英语口语练习小对话 第147期:弄明白
迷你对话:
A:I heard you are busy with your new house now?
听说最近你在忙房子的事情?
B:Yeah, I want my own house very much, so I decide to buy one.
对,我很想拥有自己的房子,所以想买一所。
A:Let meget this right——do you want to buy the house?
你再讲清楚点儿——你想买这栋房子。
B:Yeah. This is a big house with a garden. I like it very much.
是的,这房子空间大,还有个花园,我非常喜欢。
A:But it is far from downtown. Living here is very inconvenient.
但是它里市区很远,这在这儿很不方便。
A: It is very quiet and peaceful. This is what I want.
这里既安静又祥和,非常适合我。
地道表达:get something right
解词释义:此语义是“把某物彻底弄清楚”。其反义词为get something wrong(误解,曲解)。
支持范例:
(1)正确理解;弄明白
Eg. There is too much pain involved in trying to get it right.
要正确掌握它可得费一番功夫。
Eg. You should pay, just let me get it right, oh yes, 25dollars altogether.
你应该会,让我弄弄清楚,哦对了,一共25美元。
(2)使某物恢复正常
Eg. The car broke you please help me get it right?
这车坏了,你能帮我把它修好吗?
Eg. There is something wrong with the radio, and I can't get it right.
这台收音机有点儿毛病, 我总弄不好。
词海拾贝:
1.be busy with:忙于......
Eg. The place was busy with passengers.
那地方行人众多,非常热闹。
Eg. She's busy with the organization of her daughter's party.
她正忙于筹划她女儿的聚会。
Eg. He is busy with proving up a coal deposit.
他正忙于勘探煤层。
Eg. I was busy with my studies and so did not take the job.
我忙于学习,所以没有接受那个工作。
2.be far from:距离......很远
Eg. His explanation was far from satisfactory.
他的解释一点也不令人满意。
Eg. It's far from perfect.
那还远远算不上完善。
Eg. Your account is far from the truth.
你所说远非事实。
Eg. In truth, she was far from robust.
说实在的,她根本说不上健壮。
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