妙语佳句:
原句:Get off... my face.
get off:从 ... 下来, 离开
It is impossible for him to get off the contract.
他不可能解除契约对自己的束缚。
I can't get off the office treadmill.
我无法摆脱单调的坐班工作。
原句:This rump is ripe for picking.
be ripe for:已适合于, ... 的时机已成熟
The time was ripe for a challenge to the power of the government.
时机已经成熟,可以向政府权力提出挑战了。
Conditions are ripe for solving the problem.
彻底解决这一问题的条件已经成熟。
原句:But we fought dinosaurs in the Ice Age...didn't make sense but sure was exciting.
make sense:讲得通, 有意义, 言之有理
Can you make sense of what I say?
你能领会我说的意思吗?
Can you make sense of what this writer is saying?
你能了解这个作家在讲什么吗?
原句:We're getting rid of the crazy wretch, let's go...
get rid of:摆脱, 除去
We have to get rid of these old newspapers.
我们必须把这些旧报纸处理掉。
We will be glad to get rid of him.
摆脱他,我们将很高兴。
考考你:
这破烂是我花心思收集到的.
她迫不及待地想和Sid度过余生.
上期答案:
would you get your head out of the ground for once and try to have a little fun.
Besides you can't spend you whole life playing it safe.