記四級(jí)單詞有妙招(十)1

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Anyhow
    Did you ever have nightmares about going to school dressed only in a vest that was too short anyway.
    你做過(guò)這樣的噩夢(mèng)嗎?只穿著一件特別短的小背心就來(lái)到了學(xué)校。
    注:肯定沒(méi)做作業(yè)。
    Home is where you can say anything you like 'cause nobody listens to you anyway.
    家是你想說(shuō)什么就說(shuō)什么的地方,因?yàn)榉凑矝](méi)人聽(tīng)。
    注:前半句說(shuō)明家是自由的港灣,你可以發(fā)泄傾訴,后半句說(shuō)在家里沒(méi)人搭理你。
    Big sister: Eat your spinach. It will put color in your cheeks.
    Little sister: Who wants green cheeks anyway?
    姐姐:吃點(diǎn)兒菠菜,你氣色會(huì)變好(在臉上添顏色)。
    妹妹:誰(shuí)想要綠臉呢?
    注:Put color: 使人氣色變好。妹妹怕吃菠菜多了臉都邊綠了。
    I don’t believe in an afterlife, but I’m still bringing a change of underwear anyway.
    我不相信有來(lái)生,但我還是準(zhǔn)備帶上換洗的內(nèi)褲。
    注:以防萬(wàn)一。如果真有天堂或地獄,等到了那兒,沒(méi)有換洗的衣服多不方便呀。
    Apart
    Sex brought us together, but gender drove us apart.
    性使我們走到了一起,但性別又把我們分開(kāi)。
    注:兩性相吸,男女走到一起,但男女性格的差異又使他們分開(kāi)。
    How far apart were the vehicles at the time of the collision?
    兩車(chē)相撞時(shí)離得有多遠(yuǎn)?
    注:在法庭上律師嚴(yán)肅地問(wèn)詢(xún)問(wèn)證人。
    Apart from a few odd words in Hebrew, I took it for granted that God had never spoken anything but the most dignified[尊貴] English.
    除了幾句奇怪的希伯萊文,我想當(dāng)然地認(rèn)為上帝除了最尊貴的英語(yǔ)以外從沒(méi)有說(shuō)過(guò)其他語(yǔ)言。
    注:如果美國(guó)人的上帝說(shuō)英語(yǔ),中國(guó)人的上帝說(shuō)中文,他們誰(shuí)也不想學(xué)對(duì)方的語(yǔ)言,他們?cè)趺唇涣餮剑?BR>    Apartment
    All my friends in Paris seemed very happy when I was leaving. To them they were not losing a friend but gaining an apartment.
    當(dāng)我要離開(kāi)時(shí),我所有在巴黎的朋友好象都很高興,對(duì)他們來(lái)說(shuō)他們一個(gè)朋友也沒(méi)有失去,但卻得到了一套公寓。
    注:他要暫時(shí)離開(kāi)半年,有套單元房留給朋友們住,朋友們很高興,他們的友誼得以繼續(xù)。
    I really enjoy camping, especially since I don’t have enough money to buy an apartment.
    我喜歡野營(yíng),特別是因?yàn)槲覜](méi)有足夠的錢(qián)買(mǎi)房子。
    注:他不是喜歡野營(yíng),他是沒(méi)錢(qián)買(mǎi)房子,被逼無(wú)奈才住在帳篷里。
    We’re lucky we have an apartment. If we lived in our car, we'd be home by now.
    幸運(yùn)地是我們還有房子住,我們?nèi)绻≡谄?chē)?yán)铮F(xiàn)在就到家里了。
    注:你爸爸在車(chē)?yán)锉г菇煌〒矶拢氵@么勸他。
    注:應(yīng)該樂(lè)觀地看問(wèn)題。