迷你对话学英语口语 第914期:满面春风

第一， 迷你对话

A: You look like a million dollars in your new dress.

你穿这身衣服看上去特别迷人。

B: It’s very nice of you to say so. My mother chose it for me.

谢谢你的夸奖，我妈妈为我挑选的。

A: Your mother really has an eye for clothes.

你妈妈对衣服很有眼光。

B: You are right.

你说得对。

第二， 地道表达

look like a million dollars

1. 解词释义

Feel/look like a million dollars 是美国俚语，意思是“感觉或看上去十分健康或精力充沛”“十分气派或满面春风”或者指“妇女看上去迷人”。

2. 拓展范例

e.g. I feel like a million bucks after winning that baseball game.

赢了那场棒球赛后,我觉得好爽。

e.g. She was wearing a new fur coat and felt like a million dollars.

她穿着一件新裘皮大衣，觉得自己非常漂亮。

e.g. Some people get tired after a long-day's work, but I feel like a million bucks.

有些人走了一整天之后会很累,而我却感觉非常棒。

e.g. I'm on holiday. It's a beautiful morning and I feel like a million dollars.

我在度假，这是一个美丽的早晨，我感到非常愉快。

第三， 咬文嚼字

have an eye for something：对……有眼光，对……有品味，对……有鉴赏力

e.g. She had an eye for the beauty of nature.

她有鉴赏自然美的眼力。

e.g. Paul had an eye for paintings.

保罗对画有鉴赏力。