Falling Stars Challenge
To fall down
小心地滑(NOT “slip carefully”)
Be careful not to slip and fall
Caution: Wet/Slippery floor
To slip and fall 滑倒
To trip 绊倒
I tripped 我绊了一下
I tripped over something (什么东西)绊了我一下
NOT “I’m tripping”! 我“嗨”了
He tripped me. 他绊了我一下(有意)
To stumble 绊/跌跌撞撞
To stumble over one’s words 说话结结巴巴
I always stumble over my words when I see someone I like.
Bad falls:
To fall flat on one’s face 摔了个嘴啃泥
I fell flat on my face in front of everyone.
To take a pratfall 摔了个屁股蹲儿
To keel over 突然昏倒(或者猝死)
When she heard the awful news, she just keeled over.
It was so hot that I thought I would keel over and pass out.
Idioms and proverbs with fall
Fall victim to someone/something 沦为…的受害者
Elder people are more likely to fall victim to scams.
老年人很容易成为诈骗犯罪的受害者
Fall under someone’s spell
中了某人的魔咒(被某人迷住了)
I just fell under his spell.
Fall into the wrong hands
落入坏人之手
Don’t let this book fall into the wrong hands.
Fall into one’s lap
掉到怀里的好运(天上掉馅饼)
You can’t expect the ideal job to just fall into your lap.
Pride comes before a fall. 骄兵必败
What do we say?
Careful! 当心!
Watch out! 小心!
Look out! 小心!
Mind out (BrE) 小心!
Mind (the steps/the gap)! 小心台阶/小心(月台)间隙
If you were ever in London, you might have noticed that when the underground train arrives at certain stations, the announcement would say “mind to gap”, because some of the underground stations in London are really old and there is quite a wide gap between the train and the platform.
Actually there is a very touching story behind these three words. In the 1950s, stage actor Oswald Laurence recorded the “mind the gap” message for London underground and it was played over 40 years in the underground system. After he passed away in 2007, his wife Margaret would frequently visit the one station that still played his voice recording. But in 2012, the London underground system changed their announcement and replaced his voice. She was heartbroken because she would never hear the voice of her late husband again, so she wrote to the underground authority in the hope that they would bring his voice back. So moved by her story, the underground granted her request and switched back to his recording at Embankment station so she could hear his voice again. This moving story has also been made into a mini film called “Mind the Gap”.
So next time you are in London, if you happen to take the underground to Embankment station, listen for the “mind the gap” announcement, it tells a love story that carries on long after the loved one has passed away.
高一想提高听力来听的好多都听不懂
英语主播璐璐 回复 @1820093vwsh: 可以从最新的倒着听,现在新上的节目都有完整文稿了,获取方式可以仔细看下图提示哦
lulu 优秀,第一次来听就被吸引了,topic 和内容太用心了,希望能一直听你的节目
I saw the commercial about the voice! “Mind the gap”
试听了许多类似的节目, 这个节目有字幕,有用心。适合初学者的。非常感谢!
英语主播璐璐 回复 @Helen_mhi: 哈哈,很高兴你能喜欢呢,但是这个节目肯定不是给初学者的,所以呢,你会喜欢而且听的进去,就证明你肯定不是初学者啦,要对自己有信心哦!
Lulu attentively edits every episode, I am lucky to learn more from you. Thanks
很喜欢看上去闷闷的题目,越听到后面越发现趣味和感动,果然是鸡尾酒。怎样做到的呢😊!
英语主播璐璐 回复 @ximalayaapple: 因为真的会用心去和听的人交流啊
touching story
伦敦地铁的故事以前看到过 真的很感动!
Lulu is so so diligent,I've noticed that the variety and frequency of the activities in XJG are exponentially grwoing.Lulu has the power to turn almost everything into an episode.In this episode, I love the actual experience "fall falt on one's face" of Lulu and the touching story "Mind the gap"![](http://s1.xmcdn.com/css/img/face/d_qinqin.gif)