小编导读:英语习语能表达的意思出奇不意,在日常生活中并不罕见,识认更多习语绝对有助我们的理解、使我们的表达方式更多元化。沪江英语教研君以话题式教学,让大家认识有关音乐、颜色、天气的常见习语,大家要好好记住啊!
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上期教研君带大家一起小试牛刀,分辨了一些单词的“影分身”,这次我们学一个新招式 —— 话题式习语学习。按照话题归类,有情景有联想, 记忆起来事半功倍!教研君特意挑选了适合初学者的常见话题和习语,小伙伴们,继续猛戳收藏!
1. Music idioms与“音乐”相关的表达
习语 | 字面意思 | 实际意思 |
music to someone's ears | 某人耳中的音乐 | something pleasing to hear about中听的话 |
The decision to restor the old building is music to my ears. 修复这座旧建筑的决定对我来说真是福音。 | ||
face the music | 面对音乐 | accept the unpleasant results of one's actions承担后果 |
The boy was caught cheating in an examination and had to face the music. 在一次考试中那孩子作弊当场被抓,只能自己承担后果。 | ||
elevator music | 电梯音乐 | pleasant but boring recorded music that is played in public places 公共场合播放的背景音乐 |
Kevin hated going shopping in the mall. He was tired of all elevator music! 凯文讨厌去购物广场,他厌倦了那里放的背景音乐。 | ||
ring a bell | 响铃 | something that sounds familiar 让人有印象 |
I've never met John Franklin, but his name rings a bell. 我从来没见过约翰·富兰克林,不过他的名字我好像听过。 | ||
for a song | 为一首歌 | very cheaply 非常便宜 |
I could buy this house for a song, because it's so ugly. 这座房子丑得卖不出去,我随随便便就能买下来。 |
2. Color idioms 与“颜色”相关的表达
习语 | 字面意思 | 实际意思 |
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green thumb | 绿拇指 | an special ability to make plants grow well 园艺才能 |
Jack is an expert gardener. Everyone says he has a green thumb. 杰克是一名专业园艺师。人人都称他是园艺专家。 | ||
yellow-bellied | 黄色腹部的 | cowardly 懦弱胆小的 |
Ted was called yellow-bellied after he was too scared to go on the rollarcoaster. 自从他不敢坐过山车之后,Ted就被叫做胆小鬼。 | ||
pink slip | 粉色纸条 | a notice of termination of employment 解雇通知 |
Billy was devastated to lose his job after his boss gave him a pink slip. 比利的老板解雇了他,他因为事业而悲痛欲绝。 | ||
white elephant | 白色大象 | an expensive item that is costly to maintain 昂贵而无用之物 |
Planners said the sports stadium would become a white elephant after the tournament was finished. 规划者们认为锦标赛结束之后,这座体育场就会成为华而不实之物。 | ||
red tape | 红色胶带 | a set of rules which stop progress 繁文缛节 |
Kate was unable to get her visa application approved due to red tape. 由于那些繁文缛节,凯特的签证申请没能通过。 |
3. Weather idioms 与“天气”有关的表达
习语 | 字面意思 | 实际意思 |
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under the weather | 在天气下面 | feeling unwell, sad or lacking energy 感觉不舒服 |
Haley was feeling under the weather and didn't come to work. 海莉感觉不太舒服,没来上班。 | ||
head in the clouds | 头在云里 | have unrealistic of impractical ideas 不切实际的想法 |
Neil thinks he is going to pass his exams without studying. He has had his head in the clouds! 尼尔觉得他不复习就能考试及格,真是痴人说梦。 | ||
storm in a teacup | 茶杯里的风暴 | exaggerate a problem 小题大做 |
The couple next door are always quarrelling but it is usually a storm in a teacup. 隔壁的夫妻经常吵架,但多数是小题大做。 | ||
face like thunder | 像雷一样的脸 | being clearly very angry or upset 满脸怒气 |
You could tell Maria was angry. She had a face like thunder! 看得出来玛利亚很生气。她满脸怒气。 | ||
chase rainbows | 追逐彩虹 | try to achieve the impossible 异想天开 |
My parents never believed I'd make it as an actor. They thought I was just chasing rainbows. 我父母从不相信我会成为一个演员。他们都觉得我是异想天开。 |
小伙伴们都记好了吗?那么再次听到的时候就可以ring a bell,说好英语再也不是chasing rainbows了哦!
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