托福口语素材:“忙“的各种表达
2014-08-18来源:互联网
现代生活节奏加快,人们除了自己的工作,可能还要出游、社交……加上科技越来越发达,微博人人的流行,信息量越来越大,各种资讯也日新月异,你觉得自己“忙”吗?下面小编带大家来学习一下“各种忙碌”的托福口语。
① I don't even have time to catch my breath.我连喘口气的工夫都没有。
catch my breath 是喘息,歇口气
② Don't have too many irons in the fire.不要揽事太多。
have (many , too many, several, other) irons in/on the fire意思是“同时有(许多,太多,好几件,其他)事情要做。
③ I'm in the middle of something. Could you call back later?我现在很忙,你能过会给我打电话吗?
in the middle of doing sth. 正忙于做某事
④ He is working so hard that he is as busy as a [w]beaver[/w].他没日没夜地工作,看起来很忙。
Beaver除了海狸的意思外,还引申为卖力工作的人,兢兢业业的人。
⑤ It's hard to slow down when you are trying to do a million things.当你想要干成百上千件事情的时候是很难慢下来的。
a million 往往代表“很多,超多……”。
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