1. 【語義表述】詢問他人到底發生什么事情了。
【句型模板】Whatever's the matter?
【指點迷津】What is the matter? 就可以表示“發生什么事情了?!本湫椭杏玫絯hatever,含有“到底,究竟”的意思,起到加強語氣的作用,也表示出對方對對方的表現很不解。臺詞中還有2個短句可以表示這個意思。一個是:What is up?還有一個是:What is it?
2. 【語義表述】某人只是一時糊涂。
【句型模板】Sb is just being silly.
【指點迷津】“be+一般進行時”這個結構表示“暫時存在的狀況”,不是永久的。Just是副詞加強語氣,更強調“只是一時”這個意思。
【句型操練】He is just being clever. Actually, he is foolish.
他就只是聰明一時而已,實際上他很傻的。
【句型出處】Oh, I'm just being silly.
3. 【語義表述】某人做完某事。
【句型模板】Sb gets sth. done.
【指點迷津】Get something done這個短語表示“某人去做完,完成某事。”例如:
There are three ways to get something done: do it yourself , hire someone to do it , or forbid your children to do it. 有三個方法拿完成了東西的:做它你自己,雇請某人做它,或禁止你的孩子做它。
I told him that most Americans are with him and we will get something done. 我告訴他大多數美國人都在支持著你,我們會盡全力的。
【句型操練】You shall have to get your homework done at 8.
你必須在八點鐘寫完作業。
【句型出處】You should get that brushed.
4. 【語義表述】某人完成某事還需要半個小時。
【句型模板】Sb gets sth. done for another half an hour.
【指點迷津】表示“還需要多少時間,再用多少時間”,可以在時間段前用another,在使用介詞for。例如:for another three hours(還需三個小時)等。
【句型操練】They will get their work done for another one hour.
他們還需一個小時才能完工。
【句型出處】He won't be up for another half an hour.
5. 【語義表述】某人是賤命一條,生不帶來,死不帶去。
【句型模板】Sb is born with nothing and he dies with nothing.
【指點迷津】with nothing的意思是“一無所有地,毫無所有地”。例如:
I started with nothing. 我當初是赤手空拳起家的。
If you do it like this, you will end up with nothing. 如果你那樣做,你到頭來什么也得不到。
【句型出處】I was born with nothing and I'll die with nothing.
6. 【語義表述】某人對自己很嚴厲,苛刻。
【句型模板】Sb. is hard one himself.
【指點迷津】be hard on sb的意思是“對某人苛刻,刻薄,嚴厲”。例如:
Jane Eyer’s aunt was very hard on her. 簡愛的舅母對她非??瘫 ?/p>
【句型操練】Don’t be too hard on you and make your life easier.
別對自己太要求太高,活得輕松點。
【句型出處】Sometimes you have to be hard on yourself...
7. 【語義表述】某人把某人的眼淚擦干。
【句型模板】Sb. dries his/one’s off.
【指點迷津】dry off的意思是“使......干”。例如:
When the bath water started to cool I got out, dried myself off, and dressed. 洗澡水開始變涼時我出來了,擦干身子后穿上了衣服。
They are then scrubbed with clean water and left to dry off for an hour or two in a warm room. 他們然后用清水擦洗它們,再放到一間暖和的屋子里放一到兩小時晾干。
【句型出處】Take her upstairs, dry her off.