2017中级口译考试语法词汇搭配巩固（六）
Everyday Expressions
n. [C] 孩子
Tom’s first child died two days after he got divorced.
n. 无经验的人,行动像小孩子的人
My wife is a child in financial matters. (我的妻子不善于理财。)
n. 产儿，产物
His books were the children of his brain.
衍生词语
childish (幼稚的,孩子气的);
childlike (天真的,特指大人的言行);
childhood (童年);
childless (无子女的);
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
临产胎儿 --- child about-to-be-born
淘气的孩子 --- naughty child
任性的孩子 --- wilful child
彬彬有礼的孩子 --- a well-behaved child
有天赋的孩子 --- a gifted child
独生子 --- the only child
抚养孩子 --- raise a child
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
wild child --- 舞会狂 (party animal)
child's play --- 极易做的事，小菜一碟;不重要的行为
生活用语 Street Talks
A: Daddy, uncle Willie is too fat.
B: Huh! He’ll be angry when he hears that.
C: Let it be, honey. He’s only a child. Children and fools speak the truth.
A: That’s not fair!
B: Stop acting like such a child! (别这么幼稚。)
A: Was the test difficult?
B: Child’s play. (小儿科。)
I’m a real wild child. I like to drink, chase women, and smoke weed. (大麻)
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 The doctors had begged me to take drugs, but I kept saying Iwouldn’t do anything to hurt my child. 《情归巴黎》
All children are hideous at the age of eight. 《西雅图夜未眠》
对话 Sabrina: What was he like as a child? Mr. Fairchild: Shorter. 《情归巴黎》
Forrest: I liked that guitar. It sounded good. I started moving around to the music, swingin’ my hips. This night, me and mama was out shoppin’ and we walked right by Pitsey’s Furnature and Appliance store, Guess what... (Elvis was on TV dancing the way that Forrest taught him)
Mrs.Gump: This is not for children’s eyes. 《阿甘正传》
谚语 Proverbs
Children and fools cannot lie.孩子和傻子，不会说谎。
The child is father of the man 童年的经历可决定成年以后的性格(三岁看大)。
