英语口语练习小对话 第592期:新的一页,新的开始
2014-06-23来源:和谐英语
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Subject:It is a blank slate.
迷你对话
A: The famous company that I interviewed with last week phoned me today and informed me to be on duty next Monday.
上个星期我参加面试的那个知名公司今天来电话了,通知我下周一上班。
B: Really? Congratulations. It is a blank slate.
真的吗?恭喜你了,新的一页,新的开始。
地道表达
a blank slate
1. 解释
A blank slate本义是指“干净的黑板”,也就是未经书写过的黑板,是崭新的,引申为“新的开始,新的一页”。
2. 例句
Each day that we awake is a blank slate, another chance.
我们醒来的每一天都是一个新的开始,又一个机遇。
You graduate from university, which means you have finished one thing as well as it is a blank slate in your life.
你毕业表明你完成了一件事,也标志着你在生活中又有了一个新的开始。