英语口语每日几句(3)

【colour】英语中的色彩

1.In the red表示亏空、欠债,

At this time of year, our company is usually in the red.

每年这个时候，我们公司总是处于亏空状态。

2.Turn yellow胆怯

He turns yellow in the fight. 他在斗争中显得十分胆怯。

3.In a blue mood 情绪低沉，无精打采

You are always in a blue mood these days, What’s the matter?

最近你总是闷闷不乐的，出了什么事情吗？

4.Set the green light 开绿灯，允许

As soon as we get the green light, we’ll start the project.

我们一旦得到许可，就展开这个项目。

All About 【Friends】

A friend in need患难时帮助你的朋友

I’l l always be grateful to Jane for lending me a hand at that time. A friend in need is a friend indeed. 我很感激简能在那个时候向我伸出援手，能够共患难的朋友才是真朋友。

A fair-weather friend不能共患难、只可共安乐的朋友

I really thought she’d be there to help me, but it seems that she’s just a fai r-weather friend.

我当时真的以为她会来这儿帮我，看来她不是个能共患难的朋友。

A circle of friend朋友圈

He introduced me to his circle of friends.

他把我介绍给他的那群朋友认识。

有关【skin皮肤】的用法

1.Have a thick skin厚脸皮

He needs a thick skin to take so much abuse from audience.

他需要有一张厚脸皮，才能够招架住观众的骂声。

2. Have a thin skin 薄脸皮

He’s got rather a thin skin. He’ll have to learn to take the unkind remark.

他的脸皮太薄了，他必须去学会承受各种各样的奚落之言。

3. make your skin crawl使人毛骨悚然，让人起鸡皮疙瘩。

It makes my skin crawl when I think of that dark night.

我想到那个黑暗的夜晚就毛骨悚然。

【name】的给力用法

Have （got）somebody's name on it

1.Tom took Jerry’s place and got killed. It should have been him---that bullet had his name on it.汤姆作了杰利的替死鬼，被子弹打中的原本应该是杰利，那颗子弹原本要的是杰利的命。

2.You should come around for Lunch tomorrow! I’ve got a steak here with your name on it!

你明天一定要来吃晚饭啊！我特地为你做了牛排！

有关【困惑】的英语表达

1.Puzzled

A puzzled expression 困惑的表情

Get a bit puzzled 变的有一些困惑

2.Confused 显得困惑

He left his audience thoroughly confused.

他把观众完全弄糊涂了。

She was very confused about her feelings.

她完全弄不清自己的感觉。

3.Bewildered 困惑，感到不知所措

He was rather bewildered at seeing her there.

居然在那里看到她，他十分摸不着头脑。

关于【brain头脑】的给力用法

1.Have a good brain for something 在某一方面很有头脑

She has a good brain for mathematics. 她很有数学头脑。

2.Keep your brain ticking over开动脑筋

It’s important to keep your brain ticking over. 经常开动脑筋很重要。

3.The brain drain人才流失

Should the brain drain be stopped by restrictions? 人才流失现象应该加以限制吗？

4.Have( got) somebody/something on the brain 总是惦记着某人或者某事

You’ve got work on the brain! 你满脑子想的都是工作。

有关【earth】的给力用法

1.bring somebody back to earth使某人回到现实中来，使某人心情变坏

After a wonderful holiday, losing her wallet brought her back to earth with a bump(n.撞击). 过了这么一个愉快的假期，但是最近丢了钱包的事情让她的好心情都没了。

2.down--to--earth务实的，实际的

Even though she’s a star, She’s still friendl y and down—to—earth.

虽然成了明星，但是她还是友好又实在。

3.on earth到底，表示强调和吃惊

Where on earth have you been?

你到底去哪儿了？

【蔬果俚语】

今天我们来学一些跟【蔬果】有关的俚语

Cucumber黄瓜potato土豆onion洋葱

1. As cool as a cucumber指人在困难的情况下非常冷静，泰然自若。

Everyone was busy trying to get things ready, but Tom just sat there, cool as a cucumber.

大家都在忙着做准备，只有他泰然自若地坐在那里。

2. A couch potato沙发土豆，特指整天窝在沙发里看电视的人。

He turned into a couch potato since he quit his job, which made his parents worry.

他辞职之后就成天窝在沙发上看电视，这让他的父母十分担心。

3. Know somebody’s onions对某一方面很内行。

He’s spent years studying Arabic archaeology, so he really knows his onions.

他研究阿拉伯考古已经很多年了，他在这方面知识很渊博。

有关【hat】的有趣用法

1. keep something under your hat不要告诉任何人

she's thinking about leaving Tom but please keep it under your hat.

她在考虑要离开汤姆，这件事你不要告诉别人。

2. to eat one's hat做为食言的惩罚

If we don't win the national championship this year, I'll eat my hat.

要是我们今年不能获得全国足球赛冠军的话，我就把我的帽子吃了。”

3. pick something out of hat随便选择

We couldn’t decide where to go on holiday so we just picked a place out of a hat.

我们定不下来到哪里去度假，就随便选了个地方。