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Friends英语赏析【64】Fixate

本栏目是由世博英语Starry_Night原创编写！

Joey: And you never knew she was a lesbian…
Ross: No!! Okay? Why does everyone keep fixating on that? She didn’t know, how should I know?

乔伊：你从来不知道她是同性恋？
罗斯：不！好了吧？你们怎么老是盯着这事不放？她自己也不知道，我怎么会知道？

【世博视角】

Fix的意思是固定，fix one’s eyes on就是盯着看，不过，fixate两个意思都有，呵呵，使用起来比较方便，但这是个比较正式、甚至有点古板的词汇，也只有洛斯才这么说话。而keep fixating就是指一直盯着不放的意思了，keep doing something是个常用的表示重复某个动作或一直发出某个动作的表达方法，比如学习英语的时候，你需要keep listening, keep reading, keep practicing才行。当然，如果有人老是盯着你看，你就可以学洛斯的句型：Why do you keep staring at me? 然后，再把以前学过一句话用上：Leave me alone, okey?

Word Bank

Fixate: to focus one’s eyes or attention on. 关注

Coffee prices on the rise 咖啡价格上涨

A worker roasts coffee at a coffee shop in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on July 19, 2022.

Extreme weather conditions have impacted coffee crops in some of the top-producing countries, which could mean higher prices for your morning cup of coffee.

极端天气条件影响了一些咖啡产量最高的国家的咖啡作物，这可能意味着你早上喝的咖啡价格更高。

According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, coffee farmers in Brazil — the world’s leader in coffee production — experienced bad weather last year with both drought and frost that left some with nearly half of the arabica beans as usual.

《华尔街日报》的一篇报道称，作为世界咖啡产量的领导者，巴西的咖啡农去年经历了干旱和霜冻的恶劣天气，导致一些人的阿拉比卡咖啡豆产量接近往常的一半。

It’s still possible to save by skipping the coffee shop and making that morning brew at home, but ground coffee at the supermarket is also going up in price.

不去咖啡店，早上自己在家冲咖啡还是可以省钱的，但超市里的咖啡粉价格也在上涨。