为7月雅思口语考试备战:一些地道的英文表达!雅思考试已经取消四个月了,曾经哭着喊着要与雅思分手的烤鸭们已经许久没有与这位难缠的小情人见面了,连面对面提出分手的机会都没有。
但是,机会就快来了!大家想必也听到了很多消息,比如大学英语四级考试将于7月进行,于是猜测,雅思复考也指日可待。我掐指一算,没错儿,这个事儿靠谱!
眯着眼睛问一句,兄弟们,是不是已经很久没有练口语了?一张嘴发现自己曾经苦苦模仿的英音又快恢复成大碴子味儿了吧?面对Do you like your home town这种问题,是不是说完yes,I do 之后就不知道该说点儿别的什么了?一想到熬夜就是stay up, 一表达喜悦就是happy,说人胖一张嘴就是fat?
啥也别说了,学就完了。下面这8个非常地道的英文表达送给大家,配上一些我自己的理解和例句,开整吧!
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PART ONE
Once in a blue moon
千载难逢,非常罕见
这个短语表示频率,可以用来回答howoften引导的问题,比如How often do you go to the cinema? 如果不常去,就可以说I only go to the cinema once in a blue moon, but when Ido go I really enjoy it.(我很少去,但是每次去都很尽兴。)
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To play devil’s advocate
唱反调
Devil’s advocate直译为魔鬼代言人,也就是故意持相反意见的人,play这个词我们可以理解为扮演什么什么角色,所以整个短语的含义就是扮演魔鬼的角色,故意唱反调。例句:My friend asked me to give her some opinion about her outfit. Honestly, I didn’t want to play devil’s advocate but I would be shocked if she were going out dressed like that.”(我朋友让我给她一些穿衣建议,说实话不是我故意唱反调,可她穿的是个啥啊,能出门么?)
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To play something by ear
见机行事
Play的一个基础含义是演奏,想象那些有天赋的音乐家,朗朗什么的,听到一个曲子之后,不用看谱就能表演出来,to play the music by ear,这应该是这个短语比较基本的一个用法,引申为“见机行事”。例句:The anchor was sick at home and I was the only one who had some experience about hosting a party. I didn’t prepare at all, but I had no choice but to play it by ear.(主持人生病在家而我又是唯一有主持经验的人,因此虽然没准备,也只好见机行事了。)
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To pull someone’s leg
开某人玩笑,欺骗某人
这个短语从字面理解就能看出搞笑意味,很有画面感,可以替换make fun of,joke with. 举个例子:My friend Mike is always a bit uptight and I seldom trick him. Once I pulled his leg by telling him that the girl whom he had a crush on was dating someone named Jack. Mike believed me and cried over dinner. I can’t believe it.(我朋友迈克是那种总是很拘束放不开的类型,我几乎不开他玩笑。有一次,我想逗他一下,就跟他说他暗恋的姑娘在跟一个叫杰克的男生约会。麦克竟然相信了,晚上吃饭的时候说起这事儿还哭了。尴尬!)
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To pull yourself together
振作起来
脆弱的时候,绝望的时候,整个人支离破碎,需要被重新组装,才能振作起来。这样去理解这个短语,就很容易记住了吧。例句:I lost my job a few months ago because of the abominable virus. I wanted to scream! I wanted to complain! But I didn’t. I pulled myself together and started to rethink about my career path.(因为这个令人厌恶的病毒,我几个月前就失业了。我想尖叫!我想抱怨!但是我没有。我振作起来,开始反思自己的职业道路。)
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To rock the boat
兴风作浪
又是一个很形象有画面感的短语,直接看例句吧!Yesterday,my team leader called and had a chat with me for about half an hour.Firstly, he was just asking about my work and how I felt about other members. Then, he told me that the team was getting on really well at the moment and he hoped that I wouldn’t rock the boat.Honestly, what made him think that I would do anything to rock the boat?!(昨天,我的小组领导给我打电话聊了半个小时。一开始,他问了问工作上的事情还有我对其他小组成员的看法。然后他说我们团队现在状态很好,希望我不要兴风作浪。我的天哪!他凭什么觉得我会兴风作浪啊?!)
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There are plenty more fish in the sea.
天涯何处无芳草
看到这句话,想到最近的一个流行语——海王。海王指暧昧关系众多经常以广撒网捕鱼为中心指导思想撩妹的渣男。既然海里还有很多鱼,为何要抓着一条鱼不放,别的鱼不香么?当然,这个句子本意是用来安慰失恋之人的,奉劝他们不要在一棵树上吊死,想开点,抓紧时间重新开始撒网捕鱼。例句:She cried and told me that her boyfriend cheated on her and they broke up. I said: Just forget about him!There are plenty more fish in the sea.(她跟我哭诉说她男朋友劈腿了,他们分手了。我回应:忘了他吧!天涯何处无芳草,海里还有很多鱼!)
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You can’t have your cake and eat it too.
鱼与熊掌不可兼得
说实话对于这个句子我的内心是拒绝的。为什么我不能拥有这块蛋糕并把它吃掉?逻辑上不通啊!但是不能否认的是这个句子太好记了。一下子就学会,有木有?例句:Well,both wedding dresses are nice, but you can’t have your cake and eat it too. You need to choose between the two options.(两件婚纱都很漂亮,但不能都买啊,二选一吧。)
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