实战口语情景对话 第529期:Daily Routine 日常生活

重点讲解：
1. pack up
打点（行装）；
eg. He packed up and was ready to go.
他整理好行装准备出发。
eg. I'll have to pack up as quickly as possible.
我要尽快地打点行装。
2. roll up
卷；绕；使成筒状（或球状）；
eg. Stein rolled up the paper bag with the money inside.
斯坦把装了钱的纸袋卷了起来。
eg. We will need to roll up the carpet.
我们得把地毯卷起来。
3. hit the road
出发；动身；
eg. I was relieved to get back in the car and hit the road again.
回到车里重新上路后，我松了一口气。
eg. Let hit the road, or we will be late the show.
让我们出发吧，不然看演出就晚了
4. and whatnot
这一类的东西；诸如此类的东西；
eg. The women were there in their jeans and T-shirts and overalls and whatnot.
女人们穿着牛仔裤、T恤、工装裤等等这类衣服在那个地方。
eg. I like to read books on different topics - medicine, energy, arts and whatnot.
我喜欢看各种不同科目的书，像医学、能源、艺术等等。
5. speaking of
（接过话头引入新话题）说到…，谈到…；
eg. Speaking of playing the piano, I am all thumbs.
说起弹钢琴，我真是笨手笨脚的。
eg. Speaking of tennis, Daniel is the best.
说起网球，丹尼尔才是最棒的。
6. close call
勉强脱险；幸免于难；
eg. Joe had a close call when his motorbike nearly collided with a lorry.
乔的摩托车差点同卡车相撞，他侥幸地躲过了。
eg. The bus almost ran him over. It was a close call.
那辆汽车差点把他碾死，真可谓死里逃生。
7. so to speak
可以说；可谓；
eg. I ought not to tell you but I will, since you're in the family, so to speak.
我本来不该告诉你的，但我还是要这么做，因为好歹你是家里的一员。
eg. The five countries have now all passed, so to speak, their entry test.
可以说，这5个国家现在都已经通过了入门考试。
8. on occasion
偶尔；间或；有时；
eg. He treated them seriously and, on occasion, entertained them hilariously.
他对待他们严肃认真，偶尔又逗得他们捧腹不已。
eg. He has been known on occasion to lose his temper.
大家都知道他有时会发脾气。