英语俚语习语小对话第411期: "照例"英语怎么说? (mp3和文本下载)

第411期:照例

情景对话：

A: Hello, Jack! Fancy meeting you here!
你好，杰克，没想到在这里遇到你。

B: Yeas, it’s really a surprise. How are you?
是啊，真是让人不敢相信。你好吗？

A: Fine. How is Jim?
还好，吉姆怎么样了？

B: Oh, he is all right. But busy as usual. Well, why don’t we have a good chat at a bar? It’s been long time since we met each other last time.
他好着了，不过还是像以前一样忙。我们最好在酒吧做下聊聊吧。自从上次后，我们很长时间没有见过了。

A: Good idea!
好的。

对话精讲

地道表达

【核心短语】
as usual

【解词释义】
此语的意思是像往常一样； 照旧； 如故； 仍然等。

【支持范例1】
As usual, the cops get the baddies in the end.
跟平常一样，警察最后把坏人都抓起来了。

【支持范例2】
In the hotel, the old men were drinking away as usual.
在旅馆里，这些老人和往常一样喝个不停。

【支持范例3】
Please carry on as usual while I am away.
我不在时，请照常干活。

【典型范例4】
I found him in the garden, dreaming away as usual.
我发现他像平日一样在花园里做着好梦。

词海拾贝

have a chat：聊一聊，聊天

【典型例句1】
Would you care to come and have a chat with me?
如果你不介意的话，过来和我聊聊天好吗？

【典型例句2】
She said she was passing through Paris and would like to have a chat with me.
她说她要路过巴黎，想跟我聊一聊。

【典型例句3】
Squatting down, the two of them started to have a chat.
两人蹲下就聊起来了。

【典型例句4】
Shall we have a chat in the sitting room over the tea for a while?
我们在客厅呆一会儿，喝茶聊天好吗?

each other：相互

【典型例句1】
I've never seen two people so attached to each other.
我从未见过两个人如此形影不离。

【典型例句2】
Sue and Tony had a bust-up and aren't speaking to each other.
休和托尼大吵了一架，现在谁也不理谁。

last time：最后一次，上次

【典型例句1】
My failure last time has not damped my interest.
上一次的失败没有使我的兴趣减弱。

【典型例句2】
I'm getting on with what we talked about last time.
上次我们谈的那件事已经有点眉目了。