編輯/蕭譯婷
在外國影集或電影當中，男女主角在口語上常會使用到許多動詞片語，但有時候一個動詞片語的意思不只一種，這時候你就只能依照劇情去猜測嗎？
Engvid的講師James提出了五個在口語上常常用到的動詞片語(phrasal verbs)，例如我們常聽到的「work out」就有四種用法，如果能一次學起來，我們在看欣賞電影時就不會為了瞭解角色對話，而忘了投入在劇情當中了！
1. Set up
– To place somebody in an awkward situation 使某人處於尷尬的情況之下
– To arrange or build a system 建立或開創某事物
2. Work out
– Fix a problem 解決問題
– Couples fix a relationship 情人之間修復關係
– Come to a successful end 成功、有好結果
– Go to the gym 運動、鍛鍊
3. Turn out
– Unknown knowledge 結果是、原來是
– Quantity produced 出產
4. Cut off
– To be stopped 中斷
– When driving somebody goes in front of you 超車
5. Catch up
– Learn about what has happened in the pass 更新近況
6. 練習
Mr. E helped me to ____ ____ my new computer. It ____ ____ well and we finished early! However, it ____ ____ Mr. E had forgotten to pay his electric bill so the power was ____ ____. We sat in the dark ____ ____.
7. 答案
(1) Set up
(2) Worked out
(3) Turns out
(4) Cut off
(5) Catching up