迷你对话学地道口语第112期:复习温习
时间：2018-12-26 作者：英语课 分类：迷你对话学地道口语
迷你对话：
A:I'm really nervous about the interview.
要去面试了，我真的好紧张。
B:Take it easy. We've made enough preparations.
放松点。我们已经做好了充分的准备。
A:I am in such need of the job that I cannot afford mistakes.
我们十分需要这份工作，因为我不能犯任何错误。
B:Let’sbrush it upagain.
那让我们再来复习一遍吧。
A: Thanks a lot.
谢谢。
地道表达：
brush up：复习，温习
解词释义：
brush是动词，意思是“把......刷干净”。Brush up本义是“打扮整洁”，引申为“重新学习过去的技能”，即“温习，复习”。
支持范例：
Eg If you're going to Mexico, you should brush up on your Spanish.
如果你要去墨西哥，你应该复习你的西班牙文。
Eg. I shall have to brush up my mathematics before I take on that job.
我接那项工作以前得复习一下数学。
Eg. I advise you to make the best use of your time to brush up on your lessons before examination 1.
我劝你在考试前抓紧时间温习功课。
Eg. Your ideas are good, but you need to brush up on your tact 2.
你的想法很好，但你得先锻炼一下做事的方法。
词海拾贝：
1.be nervous about：因......而感到紧张
Eg. I wonder if you aren't just a little nervous about the interview.
我想知道你对这次面试是否很紧张。
Eg. She is nervous about going on a blind date.
她对由他人安排的约会感到紧张。
Eg. Don't be nervous about me. I'll worry along somehow.
不要为我担心,我将设法熬过去。
Eg. After we took the baby home, I was nervous about doing something wrong.
我们把小宝贝带回家后，我很怕做错事情。
2. made enough preparations：做好充分准备
Eg. We've got to made preparations for the exam
我们要为考试做些准备
Eg. Have you made preparations for the coming festival?
佳节即将来临，你们做好准备了吗？
Eg. She made elaborate 3 preparations for the party, but no one showed up.
她为了聚会费心准备，但是一个人也没来。
Eg. We just can't possibly fail completely, after all the preparations we've made.
我们有准备, 决不会一败涂地。
3.take it easy：放轻松
Eg. He was going to take it easy when he got back.
他回去以后，要过轻松的日子。
Eg. All a man got to do is to take it easy and he'll enjoy himself.
做人只要把心放开些，就能过得快活。
Eg. Don' t worry about the matter, take it easy.
别担心那件事，轻松一点。
Eg. When the teacher found some of his students get nervous at the examination, he told them to take it easy.
老师发现一些学生考虑时焦急不安，就叫他们不要紧张。
4.in need of ：需要
Eg. Now's the time when we are in need of personnel 4.
现在正是用人的时候。
Eg. Perhaps they are in need of our help.
他们恐怕需要我们的帮助。
Eg. The houses are in need of repair.
这些房子需要修理。
Eg. He is seriously in need of medical attention.
他急需医疗照顾。
5.cannot afford mistakes：不能处错误
- Teachers always judge their students on the final examination.老师常根据期末考试来评价他们的学生。
- He put up a good show in the final examination.他在期末考试中表现得不错。
- She showed great tact in dealing with a tricky situation.她处理棘手的局面表现得十分老练。
- Tact is a valuable commodity.圆滑老练是很有用处的。