A:Thank you! But sometimes even if you have paid a lot, you won't always gain.
谢谢。但是有时即使你付出很多也不一定会有回报的。
B:Just try your best to do it well.
那就尽最大努力去做好它吧。
good
好的,令人满意的,充分的,擅长的,好心的,乖的,优异的愉快的
Useful Phrases实用短语
①up to no good做坏事,做不光彩的事
That naughty boy is always up to no good.
那个淘气的孩子尽会恶作剧。
②be no good没用处(好处)
It's no good to trying to persuad me to forgive you.
劝我原谅你是没用的。
③do good/do sb. good(对某人)有好处,有用处,有益
I don't think these latest changes will do any good.
我认为最近变化没什么作用。
Daily Conversation日常会话
Sally:
Eating so much junk food is no good to you. You know junk food has no nutrition at all.
萨利:
吃那么多的垃圾食品对你没好处。你知道垃圾食品根本一点营养都没有。
Jasmine:
I know you always consider for me. But I just can't control myself when I see these food.
茉莉:
我知道你一直都为我着想。但是我一看到这些食品就控制不了自己。
Sally:
You can choose another food instead of it. Such as fruit…
萨利:你可以选择其他食物来代替它啊,比如水果……
Jasmine:I'll take your advice. Thank you.
茉莉:我会采取你的建议,谢谢。
goose鹅,鹅肉
Useful Phrases实用短语
①goose bumps/goose-flesh起鸡皮疙瘩
Every time I see a snake, even in a zoo, I'll get goose bumps all over!
每当我看到蛇,即使是在动物园,我全身都会起鸡皮疙瘩。
②goose sth. (along/up)推动,促进,激励
He tried many ways to goose along the relationship between them.
他做了许多尝试去促进两人之间的关系。
Daily Conversation日常会话
A:You said you had visited the zoo last Sunday So did you see the boa
你说你上周日去动物园了,那么你看到蟒蛇了吗?
B:Yes. My husband loves it so much. As soon as we got there, he went to see the boa immediately.
是啊。我丈夫非常喜欢蟒蛇。我们一到那,他直接就去看蟒蛇了。
A:Oh, my God! You know every time I see a boa, I'll get goose bumps all over!
哦,天哪!你知道我每次一看到蟒蛇浑身就起鸡皮疙瘩。
B:Actually I'm the same with you.
事实上我和你一样的。
great大的,众多的,极大的,伟大的
Useful Phrases实用短语
①be going great guns做得快,顺利,成功
That task is going great guns now.
目前那项任务进行的很顺利。
②be no great shakes不太出色,不大有效,不怎么适合,不怎么样
Her advice is no great shakes.
她的建议成效不大。
③great and small大小,高低,贵贱
All creatures great and small are equal.
所有大小生物都是平等的。
Daily Conversation日常会话
A:Her score was no great shakes although she spent a lot of time on her study.
她的成绩不大出色尽管她花了不少时间在学习上。
B:I thought it's no problem for her to get the first place this time.
我原以为这次她取得第一名是没问题的。
A:So a good method can save you a lot of time and energy.
所以一个好的方法可以让你省很多时间和精力。
B:Yes, you're right.
是啊,你说得对。
green绿色的,草绿色的
Useful Phrases实用短语
①green with envy嫉妒的,眼红的
Seeing his brother receive so many lovely presents, he was green with envy.
看到他哥哥收到那么多可爱的礼物,他很嫉妒。
②to have a green thumb有园艺技能或指有经验的,熟练的
Mrs smith has a green thumb. Her garden continues to produce long after our plants died.
史密斯太太对种园艺很有一套,我们的植物都死去了她的还能继续生长。
③green light准许,许可,绿灯
Every time we invite her to attend a party, she has to ask her parents for the green light.
每次我们邀请她去参加聚会她都必须得到父母的许可。
Daily Conversation日常会话
A:She gets the chance to have a further study to America. I’m so jealous of her.
她得到了出国深造的机会。真羡慕她啊。
B:Not only you but also many people around her are green with envy.
不仅是你,她身边很多人都很嫉妒她呢。
A:Will she study at public expense or at her own expense
她是公费留学呢还是自费啊?
B:I heard her school will pay everything for her.
我听说她的学校会为她支付一切。
Notes:
1. at public expense公费
2. at one's own expense自费
2. pay for…为什么支付,赔偿……
grow生长,变得,增长,发展,种植
Useful Phrases实用短语
①grow away from sb.逐渐疏远某人,对某人的依赖(或关心)逐渐减少
When she took part in job she began to grow away from her parents.
她参加工作后就不再依赖父母了。
②grow into sth.逐渐成长成为,变为,长成
As a child, she was ugly indeed, but now she grew into a beauty.
当她还是孩子时确实很丑,但现在她已变为一个美女了。
③grow out of sth.长得太大而穿不上衣服
Mary has already grown out of her school uniform.
玛丽已经长的穿不下她的校服了。
Daily Conversation日常会话
A:I feel my son growing away from me gradually.
我发现儿子现在对我依赖越来越少了。
B:It's not strange at all. After all he has grown up.
这根本不足为奇。毕竟他已经长大了。
A:You're right. I'll learn to get used to his change day by day.
你说的对。我会一天天学会适应他的变化的。
B:I'm very glad you can think like that, you know he'll have his own life someday.
很高兴你能那么想,毕竟他终有一天会有自己的生活的。