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我老是打嗝怎辦?用英語怎麼說
What should I do if i have hiccups?我老是打嗝怎麼辦?
hiccups打嗝
burp打嗝,飽嗝 名詞
都是打嗝的意思,hiccups正式點.
PS:如果你老打嗝,連續喝7口溫水,就不會再打了。
【一天一句話地道美語】你沒有理由那樣說話~用英語怎麼說 ?
You have no call to talk like that.沒有理由那樣說話
call: 理由
good call,一個call字,是在要比option,choice之類的更加親切。
另外good call還會用來形容ref(裁判)在賽場上的精確判罰,如果某判罰(call)非常好的話,NBA TV的Commentator(解說員)們經常喊的就是That's a good call.當然與之對應的就是bad call了,還有不太好判罰的判罰叫tough call
我太想喝涼啤酒了!~~用英語怎麼說
I am dying for a cold beer!! 我太想喝涼啤酒了!
die for=to desire strongly極度渴望
black tea 紅茶
⑴green tea 綠茶 ⑵green apple 青蘋果 ⑶red jujube 紅棗
⑷red rose 紅玫瑰 ⑸towel gourd 絲瓜 ⑸wax gourd 冬瓜
⑹Chinese cabbage 大白菜 ⑺blue rose 藍玫瑰 ⑻local dish 地方菜
⑼orange juice 橙汁 ⑽fried rice 炒飯
㈡ 趣味英語怎麼說
Funny English
㈢ 趣味英語的內容簡介
本書以提高學生英語聽、說能力為宗旨,由多年從事英語教育研究的專家精心策劃編寫而成。通過本書的學習,定能使學生的學習興趣和熱情得到明顯的提高,使他們在課堂所學的知識和技能得到充分的延伸和施展。
本書適用於希望提高聽說能力的英語愛好者。同時趣味英語還指的當前一些將趣味融入教學的一些教學模式,讓學習者可以在趣味中學習英語。如瑞思的趣味英語學習,則是將英語的教學融入游戲、自然學科、小項目等方式,讓孩子真正的發現趣味在趣味中學習。
㈣ 趣味英語
1.When I am riding on horseback.
㈤ 趣味英語~介紹下
f-father
a-and
m-mother
i-I
l-love
y-you
合起來就是Father and mother I love you
Part I Homonyms&Puns
第1篇 諧音及雙關類
Questions:
1.Who is closer to you, your mom or your dad?
爸爸和媽媽誰和你更親?
2.Can you go to the Cinema with your watch broken?
你手錶壞了,可以去看電影嗎?
3.Why is the comet like Mickey Mouse?
為什麼說彗星像米老鼠?
Keys:
1.Mom is closer, because dad is farther.
媽媽更親,因為爸爸更遠。
2.Of course not,for I don』t have the time.
當然不行,因為我沒有時間。
3.It』s a star with a tail.
因為它是帶著一根尾巴的星星。
Notes:
1.father父親,音似farther/』fa:J/更遠
2. I don』t have the time有兩種理解:①我沒有時
間;②我沒戴錶或我的表壞了,不知道時間。
3.comet/』k&mit/ n.彗星
Mickey Mouse/ 'miki maus/米老鼠
tail/teil/ n.(動物的)尾巴;彗(星)尾
Questions:
1.What』s the largest room in the world?
世界上最大的房間是什麼房間?
2.What』s the poorest bank in the world?
最沒有錢的銀行是什麼銀行?
3.When is coffee like the surface of the earth?
咖啡什麼時候像地球表面?
4.What month do soldiers hate?
當兵的不喜歡幾月份?
Keys:
1.The room for improvement.
改進的空間。
2.The river bank.
河堤。
3.When it』s ground.
被碾成粉末時。
4.March.
三月。
Notes:
1.room·房間;空間,餘地
2.bank n.銀行;堤岸
3.ground n.地面,它也是grind/grind/v.磨
碎,碾碎的過去分詞形式。
4.march n.行軍
Questions:
1.When is a person not a person?
什麼時候人不是人?
2.When is a door not a door?
什麼時候門不是門?
3.When are boys not boys?
什麼時候男孩不是男孩?
4.When is a clock dangerous?
什麼時候時鍾是危險的?
Keys:
1.When he is a little cross.
當他有點惱怒時。
2.When it』s ajar.
當它虛掩時。
3.When they』re bare-footed.
當他們赤腳時。
4.When it runs down the stairs and strikes one.
當它滾下樓梯敲響一點鍾時。
Notes:
1.cross adj.煩惱,惱火; n.十字架
2.ajar/+』DNα:/adj.(門)虛掩著,露了一條縫的
音似a jar(一隻壺)。
3.bare-footed赤腳,音似bear-footed,腳和熊一
樣。
4.strikes one另一層意思是:擊中一個人
Questions:
1.Why is tennis so noisy?
打網球為什麼很吵?
2.If a cabbage and a carrot raced, which one
would win?
如果捲心菜和胡蘿卜賽跑,誰會贏?
3.How many feet are there in a yard?
一碼有多少英尺?
Keys:
1.Each player raises a racket.
因為每個運動員都拿著球拍。
2.The cabbage,because it』s always ahead.
捲心菜,因為它總是領先在前。
3.It depends on how many people stand in the
yard.
這要看院子里站了多少人。
Notes:
1.racket/』r$kit/n.(網球等的)球拍;喧嘩,喧鬧
raise a racket大吵大鬧
2.cabbage/』k$biDN/n.捲心菜
carrot/』k#+r+t/n.胡蘿卜
a head of cabbage一顆捲心菜
3.feet n.英尺;腳(pl.)
yard n.院子;碼
Questions:
1.When are people like glasses?
什麼時候人像眼鏡?
2.What beam is lighter than all the other beams?
什麼梁最輕?
3.What animal eats with its tail?
什麼動物用尾巴吃東西?
Keys:
1.When they make spectacles of themselves.
當他們出洋相的時候。
2.lightbeam.
光線。
3.All animals do. No one takes off its tail while
eating.
所有的動物,沒有任何一種動物在吃東西時要取
下尾巴。
Notes:
1.spectacle/』spekt+kl/ n.眼鏡
make a spectacle of oneself
使自己出醜,出洋相
2.beam/bi:m/ n.梁;光線
3.with prep.用…做事;帶著,有…
Questions:
1.How can you make a slow horse fast?
怎樣能使慢馬跑得快?
2.What is heavier in summer than in winter?
什麼東西夏天比冬天重?
3.What clothing is always sad?
什麼衣服總是傷感的?
Keys:
1.Don』t give it anything to eat for a while.
暫時別給它吃東西。
2.Traffic to the beach.
去海灘的人流。
3.Blue Jeans.
藍色牛仔服。
Notes:
1.fast adj.快的; v.絕食
2.heavy adj.重的;交通量大的,繁忙的
3.jeans/DNi:nz/ n.牛仔衣,牛仔褲
blue adj.藍色的;傷感的
Questions:
1.How many legs do horses have?
馬有幾條腿?
2.When are people smartest?
什麼時候人最聰明?
3.I have a tree in my hand.What kind of tree is
it?
我的手上有棵樹,是什麼樹?
Keys:
1.six legs---- forelegs in front and two in back.
有六條腿,前面有前腿,後面有兩條腿。
2.When it』s sunny,because everything』s brighter
then.
當天氣晴朗的時候,因為這時候萬物都更明亮。
3.It』s a palm.
是你的手掌。
Notes:
1.forelegs/』f&::legz/ n.前腿,音似four legs(四條
腿)
2.bright adj.辦明亮;聰明
smart/sma:t/adj.聰明
3. palm/pa:m/ n.棕櫚樹;手掌
Questions :
1.Can you explain what is free speech?
你能說說什麼是言論自由嗎?
2.If the green house is on the right side of the
road,and the red house is on the left side of the
road,where is the white house?
假設綠房子在馬路右邊,紅房子在馬路左邊,請
問白房子在哪兒?
3.What fruit is never found singly?
什麼水果永遠不會是單個的?
Keys:
1.Your talking on someone else』s phone.
用別人的電話打電話。
2.In Washington,D. C.
在華盛頓。
3.A pear.
是梨。
Notes:
1.free adj.自由的;免費的
2.The White House白宮
3.pear/p#+/ n.梨,音似 pair/p#+/ n.一對
Questions:
1.Why is the bride unhappy on her wedding day?
新娘新婚為何不開心?
2.What time must it be when the escaped hungry
wolf ate the paymaster?
逃跑了的餓狼吃掉出納員是什麼時候?
3.What will you break once you say it?
什麼東西說出來就碎了?
Keys:
1.Because she didn』t marry the best man.
因為她沒有嫁給最好的人。
2.8p.m.
下午8點。
3.Silence.
沉默。
Notes:
1.bride/braid/n.新娘
bridegroom/』braidgrum/n.新郎
best man男儐相;最好的男人
bridesmaid/』braidsmeid/ n.女儐相
2.8 P.m.音似ate P.m.,而P.m.是 paymaster的
縮寫。
paymaster n.(發放薪餉的)出納員
3.break the silence打破沉默
Questions:
1.What kind of clothes lasts the longest?
什麼衣服穿得最久?
2.Why are farmers cruel?
為什麼農夫是殘酷的?
3.Why are babies like hinges?
為什麼說嬰兒像門鉸鏈?
Keys:
1.Underwear, because it』s never worn out.
是內衣,因為它永遠不會穿在外面。
2.They pull corns by the ears.
因為他們揪著玉米耳朵掰玉米。
3.Because they are things to adore.
因為他們是受寵愛的。
Notes:
1. worn out穿壞,磨損;穿在外面
2.ear耳朵;一穗(玉米)
pull corns by the ears另一種理解是「一穗一穗
地掰玉米」。
3.adore/α』d&::/ v.喜歡,寵愛,音似 a door。
hinge /hinDN/ n.門鉸鏈
things to a door門上的東西
Questions:
1.If a driver drives too fast he』ll get a ticket.
What will happen to a Poet if he writes too
fast?
司機如果車開得太快就會被罰款,那麼詩人如果
詩寫得太快,會怎麼樣呢?
2.Why is an empty purse always the same?
空錢包為什麼總是老樣子?
3.Why do little birds in the nest agree with each
other?
巢里的小鳥為什麼意見總是一致?
Keys:
1.His poetic license will be taken away.
他的寫詩執照就會被沒收。
2.There』s no change in it.
因為裡面沒有零錢。
3.Because they would fall out if they didn』t.
因為如果意見不合,它們就會摔出鳥巢。
Notes:
1.poetic license詩的破格(如不遵從語法規則等)
2. change n.零錢;變化
3. fall out摔出去;爭吵
Questions:
1.Why is an argument like a pen?
為什麼說論據就像一支鋼筆?
2.When will the wind improve its image?
風什麼時候能改進自己的形象?
3.Why is learning English like a light gentle wind
to a smart student?
為什麼對聰明的學生來說,學英語就像一陣微
風?
Keys:
1.No good Without a point.
沒有筆尖就沒有用處。
2.When it turns over a new leaf.
當它把一片剛落的葉子吹翻過來時。
3.It』s a breeze to them.
因為對他們來說學英語輕而易舉。
Notes:
1.argument/』%:gjum+nt/ n.論據,說理
point n.尖,頂端;論點,要點
2.turn over a new leaf真正的涵義是:改過自新
3.breeze/bri:z/ n.微風,和風;輕而易舉的事
Questions:
1.What has four wheels and flies?
什麼東西有四個輪子還會飛?
2.What』s even harder to catch if you run faster?
什麼東西你跑得越快越難追上?
3.What time is it when a man is chased by ten
dogs?
什麼時候十條狗追一個人?
4.How can you tell a clock is shy?
你怎麼知道時鍾害羞呢?
Keys:
1.A garbage truck.
垃圾車。
2.Your breath.
你的呼吸。
3.It』s ten after one.
是一點過十分。
4.It has its hands over its face.
因為它用手遮著臉蛋。
Notes:
1.what has four wheels and flies?
另一種理解是:什麼東西既有四個輪子又有許多
蒼蠅?
2.catch one』s breath恢復正常呼吸(尤指劇烈運
動後)
Questions:
1.Why does time fly?
時間為何飛逝。
2.Why does an invisible man tend to go crazy?
隱形人為何容易發瘋?
3.Where can a dog get another tail?
狗去哪裡可以再弄到一條尾巴?
4.What bow can never be tied?
什麼結不能打?
Keys:
1.To get away from all those who are trying to
kill it.
為的是甩掉所有要謀殺它的人。
2.Out of sight , out of mind.
看不見就變瘋了。
3.At a retail store.
在零售商店。
4.A rainbow.
彩虹。
Notes:
1. kill time消磨時間
2.Out of sight, out of mind眼不見為凈
3.前綴 re-表示「再一次」,「又…」。
Questions:
1.Why do carpenters think there』s no such thing
as gold in this world?
木匠為什麼不相信世上有金子這種東西?
2.Why do you think doctors are mean?
你為什麼認為醫生很吝嗇?
3.What do you think of the Grand Canyon?
你覺得大峽谷如何?
Keys:
1.They never saw it.
因為他們從未鋸過金子。
2.Every time they treat me they make me pay for
it.
因為他們每次請我吃飯都讓我來付帳。
3.Just gorges.
不過是峽谷罷了。
Notes:
1.saw n.鋸,也是see(看見)的過去式。英文中講
seeing is believing.(眼見為實)」
2.treat/tri:t/ v.請客;治療,處理
mean/mi:n/ adj.小氣,吝嗇
3.gorges是 gorge(峽谷)的復數形式,音似 gorgeous/』g&:s/adj.宜人的,好的,美麗的
Just gorgeous!太棒了!太美了!
Questions:
1.How do you punctuate the following sentence?
I saw a $ 100 bill on the ground
你看到下面這個句子怎麼給它加上標點?
我看見地上有一張巨元美鈔
2.How do you know a photographer is always progressive?
你怎麼知道攝影師總是在進步?
3.What roof never keeps out the wet?
什麼屋頂不擋雨?
Keys:
1.Make a dash after it.
後面加個破折號。
2.They are always developing.
他們總是在沖(膠卷)。
3.The roof of the mouth.
上顎。
Notes:
1.make a dash after it另一種理解是:沖上去拿呀
punctuate v./』p)RkCMueit/加標點
2.develop v.發展;沖(膠卷)
3.roof n.屋頂;上顎
Questions:
1.Does any child like going to school?
有沒有小孩子喜歡上學?
2.Why is a peacock the best story-teller?
為什麼說孔雀最擅長講故事?
3.Why is a crazy person equal to two ordinary
people?
為什麼說一個瘋子抵得上兩個正常人?
Keys:
1.Every child likes going to school. Most of them
Just hate staying there before going home.
每個孩子都喜歡去學校,大部分的孩子只不過不
喜歡在回家之前呆在那兒罷了。
2.Because it always has a beautiful tale.
因為它總是有一個美麗的故事。
3.Because he is a man beside himself.
因為他在自己的旁邊還有一個人。
Notes:
1.go to School有兩種理解:
①在學校讀書,上學;
②去學校,上學校
2.tale/teil/ n.故事,音似tail(尾巴)。
3. beside oneself真正的意思是:發狂,忘形。
Questions:
1.What coat is always Wet When it』S put on?
什麼衣服穿上的時候總是濕乎乎的?
2.Why did the band have a smash hit in the performance?
這支樂隊何以演出取得巨大成功?
3.Why is Sunday the strongest day in a week?
為什麼說星期日是一周里最強壯的一天?
Keys:
1.A coat of paint.
一層油漆。
2.They had the audience glued to their seats.
他們請人把聽眾粘在椅子上了。
3.The rest of the days are weak days.
因為其餘的日子都很弱小。
Notes:
1.coat n.衣服;塗層,一層(漆)
2.smash hit很成功的新劇、電影等
have someone glued to one』s seat真正的意思
是:使某人喜歡得不忍離座,直到看完(表演)為
止。
3.weak adj.弱的,音似week
weekdays指不包括星期日的那些天
但是,目前流行的看法是:weekdays指周一至周
五,而weekends包括周六和周日。
Questions:
1.Why are giraffes the cheapest to feed?
為什麼養長頸鹿最不花錢?
2.Why are dogs afraid to sunbathe?
狗為什麼害怕日光浴;
3.Why are mules helpless in dancing?
騾子為什麼在跳舞方面一塌糊塗?
4.Why is the pig always eating?
豬為什麼沒完沒了地吃?
Keys:
1.They make a little food go a long wag.
因為它們脖子長,一點點食物都要走很長的路才
能咽下去。
2.They don』t want to be hot-dogs.
因為它們不想成為熱狗。
3.They have two left legs.
因為它們有兩條左腿。
4.He』s making a hog of himself.
它想成為一隻肉豬。
Notes:
1.go a long way維持很長一段時間
3.have two left legs(跳舞等)笨手笨腳
4.make a pig of oneself像豬一樣吃得很多(貶義)
hog /h&g/n.肉用肥豬
Questions:
1.What kind of shoes are made of banana skins?
什麼鞋是用香蕉皮做的?
2.How do you like your school?
你覺得你們學校怎麼樣?
3.Why are politicians no longer concerned with
snowball fights?
政客們為什麼不再關注打雪仗了?
Keys:
1.Slippers.
拖鞋。
2.Closed.
關閉。
3.The cold war is over.
冷戰結束了。
Notes:
1.slipper/』slip+/ n.拖鞋
Slip/Slip/ v.滑,跌交
2.How do you like your school?有兩種理解:
①你覺得你們學校怎麼樣?
②你希望你們學校是什麼樣子,
3.cold war冷戰
Questions:
1.Why are watches fragile?
手錶為什麼容易壞?
2. What』s put on the table,cut,but never eaten?
什麼東西擺在桌上,切好以後卻不能食用?
3.Why don』t women get bald as soon as men?
為什麼總是男人比女人先禿頭?
Keys:
1.Because their hours are numbered.
因為它們有數字標明時間。
2.A deck of cards.
一副撲克牌。
3.Because women wear hair longer.
因為女人頭發留得長。
Notes:
1.fragile/』fr$ail/ adj.易碎的,易壞的
「Their hours are numbered」源於「One』s days
are numbered」意思是「某人在世之日屈指可數,
壽命不長了」。
2.cut the cards洗牌
3.wear hair longer有兩層意思:
①留著更長的頭發;
②頭發留得更長久
Questions:
1.How can you make the door last?
怎樣能使門經久耐用?
2.Why shouldn』t you lose your temper?
為什麼不該發脾氣?
3.What makes the Tower of Pisa lean?
比薩塔為什麼是斜的?
4.What book has the most stirring chapters?
什麼書中有最動人的篇章?
Keys:
1.Make other things first.
先做其他的東西。
2.No one else wants it.
沒人願意要。
3.It never eats.
因為它從不食人間煙火。
4.A cook book.
烹飪書。
Notes:
1.make the door last另一種理解是:最後做門
3.lean v.傾斜;adj.瘦的
4.stirring adj.動人的
Stir v.攪和,攪拌
Questions:
1.What』s the most difficult train to catch?
趕什麼火車最不容易?
2.What trees do fortune tellers like to look at?
算命先生喜歡看什麼樹?
3.How do people feel after taking a ferryboat?
乘渡船之後人們有什麼感覺?
Keys:
1.The 12:50 train, because it』s ten to one if you
catch it.
是12點50分的火車,因為趕上它只有10比1的概
率。
2.Palms.
棕櫚樹。
3.They feel vexed, for the ferryboat made them
cross.
他們覺得煩惱,是因為渡船使然。
Notes:
1.ten to one 1點差10分;10比1
2.palm n.棕櫚樹;手掌
fortune teller算命先生,預言將來的人
palmist n.看手相者
3.cross v.過去,渡過,穿過
adj.暴躁的,易怒的
Questions:
1.What can pierce one』s ears without a hole?
什麼東西不用打洞就可以在耳朵上穿孔?
2.If you had 5 dollars and gave away one quarter,
and another quarter,and then still mother
quarter, how much Would you have left?
假設你有5美元,拿走四分之一,再拿走四分之
一,接著又拿走四分之一,你還剩多少錢?
3.What bird lifts heavy things?
什麼鳥可以舉起重物?
Keys:
1.Noise.
噪音。
2.$ 4.25.
還有4美元25美分。
3.A crane.
鶴。
Notes:
1.pierce/p!+s/v.刺穿,刺破
piercing/』p!+siR/adj.刺耳的
2.quarter/』kw&:t/n.四分之一;二十五美分
3.crane/krein/n.鶴;起重機
Questions:
1.What』s the difference between the North Pole
and the South Pole?
北極和南極的區別是什麼?
2.What makes naughty boys long to work in a
clock factory?
淘氣的男孩子為什麼盼望到鍾表廠工作?
3.What can I do to avoid falling hair?
怎樣防止頭發脫落?
Keys:
1.The whole world.
整個世界。
2.People make faces there.
因為那兒人們做鬼臉。
3.Get out of the way where the hair』s falling.
別站在頭發掉下來的地方就行了。
Notes:
1.A world of difference天壤之別
2.make faces做鬼臉;做鍾面
3.avoid falling hair有兩種理解:
①防止頭發脫落;
②避開(從上面)掉下來的頭發
Questions:
1.What do girls find the easiest to part with?
女孩子們發現什麼東西最捨得放棄?
2.What king of running means walking?
什麼樣的跑步意味著走路?
3.What do elephants use to communicate with
each other?
大象用什麼交談?
4.What makes fish the smartest animal in the
world?
魚為什麼是世界上最聰明的動物?
Keys:
1.A comb.
梳子。
2.Running out of gas.
汽油用完了。
3.Big Words.
大個的詞。
4.No one can pull its leg.
它沒有腿給人拉。
Notes:
1.part with放棄(尤指不自願地);用…分頭路或
發縫
2.big words真正的涵義是:比較正式的大詞
4.pull one』s leg真正的涵義是:使…上當受騙
Questions:
1.What made the little strawberry worried?
什麼事讓小草莓憂心忡忡?
2.Something went Wrong with the second hand of
my watch.Where can I have it replaced?
我手錶上的秒針壞了,請問哪兒有換的?
3.Why are Writers like postmen?
為什麼作家與郵遞員相似?
Keys:
1.It』s afraid to be in a jam.
它害怕被做成果醬。
2.In a second-hand store.
在舊貨店裡。
3.They are all men of letters.
他們都是文人。
Notes:
1.jam/DN$m/ n.果醬;塞車
2.second hand adj. 二手貨的,舊的
second hand n.秒針
3.men of letters文人
letter n.字母;信件
Questions:
1.Why are chickens kept away from children?
為什麼孩子們不能和雞呆在一起?
2.Why do people go to bed?
人們為什麼睡覺?
3.Why shouldn』t we have tte-鄑te e in the country?
我們為什麼不能在鄉間密談?
Keys:
1.Chickens use fowl language.
因為雞用的是禽語。
2.Because the bed won』t come to us.
因為床不會走向我們。
3.Because the corn have ears.
因為玉米有耳。
Notes:
1.fowl language音似foul language(臟話)
2.go to bed另一種理解是:走向床,走到床跟前
3.tte-—-tte/』teit%:』teit/n.私下密談
corns have ears源於 walls have ears隔牆有耳
ear n.耳朵;一穗(玉米)
Questions:
1.What』s the best thing to take when you run-
down?
身體不適時吃什麼最好?
2.What stays hot even if put in a refrigerator?
什麼東西就是放在冰箱里也是熱的?
3.What is the best year for a kangaroo?
什麼是袋鼠的幸運年?
㈥ 英語趣味小知識
1. bad egg 壞蛋,歹徒
Trust him nothing;he is a bad egg。別信他,他是個壞蛋。
2. crocodile tears 鱷魚的眼淚,假慈悲
Don抰 weep crocodile tears with his misfortune. I know you have always detested him and are only too happy to see him get into trouble。別假惺惺地為他的不幸難過了,我知道你一直討厭他,看到他倒霉,心裡可高興哩!
3. cry wolf 呼喊「狼來了」,發假情報
That politician cries wolf in every speech he makes。那個政治家在他的每篇演說中都發假警報。
4. (that is) easier said than done說起來容易做起來難
Easier said than done,let抯 pay more attention to practice.說起來容易做起來難,讓我們多注意些實踐吧!
5. fish in troubled waters 混水摸魚,乘人之危
He抯 always been good at fishing in troubled waters; he made a lot of money by buying houses that were bombed in the war. 他總是善於乘人之危大撈一把,他靠購買在戰爭中遭過轟炸的房屋而賺了大量的錢財。
6. fish out of water 離水之魚,不得其所
She felt like a fish out of water at the evening party because she knew no one. 她在晚會上感到很局促,因為她一個人也不認識。
7. gives someone an inch and he will take an ell 得寸進尺
If you give those people an inch,they抣l take an ell;we told them they might use our side path to reach their garden,now they have fenced in the path so that we cannot use it ourselves. 那些人就是得寸進尺;我們對他們說,他們可以經過我們的小道進他們的花園,現在他們已在小道上修起了籬笆,以致我們自己也無法走這條小路過去了。
8. go west 上西天,死,失敗
Poor John was one of those who went west in the explosion. 可憐的約翰是在這次爆炸中魂歸西天的人之一。
9. in a word 一句話,簡而言之
I have no time to tell you the whole story, in a word, they become hostile to each other。我沒時間把全部經過告訴你,一句話,他們相互成了仇敵。
10. lose face 丟臉;失面子
Certain country often loses face in regard to its relations with small weak countries on account of its dirty tricks. 某個國家在與弱小國家交往中因其使用卑鄙手段而總是丟臉。
11. odds and ends 零零碎碎
What shall we do with all those odds and ends?我們用那些殘余的東西可做什麼呢?
12. play with fire 玩火,做無謂而危險的事
He who plays with fire gets burned.玩火者必自焚。
13. strike while the iron is hot 趁熱打鐵
Father is in a good mood at the moment.Strike while the iron is hot and ask him to let you go to the circus.這時父親的情緒很好,乘此機會求他讓你去看馬戲。
14. there抯 no smoke without fire無火不冒煙;無風不起浪
The story is all over the town. It is being spread by someone or by some people. There抯 no smoke without fire.這個傳說遍及全城,有人或有些人還在散布。真是無火不冒煙。
15. a thorn in the flesh (side)肉中刺;棘手的事,不斷使某人煩惱的根源
The memory of this act will be a thorn in the flesh for the rest of your life,my boy. 這種行動會使你不斷引起回憶。使你終生煩惱,我的朋友。