高中VOA英语—美国习惯用语讲座（doc版） 第428 dig up dirt素材
<p> 标题：美国习惯用语-第428 <span word="dig">dig</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="dirt">dirt</span>; <span word="dirt">dirt</span> <span word="cheap">cheap</span>...</p><p> 内容：</p><p> 今天我们要讲的习惯用语有同一个词: <span word="dirt">dirt</span>。</p><p> 大家也许早知道<span word="dirt">dirt</span>这个词。</p><p> 它意思是脏东西或尘土；总之是那些令人不快的东西。</p><p> 我们要学的头两个习惯用语和<span word="dirt">dirt</span>这个词的原意有关。</p><p> 但是用在习惯用语里它的意义转化成“不利情况, 不利消息”甚至“丑闻”了。</p><p> 我们要学的第一个习惯用语是: <span word="dig">dig</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="dirt">dirt</span> <span word="on">on</span>。</p><p> 从字面来看<span word="dig">dig</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="dirt">dirt</span> <span word="on">on</span>就是把脏东西挖掘出来。</p><p> 不说你也想得到, 这儿的脏东西一定指那些见不得人的丑事。</p><p> 政界惯用的伎俩就是深挖细查政敌的隐私, 把他那些不为人知的丑闻揭露在光天化日之下, 污损他的形象。</p><p> 我们要听的例子说的就是那么回事。</p><p> 那是个搞政治的老手在谈他们的打击对象。</p><p> 例句-1：<span word="We">We</span> <span word="spent">spent</span> <span word="weeks">weeks</span> <span word="trying">trying</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="dig">dig</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="dirt">dirt</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="guy">guy</span>. <span word="We">We</span>'<span word="ve">ve</span> <span word="talked">talked</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="enemies">enemies</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="looked">looked</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="court">court</span> <span word="records">records</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="dirt">dirt</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="traffic">traffic</span> <span word="tickets">tickets</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="speeding">speeding</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="hate">hate</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="it">it</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="guy">guy</span> <span word="looks">looks</span> <span word="clean">clean</span>.他说：他们几星期来都在竭力挖那人的丑事。</p><p> 他们向他的仇人打听, 又查看法庭档案, 但是找到的只是两张超速驾驶的交通罚单。</p>
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