课本上学不到的20个口语表达,让你从naive变native!
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有没有这种经历,和老外聊天时,发现多少年的英语都白学了,宝宝听不懂啊!为啥歪果仁说的英语 ,和我们学的完全不一样呢?这种时候,你就需要积累一些接地气的语言了!下面这些地道表达,学起来,用在自己的口语里!立马就拉近了和外国人民的距离了有木有
1
I beat you to it.
►beat somebody to it:
比某人抢先一步做了某事。
▷I was just about to open some wine but I see you've beaten me to it.
我刚想开瓶酒呢,看来你抢在我前头开了啊。
2
Jimmy stood me up last night.
►stand someone up:
放某人鸽子。爽约。
▷He stood up his date while he played basketball with the guys.
他因为和基友们打篮球,放了女朋友的鸽子。
3
All I want to do is zone out in front of the TV.
►zone out:
指让思想放空,对周遭事物浑然不觉。Zone是区域的意思,zone out相当于思想游离到另一个地方去了……
▷At the end of a long, stressful day, all I want to do is go home and zone out in front of the television.
经过漫长的压力山大的一天,我现在只想回家坐在电视机前发呆。
►in the zone:
相反的,in the zone就是指精力集中,精神状态极佳,尤指运动员、表演者的表现。
▷I love when I'm running on a nice day with my headphones on and I just get in the zone. I feel like I can keep running forever.
我喜欢天气好的时候戴上耳机去跑步,感觉精神状态特别好,好像能永远跑下去。
4
Without further ado, I would like to...
►without further ado [ə'du:]:
闲话少说;进入正题。Ado意思是忙乱、纷扰、麻烦……
▷And so, without further ado, let me introduce you to tonight's speaker.
所以,闲话少说,下面就有请今晚的演讲嘉宾。
5
It will come to me.
►it will come to someone:
会想起来的。忘了什么事的时候,可以说这句话。
▷It'll come to you. The minute you stop trying to find it, it will find you.
你会想起来的。你不去费劲去找它的时候,它就会自动出现。
6
We went out of our way to please the visitor.
►go out of one's way:
努力、费尽麻烦做某事。
▷I went out of my way to make sure they were comfortable.
我费尽心力确保他们能住得舒服。
▷We appreciate anything you can do, but don't go out of your way.
你做的一切我们都很感激,但千万别太麻烦自己。
7
Just a heads up.
►a heads up:
给某人提个醒,提前告知一声。“Heads up”说法来自体育运动,在扔球前,让对方抬头,别被砸着。后来广泛用于社交场合。
▷Just a heads up - we're going to have to meet soon.
先跟你说一声,我们很快会见面的。
▷I wanted to give you a heads up that I'll be sending you the revised form for your approval.
我想提前告诉你一下,我一会儿把修改好的表格发给你审核。
8
I might take you up on that.
►take someone up on something:
接受某人的邀请,或接受某人提出的建议。
▷I took him up on his offer to take me out to dinner.
他邀我约会吃饭,我答应了。
也可以用这个表达来接受某人的打赌挑战。
▷He bet me twenty bucks that I couldn't get a perfect score, and I took him up on it.
他赌20块我考不好,我决定跟他赌一把。
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