【课程7】为什么吃土？因为我又去疯狂剁手买买买了

1：本期热词回顾

剁手党：shopaholics/Big spender/Clothes horse       吃土：eat dirt

穷哭了：flat broke/flat busted/Not have a penny to one’s name

开心到飞起：on cloud nine/be in seventh heaven/walk on air/over the moon/tickled pink

1）剁手党：shopaholics/Big spender/Clothes horse

eg：I will not admit  that I am a shopaholic. If I over-shop again, I will chop off my hands!

我是不会承认我是个剁手党的！如果我再疯狂买买买，我就把我的手砍掉！

2）吃土：eat dirt

3）穷哭了：flat broke/flat busted/Not have a penny to one’s name

eg：I can’t afford to buy Steven’s sweater，I’m flat broke.

我身无分文了，买不起OO的毛衣。

eg.“Informal talks” spent all the money on props and hasn’t got a penny to its name now.

《非正式会谈》把所有的钱全花了在道具上，现在已经穷穿地心了。

4）开心到飞起：on cloud nine/be in seventh heaven/walk on air/over the moon/tickled pink

eg：When I got my promotion, I was on cloud nine. When the check came, I was on cloud nine for days.

当我得知自己晋升了，我真是开心极了。当知道这一切尘埃落定，我几天都乐翻了天。

eg：Since they got married, they've been in seventh heaven.

他们结婚了以后一直过得很幸福很快乐。

eg：When I found out my parents were getting me a kitten for Christmas, I was walking on air for the rest of the day.

当我发现我爸妈圣诞节给我买了一只小猫咪当作礼物，剩下的这几天我一直都开心到飞起。

eg：I am over the moon at this moment.

现在我简直开心的要上天。

eg：She was tickled pink after receiving her present.

收到她的礼物后她高兴极了。

2：同步解读世界流行文化

1）美国十大购物狂欢节

Black Friday

Cyber Monday

Giving Tuesday

Small Business Saturday

Boxing Day