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I don’t seem to fit in.amp。39。re well on the way.如果說way是指一段路途的話,那么be well on the way就是指在這段路途上很順?biāo)欤兄玫拈_始。用be well on the way這個(gè)句型用來形容一個(gè)人學(xué)習(xí)的路途,就是指他(有慧根,悟性高)。 donamp。39。t mean to be rude, but...rude這個(gè)字是指(言行舉止粗魯?shù)?,而I donamp。39。t mean to...這個(gè)句型是指(我不是故意要……,我無意……)。I donamp。39。t mean to be rude, but...(我無意冒犯,但是……)這個(gè)句型的使用時(shí)機(jī)是,當(dāng)你知道自己說的話可能會(huì)傷到人,可是你又想要追問,當(dāng)然這也可以只是你在損人之前所用的借口。amp。39。re out of your mind.mind是指(心智狀態(tài),神智),be out of...是指(沒有了…‥,用完了……),be out of oneamp。39。s mind的意思就是((某人)喪失神智),也就是((某人)發(fā)瘋)的意思。當(dāng)你覺得有人做了非一般正常人會(huì)做的事,你就可以對(duì)他說Youamp。39。re out of your mind.。當(dāng)然這可以指暫時(shí)喪失神智,也可能是真的發(fā)了瘋。 wouldnamp。39。t look at it like that.(每一件事都有兩面。)There are two sides of a ,每個(gè)人或許都不盡相同。下次當(dāng)有人所提出的看法,你自己不能茍同之時(shí),就可以用上這句話I wouldnamp。39。t look at it like that.(我不會(huì)用這個(gè)角度來看。)以表示自己對(duì)于同一件事,持有不同的意見。amp。39。s all there for a reason.有許多的觀念都是長久以來傳襲下來的,諸如傳統(tǒng)或是一些約定俗成的規(guī)章,若你覺得這些經(jīng)過時(shí)間考驗(yàn)的規(guī)章、傳統(tǒng)甚或觀念,(自有其存在的道理),你就可以用這句話Itamp。39。s all there for a 。 donamp。39。t have time for this.I donamp。39。t have time for ,一是當(dāng)你參與了某個(gè)活動(dòng),你卻發(fā)現(xiàn)整個(gè)過程卻是在浪費(fèi)時(shí)間,這時(shí)候你就可以說I donamp。39。t have time for this.(我沒時(shí)間瞎攪和。)以表示自己的不 耐煩;I donamp。39。t have time for ,就是當(dāng)有人一味地拐彎抹角說話,你就可以用這句話要對(duì)方趕快切入正題。 this to you (real) straight這句話的意思就是前一陣子政壇上最流行的一句話(講清楚,說明白),在美語中,give this to you straight最常用在男女朋友分手,好說歹說都沒用時(shí),逼不得已只好打開天窗說亮話:Iamp。39。m gonna give this to you straight. I do not love you at all. in the ass這個(gè)句型雖然有點(diǎn)不雅,但是各位看官一定都記憶猶新,在各大電影、電視影集里都曾出現(xiàn)過,就字面上的意思不難了解,就是中文里(眼中釘、肉中刺)的意思。想想看,屁股里的痛(可能是指痔瘡吧),抓也抓不到,摸也摸不著,是不是讓人很難受,很痛苦呢?形容的還真是傳神!美國人日常生活中常用的習(xí)語熟練地運(yùn)用英語的一個(gè)重要方面就是學(xué)習(xí)并掌握英語本族者常用的生動(dòng)、活潑的習(xí)語。1. After you.你先請。這是一句很常用的客套話,在進(jìn)/出門,上車的場合你都可以表現(xiàn)一下。2. I just couldnamp。39。t help it.我就是忍不住。想想看,這樣一個(gè)漂亮的句子可用于多少個(gè)場合?下面是隨意舉的一個(gè)例子:I was deeply moved by the film and I cried and cried.I just couldnamp。39。t help it.3. Donamp。39。t take it to heart.別往心里去,別為此而憂慮傷神。生活實(shí)例:This test isnamp。39。t that important. Donamp。39。t take it to heart.4. Weamp。39。d better be off.我們該走了。Itamp。39。s getting late. Weamp。39。d better be off .5. Letamp。39。s face it.面對(duì)現(xiàn)實(shí)吧。常表明說話人不愿意逃避困難的現(xiàn)狀。參考例句:I know itamp。39。s a difficult situation. Letamp。39。s face it, OK?6. Letamp。39。s get started.咱們開始干吧。勸導(dǎo)別人時(shí)說:Donamp。39。t just talk. Letamp。39。s get started.7. Iamp。39。m really dead.我真要累死了。坦誠自己的感受時(shí)說:After all that work, I’m really dead.8. Iamp。39。ve done my best.我已盡力了。9. Is that so?真是那樣嗎?常用在一個(gè)人聽了一件事后表示驚訝、懷疑。amp。39。t play games with me!別跟我?;ㄕ校?donamp。39。t know for sure.我不確切知道。Stranger: Could you tell me how to get to the town hall?Tom: I donamp。39。t know for sure. Maybe you could ask the policeman over there.amp。39。m not going to kid you.我不是跟你開玩笑的。Karin: You quit the job? You are kidding.Jack: Iamp。39。m not going to kid you. Iamp。39。m serious.amp。39。s something.太好了,太棒了。A: Iamp。39。m granted a full scholarship for this semester.B: Congratulations. Thatamp。39。s something. idea!這主意真棒!這主意真高明! you really mean it?此話當(dāng)真?Michael:Whenever you are short of money, just e to me.David: Do you really me