中文翻译在后面
1. It’s up to you.
【额外成就感】
* It is up to you to carry out the plan.
* It’s up to us to help those in need.
【特别解释】
up在这里是“应由……负责;由……决定”的意思,当我们想授权某人做某事时,我们就可以用up to 这个词。
2. I envy you.
【额外成就感】
* She envied John for his success.
* I envy you your health.
3. How can I get in touch with you? How can I contact/reach you?
【额外成就感】
* Please contact me when you come home.
* I must contact my lawyer before I make my final decision.
* Newspapers keep us in contact with the events of the world.
4. Where can I wash my hands?
【特别提醒】
wash one’s hands 通常都“洗手”的意思,比如我们吃饭前都会对小孩说:“Wash your hands clean. ”,但当外国朋友说:“Where can I wash my hands?”时,这是他们委婉的说法,意思是“洗手间在哪里?”。
下面再给你一个跟wash one’s hands 相关的用法:wash one’s hands of 意思是“不管了/洗手不干了”,如:I wash my hands of you and all your wild ideas!(我再也不管你和你那些荒唐的念头了。)
5. What’s the weather like today?
【额外成就感】
* What’s it like, being an actor?
【意外收获】
从这句话我们可以学到一个很重要的表达方式,What’s something like? (……是怎么样的?),当你想让某人对某事/某物/某人作出描述或说明时,请应用这个最地道的表达方式。
6. Where are you headed?
【额外成就感】
* He realized that he was heading in the wrong direction.
* We headed out to school.
7. I wasn’t born yesterday.
8. What do you do for relaxation.
【额外成就感】
* It’s one of his favorite relaxations.
* It is so necessary for you to have some rest and relaxation.
9.It’s a small world.
【额外成就感】
* The whole world knows that.
* He is a big figure in the business world.
10. It’s my treat this time.
【额外成就感】
* It’s her birthday and she wants to give us all a treat.
* This is to be my treat, so I’ll pay for everything.
11. The sooner the better.
12. When is the most convenient time for you?
【额外成就感】
* His house is in a convenient place, near the station.
* Is it convenient to you if I come at 6 p.m.?
13. Take your time.
【额外成就感】
* How long will it take you to finish the work?
* It took me an hour to walk there.
14. I’m crazy about Bruce Lee.
I’m crazy about rock music.
【额外成就感】
* The girls all went crazy over him.
* The boys are crazy about the singer.
15. What should I call you?
【额外成就感】
* He always called me as “my friend”.
* He was always called as “genius”.
16. What was your name again?
17. Would you care for a cup of coffee?
【额外成就感】
* He didn’t care for the taste of the drink.
* I really care for the students in my class.
18. She turns me off.
【额外成就感】
* The music turns me off.
* I turned off when they started talking about computers.
19. So far so good.
【额外成就感】
* So far I have been learning about China.
* I’ve been here for three weeks, and so far I’ve enjoyed it.
20. It drives me crazy.
【额外成就感】
* Continual failure drove him to suicide.
* The failure drove him into despair.
* Poverty and hunger drove them to steal.
* Anger drove her mad.
* drive sb. crazy / to insanity / out of his mind
21. She never showed up.
【额外成就感】
* Did everyone you invited show up?
* It was eleven o’cloch when he finally showed up.
22. That’s not like him.
23. I couldn’t get through.
【额外成就感】
* I tried calling you several times yesterday but I couldn’t get through ( to you ).
* I tried to telephone you but I couldn’t get through.
24. I got sick and tired of hotels.
【额外成就感】
* I’m sick and tired of your complaints; be quiet.
* I’m sick and tired of my monotonous life.
25. Be my guest.
26. Can you keep an eye on my bag?
【额外成就感】
* Can you keep an eye on the baby while I go shopping?
27. Let’s keep in touch.
【额外成就感】
* Are you in touch with him now?
* He is now out of touch with his old friends.
* I try to keep in touch with current events by reading the newspapers.
28. Let’s call it a day.
【额外成就感】
* After forty years teaching English he thinks it’s time to call it a day.
29. I couldn’t help it.
【额外成就感】
* We couldn’t help the accident.
* Don’t make it any worse than you can help.
30. Something’s come up.
【额外成就感】
* I’ll let you know if anything comes up.
* A chance may come up soon.
31. Let’s get to the point.
【额外成就感】
* I’m in a hurry, so get to the point.
* The speaker kept wandering off / away from the point.
* Let’s sto[ discussing trivial details and come / get to the point.
32. Keep that in mind.
【额外成就感】
* We have no vacancies now, but we’ll certainly bear your application in mind.
* Are you clear in your own mind what you ought to do.
* It’ll soon go out of mind.
33. That was a close call.
【额外成就感】
* That was a close call! We nearly hit that car.
34. I’ll be looking forward to it.
【额外成就感】
* We are looking forward to our vacation.
* I look forward to receiving your reply.
35. Chances are slim.
* Their chances of winning are slim.
36. Far from it.
【额外成就感】
* Far from being angry, he’s delighted.
* The problem is far from easy.
* Your account is far from true / the truth.
37. I’m behind in my work.
【额外成就感】
* He’s behind the rest of the class in reading.
* Britain is behind Japan in developing modern technology.
38. It’s a pain in the neck.
【额外成就感】
* She’s such a pain in the neck.
* It’s a pain in the neck having to meet them at the airport.
39. We’re in the same boat.
【额外成就感】
* We are in the same boat: we both failed the exam.
* If you lose your job I’ll lose mine, so we’re in the same boat.
40. My mouth is watering.
【额外成就感】
* The sight of the food made my mouth water.
41. Wthat do you recommend?
【额外成就感】
* He recommended me for the post of principal.
* I can recommend their pizza.
42. I ache all over.
* The news spread all over the world.
43. I have a runny nose.
44. It’s out of the question.
【额外成就感】
* She knew that a vocation this year out of the question.
* Clearly their victory is out of the question.
45. Do you have any openings?
46. It doesn’t make any difference.
【额外成就感】
* Flowers make no / a lot of difference to a room.
* It doesn’t make much / any / the least difference to me what you do.
*When you’re learning to drive, having a good teacher makes all the defference.
* A hot bath makes all the difference in the morning.
47. I’m fed up with him.
【额外成就感】
* I won’t wait any longer – I’m fed up.
* She is very fed up about it.
48. You can count on us.
【额外成就感】
* You can’t count on Tom being punctual.
* She counted on us to help her.
49. It doesn’t work.
【额外成就感】
* I don’t know how to work the machine.
* I think the teacher work us too hard .
* Don’t work your employees to death.
50. It’s better than nothing.
【额外成就感】
* There’s nothing like a cup of tea when you’re thirsty.
* Nothing gives me more pleasure than learning English.
* There’s nothing interesting in the newspaper.
[ 本帖最后由 phantom 于 2006-11-15 15:52 编辑 ]





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