第一，迷你對話

A: What do you want for your birthday from your parents?

你生日的時候，希望從你父母那兒得到什么禮物。

B: I don't know. Maybe a pair of shoes.

我不知道，也許是一雙鞋子。

A: Why don't you ask them to buy you a PC? You will soon use it at college.

為什么不讓他們給你買臺電腦呢？很快你上大學就用得到了。

B: That's a dandy idea. Thank you for reminding me.

好主意，謝謝你提醒我。

第二，地道表達

dandy idea

1. 解詞釋義

Dandy idea是指“特別好的主意，極好的主意”。Dandy是“上等的，極好的”意思。

2. 拓展范例

E.g. A dandy idea struck me while I was walking along the river.

我在河邊散步時突然有了一個好主意.

E.g. A question period at the end of a speech is a dandy idea.

演講結束后，用一段時間提問是個好主意。

E.g.. Robert has hit upon a dandy idea that will get us out of our difficulty.

羅伯特想出了一個好主意,可以使我們擺脫困境。

E.g. All at once Jack had andanty idea, a veritable inspiration.

Jack忽然心血來潮想出一個主意，這倒真是個好主意。

第三，視野拓展

want something from somebody：從某人身上得到某物

E.g. You have to be brave enough to show what you want from him.

你向他要的，要明白勇于表達出來。

E.g. Exactly what do you want from me, Mrs. Stewart?

究竟對我有什么要求， Stewart太太？

a pair of ：一雙

E.g. Tom often wears a pair of brown shoes.

湯姆常穿一雙褐色皮鞋。

E.g. A pair of white shoes completed the striking ensemble.

一雙白鞋配這套醒目的服裝已完美無缺了。

at college：在上大學讀書

E.g. He said he saw from the address that I was still at college.

他說他從地址得知我還在求學。

E.g. During his first few months at college David had been very conscious of his humble background.

在入學以后的頭幾個月里，戴維深感自己出身卑賤。