shù)家展覽中一個獎項也沒有獲得時，確實挫了他的銳氣。哦，他太自負了，是吧？

3. 你們還記得我們第一次見到利弗利先生時的情形嗎？我們都認為他是我們遇到過的最無聊的歷史老師，我們把他當成一個紀律嚴明的人。還記得嗎？可是誰會想到我們最后選他為年度教師了？

4. 這不是我點的。這種肉的質(zhì)量非常差——也許根本就不是牛肉。所以我讓他拿走，給我們上我們想要的帶骨牛排。他裝作不懂英語，但他不知道我妻子精通泰語。我妻子把她的想法告訴了他，盤子很快就被拿走了。

5. 從一個城市到另一個城市，百老匯音樂劇《貓》征服了全世界。在百老匯上演12年之際，《貓》今年將通過七套不同的演員陣容在23個主要城市演出，包括東京、新加坡、倫敦和巴黎。

II. 1. A：你有沒有錯把商場中的某個人當成商場的工作人員？B：你是說，以為他們是商場的員工，問他們問題，結(jié)果他們不是？嗯，有很多次。事實上，昨天我還把一個男士當成了店員，問他商店什么時候關(guān)門。他說：“你為什么不問這的員工呢？”我非常尷尬。

2. A：我們得想個辦法挫挫他的驕傲和自信。B：取消他在商會的會員資格應該能殺殺他的威風。我們有權(quán)這么做，為什么不呢？

3. A：湯米，你的電子游戲機在哪？B：媽媽，老師把它拿走了。A：什么？！老師沒收了？！B：是的。她拿走了學生們的所有玩具，要到學年末才歸還。

4. A：那個叫甲殼蟲的搖滾樂隊是在哪一年轟動美國的？B：我想他們應該是在1963年征服了美國。他們一開始在美國演出，就流行起來，并立即大獲成功。這是第一支所謂的“英國入侵”的樂隊。

5. A：沒門！我不會支持。如果你想支持，那就支持吧。我不會！B：恐怕你別無選擇，只能表明你支持哪種論點——人們等著你表態(tài)支持哪一方呢。