迷你对话学英语口语 第964期:好好聊聊

第一， 迷你对话

A: Why didn’t I find out what an insensible woman she is before our marriage.

我结婚前，怎么没发现她不讲理啊。

B: But you are husband and wife. If I were you, I would have a good jaw with her. She will appreciate that, I bet.

但是你们是夫妻啊。我要是你，我就和她好好聊聊。

A: Maybe you don’t know her. She’s halfwit. I know her from A to Z。

也许你 不懂得她，她是个笨蛋，我完全了解她。

第二， 地道表达

have a good jaw

1. 解词释义

Have a good jaw是“好好聊聊一下”的意思。

2. 拓展范例

e.g. My girlfriend had a good jaw with my mother yesterday evening.

昨天晚上我女朋友和我妈妈闲聊了好一阵。

e.g. One evening, John and I had a jaw. He bared his heart to me, and then we have understood each other better.

有天晚上我和约翰聊天，他向我推心置腹，自那以后我俩较为了解了。

e.g. Yesterday they dropped in and had a jaw with us.

昨天他们顺道来访，与我们聊天。

第三， 咬文嚼字

find out：发现

e.g. I shall make it my business to find out who is responsible.

我要查出是谁的责任。

e.g. Follow your nose and see what you can find out.

运用你的辨别能力,看能否找出。

from A to Z：完全，彻底

e.g. Mr. Smith knows the subject from A to Z.

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