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英语口语练习小对话第625期:黄道吉日

2014-07-09来源:和谐英语

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Subject：This is a red-letter day for you.

迷你对话

A: I’m so excited that I was raised to management level in today’s conference.

我太激动了，今天的会以上我被提拔到管理层了。

B: This is a red-letter day for you. Congratulations to you!

今天是你的大喜日子，祝贺你！

地道表达

a red-letter day

1. 解释

A red-letter day在西方国家用来表示盛大的或具有纪念意义的日子。翻译为：“值得纪念或喜庆的日子”，也就是我们中文中说的“大喜的日子”“黄道吉日”。对于某人来说是大喜日子，在a red-letter day的后面用介词for。

2. 例句

e.g. June 2nd will be a red-letter day for him, he's getting married.

六月二日是他的大喜日子, 他要结婚了。

e.g. It's been a red-letter day. I aced the math test and made a date with Mary. Besides, Dad gave me an old car!

这是个值得庆祝的日子。我数学考试得Ａ,跟玛莉约会,加上爸爸又送我一部旧车。