时间:2018-12-16 作者:英语课 分类:美国习惯用语


英语课

   今天我们要讲的美国习惯用语是:the ball is in someone's court. Ball是球,court是比赛场地。The ball is in someone's court,从字面上来理解就是:球在别人的场地内。作为一个习惯用语,它的意思是:现在是轮到某人采取行动了。


  举例来说,我的一个朋友最近找到了一份工作,可是他觉得公司给他的薪水不够高,要求公司提高工资。也就是说,他是否接受这份工作要看公司是否会满足他的条件:The ball is in the company's court.
  我们再来举一个例子。有个学生的学习成绩不太好,老师给了他很多帮助,因此是否要努力提高学业成绩还得由他自己来决定。让我们来听听这个学生是怎么说的。
  例句-1:My teacher gave me plenty of advice on how I could improve my grade before the end of the semester 1. Now the ball is in my court. I have to decide whether I'm going to make the effort to get more serious about studying.
  这位学生说:在学期结束前我该如何提高成绩的问题上,我的老师给了我很多建议。现在是轮到我来采取行动了。我必须决定是否要加紧努力,更认真地对待学习。
  俗话说,“师傅领进门,修行在个人。” 人生中有很多事情都要自己花时间,下功夫去做的。拿申请留学来说吧,学校把入学申请表寄给你以后,下一步就要你自己来完成了。
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  下面我们再来听一个例句。这是一个年轻人得罪了自己的女朋友,那怎么办呢?我们来听听他目前的处境 。
  例句-2:I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have told my girlfriend that she was selfish 2. But after leaving her messages and sending her e-mails to apologize, there's nothing else I can do. At this point, the ball is in her court. She has to take the next step and let me know if she forgives me.
  这个年轻人说:我知道我错了。我不应当对我的女朋友说她很自私。可是我给她电话留言,还发电子邮件去道歉。能做的我都做了,现在是该她采取下一步行动,让我知道她是不是能原谅我。
  美国的离婚率很高,男女朋友之间的感情能持久的似乎也不在多数。

1 semester
n.一学期,半学年,六个月的时间
  • A student will probably attend four or five courses during each semester.每个学生一学期可能要修四五门课程。
  • I had an especially rough time during my first semester.我第一个学期的日子难受极了。
2 selfish
adj.自私的,利己主义的,自我中心的
  • You must learn to share and not be so selfish.你一定要学会与他人分享,不要那么自私。
  • She is a selfish person.她是一个自私自利的人。
标签: 美国习惯用语
学英语单词
air guitarists
AJA, A.J.A.
alyssa
ammonium ceric nitrate
Anglicity
anxiety state
applanata
axoaxonic
Bekesbourne
bog-roll
brezhnevism
Broad-Church
bromine trifuloride
Bromus remotiflorus
catoblepas
cement column
cephalopholis aurantia
cepstrum analysis
close operation
coaxial mount
coldcocking
concentrated radioactive liquid wastes
condenser start motor
Continental Celtic
craven
denitrifies
e-rail
epinephrin(e) hydrochoride
etheric acid
family sphaerobolaceaes
flood basin
Folin-Macallum's method
free vibration test
gamabufotalin
geostationary earth orbit
hyltons
illuminating gas
industrial X-ray radiographic equipment
inlaid wood
ion-cyclotron
junction amelodental
Kobuleti
lavelled
leadless colour
legendous
lets-out
lever for adjusting
liberalized
load oil
long induction loop
low impact
migratory cyclone
molek
mottu
Mulegé
Munster
naikis
newsweeks
non-destructive detector
non-sense
off-balance sheet financing
overspeed braking electro-magnetic valve
panorama view
paravanes
PDLA
Pervomayskiy
phase sampling pulse
plasma tail of comet
portable equipment
prescripted
primitive ovum
respublika
ribbon work
Richardia brasiliensis
root-canal reamer
seine rivers
self-expansion
shaft-packing leakage
slide-rule general
small-size coal mine
steel shape
sterilization by radiation
stress relaxation time
substantives
subtitles
sunken poop
Sutura sphenofrontalis
swinging root
Swycer
table handling
theory of reflection and cognitive analysis
toggle-lever grip gear
trefa
underground stem
vertical transform
visual quality
vito
voltage dependent resistivity
wave trace
wave-formed mouth
width-diameter ratio
yolk envelope