1.You don't wanna be like your mother, wake up one morning and realized you never pursued your dreams.
【句子翻譯】你不愿像你母親那樣,某天醒來意識到自己從未追求過夢想。
【句子解析】wake up“醒來、叫醒”;
Wake up! It's eight o'clock.
醒醒吧! 已經八點鐘了。
Stop shouting or you'll wake up the neighbors.
不要喊了,否則你會把鄰居吵醒的。
2.No, thank you. God, that's kind of heavy for a grocery chat.
【句子翻譯】不,謝謝。上帝,我竟然談這么沉重的話題。
【句子解析】kind of adv. 有點兒,有幾分
I hate this kind of cheap emotion.
我討厭這種膚淺的感情。
He was kind of a fool.
他有點兒傻。
3.I actually might be able to help. Yeah, I know a guy at my office who deals exclusively with music clients.
【句子翻譯】或許我能幫到你,我有個朋友專門接受音樂方面的客戶。
【句子解析】deal with“討論,處理,涉及,對付,與 ... 做生意”;
I think we should work out a strategy to deal with this situation.
我想我們應該制訂出一項行動計劃,用來對付這種情況。
She has a lot of correspondence to deal with.
她有大批信件需要處理。
語法點:might 與 could區別
(1). 用于疑問句表示請求時,一般只用Could,且可用于各人稱。如:
Could you help me explain the difference between "might" and "could"?
Could I use your mobile phone a little while?
上句可用May代替:May I use your mobile phone a little while?
用Might也是可以的,但不常見。
(2). could和might都可用在條件句中,表示假想的情況。表示“本來會、本來可以/能夠”。例如:
If you tried you could/might do the work better. 如果你試試的話,準能把那項工作干得更好。
You could have met her if you had gone that way. 如果你走那條路的話,你準能遇見她。
此句中的could如改成might則表示:……,你也許能見到他。
They could/might have worked it out if they had asked me for help. 如果他們來向我求助的話,他們本能夠做出來的。
He could/might have give the answer, but he refused to. 他本來能夠回答的,但他拒絕這么做。
You were stupid to go skiing there — you could have broken your leg. 你真笨,竟會到那地方滑雪。你本來會摔斷腿的。
上面的例句中用might則因其語氣較輕而語意效果不甚理想。
在此場合,could和might的區別是could較might的可能性強。
(3). couldn't be + 比較級句型不能用might代替。如:
Their lifestyles couldn't be more different. 他們的生活方式極為不同。
(4). could和might都可用在表示“結果”的狀語從句中,同樣,could語氣較重些。例如:
He expressed his ideas clearly so that the average person might understand. 他把他的意思清楚地表達出來,以便一般人能聽明白。
(5). might as well表示“不妨、可以、倒不如”,此時的might是不能用could代替的。例如:
We might as well look for some food now. 現在我們不妨找些吃的東西。
I expect I might as well be going. 我希望我可以走了。
Since it’s a fine day we might as well walk. 既然是一個晴朗的天,我們不妨步行。
We might as well have gone home as you suggested. 我們還不如按你建議的回家去呢。