我們來細看Mike對自己出師不利的事情的表達中的語言要點。我們除了掌握get off on the wrong foot這個黃金短語外,還要注意6個要點。
第一個要點是表示“約會”的動詞短語:get a date。如果表示“和…..約會”,在短語后面用介詞with,即為get a date with someone。For examples: I've got a date with Jane this Saturday night. Can you recommend a good restaurant for us?(本周六晚上我和Jane有個約會。你能給我們推薦一家好的餐廳嗎?)I finally got a date with that girl I've been trying to go out with so long. (我總算和那個女孩約好了明天一起出去玩,這是我長久以來所夢寐以求的。)
第二個是表示“在班上或在在課堂上”的介詞短語:in class。這是一個固定短語,不要在名詞class前面使用任何冠詞。For examples: Children who talk too much in class get under the teacher's skin.(班上隨便說話的孩子鬧得老師不安寧。) Once we caught him dozing off in class.(有一次我們發現他在上課時打盹。)
第四個要點是表示“給某人留下了不好的印象,與某人一開始關系不好”的短語。我們在今天的黃金短語get off on the wrong foot后面用介詞with,即為:get off on the wrong foot with someone。For examples: I got off on the wrong foot with Jane, but now we’re close friends.(我跟Jane一開始關系很僵,但現在是閨蜜了。)You should avoid getting off on the wrong foot with your colleagues at this company. (你應該一開始就和公司的同時搞好關系。)
第五個要點是表示“到達(一個小地方)”的動詞短語:get to。For examples: The light had already gone out when I got to the cinema.(我到電影院時燈已經熄滅了。)He got to the station in the nick of time and caught the train.(他及時趕到車站,乘上了火車。)
第四個要點是表示“完了幾個小時的短語”:基數詞+hour(s) late。For examples: When her child was two hours late, she was quite demented.(她孩子晚了兩個小時,她心急如焚。)It will be two hours late. (這班航班將晚點兩小時。)
第六個要點是表示“車子有故障”的名詞短語:car trouble。For exaple: I had car trouble on the way to the park so we did not have fun today. (在去公園的路途中,車子出現故障了,所以,我們今天玩得并不開心。)