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我们讲的英语第173期:Not enough room to swing a cat 空间拥挤

2014-09-19来源:和谐英语

重点讲解:
1. come along
(尤用于鼓励别人参加某活动)来吧,一起来;
eg. There's a big press launch today and you're most welcome to come along.
今天有一个大型的媒体推介会,非常希望您能光临。
eg. May be I'll come along next time.
也许下一次我也来。
2. There's no room to swing a cat
地方狭小;空间拥挤;
eg. It was described as a large, luxury mobile home, but there was barely room to swing a cat.
那个活动房被形容为宽敞豪华,可事实上几乎连转身的地儿都没有。
eg. In our old flat we didn't have enough room to swing a cat, but now we've got plenty of space.
我们从前住的那套房间很狭小,没有活动的余地,现在我们已得到很宽敞的住所了。
3. all the same
仍然;依然;照样;
eg. All the same, there is some truth in what he says.
尽管如此,他的话也还是有些道理。
eg. It was raining hard, but we got there in time all the same.
雨下得很大,可是我们仍然准时到达。