刚来美国我最怕接电话了。总觉得话筒另一端人是用一种我完全没听过语言。常常怕传错话, 便要求对方再打一次, 在录音机上留言。其实这也不是个坏主意, 总比乱说一通好 ! 这里我依照一些常见情况, 整理了几个会话供大家参考。 情况 (一) 打电话人找是你自己 Is Daisy there? (Daisy ...
下面要举出一些和走”有关的动词,并造句说明各种各样走路姿态之间的不同之处。 这些动词如下: stagger, plod, pace, loiter, stride, stray, strut, ramble, lurk, creep, stroll, stumble, trudge, s...
常与朋友或者同事产生一些磨擦是很正常的,但千万不能由此而怀恨在心。在英文中,如果人们不记仇,我们可以用no hard feelings这个片语来形容他们。Jenny and I have no hard feelings toward each other even though we often ...
俗话说江山易改,本性难移,这个俗话常用形容那些改不了旧习的人们。英文中也有相同的表达:old habits die hard.It’s no doubt that we all have bad habits. As the saying goes, old habits die har...
2.成语类False Friends pull one's leg 开玩笑(不是拉后腿”) in one's birthday suit 赤身裸体(不是穿着生日礼服”) eat one's words 收回前言(不是食言”) an appl...
1.词汇类False Friends lover 情人(不是爱人”) busboy 餐馆勤杂工(不是公汽售票员”) busybody 爱管闲事的人(不是大忙人”) dry goods (美)纺织品;(英)谷物(不是干货”) heartman 换心人(不...
1. She is thin / fat.她瘦瘦的。 / 她胖胖的。2. He's big / small.他个头满大的。/ 他个头小小的。3. She's slim.她很苗条。4. She's really skinny.她瘦得跟皮包骨一样。5. She is chubby...
Many people shake hands when meeting after they havn't seen each other for a long time. 1. A: I haven't seen you for ages. You haven't bee...
When you're far from friends and family, you can keep in touch with them by letters, post cards, short notes or phone calls. 1.A: I've come to...
中文里说人走起路来慢吞吞的,又摇摇晃晃的,叫鹅行鸭步”,英文里把鹅走路描写军队检阅时走的正步”——goose step,中文里说冷、害怕或恶心的时候起的鸡皮疙瘩”,英文里叫鹅肉”goose flesh——...