11.A: How did you ever move that desk upstairs to your room?
B: It was very heavy, but I got my roommates to help me with it
A:你究竟时怎么把那个桌子搬进你的房子的?
B:那个桌子很重,但是我叫我的舍友帮我搬。
How did you ever do something? 来源:www.examda.com
通常用来问别人时究竟怎么把一件比较难办的事情办成的。"ever"在这里不是"曾经"的意思,只是用来加强语气。
Get my roommate to help me with it.这里有两个结构:
Get somebody to do something:叫某人做某事(托福常考结构)
Help somebody with something:帮助某人做某事
学习英文要时刻注意总结固定的搭配和结构,这样才能写出和讲出地道的英语。虽然简单,但是不小心还是会用错。
另外一个『托福原句』You certainly had a lot of boxes. How did you ever find room for everything? -你的盒子真多。你究竟时怎么找地方放这些东西的。
12.He goes skiing every chance he gets.他一有机会就去滑雪。
举一反三:I practice my spoken English every chance I get.我一有机会就练习我的英语口语。
13.He's always been enthusiastic about sports. -他一直对运动很热衷。
Be enthusiastic about sth:对某事很热衷,热爱
比较口语化的表达方式还有:be crazy/nuts about something/somebody
He's crazy/nuts about basketball.他热爱篮球。
14.Shouldn't she concentrate on doing her school work instead?
Concentrate on doing something.集中精力做某事。
15.At least it is a diversion from my normal course work. I'm getting tired of math. "至少这可以让我暂时撇下我的正常的课程工作。我已经对数学感到厌倦了。"
Diversion这里时指分散精力的东西。Get tired of something又为"get sick and tired of something"是指对某事感到开始感到厌倦。 来源:www.examda.com
16.It would be better to talk about it face to face.
It would be better to do something这个句型是虚拟语气(would),常用来提建议。"这样做会更好"
Face to face :面对面 来源:www.examda.com
In person:亲自It would be better to tell him in person.亲自告诉他比较好。
17.Would you mind if I sat here? -Of course not.
Would you mind if I did something? If从句中用过去时表示客气。
也可以不用过去时。回答Would you mind?一定要小心,如果你介意就答"yes",不介意就答"No" "Of course not."
18.So you're going to give us a ride to the game tonight?你今天晚上会车我们去看比赛?
Give sb a ride-用车载某人一程。
19.You haven't written your folks for a quite a while, have you?
Folks在口语中的意思是"父母"
20.Marilyn seemed happy with her grades. - Happy? She could hardly contain herself.
Grades是指成绩。在国外打分通常给A,B,C,D.
I made good grades in high school. -我读高中时成绩好。
Contain oneself -控制自己的情绪,感情
eg. I was so angry that I couldn't contain myself.我气得不能控制自己的情绪
21.Maybe I ought to subscribe to the Engineering Quarterly.
Subscribe to订阅 I've subscribed to China Daily.我订了中国日报。
Quarter有好多意思。可以是"季度",或是"一刻钟",或是25美分,或是"四分之一"。
Quarterly -季报Daily -日报 来源:www.examda.com
Weekly -周报Bi-Weekly-双周报Monthly -月报
22.Allen has done some beautiful drawings of his dream house.
Dream house梦想中的房子。Dream job-心目中理想的工作
Dream car-做梦都想要的车
Dream girl (the girl of my dreams) -梦中情人,心中理想的女孩