第一，迷你對話

A: What are you worrying about?

你們在擔心什么呢？

B: My daughter took a shine to a guy called Jack.

我女兒對一個叫做Jack的小伙子一見鐘情。

A: Why? That is a good thing. After all, she has grown up. Is she twenty-five years old?

為何擔心啊，這是好事情啊。畢竟，她已經長大成人。她25歲了吧？

B: Yeah. But we don't know him very well.

是的，但是我們不是很了解他。

A: Then you should ask your daughter to be careful.

那么你告訴你女兒當心點。

第二，地道表達

take a shine to

解詞釋義

Shine是名詞，本意為“光亮”，引申為“突然發生的事情”。那么，take a shine to somebody的意思即為：突然間喜歡上某人，對某人一見鐘情。

拓展范例

E.g. The boss took a shine to the new secretary.

老板一下子就對新秘書產生好感。

E.g. Oscar had never particularly liked children, but he took a shine to his little nephew the first time he saw him.

奧斯卡從來就不大喜歡小孩，但他第一次看到他的小侄兒卻喜歡起他來。

E.g. He took a shine to his new teacher the very first day.

他頭一天就喜歡他的新老師。

第三，好詞妙語

worry about：擔心......，擔憂......

E.g. Don't worry about him; he is a cheerful and elastic man.

別為他擔心;他是個快活開朗的人。

E.g. Let them worry about how to get rid of the cars later.

讓他們在日后為處理車子而發愁吧。

after all：畢竟

E.g. After all, France-Soir is known for aggressive reporting.

畢竟，《法蘭西晚報》以報道聳人聽聞的消息著稱。

E.g. After all, compared to your organization, we are the new boys.

畢竟，同你們機構相比，我們畢竟是新手。

grow up：長大

E.g. Children must be educated to serve their country when they grow up.

必須教育孩子長大后為國家服務。

E.g. I like to muse about what I will do when I grow up.

我喜歡仔細思考長大后做什么。

know sb. Very well：非常了解某人

E.g. I don't know her very well. We have only a nodding acquaintance.

我對她不很了解，我們只是點頭之交。

E.g. If you don't know her very well, you'll have to hurry up and get to know her.

要是你向來和徐曼麗不很熟，就請你趕快做熟她。