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英语口语练习小对话第750期:把......弄清楚

2014-12-15来源:和谐英语

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Subject: Let’s get it straight.

迷你对话

A: The customer promised to sign the contract. But this morning he called me and said that he won’t sign it.

顾客承若会签合同的，但是今早打电话过来说他不想签了。

B: Why? Is there something wrong? Let’s get it straight.

为何？出什么问题呢？咱们把事情搞清楚来。

地道表达

get something straight

1. 解释

Get something straight的意思是“把……弄清楚”。用来表示对方讲出一件你感到吃惊或难以理解的事情，你想弄清楚它的真正含义或做进一步的了解，就可以用这个短语。

2. 例句

e.g. Sorry that I can not knock off on time. There's a lot of things we've got to get straight.

对不起，我不能准时下班，因为有许多事情我们需要搞清楚。

e.g. There must be some misunderstandings. Let’s get it straight.

一定是有什么误会了，我们得把事情弄清楚来。