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美国街头英语(一)

从现在起,大家跟Andy老师一起学点"活" 的美语。
Lesson 1 It's about the size of it.

About the size of it 大致的;差不多的
英语中,size为“尺寸,大小”等意思。说某事、某物的大小合适时通常使用“about the size”了表示。很多时候,about the size只用来表示可度量的事物,不过,现在已经把它用于各种场合中。如:
You've been doing this for a whole month. Is it about the size of it?
你已经干了差不多一个月了。怎么样了?(快完了吧?)
Hey, guys. Come closer. Look at this. Is it about the size of it?
伙计们,过来过来。看看这个,怎么样?
You told me it was bout the size of it but they are still far from match.
你说差不多了,可是好像还不算很吻合。

每个人都从ABC开始认识学习语言,可以说,ABC是英语中最基本的字母。因此,当我们说某一件事较为简单时,我们便说“简单得跟学ABC一样”。用英文表示就是:easy as ABC. 通常情况下,我们使用:Sth. is easy as ABC这样的结构来表达,相当于quite easy, pretty easy.
They always say picture story books are easy as ABC for adults. But sometimes, they're hard!
have something about one. 具有令人羡慕的品质;有引人的魅力。
当我们说某一个人较有魅力时,虽然用attractive或charming之类的词较妥当,不过,如果使用have something about one之类地道的语言,更能体现出你对语言的把握的程度。比如:
Jackie is someone who has something about one.
I wanna be a person who has something aobut one.
You have something about one.
当然,有时候,我们用be someone或be someone else来表示“出人头地”之类的含义。比如:
I really wanna be someone in future.
You have got to be someone else in future.


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