从古至今，恋爱有3个阶段。第一阶段是“寻求恋情”，第二阶段是“恋情带来的兴奋和激动”，第三阶段是“恋情的终止”。既然恋爱是我们生活中的一个重要部分，当然有很多表示关于爱情的俚语。下面，我们就继续来学习它们。

1. 原味表述：death warmed over

解析：It means to be very ill or to appear very sickly. 译为：病得非常严重，满脸病容。

例句：I'm feeling like death warmed over this morning. There's no way I can make it to work. 今早我病得非常严重，没有办法让它工作。

A tall, black-garbed gentleman lay there, looking like death warmed over. 一位高大的黑衣绅士躺在那儿，看上去病得很严重。

2. 原味表述：beaten with an ugly stick

解析：It means to be very ugly. 译为：很难看。

例句：Dude, when she was born she got beaten with an ugly stick! Dude，她生来就难看无比。

Most look like they were beaten with an ugly stick, some are quite chunky too. 大多数人看上去否非常丑，有一些还非常胖。

3. 原味表述：face that could stop a clock

解析：It means a face that is strikingly or shockingly unattractive. 译为：非常丑。

例句：She is extraordinarily bright, but her face could stop a clock. 她非常聪明，但是她长得非常丑。

What did she look like? She had a face that could stop a clock. 她长得如何？她长得很难看。

4. 原味表述：short on looks

解析：用之来要形容一个人看起来不怎么样，相貌平平。

例句：She is a nice person, but short on looks. 她是个好人，但是相貌平平。

今天，我们学习4个可以用于恋情中需要用得到的俚语：face that could stop a clock，beaten with an ugly stick，short on looks。Hope thatyou can keep them in yourmind andmake use ofthem inyour daily life.

今天，我们补充学习Lesson one：《Tim想套磁没有成功》的拓展语汇。