首先,用Python对《纸牌屋》第一季的英文字幕进行词频分析:

(代码不知道怎么放进去)

纸牌屋》第一季居然只有大概5800个单词,而且还包含了:①系动词,助词,连词,②动词的时态变化,③名词的单复数变化,④人名,地名

合并①~④后估计只有3000核心词汇,掌握3000词,就能把英语说得和《纸牌屋》里的人一样流利?据说Trump说话、演讲的常用词只有500多个。

关键是英语中有很多简单词,一词多义,简直是万能般的存在,比如make和take,下次说英语卡壳时直接用这两个词替代,不知道外国人会不会懵?

《纸牌屋》第一季中出现频率超过50的高频词make,take, come, look, way, over, down, bill ,talk,put, keep, thing, thought,

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都是很简单的词,但我们不一定会用。中文里也有这类词,比如“搞”:搞定,搞好,瞎搞,搞钱,怎么搞...

外国人学中文,估计也不会用“搞”这个词

高频词No1:make/made 本意是“做”,可以衍生很多和“做”相关的联想

It's a swan.You made them? 那是天鹅,都是你做的?

That decision was made in Washington. 那是华盛顿的决定

It's the Wharton's dog . Oh, man. - He's not gonna make it.是沃顿家的狗,天哪 -他撑不了多久了

Let him make a fool out of himself. No, he will make a fool out of you.让他自己出丑吧,不 他会让你出丑的

Friends make the worst enemies. 反目的朋友是最可怕的敌人

Of course. I'll make sure you get it right away.当然 我查到马上告诉您

Don't make them throw money at your challenger next cycle.别逼得他们下回去资助你的对手

It would make him look weak,like he's lost control of the administration.这会让他显得无力,好像他控制不住自己的政府

I don't want people who make sense on paper.我不需要那些理论上可行的人

I'll make some calls. 我会打几个电话 -谢谢 雷米

We need to make this about jobs.我们的立足点是提供就业机会

I had to make a trip to California 我当时必须得去趟加州

The President should at least sit down with him, and let him make his case. 总统至少应该坐下和他谈谈,让他说说他的看法

I want to make damn sure they build it right. 我得保证那东西建得没什么问题

Eight years I worked on your staff, and never once made it further than your front doorstep.为你工作八年,我最多也就是站在你家门前

he played it perfectly. Made me think you weren't coming at all. 他装得可像了,让我以为你们压根不会来

I am the one that made the union reps stay here for you 我帮你把工会代表留在了这儿

Remy just made partner at Glendon Hill. 雷米刚成为格兰顿-希尔的合伙人

That's the deal that we made. We took that stand. 这是我们的条件 我们的立场

I clung to him early on, and made myself vital. 我一早便抓住了他 并扮演了重要角色

all my months of planning, every move I've made. 我数月来的谋划 我走的每一步

I don't know where she got that number. Maybe she made it up. 或许是她编造的

The aspirin you just took will make your blood thinner. 你刚吃的阿司匹林会稀释你的血液

高频词No.2:take/took/taken,本意是“带”,可以衍生很多和“带”相关的联想

Give and take. 付出与索取

I know you take a lot of pride in your manhood, Bob, and it's impressive, 我知道你很为你的家伙骄傲 鲍勃 (Frank上厕所时,看见了bob的老二)

Gotta take it out, Frank.得删掉它 弗兰克

Nancy, can you take them? 南茜 能送他们(去上学)吗

First and last month are taken care of. 首末两月的租金已经付过了

The President has asked that you take a step back from Pennsylvania. 不要过分插手宾州的事务

I think he'd take it as an affront, like I'm trying to get rid of him. 我想他会很受冒犯,好像我想摆脱他似的

In dixieland, I'll take my stand,To live and die in Dixie 在迪克西 我会表明立场*生于迪克西 死于迪克西*

we will talk it out no matter how long it takes. 不管花多长时间 我们会把这事谈妥的

Let us take another crack at it, and give you a few more names to consider.我们会再尽力找找, 再找几个值得考虑的人

I'm surprised it took her this long. 没想到她这么久才打来

以上的句子,有些make和take是可以替代的,感觉把握不大的情况下,还是不要随便用make,take这种万能词,用精准的动词替代make和take,否则搞出歧义就麻烦了