美国习惯用语-第103讲:To give up the ghos
<p><span word="To">To</span> <span word="give">give</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ghost">ghost</span></p><p><span word="ghost">ghost</span> <span word="town">town</span></p><p>世界上到底有没有鬼？真正看见过鬼的人似乎也不多，可是几千年来，许多人一听鬼的故事就毛骨悚然。今天我们要讲两个和"鬼"这个字有关的俗语，可是大家千万别害怕，你绝不会见到鬼的。"鬼"这个字在英文里就是：<span word="ghost">ghost</span>。</p><p>根据字典里的解释，ghost就是看不见的幽灵，人死了，他的灵魂也就离开了人体。今天要讲的两个俗语就是这个意思。我们先来介绍：to give up the ghost。To give up就是"放弃"。一个人放弃了灵魂不就是死了吗？<span word="To">To</span> <span word="give">give</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ghost">ghost</span>的意思也就是：" 死"。下面我们来举个例子：</p><p>例句-1: "<span word="My">My</span> <span word="poor">poor</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="aunt">aunt</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="bed">bed</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="cancer">cancer</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="six">six</span> <span word="months">months</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="finally">finally</span> <span word="gave">gave</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ghost">ghost</span>."</p><p>这个人说："我那可怜的老阿姨得了癌，在床上躺了半年后终于去世了。"</p><p><span word="To">To</span> <span word="give">give</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ghost">ghost</span>不一定指人，它还可以用来说别的东西，就像那些磨损很利害无法修理的机器：</p><p>例句-2: "<span word="I">I</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="money">money</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="buy">buy</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="car">car</span>. <span word="My">My</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="twelve">twelve</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="I">I</span>\'<span word="m">m</span> <span word="afraid">afraid</span> <span word="it">it</span>\'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="ready">ready</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="give">give</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ghost">ghost</span>."</p><p>这个人说："我需要钱去买一辆新车。我那辆老的汽车已经开了十二年，恐怕是要完蛋了。"</p><p>要是你看过美国的西部电影的话，你很可能看到过那种被遗弃的城镇。美国人把它们叫做：<span word="ghost">ghost</span> <span word="town">town</span>。Ghost town就是一些被遗弃的城镇。一百多年前，成千上万的人都争先恐后到美国西部去淘金，想一夜就变成富翁。当时那里的小城镇都很繁荣，后来，随着淘金活动的结束，人们也就逐个地离开了那里到别处去谋生，这些城镇也就没有生命了。下面的例句是一个人在形容<span word="ghost">ghost</span> <span word="town">town</span>的凄凉情景：</p>
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