1. 語意表述:委婉地詢問某人做某事是否合適,是否可以。
套用句型:Would it be acceptable for somebody to do something?
句型操練:Would it be acceptable for her to be a department manager?
她做個部門經理可以嗎?
句型出處:Would it be acceptable for Bates to ride in front with Taylor?
2. 語意表述:有時候人多了,一輛車不夠,需要多派一輛車。
套用句型:Somebody gets the other car out.
指點迷津:這個句型靈活地運用到get來表示“派遣”的意思。
句型出處:Otherwise it means getting the other car out.
3. 語意表述:某人在樓下。
套用句型:Sb is down.
指點迷津:這個句型非常靈活地運用down這個副詞非常簡易地表述出“在樓下”的意思。
句型出處:They'd have been down if they'd known.
4. 語意表述:某件事情使得某人非常震驚,出乎意料之外。
套用句型:Something takes somebody by surprise.
指點迷津:這里用到take這個動詞表示“使得”這個意思,by surprise是副詞性短語,意思是“意外地,出乎意料之外地”。
句型操練:Mary's death takes me by surprise.
瑪麗的死亡令我很吃驚。
句型出處:Alas, something's come up which has taken me quite by surprise.
6. 語意表述:不要再提及某事,不要再說某事了。
套用句型:Somebody says no more about something.
句型操練:You had better say no more about the earthquake.
你最好不要再說地震的事情了。
句型出處:Get back inside and we'll say no more about it.