- 1. go Dutch AA制,各付各的
- 2. You think we’re ready for something like that?
- 3. It’s a pretty big commitment.
- 4. He ran off and got married, and things got pretty ugly.
- 5. How'd you get to that?
- 6. It’s on the tip of my tongue.
- 7. How shall I put it?
- 8. Paolo made a pass on me.
- 9. I haven't seen you in a while. 我好久没见你了!
- 10. instant noodles方便面、速食面,
- 11. dodge taxes偷税、漏税
- 12. burst into flames突然着火,突然自燃
- 13. be supposed to do 应该
- 14. hold a grudge 记仇
- 15. hair loss脱发(名词,表现象) ,
- 16. anyone in there?
- 17. May I speak to…? may I speak with…? 我想找……
- 18. It's all good. 没关系。
- 19. wash up 洗一下、洗洗手、洗洗脸
- 20. Here we go开始吧=let's get started.
- 21. kill the mood破坏情绪(氛围),大煞风景
- 22. whine抱怨,发牢骚(=complain)
- 23. alarm闹铃
- 24. shopping买东西谈价钱 *
- 25. I'm not good at English.
- 26. Lantern Festival元宵节
- 27. How's the weather? 天气如何
- 28. take out the trash(更常用)/garbage 倒垃圾
- 29. Holy cow!=Holy smoke!=Holy moly! *
- 30. so far so good.到目前为止,一切都好。
- 31. Help me out!帮我一下
- 32. I'm all ears!洗耳恭听
- 33. keep an eye on留意,注意
- 34. Speaking of the devil 说曹操曹操到
- 35. It can be a killer. 这是一个伤脑筋的问题&是一个很杀脑细胞的问题。
- 36. Watch your mouth(注意言辞)
- 37. none of my business不关我的事
- 38. It's a long story.一言难尽、说来话长。
- 39. Stay away from sb不要靠近(远离)某人
- 40. Put all the eggs in one basket.
- 41. You did a good job,keep it up.
- 42. good for you:做得好,最的对。
- 43. You asked for it: 你自找,你自作自受。大家要注意的是,这里的时态是被动语态,
- 44. It’s Greek to me:完全不懂某件事,一窍不通。
- 45. It never rains but it pours:祸不单行。
- 46. Money talks:有钱能使鬼推磨,金钱是万能的。
- 47. go fifty-fifty on sth. 平分,AA制。
- 48. not one’s cup of tea. 对某件事或某人不感兴趣,不是我的菜。
# 口语天天练-第一部分
# 1. go Dutch AA制,各付各的
Let’s go Dutch.(Let’s go fifty-fifty. )(Let’s split the bill.) 让我们AA制吧。
我请客 I will buy you a lunch/dinner/drink. (It’s on me.) (It’s my treat.) I will treat you an ice-cream. 请你吃冰淇淋。 Be my guest. 我做东。
# 2. You think we’re ready for something like that?
一般用于男女之间 你认为我们已经准备好那一步了吗?
# 3. It’s a pretty big commitment.
这是一个很大的承诺。
# 4. He ran off and got married, and things got pretty ugly.
他跑去结婚了,然后场面变得难堪起来。
# 5. How'd you get to that?
你在哪得到的结论?
# 6. It’s on the tip of my tongue.
已经到嘴边了,暂时想不起来。
# 7. How shall I put it?
我该怎样表达呢?
# 8. Paolo made a pass on me.
保罗向我调情。(He hit on me.勾搭、献殷勤)
# 9. I haven't seen you in a while. 我好久没见你了!
I haven't seen you in ages. 否定句用in ages, 肯定句用for ages. 如 I haven't been to the cinema in ages. We've been waiting for you for ages.
# 10. instant noodles方便面、速食面,
instant coffee 速溶咖啡 cup noodles 桶装方便面 Instant noodles were born in Japan in 1958. 方便面是1958年诞生于日本。 Instant noodles are enjoyed all over the world. 全世界的人都很喜欢方便面。 He got himself a cup of instant coffee and went back to work. 他给自己到了杯速溶咖啡就回去工作了。
# 11. dodge taxes偷税、漏税
dodge v.躲开,避开,躲避
dodge the car躲开汽车,
dodge behind the door躲在门背后,
dodge questions回避问题
Fan Bingbing was fined 100 million dollars for dodging taxes.
范冰冰因为偷税漏税被罚款一亿美元。
dodge a bullet逃过一劫(非正式)
I really dodged a bullet when my exam was delayed as I hadn’t study for it at all.
我的考试推迟了,真的是成功躲过一劫呀,因为我一点都没学。
# 12. burst into flames突然着火,突然自燃
A Tesla model S burst into flames while driving in L.A.. 一辆特斯拉在洛杉矶行驶的时候,突然着火自燃起来。 burst into tears突然大哭 She took a deep breath and burst into tears again. 她深呼吸了一口气,然后突然大哭起来。 burst into laughter突然大笑 When he heard the news, John burst into laughter. 听到这个消息,John突然大笑起来。
# 13. be supposed to do 应该
You're supposed to listen to Lily's English. 你应该听粒子的英语节目了。 You're supposed to listen to your parents. 你应该听父母的话。 Aren't you supposed to be at school right now? 此刻你不是应该在学校吗? What are we supposed to do in the situation like this? 在这种情况下我们应该怎么做呢? She was supposed to be here an hour ago. 一个小时前她就该到了吧
# 14. hold a grudge 记仇
grudge,n.怨恨、愤怒、生气、不爽 I'm definitely holding a grudge. 我真的记仇了。 she can surely hold a grudge. 她很记仇的。 Johnny has been holding a grudge against me since we were 12. 从12岁起,Johnny就一直记我的仇。 hold a grudge against somebody记某人的仇,用介词against Samantha is so forgiving. She has never held a grudge in her life. 特别宽容,这辈子都没记过仇。
# 15. hair loss脱发(名词,表现象) ,
lose one's hair脱发(动词短语,表动作) a. thin表头发稀少(形容词), be thin on top;thinning表示变少、变稀薄(动词) She's a bit thin on top these days. 她最近头发有点稀少。 His hair is already thinning. 他的头发已经在变少了。
b. bald表秃顶的,头发很少很少的, go bald开始秃顶、脱发 He was bald by 25. 他25岁就开始秃顶了。 He went bald in his 30s. 他30多岁就开始脱发。
c. hairline发际线, recede后移,后退,撤退 He's quite concerned about his receding hairline. 他非常担心他的发际线后移。
# 16. anyone in there?
里面有人吗? (如卫生间、试衣间) Q:Is anyone in here? 里面有人吗? A:someone's in here. 有人了。 Q: Anyone in here? 有人吗? A:Ocupied./It's occupied. 有人了。
# 17. May I speak to…? may I speak with…? 我想找……
May I ask what you are calling about? 你打电话干什么啊 sb is not in, she's in a meeting.某人不在,她在开会 When would be a good time to call back? 什么时候回电话好呢 I'm returning your call from this morning/yesterday. 我回你今天早上打的电话 You have/got the wrong number. 你打错了
# 18. It's all good. 没关系。
Hey, I'm so sorry I forget the drinks. 嘿,我忘记带酒了,真是太抱歉了。 Oh, it's all good. somebody else brought drinks. 没关系,有人带酒了。 I'm terribly sorry I broke your computer. 对不起我把你电脑弄坏了。 It's all good. Don't worry about it. I wanna get a new one anyway. 没关系,别担心,我正想换个新的呢。
# 19. wash up 洗一下、洗洗手、洗洗脸
I've been digging in the garden all morning. I'm gonna go wash up. 我一上午都在花园挖地,我要去洗一下。 Make sure the kids wash up before dinner. 吃完饭前一定要让孩子们洗手。
# 20. Here we go开始吧=let's get started.
Here you go=here you are.给你 * When are the fireworks going to start? 烟花秀什么时候开始呀? Here we go. The first one just went off. 开始了开始了,已经开始放第一个了。 Here we go. Here we go again.表示自己嫌弃,不喜欢接下来的事情 * Here we go again. Another boring story of yours. 不会吧又来了,你又开始讲无聊的事情了。
# 21. kill the mood破坏情绪(氛围),大煞风景
The boss is killing the mood. 老板太破坏氛围了。 If Lily doesn't update, that'll kill the mood. 如果Lily不更新啊,那还挺倒胃口的。 He can't stop telling boring jokes. He's killing the mood. 他一直在讲冷笑话,破坏氛围。 we were all having fun. Then they started fighting. That killed the mood. 我们本来玩得很开心,后来他们开始打了起来,气氛一下没了。
# 22. whine抱怨,发牢骚(=complain)
no whining不要抱怨 He is always whining about his problems. 他总是在抱怨他遇到的各种各样的问题。 She's a person of positivity. I haven't heard her whine yet. 她是个正能量的人,我还从来没听她抱怨过什么。 For heaven's sake, stop whining. That's not gonna help. 我的天,不要发牢骚了好嘛,发牢骚一点用都没有。
# 23. alarm闹铃
set the alarm for 设闹铃,在什么时间用介词for+time * set the alarm for 7/8/10 定七/八/十点的闹铃 * I set the alarm for 8 tomorrow because I have a meeting at 我定的明天八点的闹铃,因为我九点有个会。 * go off (=ring) 闹铃响了 * My alarm goes off at 6:30 every morning. 每天六点半我的闹铃就响了。 I set my alarm for 7 but it went off at 7:30. 我定的七点的闹铃,但它七点半才响。
# 24. shopping买东西谈价钱 *
How much is it? 这个多少钱? Can you do any better? 你能优惠一点吗?/你能给个更好的价钱吗? * How about ten dollars? 十块钱怎么样? * Would you take ten dollars? 你能接受十块钱这个价格吗? Would you give me a discount? 可以给我打个折吗? If I take two, would you give me a discount? 如果我买两个,你能给我打个折吗?
# 25. I'm not good at English.
我的英语不好。 My English is not good.=My English is bad. * My English is basic. 我的英语很基础。 I'm not (very ) fluent in English. 我的英语不是很流利。 My English sucks. 我的英语很烂。(非正式场合用) (suck动词表示很糟糕,很烂,如he sucks.)
# 26. Lantern Festival元宵节
tangyuan or yuanxiao汤圆、元宵, rice glue ball(网络用语) it's a sweet rice-flour dumpling. 它很甜,是米和面粉做成的饺子 lantern show 灯会 There's a lantern show tonight. Let's go to see it. 今晚有灯会,我们去看看吧。 enjoy the beautiful lanterns赏灯 guess lantern riddles猜灯谜 Next, let's play the game of guessing lantern riddles. 接下来,我们来猜灯谜。 lion dance 舞狮子 There will be a lion dance. 有舞狮会。
# 27. How's the weather? 天气如何
What's it like out there? 外面天气如何? How's the weather? It's cold outside, don't forget your coat. What's it like out there? It's looks cloudy, you should bring your umbrella in case it rains. What's it like out there? 外面天气如何? I haven't been out all morning. It's starting to get windy.
# 28. take out the trash(更常用)/garbage 倒垃圾
Can you take out the trash? It's starting to get smelly. 你能把垃圾倒了吗?开始有味道了。 When I was little I earnt my pocket money by taking out the trash. 小时候我靠倒垃圾挣零花钱。 Loser has to take out the trash for a month. 输的人倒垃圾一个月。
# 29. Holy cow!=Holy smoke!=Holy moly! *
Holy cow! How did she get the full score on such a difficult exam. 我的天呐,这么难的考试她居然考了满分。 Holy smoke! Nobody expected such a big mistake in such a big competition. 我的神呐,谁能想到在这么大的比赛中犯这么大一个错误 Holy moly! This place is amazing! 天呐,这个地方太赞了。
# 30. so far so good.到目前为止,一切都好。
I just moved to here, so far so good. 我刚搬到这里,到目前为止一切都好。 I just started learning English, so far so good. 我刚开始学习英语,到目前为止一切都很顺利。
# 31. Help me out!帮我一下
1.This box is so heavy,Come and help me out! 这个箱子太沉了,快来帮我一下。 2.Can you help me out with my homework? 能帮我指导作业吗?
# 32. I'm all ears!洗耳恭听
1.Tell me about your story, I'm all ears 告诉我你的故事,我洗耳恭听。 2.If you have a better idea, I'm all ears 如果你有更好的想法,我乐意倾听
# 33. keep an eye on留意,注意
1.I must go out for a moment ,Please keep an eye on my bag 我要出门一下,请帮我留意我的包。 2.The parents most keep an eye on their babies 父母要时常留意他们的宝宝。
# 34. Speaking of the devil 说曹操曹操到
Speaking of the devil, here comes the teacher. 说曹操曹操到,老师来了。 Speaking of the devil, it comes to rain. 说曹操曹操到,说到雨就下雨
# 35. It can be a killer. 这是一个伤脑筋的问题&是一个很杀脑细胞的问题。
The cold weather is not very serious, but it can be a killer. 寒冷的天气并不严重,但它是个伤脑筋的问题。
# 36. Watch your mouth(注意言辞)
You should watch your mouth in public places 在公共场合注意你的言辞, Watch your mouth, this is not your home 注意你的言辞,这不是你家
# 37. none of my business不关我的事
where you live, it's none of my business 你住哪根本不关我的事 go away, this is none of your business. 走开,这根本不关你的事
# 38. It's a long story.一言难尽、说来话长。
People ask me why I'm still single, it's a long story 人们问我为什么还单身,真是一言难尽啊。 The journey is very difficult, it's really a long story. 这趟旅行太艰辛了,真是说来话长
# 39. Stay away from sb不要靠近(远离)某人
Stay away from that person, He is a liar 不要靠近这个人,他是个骗子! Stay away from me, I'm very angry with you 不要靠近我,我还生你的气呢!
# 40. Put all the eggs in one basket.
It's not wise to put all the eggs in one basket. You should not put all the eggs in one basket and speed all your money on stocks.
# 41. You did a good job,keep it up.
你做的很棒,继续加油! You are very close to success,all you have to do is to keep it up. 你离成功很近了,你要做的就是继续努力!
# 42. good for you:做得好,最的对。
You have decided to stop smoking! Good for you!
你决定戒烟了,做得好
You finally decide to exercise. Good for you!
你终于下定决定锻炼身体了,做得好啊!
# 43. You asked for it: 你自找,你自作自受。大家要注意的是,这里的时态是被动语态,
You can’t blame others. You asked for it.
你不应该怪别人,这是你自找的
Now you don’t feel good. You asked for it.
你现在不好受了吧,这是你自找的
# 44. It’s Greek to me:完全不懂某件事,一窍不通。
I’ve never heard of it. It’s Greek to me. 我从来没听说过这个东西,完全不懂: My best friend studies quantum mechanics. It’s Greek to me. 我好朋友在学习量子力学,我简直是对它一窍不通
# 45. It never rains but it pours:祸不单行。
It never rains but it pours. He just lost his cellphone, and his computer is missing too. 真是祸不单行,他刚丢完手机,电脑又不见了 He is so depressed because it never rains but it pours. 祸不单行,他快郁闷死了
# 46. Money talks:有钱能使鬼推磨,金钱是万能的。
The millionaire believes that he can do everything he wants because money talks.
那个百万富翁觉得他想干什么就能干什么,因为有钱能使鬼推磨
More and more people commit crimes today because they think that money talks.
现在越来越多的犯罪,因为他们认为金钱是万能的
# 47. go fifty-fifty on sth. 平分,AA制。
We can go fifty-fifty on tonight’s dinner. 今天晚上聚餐,我们AA。 They are a weird couple. They go fifty-fifty on everything. 他们是一对奇葩的夫妻,他们买什么都AA。
# 48. not one’s cup of tea. 对某件事或某人不感兴趣,不是我的菜。
Thank you for hooking me up with a date. But he is really not my cup of tea. 谢谢你给我介绍对象,但是他真的不是我的菜 Leave me alone. You are not my cup of tea. 别烦我了,你真的不是我的菜
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