迷你对话学地道口语第282期:天上掉馅饼
时间:2019-02-15 作者:英语课 分类:迷你对话学地道口语
英语课
迷你对话:
A: I want to try my hand at the stocks 1.
我想试试搞股票。
B: It is very hard, you know.
要知道,那是很难的。
A: Don’t worry. I know there are no pennies from heaven. I will work hard.
别担心,我知道没有天上掉馅饼的好事儿,我会努力工作的。
B: Good luck!
祝你走运!
地道表达:
pennies from the heaven:意外的收获,天上掉馅饼
支持范例:
What we need now is pennies from heaven.
我们现在需要的是意外之财。
God would rain pennies down from heaven!
上帝会从天上大量地洒落金钱。
词海拾贝:
try one’s hand ( at ):尝试做......
范例:I think I would try my hand at tennis although I have never played it before.
我虽然没打过网球,但我想一定要尝试一下。
I will try my prentice hand at it.
我无经验,但愿一试。