25天和我学口语 | DAY 12《American College Slang》口语地道表达

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12  WORKING OUT AT A GYM

bro：a friend(male),short as brother（哥们，兄弟

）

do (three) sets：to repeat a group of exercise (three) times（做三组动作

，比如你做了三组开合跳，每组20个，就可以说：I have done three sets of jumping jacks, and each set I jumped 20 times.）

bulk up：to add muscle mass or weight by lifting weights（举重来增肌

，比如你朋友说你一点都不健壮

，You don’t have any biceps(二头肌)! 你就说：I admire your huge guns(large bicep muscles).

  And I need to start lifting to bulk up.）

epic：awesome, very impressive（很棒，让人印象深刻，比如朋友问你昨晚的音乐会怎么样，你就说：It was absolutely epic!

）

get ripped：to get large muscles by weightlifting（通过举重增肌肉，前面是不是讲过相似的表达？

比如你有个同学每天都健身

，你就可以说：He lifted weights seven days a week, and he had gotten ripped by last year.

）

gym rat：one who spends a lot of time at the gym（成天在健身房的人，健身狂魔，

比如你认为你同学是健身狂魔，就说：He's such a gym rat. Every time I go to gym, I see him there!

）

hit the gym：to go to the gym to work out（去健身房健身，

比如你朋友问你晚上有什么打算，你就说：I am going tohit the gym. Are you in?前面这句还记得吗?

）

let someone in on a (little) secret：to tell someone a secret（告密，比如你刚刚得知了某八卦新闻，

就和你的朋友说：I’m going to let you in on a secret. Tom just dumped his girlfriend of two years!前面这个词还记得吗？

）

push oneself：to challenge oneself, to work very hard（拼了命，加油干，加把劲儿，

比如你的朋友说：How can I get in better shape? 你就说：I just learned the hard way. In a word, you need to push yourself more.

）

spot someone：to support someone at the gym so that they can do or lift more than they could without such help（健身的时候帮某人

，比如今天你在健身房想多锻炼几组，就和你旁边的人说：I’m trying to lift more today. Can you spot me?

）