书城外语日常286词玩转英语口语
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第17章 G(2)

A:Thank you! But sometimes even if you have paid a lot, you won't always gain.

谢谢。但是有时即使你付出很多也不一定会有回报的。

B:Just try your best to do it well.

那就尽最大努力去做好它吧。

good

好的,令人满意的,充分的,擅长的,好心的,乖的,优异的愉快的

Useful Phrases实用短语

①up to no good做坏事,做不光彩的事

That naughty boy is always up to no good.

那个淘气的孩子尽会恶作剧。

②be no good没用处(好处)

It's no good to trying to persuad me to forgive you.

劝我原谅你是没用的。

③do good/do sb. good(对某人)有好处,有用处,有益

I don't think these latest changes will do any good.

我认为最近变化没什么作用。

Daily Conversation日常会话

Sally:

Eating so much junk food is no good to you. You know junk food has no nutrition at all.

萨利:

吃那么多的垃圾食品对你没好处。你知道垃圾食品根本一点营养都没有。

Jasmine:

I know you always consider for me. But I just can't control myself when I see these food.

茉莉:

我知道你一直都为我着想。但是我一看到这些食品就控制不了自己。

Sally:

You can choose another food instead of it. Such as fruit…

萨利:你可以选择其他食物来代替它啊,比如水果……

Jasmine:I'll take your advice. Thank you.

茉莉:我会采取你的建议,谢谢。

goose鹅,鹅肉

Useful Phrases实用短语

①goose bumps/goose-flesh起鸡皮疙瘩

Every time I see a snake, even in a zoo, I'll get goose bumps all over!

每当我看到蛇,即使是在动物园,我全身都会起鸡皮疙瘩。

②goose sth. (along/up)推动,促进,激励

He tried many ways to goose along the relationship between them.

他做了许多尝试去促进两人之间的关系。

Daily Conversation日常会话

A:You said you had visited the zoo last Sunday So did you see the boa

你说你上周日去动物园了,那么你看到蟒蛇了吗?

B:Yes. My husband loves it so much. As soon as we got there, he went to see the boa immediately.

是啊。我丈夫非常喜欢蟒蛇。我们一到那,他直接就去看蟒蛇了。

A:Oh, my God! You know every time I see a boa, I'll get goose bumps all over!

哦,天哪!你知道我每次一看到蟒蛇浑身就起鸡皮疙瘩。

B:Actually I'm the same with you.

事实上我和你一样的。

great大的,众多的,极大的,伟大的

Useful Phrases实用短语

①be going great guns做得快,顺利,成功

That task is going great guns now.

目前那项任务进行的很顺利。

②be no great shakes不太出色,不大有效,不怎么适合,不怎么样

Her advice is no great shakes.

她的建议成效不大。

③great and small大小,高低,贵贱

All creatures great and small are equal.

所有大小生物都是平等的。

Daily Conversation日常会话

A:Her score was no great shakes although she spent a lot of time on her study.

她的成绩不大出色尽管她花了不少时间在学习上。

B:I thought it's no problem for her to get the first place this time.

我原以为这次她取得第一名是没问题的。

A:So a good method can save you a lot of time and energy.

所以一个好的方法可以让你省很多时间和精力。

B:Yes, you're right.

是啊,你说得对。

green绿色的,草绿色的

Useful Phrases实用短语

①green with envy嫉妒的,眼红的

Seeing his brother receive so many lovely presents, he was green with envy.

看到他哥哥收到那么多可爱的礼物,他很嫉妒。

②to have a green thumb有园艺技能或指有经验的,熟练的

Mrs smith has a green thumb. Her garden continues to produce long after our plants died.

史密斯太太对种园艺很有一套,我们的植物都死去了她的还能继续生长。

③green light准许,许可,绿灯

Every time we invite her to attend a party, she has to ask her parents for the green light.

每次我们邀请她去参加聚会她都必须得到父母的许可。

Daily Conversation日常会话

A:She gets the chance to have a further study to America. I’m so jealous of her.

她得到了出国深造的机会。真羡慕她啊。

B:Not only you but also many people around her are green with envy.

不仅是你,她身边很多人都很嫉妒她呢。

A:Will she study at public expense or at her own expense

她是公费留学呢还是自费啊?

B:I heard her school will pay everything for her.

我听说她的学校会为她支付一切。

Notes:

1. at public expense公费

2. at one's own expense自费

2. pay for…为什么支付,赔偿……

grow生长,变得,增长,发展,种植

Useful Phrases实用短语

①grow away from sb.逐渐疏远某人,对某人的依赖(或关心)逐渐减少

When she took part in job she began to grow away from her parents.

她参加工作后就不再依赖父母了。

②grow into sth.逐渐成长成为,变为,长成

As a child, she was ugly indeed, but now she grew into a beauty.

当她还是孩子时确实很丑,但现在她已变为一个美女了。

③grow out of sth.长得太大而穿不上衣服

Mary has already grown out of her school uniform.

玛丽已经长的穿不下她的校服了。

Daily Conversation日常会话

A:I feel my son growing away from me gradually.

我发现儿子现在对我依赖越来越少了。

B:It's not strange at all. After all he has grown up.

这根本不足为奇。毕竟他已经长大了。

A:You're right. I'll learn to get used to his change day by day.

你说的对。我会一天天学会适应他的变化的。

B:I'm very glad you can think like that, you know he'll have his own life someday.

很高兴你能那么想,毕竟他终有一天会有自己的生活的。