第一， 迷你對話

A: How can you be sure of that? Besides, you paid no heeds to him when he was poor.

你怎么能不確定呢？再說，他窮的時候，你根本就沒注意過他。

B； He is not that narrow-minded. Besides, I have not done anything off base. We kept a friendship.

他心胸沒那么狹窄的，再說，我們也沒做過對不起他的事情啊，我們一直就是朋友。

A: If you call it friendship, I have people all over the world as my friends.

如果你要說那是友誼，我就滿世界都是朋友了。

第二， 地道表達

off base

1. 解詞釋義

Off base 的意思是“離譜的，不恰當?shù)模嘤嗟摹薄?/p>

2. 拓展范例

e.g. Her reply caught him off base.

她的答覆使他不知所措。

e.g. His idea is completely off base.

他的想法大錯特錯。

e.g. Now you can tell Pierce and all your friends they're a million miles off base.

現(xiàn)在你可以回去告訴皮爾斯和你的所有朋友他們完全錯了，他們離題十萬八千里。

e.g. The report was well written, but it was slightly off base.

這個報告的文筆不錯，但是寫作方向好像有點偏離主題。

第三， 咬文嚼字

be sure of：肯定，確定

e.g. He was still very polite, but he was sure of himself.

他仍然非常斯文，但是他有自信。

e.g. I believe him. I am sure of his honesty.

我相信他。我堅信他為人誠實。

pay no heeds：不注意

e.g. If you don't pay the heeds, you won't understand.

假若你不注意，你不會明白。

e.g. She pays no heed of what is said.

她不注意別人的話。

keep a friendship：保持友誼

e.g. The two classmates kept their friendship for the next forty years.

這兩位同學的友誼以后一直保持了40年。

all over：到處，遍布

e.g. Computer stores are springing up all over the place.

這一地區(qū)電腦商店正如雨后春筍般崛起。

e.g. In recent times, pollution has gone from bad to worse all over the world.

近來污染在全世界日益嚴重。