时间:2019-01-20 作者:英语课 分类:纯正地道美语


英语课

  A:   Now that it’s the new year, I’ve decided 1 to turn over a new leaf.

B:   Yeah? You finally decided to wipe the slate 2 clean?

A:   You got it! I have a new job, I’m living in a new city, with new friends! This is my opportunity to make some small changes in the way I live my life.

B:   So what are you going to do? Take up an art class or something?

A:   Well, first of all, I’ve decided to stop smoking. It’s not that I’m pinching pennies or anything, it’s just that I’ve been smoking since I was sixteen, and I think it’s time to stop.

B:   I’m with you on that one.  Anything else you’re planning on doing?

A:   One last thing, I’ve decided to come out of the closet.

B:   It’s about time!

turn over a new leaf 重新开始

Now let's turn over a new leaf.

现在咱们从头开始

wipe the slate clean重新开始

opportunity n. 机会;时机

I'll have another opportunity to visit the exhibition next year.

明年我们还有一次机会参观这个展览会。

take up 参加,开始学习

When did he take up football?

他是什么时候开始踢足球的?

pinch pennies 节俭;精打细算

We must pinch pennies to make ends meet.

我们一定要精打细算, 以求收支平。

with you 支持你

come out of the closet 公开同性恋

拓展词汇】

endless a.无止境的,没完没了的

significant adj. 重大的

to  start anew/to  begin anew 重新开始

to quit 放弃

to get into shape 变健康

A: 既然现在是新年,我决定重新开始。

B: 真的吗?你终于决定重新开始?

A: 说对了,我有了新的工作,和新朋友居住在新城市。这是改变下生活方式的好机会。

B: 那你打算做什么?参加艺术班还是做别的事?

A: 首先,我决定戒烟。并不是我想省钱,而是从16岁我就开始抽烟,我认为是时候戒烟了。

B: 我支持你。还打算做别的事吗?

A: 最后一件事,我决定公开同性恋。

B: 那只是时间问题!

 



adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
n.板岩,石板,石片,石板色,候选人名单;adj.暗蓝灰色的,含板岩的;vt.用石板覆盖,痛打,提名,预订
  • The nominating committee laid its slate before the board.提名委员会把候选人名单提交全体委员会讨论。
  • What kind of job uses stained wood and slate? 什么工作会接触木头污浊和石板呢?
学英语单词
acute poisoning
agia
alirios
allan poe
ampholytic detergent
anti-politicss
articulation of shoulder
at closing time
Axis Power
bangana r.
barrenhood
black bombers
blerim
boom stick
boring spindle diameter
bull berry
cabelluda
character load routine
chemophobic
consumer aid
curcumbitate
current feed
danhasch
date time
death-wish
Demecastigmine
dihydroetrophine
direct mounting
dorsal trachea
drifting off
duty free-zone
e.r.
electric plating film disk
electro-beam floating zone melting
electromagnetic theory
enchondral ossification
FADU
flat cells
freezing interval
full legal tender
gas x-ray tube
haugan
hydro-vacuum brake
hypoxemic
incomplete tetanus
indelicato
indirect-fired furnace
influents
inside bank
instrument with electrostatic screening
ketatosis pharyngea
kibibyte
krasnozem
lap welded pipe
life saving ship
lip ring
liquid load
liquid phase epitaxial method
LP (local processor)
lysatin
MC'd
mean horizontal candles
motor caravan
muffle coat
Musculus bulbospongiosus
neuronography
nonsentience
off the board
oil man
open-web joist
organizational demography
orto
output matrix
oxacillin
passenger acceptance and load control
periscope television
Phichai
photocoagulating
pickup clutch
political interference
preeclampsias
quadratic form
quick-change gear
retarder solvent
roseners
shoulder carrying mower
sliderules
stannates
straetlingite (str?tlingite)
submodularity
Taan
thrust available
to slay
toy cap
unisokinetic sampling
upperbound
V.I.P.
Velimlje
VFIB/CA
western whiptail
whirrrr
xanthic ferralsols