正在备考雅思的人同学,分享雅思口语干货,关于10个English Native Speakers 常用的8分表达。
is a snap=is a piece of cake=is a breeze 小菜一碟
The test was a snap. 这次测验容易得很。
Sewing your own clothes is a breeze if you have a sewing machine. 若有一台缝纫机,自己缝制衣服将是件轻而易举的事。
adore=like sth. very much 非常喜欢;爱慕
She adored her parents and would do anything to please them. 她深爱她的父母,愿做任何事来让他们高兴。
My mother adores bananas and eats two a day. 我妈妈很喜欢香蕉,一天吃两根。
know sth. inside out 精通
Let me do it. I know this inside out. 让我来做吧,我很明白是怎么回事。
is a pain in the neck 很折磨人
Study is really a pain in the neck. 学习真是件让人头痛的事。
He is a pain in the neck . We really don't know how to handle him. 他是个讨厌鬼,我们真不知道怎样对付他才好。
tons of =lots of 很多
This type of self-sufficiency has saved my wife and me tons of time and trouble over theyears.
在过去的几年中,这种自我满足让我和我太太节省了很多时间,也避免了很多麻烦。
While there are tons of note-taking programs out there, I haven’t found anything that worksas well as this one does AND offers syncing between my machines.
虽然现在有一大堆的笔记软件,但是我还没有发现一款工作起来和它一样好,而且提供在任何设备之间的同步功能的软件。
kill two birds with one stone 一举两得
By reading English articles, you can kill two birds with one stone. You can improve yourEnglish and learn more foreign cultures. 读英文文章,你就能一箭双雕,你可以提高你的英文能力和了解外国文化。
It's a shame 太可惜了
It's a shame you can't come with us.
你不能和我们一起去真是太遗憾了。
It's a shame to see so many fine old houses being made into flats.
看见这么多漂亮的老房子被改建成公寓,我觉得真是太可惜了。
It's a shame you can't go shopping with us.
很遗憾你不能与我们一同去购物。
I'm all for =I strongly support 我完全支持
I'm all for cutting carbon dioxide emissions. 我完全同意降低二氧化碳的排放量。
is non-existent 完全不存在
In areas where health systems are weak or virtually non-existent, basic data will not becollected. 在卫生系统薄弱或事实上不存在的地区,是不会收集基本数据的。
decent= quite good 不错的
He didn't get a decent explanation. 他没有得到一个合理的解释。
The majority of people around here are decent people. 这儿的大多数人都是正派人。
They can't even express themselves in decent English. 他们甚至不能用得体的英语来表达自己。
Everyone should be entitled to a decent wage and a decent home. 人人都有权得到体面的工资和一个美好的家庭。
We have some decent players now, and we have to utilize them. 我们现在有一些合格的球员,我们必须利用他们。