Unit 19
Take the medicine again at five.
1、医生来看望他。临走时嘱咐说,5点钟再吃一次药:
Take the medicine again at five.
2、同学在教室里踢球玻璃打破了。老师对他们说,他们要下定决心不能再这样做了:
Make up your mind not to do it again.
3、你们俩在一次活动中见过面。你说,又一次见到他很高兴:
I’m glad to meet you again.
4、哥哥临走的时候要你照看他的房子。最后说,另外,还有一件事要告诉你:
And again, I’ve another thing to tell you.
5、朋友吃了一份比萨饼。你说,不算多,你可以再吃那么多:
That isn’t much-I could eat as much again.
6、父亲很想念弟弟。那天接到了弟弟的来信。你说,他把信从头到尾读了一遍又一遍:
He read the letter through again an again.
7、你觉得他不是学得不到家,就说:让我们再来试一次:
Let’s try again.
8、儿子不知道“推敲”是什么意思。你说,就是把同样的问题反复地想:
Time and time again, you think about the same question.
注:
again: adv. 再次,又一次;重新;另外,还
成语有:
again and again 反复地,一再地
as much again 多一倍
now and again 不时地,间或
once again 再来一次
over and over again 一再地
time and time again 一再地,多次
注意下面两句的差别
I shall never do it again 我将永远不做它
I shall not do it again forever 我将来并不永远做它
Unit 20
The car takes a lot of oil.
1、父问这车有没有什么缺点。他回答说,这车太耗油:
The car takes a lot of oil.
2、他写东西写得不耐烦了。你说,写一本书肯定是会耗时的:
Writing a book will surely take a lot of time.
3、给他做说服工作真是太难了。你说,花费很大的力气才能说服他:
It takes a lot of convincing.
4、大家都说Elisa嫁给了那个她原本不喜欢的老板。你说,难以置信:
It takes some believing.
5、你以为主编是来向你催稿子的,可主编说,不用急:
Take you time.
6、你问空姐这飞机能容下多少旅客。她说,这飞机能容下200人:
The airplane takes two hundred people.
7、面对新发生的一切,你告慰自己,既来之,则安之:
Take things as they come.
8、你为不能得到家人的谅解面担忧。哥哥说,别把事情看得太重:
Let’s not take anything too seriously.
9、这是一个原则问题,不能忽视。你说,你是认真的,不开玩笑:
I take the seriously. I’m not kidding.
注:
take v. 占用,花掉,用上了(时间,金钱)
有时译法比校活,有时不宜译出
有谚语说:It takes two to quarrel 相当于汉语的:孤掌难鸣
美国人说:I won’t be taken for a ride. 的意思是:我可不上当
Taken by itself 就本身来说
You ‘re kidding 美语中用于关系比较亲近的朋友间,当你对所说的话不赞同,不认可时说,相当于汉语的:我才不相信!别开玩笑了。
Unit 21
We’re looking forward to it too.
1、跟友人分手。他说,希望再见到你。你说,你也一样;
I’m looking forward it too.
2、在与商务伙伴的首次接洽中,你对他们说,你们盼望能与他们建立合作关系:
We’re looking forward to being to cooperate with you.
3、对方认为与你们合作很有前途。他们说,希望扩大贸易关系:
I’m looking forward to the expansion of the trade relationship.
4、家人到病房探望你。你说,盼望能够回家过年:
I’m looking forward to spending the holiday at home.
5、丈夫已经在归途中了。孩子们说,盼望能尽快地见到他:
We’re looking forward go seeing him as soon as possible.
6、对方在谈判中一副堂而皇之的样子。说,盼望与你公司在将来能够合作:
We look forward to the cooperation between us in the future.
7、为了晚会,准备了充足的礼物。你说,孩子们一直在盼望着这个晚会;
The children had been looking forward to the party.
8、你把请求向上司说明以后,你说,大家,正盼着早点答复:
The people are looking forward to an early reply.
注:
look forward to 盼望,期待(加名词或动名词)
expansion n. 扩大,膨胀,扩张
Unit 22
Do you mind if I call you later?
Do you mind if we don’t dance?
Would you mind if I stay up late?
Do you mind if I smoke here?
Would you mind if I keep you waiting here?
Do you mind mailing the letter for me?
Do you mind if I use you bike?
Unit 23
The Jacksons are sweet people.
Tom is always sweet to all of us.
It’s sweet of you.
You look so sweet in the picture.
She has a sweet voice.
How sweet the music sounds!
The fruit is sweet and tender.
I want to have a walk and smell the fragrance of flowers.
Unit 24
Your brothers look very much alike.
All the houses in this project are alike.
All these men are alike in the world.
I belive they are alike in character.
All music is alike to me.
He treats everyone alike.
The ways you walk is very much alike.
The sun shines over all alike.
