时间:2018-12-16 作者:英语课 分类:美国习惯用语


英语课

 


  你喜欢看时尚杂志吗?现在的时尚,每季都在换,一会儿时兴鲜艳的颜色,一会儿又时兴复古的样子。幸亏我不是服装设计师,否则我肯定无法把握潮流的脉搏。


  今天我们要介绍给大家的习惯用语是:get a fix on. Fix做为动词,有修理的意思,比如说fix the car修车。不过,fix也可以做名词,其中的一个意思就是定位,get a fix on这个习惯用语用了fix作为名词的定位的意思,指清楚地了解某些人或事。


  你现在明白我为什么说自己不适合做服装设计师了吧?You wouldn't know how to get a fix on the styles that people might want to buy.


  在下面这个例子里,一名警官解释了他们对一起空难事故现场进行调查时所遇到的困难。让我们一起来听听看。


  例句-1:Our investigation 1 team combed the site of the plane crash for weeks. Finally, after reviewing countless 2 pieces of evidence, we were able to get a fix on the cause of the accident. We've determined 3 that ice on the wings was to blame for the tragedy.


  这位警官说:我们的调查人员对事发地点进行了好几个星期的仔细搜索,调查了数不清的证据,最后才确定了事故的起因,我们认为,这次空难是由飞机机翼上的冰块造成的。


  说起空难,真是怪吓人的。我以前特别怕坐飞机,一上飞机就紧张,结果有个朋友向我推荐了一个网站,让我了解到了飞机的安全系数。That's where I got a fix on plane safety. 其实,从统计学的角度看,出车祸的机率要比飞机掉下来的机率大得多。


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  有时候,能了解某个人或是某件事对一个人的成功有很大的好处,但是反过来,如果怎么也搞不懂的话,就会感到特别沮丧。让我们一起听听下面这个年轻人谈谈他跟岳父岳母的关系。


  例句-2:Since we got married, my wife and I have spent a lot of time with her parents. Just about every weekend we all get together for dinner or go out. I feel like I understand my father-in-law pretty well, but not my mother-in-law. I still haven't gotten a fix on her.


  这个人说:我们结婚后,经常跟岳父岳母在一起,几乎每个周末我们都要一起吃饭或是出去玩。经过这些接触,我觉得我对岳父这个人有了比较清楚的了解,但是岳母大人的喜怒哀乐还是让我模不着头脑。


  Oh-Oh。这个年轻人真应该向我表姐Jamie取取经。Jamie最大的本事就是看人。她每次去开会或是参加活动,都会遇到很多陌生人,但是用不了多久,她就能get a fix on them,彻底了解他们,不仅知道他们的喜好,甚至还能预见到他们可能会怎么做,难怪她干推销成绩总是那么好。


  ******


  大家肯定都知道世界著名的流行歌手麦当娜。麦当娜如今已经年近五十,她在全球的唱片销量也超过了两个亿。我觉得,麦当娜的成功在很大程度上是因为她懂得不断地变化自己的外形和声音,总能给听众带来新鲜的感觉。She is always getting a fix on what her fans are looking for next.



1 investigation
n.调查,调查研究
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
2 countless
adj.无数的,多得不计其数的
  • In the war countless innocent people lost their lives.在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。
  • I've told you countless times.我已经告诉你无数遍了。
3 determined
adj.坚定的;有决心的
  • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
  • He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
学英语单词
ad-aware
aesthetic pubes surgery
al mintirib
Albumine
allocation algorithm
alternative technology
amberley i.
apostilbs
armshells
authorized term
average reward model
Barkley Sound
bilabulate lophophore
bluestockinged
bontebok, bontbok
brigadier generals
capitalist state
coal magazine
coated tips
copurifications
copy ... out
design hydraulic regime
dietary allowance
direct-coupling attenuator
Distrito Federal
double bit error
drop type broadcaster
earth's spheroid
education-reform
electronicconsole
excitibility
exhausted ion exchange resin
fictitious hold device
folliculin menoform
fox farm
genuine parts
genus Hunnemania
gyri centralis anterior
henmilite
hippodin
hoplomaladera monticola monticola
imidazoles
impedance operator
isocaudarner
Janājiq
jet (type)agitator
juice
kamela
kingklips
kyw
lawtards
lifeskill
linzeys
Mantoux
matchlit
Matefy reaction
mending plate
microprocessor chip characteristics
minimum return flow
MSEE
mutually independence random variables
non-coaxial injector
nonuniformity of drying
NOR ligic
overflowingness
Pampango
parametric fault
particle precipitation
pbhp
persian-lamb
pickup amplifier
pigg
Pilea anisophylla
plant development
port and harbor planning
potassium titanyl oxalate
price cutter
proctalgia fugax
projective geometries
pure variety breeding
qv
ramsland
regulatory work
routes of inoculation
scanning period
scarlatinas
socionics
solenaster
split board
starter terminal cover
tigrous
translated
translating(in computer graphics)
tripping lever
tritetracontane
ultra oscilloscope
upper margin
urban renewal program
variable bias
Viola schulzeana
wheatmeal
wire-rope tests