托福詞匯備考:托福閱讀”顏色“別有意味

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    托福閱讀詞匯中,有一些RED,GREEN,BLUE等表示顏色的詞,其實這些顏色詞除了表示具體的顏色之外,在不同國家的不同文化,還有著別樣的含義。
    托福閱讀詞匯:1. GREEN:
    (0)He is still green to his job.
    他對其工作尚無經(jīng)驗。
    (1)Do yousee any green in my eye?
    你認為我幼稚可欺嗎?
    (2)lf you want to be a successful gardener,of course you’ve gottohave green fingers.
    假如你想當個稱職的園工,那你就得有園藝技能。
    (3)She is agreen hand in teaching English.
    在英語教學中,他還是個生手。
    (4)Mothergave us the green light to go on the camping trip this summer.
    媽媽準許我們今年夏天去野營一次。
    (5)He has agreen wound in the left breast.
    他左胸上有一新傷口。
    托福閱讀詞匯:2. BLUE:
    (6)He is proud of his blue blood.
    他因出身名門貴族而驕傲。
    (7)Thingsare looking extremely blue.
    情況極其不妙。
    (8)Trueblue will never stain.
    真金不怕火煉。
    (9)She ranand ran until she was blue in the face.
    她跑啊跑啊,累得臉色發(fā)青精疲力竭。
    (10)lt’s once in ablue moon that you get a chance like that.
    你得到的是個千載難逢的機會。
    (11)He canread like a blue streak.
    他看書極快。
    (12)The badnews came like a bolt out of the blue.
    這消息來得如青天霹靂。
    (13)John arrivedout of the blue.
    約翰突然來了。
    (14)A rainyday always gives me the blues.
    下雨天總是使我心情抑郁。
    托福閱讀詞匯:3 BROWN:
    (15)The leaves browned slowly.
    樹葉漸漸枯了。
    (16)We areall of us done brown.
    我們都上當了。
    (17)When she gives a dinner party,she always does it up brown.
    她舉行宴會,總是辦得很出色。
    (18)l’m brownedoff,sitting here all day with nothing to do.
    我整天坐在這兒沒事干,感到抑郁無聊。
    (19)Aim atone bird, don’t blaze into the brown.
    瞄準一只打,不要射擊鳥群。
    (20)l triedto attract his attention,but he was in a brown study.
    我企圖吸引他的注意力可是他仍在沉思默想。
    托福閱讀詞匯:4. BLACK:
    (21)The black dog is over him.
    他意氣消沉。
    (22)Tom isthe black sheep of his family.
    湯姆是個敗家子。
    (23)Nexttime l see him, l’ll give him a black eye.
    下次我見到他一定打他一頓。
    托福閱讀詞匯:5、RED:
    (1)The president was treated to the redcarpet in Rome.
    總統(tǒng)在羅馬受到了隆重的接待。
    (2)It was ared-letter day in the history of Chinese revolution.
    這是中國歷史上值得紀念的日子。
    (3)A thiefwas caught red-handed in the act of breaking open alock.
    一個竊賊在砸開鎖時被當場抓獲。
    (4)You saidthat l am very good. ls my face red?
    你說我很好,真使我難為情了。
    (5)When hestarted criticizing my work,l really saw red.
    當他批評我的工作時,我就冒火、發(fā)脾氣。
    (6)There istoo much red-tape in obtaining an identity card.
    領(lǐng)身份證的手續(xù)實在太繁瑣了。
    (7)They hadto sell the firm because for years they had operated it in the red.
    因為經(jīng)營這家公司幾年來一直虧損,所以他們只好把它賣掉。
    (8)We’ll soon beout of the red.
    我們很快就會扭虧為盈。
    (9)Everytime he comes to New York, he wants to paint the town red.
    每次來紐約,他都要痛飲一番。
    以上就是托福閱讀詞匯中“顏色”的多重含義,大家可以根據(jù)具體句型來理解他們的具體含義,只有了解了這些詞匯的多重意思,我們才能準確理解托福閱讀的文意,從而正確答題。新東方留學預祝大家取得理想成績。