迷你对话学英语口语 第1370期:极好的主意
第一,迷你对话
A: What do you want for your birthday from your parents?
你生日的时候,希望从你父母那儿得到什么礼物。
B: I don't know. Maybe a pair of shoes.
我不知道,也许是一双鞋子。
A: Why don't you ask them to buy you a PC? You will soon use it at college.
为什么不让他们给你买台电脑呢?很快你上大学就用得到了。
B: That's a dandy idea. Thank you for reminding me.
好主意,谢谢你提醒我。
第二,地道表达
dandy idea
1. 解词释义
Dandy idea是指“特别好的主意,极好的主意”。Dandy是“上等的,极好的”意思。
2. 拓展范例
E.g. A dandy idea struck me while I was walking along the river.
我在河边散步时突然有了一个好主意.
E.g. A question period at the end of a speech is a dandy idea.
演讲结束后,用一段时间提问是个好主意。
E.g.. Robert has hit upon a dandy idea that will get us out of our difficulty.
罗伯特想出了一个好主意,可以使我们摆脱困境。
E.g. All at once Jack had andanty idea, a veritable inspiration.
Jack忽然心血来潮想出一个主意,这倒真是个好主意。
第三,视野拓展
want something from somebody:从某人身上得到某物
E.g. You have to be brave enough to show what you want from him.
你向他要的,要明白勇于表达出来。
E.g. Exactly what do you want from me, Mrs. Stewart?
究竟对我有什么要求, Stewart太太?
a pair of :一双
E.g. Tom often wears a pair of brown shoes.
汤姆常穿一双褐色皮鞋。
E.g. A pair of white shoes completed the striking ensemble.
一双白鞋配这套醒目的服装已完美无缺了。
at college:在上大学读书
E.g. He said he saw from the address that I was still at college.
他说他从地址得知我还在求学。
E.g. During his first few months at college David had been very conscious of his humble background.
在入学以后的头几个月里,戴维深感自己出身卑贱。