情景会话口袋书人际篇41:意见和建议(2)
时间:2018-12-25 作者:英语课 分类:情景会话口袋书人际篇
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9. Which shoes do you like better?
你比较喜欢哪双鞋?
还能这样说:
Which shoes do you prefer?
Which shoes would you rather want?
谚语:
Every shoe fits not every foot.
不可只有一种尺度衡量一切。
10. I prefer tea to coffee.
和咖啡比起来,我更喜欢茶。
还能这样说:
I like tea better than coffee.
I would like a cup of tea rather than coffee.
应用解析:
prefer...rather than 宁愿……而不愿;
prefer...to 喜欢……而不喜欢;喜欢……胜过……
11. I propose half an hour break.
我提议休息半小时。
还能这样说:
I thank we would have a break for half an hour.
I ofter to have a half-an-hour-break.
谚语:
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
一日之计在于晨。
12. I'm all ears.
我洗耳恭听。
还能这样说:
Go ahead with your speech; I'm all ears.
Believe me, I am all ears!
谚语:
Walls have ears.
隔墙有耳。
13. What is your attitude to classical arts?
你对古典艺术有什么看法?
还能这样说:
What's your idea of classical arts?
Let me have your thoughts on classical arts.
应用解析:
attitude of mind 思想方法;观点;
take an attitude of 采取……态度
14. Thank you for your sage 1 advice.
谢谢你的高见。
还能这样说:
I appreciate your good idea.
I am grateful for your opinion.
谚语:
Advice when needed is most heeded 2.
忠言逆耳。
15. Would it be a good idea to tell her the truth?
可以把实情告诉她吗?
还能这样说:
Is it wise to tell her the state of the case?
Can we tell the facts to her?
谚语:
When wine is in truth, wit is out.
酒后吐真言。
16. You might as well do something else now.
你不妨先做别的工作。
还能这样说:
You had better get down to other things.
I suggest you had better do something else now.
应用解析:
What else?
还用得着问吗?
17. Why don't you delay the meeting?
为什么不推迟会议呢?
还能这样说:
Why not delay the meeting?
Why not put off the meeting?
谚语:
Sharpening your axe 3 will not delay your job of cutting wood.
磨刀不误砍柴工。
1 sage
n.圣人,哲人;adj.贤明的,明智的
- I was grateful for the old man's sage advice.我很感激那位老人贤明的忠告。
- The sage is the instructor of a hundred ages.这位哲人是百代之师。