7) Will you please pick up your clothes from the floor? 能请你把地板上的衣服捡起来吗？
8) She never mends her clothes; they all have holes in them. 她从来都不补缀衣服。因此，衣服上到处都是破洞。 * 钩破时可以把“snag, split”等作动词或名词用。
9) Why does only one sock get lost at a time? 为什么袜子只丢了一只呢？
4. Wearing (2)
10) None of my socks match. 我的袜子都缺少一只。 *“one sock at a time”如果丢失了，就都不再“match”了。
11) That woman is very creative; she weaves her own cloth. 那位女士非常有创作欲，她自己织布。 * clothes 是衣服，但是若变成单数，便成了布料、织物。 cloth也有桌巾或抹布的意思。
12) Don't worry, you only ripped the seam. 别担心，只弄破了线缝而已。 * rip 和 tear apart 同义。rip 特别用于沿线缝破裂时。
13) Button holes are very hard to sew. 要缝钮扣洞非常难。 * 缝制是 sewing。
14) She dresses very well. 她很会穿衣服。 * 也可以说成：She is very well dressed.
15) I like dressing up in old-fashioned clothes. 我喜欢穿着老式的服装。 * dress in = wear
16) Marian is wearing a dress designed Paris. 玛丽安穿着巴黎设计的时装。 e.g. This is a scarf designed by Doir. 这是由迪奥设计的围巾。
17) Some people are too conscious of how they dress. 有些人对自己的衣着过于考究了。
18) Excuse me; can you alter this jacket for me? 请原谅，你能替我修改这件短上衣吗？ * 如“alter opinion”般使用时的 alter，是“change modify”之意； 但是“alter clothes”时则用于修改衣服。
每天一起练口语（123）----食（1）应用会话部分：五、生活的表达：
5. Eating (1)
1) What's for dinner tonight? 今天晚上吃什么东西？ * for 的后面可连接“breakfast, lunch, snack”等任何一词，for 含有“准备些什么东西”的意思。
2) What would you like to eat? 你要吃些什么？ * 也可以用 have 代替 eat。
3) I'd like something light, please. 请给我一点清淡的东西吃。 * light meal 是清淡的食物，heavy meal 是指可以填饱肚子的东西。
4) They have brought wine with them to the dinner party. 他们为晚宴带来了美酒。
5) Say, do you smell something burning in the kitchen? 喏，你有没有闻到厨房里有烧焦的味道呀？ * burn 是指煮焦、燃焦，但烘焦也可以用。 e.g. She died of the burns that she received in the fire. 她死于火灾中所受的灼伤。
6) I'm sorry the casserole has gotten over cooked. 对不起，沙锅给炖焦了。 * “overcook, overdo, oversleep, overestimate, etc.”都是指“太……，……过了头”的意思。
7) Is everyone going to come home for dinner? 各位能回家吃饭吗？ * 省略“going to come”，说成“coming”也不会改变意思。
8) Where shall we go to eat lunch today? 我们该在哪儿吃中饭呢？ * 用 for 代替 to eat 也可以。
9) Carol would like to eat Italian pizza. 卡罗尔喜欢吃意大利馅饼。 * 也可以省略 to eat。
5. Eating (2)
10) This restaurant serves spaghetti, but not pizza. 这家餐厅做通心粉，但是没有比萨饼。 * serve 本是服务的意思，但要指餐厅、饮食店、酒吧做的东西时是说“serve pizza, coffee, brandy.”
11) What in the world are you eating? 你到底在吃什么？ * “What in the world...?”是“到底……？”的意思。
12) My mother can cook delicious Mexican food. 我的母亲烧得一手墨西哥的美味佳肴。 * 常见用 dish 代替 food。
13) Don't you think you've eaten enough? 你不是吃的很多了吗？ * 含有“你好要吃呀？”的意思。 “我吃饱了。”是说“I've eaten enough.”或者“I've had enough.”
14) Please don't snack; you will ruin your dinner. 请别吃点心了，你会对正餐失去胃口的。 * snack 是指清淡的点心。ruin 是糟踏的意思。
15) Switzerland is famous for its milk and cheese. 瑞士的牛奶和奶酪是非常出名的。 * 酪制品是“dairy products”。 日常会话里以“well-known”、“famous”用得频繁。
16) Sometimes I miss home cooking. 我有时想念家乡菜。
17) Hotels in America don't usually serve dinner in the rooms. 在美国的旅店里，正餐通常是不送到房间里。
18) There are many wild blackberry bushes along the road. 路旁有许多野生的黑浆果灌木。 * “gooseberry, raspberry, strawberry”等都会长成灌木。
每天一起练口语（125）----住（1）应用会话部分：五、生活的表达：
6. Dwelling (1)
1) My brothers must help with the house work at home. 我的兄弟在家里必须帮忙做家务。 * 一定要记住“help mother (with house work), (carry out the garbage, clean out the garage)”等措辞。 house work 和 home work（家庭作业）不同。
2) In our house, the chores are all distributed fairly. 在我们家里，做杂事都是公平分配的。 * chore 是指 routine task。 distribute 不只要 divide，还得更进一步分配。
3) Will you please fill the bath? 请你替我的浴缸放满水。 * 类似的说法还有“fill the bucket”，“fill the fountain pen”，“fill the cup”。
4) Tomorrow, Sandra will carry out the garbage. 明天珊多拉将会收拾垃圾的。 * carry out 是成就、完成的惯用语，但在此地，一看便知并非这种意思。可把它想象做从厨房把 garbage 运到外面去。
5) Do you always fold the clothes after you bring them in off the line? 你把衣物从晒衣绳收下来时，会把它叠好吗？ * line 是绳子、线之意，此地做晒衣绳讲。 off 含有松开、取下的意思。美国绝少用晒衣竿，都是用晒衣绳。
6) Saturday the whole family will clean out the garage. 周六全家动员打扫车库。 * clean out 和 clean 的不同之处，是在含有“到处打扫干净”的意思。
7) The vacuum cleaner is making a funny noise. 吸尘器发出怪异的声音。 * make a noise 也表吵闹的声音。
8) Will you please wash the dishes? 请你洗洗盘子。 * 洗餐具、洗手、洗衣服都是用 wash。
9) Mike and David hate to mow the lawn. 麦克和大卫都非常讨厌修剪草坪。
6. Dwelling (2)
10) When the weather is hot, we turn on the air conditioner. 天热的时候就开空调。 * air conditioner 的作用不但在调节温度，也能调节湿度。
11) Please don't let the dog come in the house. 请别让狗进到屋子里。 * 有没有 come，意思都不会有改变，美国有 let in 的惯用语。
12) Why did you come home so late last night? 昨晚你为什么那么晚才回家？ * “come home”，“come back”，“return”的意义都相似。
13) Dad is building another room onto the back the house. 爸爸另外在屋子的后面盖一个房间。 * 欧美的 weekend carpenter 也兼表“增建房屋”的意思。 由于含有 attached to 的意义，所以才使用 onto。
14) In the fall, the boys prune the trees. 在秋天，男孩们便修剪那些树木。* prune 是指把树上无用的树枝剪掉。
15) After the flood, the carpets were wet for a month. 洪水过后一个月，毛毡还是湿的。
16) I hate to dust the furniture and bookcases. 我非常讨厌擦拭家具和书架上的尘埃。 * dust 是尘埃，但作动词时便变成拂拭尘埃。 dust 和 dirt 有不同的意义在。 冲着玩泥巴的孩子说“Don't get dirty.”，但并不说“Don't get dusty.”。
17) My grandparents live in the house next door. 我的祖父母住在隔壁的房子里。 * 就是说，他们变成 next door neighbors。
18) All the neighbors helped us move in. 邻居们都帮忙为我们搬家。 * move 还有移动的意思，因而产生搬家的释义。 又因为附有 in，所以作“搬来”解。
每天一起练口语（127）----工作（1）应用会话部分：五、生活的表达：
7. Working (1)
1) Have you found a job yet? 你找到工作了吗？
2) He left his home to look for employment. 他离家去找工作。
3) I found an excellent position through an employment agency. 我通过职业介绍所找到了一份很棒的工作。
4) It's the kind of work I've always wanted to do. 它是我常常想做的工作。
5) I have a lot of responsibility in my job. 我的工作责任重大。
6) My schedule is very flexible, and I am given a lot of freedom. 我的工作表很有变通性，使我十分自由。
7) He has been working in advertising for ten years, but now he is teaching. 他曾经在广告公司服务十年，但现在在当老师。
8) He felt his work was not as fulfilling as it could be. 他感觉他的工作并无法使他感到满足。
9) He gets more professional satisfaction from teaching. 从事教育职业，他更感受到职业上的满足。
10) I think she works much too hard. 我认为她未免太过辛劳了。每天一起练口语（128）----工作（2）应用会话部分：五、生活的表达：
7. Working (2)
11) Her job is beginning to get her down. 她开始对工作感到厌倦了。
12) I think she should look for something more stimulating. 我认为她应该找更富刺激的工作才对。
13) He is far too qualified for such a menial position. 他做那样卑贱的工作，未免太可惜了。14) She is starting to work her way up in the company. 她在公司开始发挥实力了。
15) His job is his whole life. 工作就是它的生命。
16) Her husband doesn't think she should continue working after the baby is born. 她的丈夫认为女人生了孩子就不应该再继续出去工作了。
17) I'm looking for a part-time job to help put me through school. 为了使我能够从学校毕业，我正在找兼职工作。
18) He wants to work for a while before he returns to college. 他希望返回学校之前暂时工作一段。
19) How long has he been with that company? 他在那家公司多久了？20) For professional footballers, injuries are an occupational hazard. 对于职业足球运动员来说，受伤是职业本身带来的危险。
每天一起练口语（129）----游玩（1）应用会话部分：五、生活的表达：
8. Playing (1)
1) Can you come out and play with me? 你能够和我一起出去玩吗？
2) I have too much work to do to take time off for fun and games. 我工作多得没有游戏玩乐的时间。
3) Skiing is such a difficult sport that it's more work than play. 滑雪是非常困难的运动，真所谓工作高于游戏呀。（意思是滑雪比较专业）
4) I have been working too hard; it's time I relaxed. 我太疲劳了，该在这里休息一下。
5) This week he took his first vacation from work in five years. 五年来，他本周破例第一次休假。
6) My father is vacationing in the north. 我父亲正在北方度假。
7) Where will they be going for their holiday? 他们休假时要上哪去？
8) Sometimes it's nice just to sit around and do nothing. 偶尔坐着无所事事，也算是赏心乐事。
9) The room is always a mess after the children have been playing in here. 儿童玩过之后的房间，通常都是乱糟糟的。
10) He isn't really serious; he's just playing games with her. 他并不是一本正经，只是跟她玩玩游戏而已。每天一起练口语（130）----游玩（2）应用会话部分：五、生活的表达：
8. Playing (2)
11) I wish you wouldn't joke around so much. 我希望你不要开如此的玩笑。
12) I must play my spare time well, or I end up doing nothing. 我必须善于利用空闲的时间，否则生命将会在无所事事中告终。
13) My favorite game when I was a child was making snow angels in the freshly fallen snow. 我在孩提时代最喜欢玩的游戏，是在刚下的雪上堆雪天使。
14) I wish I had more time to myself these days. 但愿最近我会有更多的属于自己的时间。
15) You have too much time on your hands. Why don't you start a hobby? 你有太多的空闲时间，何不开始一样嗜好呢？
16) Little children have the most fun playing make-believe. 儿童很喜欢幻想的游戏。
17) I enjoy my work too much, that it doesn't even seem like work. 由于我太以工作为乐了，所以不觉得是在工作。
18) They are so busy these days, that they don't even have time for their friends. 他们最近忙得没法和朋友见面。
19) I don't allow my children to play with toy guns. 我不让自己的孩子玩玩具枪。20) Any personal hobbies such as sports, music and collecting stamps never had a place in his life. 任何一种个人的业余爱好,如体育活动,音乐,集邮等等在他的生活中从未有过地位。
每天一起练口语（131）----生与死（1）应用会话部分：五、生活的表达：
9. Life & Death (1)
1) No one can remember what it is like to be born. 没有人能够记得诞生时的样子。
2) He was lucky to have a good home in which to grow up. 他幸运地生长在良好的家庭里。
3) The many children of that family used to play together for hours. 那一家的孩子们常常大伙一起玩上几个小时。
4) Children quarrels are soon forgotten. 孩子们的吵架很快就会被忘记。
5) The little boy left home for his first day at school. 那个小孩第一天离开家去上学。 * “leave...for...”是“向……出发”的意思的一种便利的表达。
6) All your life you make many friends. 一生能结交许多的朋友。 * 此际的 you 并非“你”，而是泛指人类全体。 e.g. You have to be careful with people you don't know. 对陌生人要小心。
7) The times of comradeship in sports and play are full of meaning. 这个通过运动或游戏培养友情的时代，是极有意义的。
8) Each person follows his own interests. 人人都追求自己的利益。
9) School should be a time for learning. 学生时代，应该学习许多重要的事情。 * 此际的 should，是指上学时的一定期间。注意，不加冠词。每天一起练口语
9. Life & Death (2)
10) One should travel out of his own country at least once. 我们至少应该离开自己的国度去旅行一次。
11) Many new ideas are discovered during college years. 大部分崭新的观念都产生于大学时代。
12) Graduation is often the last moment of childhood. 毕业往往意味着儿童时期的结束。
13) A good, satisfying job can be the product of years of education. 一个理想而令人满意的工作，是在接受几年的教育之下才能获得的。
14) Is marriage finding someone to share life with? 结婚可是在寻觅共同度过人生的人？
15) Now it is the child's turn to make a good home for his children. 现在轮到孩子们自己为其儿女建造美好的家庭了。 * someone's turn 是“轮到……，……的回合”的意思。
16) Do you enjoy watching your babies grow into people? 目睹子女长大成人是一件快乐的事情吧？
17) There is a tremendous responsibility involved in raising children. 养育孩子是一桩责任重大的事情。
18) I have so much to do after I retire. 我在退休后有许多事要做。
19) Drugs were the death of him. 毒品断送了他的生命。
每天一起练口语（133）----社交（1）应用会话部分：六、社会生活：1. Diplomacy (1)
1) May I introduce you to my friend Susan? 恕我介绍一下我的朋友苏珊。 * “May I...?”是“可以……吗？”的意思，用以求取承诺或允许时使用的措辞，是极为重要的用法之一。 e.g. You may come if you wish. 如果你愿意的话，你就来吧。
2) This is my friend Susan. 这位是我的朋友苏珊。 * 注意这里要用“This is...”，而不说“She is...”。
3) I'm glad to meet you. 幸会。高兴见到你。 * 若要强调高兴，可如 I am so glad to...般把 so 插在里面。这 so 多见于女性使用。
4) Cathy has told me so much about you. 我常常听到凯茜提到你。 * so much about you 是“提到很多有关你的事”的意思。
5) Goodbye, it was nice meeting you. 再见，很荣幸认识你。 * 这是美国一般用于和首次认识的人道别的招呼语。 也可以说做“I'm glad to have met you.”。
6) How have you been? 你过的还好吗？ * 这是问人自前次离开之后情况的惯用表达。
7) I haven't seen you for a long time. 好久没有见到你了。 * 也蕴含着“如何打发日子”的意思。
8) How is it going with you? 你过得怎样？ * 问现在的情况，常用于日常会话中。
9) Please stop by (drop in) sometime. 请于近日过来坐坐。 * stop by 是“顺道来”，有时也使用 stop in 或 drop in。
每天一起练口语（133）----社交（1）应用会话部分：六、社会生活：
1. Diplomacy (1)
1) May I introduce you to my friend Susan? 恕我介绍一下我的朋友苏珊。 * “May I...?”是“可以……吗？”的意思，用以求取承诺或允许时使用的措辞，是极为重要的用法之一。 e.g. You may come if you wish. 如果你愿意的话，你就来吧。
2) This is my friend Susan. 这位是我的朋友苏珊。 * 注意这里要用“This is...”，而不说“She is...”。
3) I'm glad to meet you. 幸会。高兴见到你。 * 若要强调高兴，可如 I am so glad to...般把 so 插在里面。这 so 多见于女性使用。
4) Cathy has told me so much about you. 我常常听到凯茜提到你。 * so much about you 是“提到很多有关你的事”的意思。
5) Goodbye, it was nice meeting you. 再见，很荣幸认识你。 * 这是美国一般用于和首次认识的人道别的招呼语。 也可以说做“I'm glad to have met you.”。
6) How have you been? 你过的还好吗？ * 这是问人自前次离开之后情况的惯用表达。
7) I haven't seen you for a long time. 好久没有见到你了。 * 也蕴含着“如何打发日子”的意思。
8) How is it going with you? 你过得怎样？ * 问现在的情况，常用于日常会话中。
9) Please stop by (drop in) sometime. 请于近日过来坐坐。 * stop by 是“顺道来”，有时也使用 stop in 或 drop in。每天一起练口语（134）----社交（2）应用会话部分：六、社会生活：1. Diplomacy (
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10) Please call me and let me know. 请打电话告诉我。 * let me know 是“通知我”，and 是类似 to 的用法。
11) We are having a party and would like you to come. 我们要开派对，能请您光临吗？ * 是邀请的表达，would you like to come 是“希望您能光临”。 若关系亲密时，是说“How about joining us?”亦可。
12) We'd love to have you. 我们很想邀请您。 * would love to...和would like to...都是“很想……”，love 在口语上是作 like very much 的意思。
13) We're having a little get-together Friday night. 周五晚上我们有个小派对。 * a little get-together 是指“小派对”、“小宴会”的意思。
14) Feel free to bring your brother if he would like to come. 如果喜欢的话，你不妨带令兄一起来。 * feel free to...是“随意、不拘束”的意思。
15) Shall I come by early to help you get ready? 我提早一点来，帮忙准备宴会好吗？ * get ready 是“准备”的意思。 Shall I...? 是“我……好吗？”问对方意向的问法，使用的很广泛。 e.g. Shall we all go to the film tonight? 我们今晚都去看电影吗？
16) Please come in; you're right on time. 请进，你正好准时到来。 * on time 是“按时、准时”的意思。 right 在这里用于强调（准时）。
17) I'm so glad you could make it. 我很高兴赶上时间。 * make it 是“成功”，“赶上时间”等的常用措辞。
18) Please make yourself at home. 请随意一点。 * at home 是“如同在自己家里，宾至如归”。
1. Diplomacy (3)
19) Can I fix you a drink? 我给你调饮料好吗？ * fix 是“调饮料”，这是问人要不要饮料时的表达。
20) Would anyone like seconds (a second helping)? 谁要换其他的饮料？ * second 是“另一的、其他的”的意思，亦即“换”之意。 e.g. You will need a second pair of shoes. 你需要再准备一双鞋。
21) May I refill your drink? 再喝一杯如何？ * refill 是“再注满”，对于食物则是“换”的意思。
22) That night we partied until dawn. 那晚我们痛饮到天亮。
23) We'll drink your health. 我们为您的健康干杯。
24) Would you like me to take you around introduce you? 现在让我替你向大家作介绍好吗？ * take you around and introduce you 是（在派对上）替某人向大家轮流介绍的表达方法。
25) Does everyone have enough to drink? 诸位喝得尽兴了没有？
26) I'm glad you enjoyed yourself; we enjoyed having you. 我高兴你过得愉快。承您光临，我们也过得很快乐。 * 主人送客人到大门口时的寒暄语。
27) Thank you for inviting us; we had a wonderful time. 谢谢您的邀请，使我们过得很快乐。
每天一起练口语（136）----校园生活（1）应用会话部分：六、社会生活：
2. School & College (1)
1) Their son will start college in September. 他们的儿子将于九月份开始上大学。
2) What courses will you be taking this semester? 你本学期打算修什么科目？ * semester 是指一年二学期制下的“学期”。
