词汇集 (from Tom’s hardware)

down the rord 在今后(主北美地区,口语)
You may be a good teacher down the road.

for better or worse 不管怎样;无论好坏。
We promise to love each other, for better or worse, through sickness and health, till death do us part. 这句话源自基督教结婚誓言(我们发誓,无论情况是好是坏,无论身体健康还是疾病缠身,我们的爱至死不渝。

on one’s part 就……而言
no action is required on your part.

Like no other 与众不同

One way or another 无论如何;以某形式

你太过分了

go too far 口语及书面都用,语气比较强烈

that’s too much 口语化,相对温和

Enough! 受够了
Enough is enough! 同样意思但较上面更剧化表达一点,情绪较大
I’ve had enough 我已经受够了。注意是完成式。

stand 忍受,口语常用,语气不是太强
tolerate 忍受,但更正式更强烈

用法 stand/tolerate sb doing sth
eg. I can’t stand/tolerate him playing music at 11 PM.

上下班的相关表达

打卡的两种表达
Punch in/out
Clock in/out
两种表达意思一样

上班
go to work 去上班
表示上班的状态,用at work
I will be at work at 8 AM.

下班
get off
get off work
get off from work
有上下文的情况下,用get off较简洁。get off也有下车的意思。get off the bus.

下班如果只是表达状态性的 (上述为动作性),可以用off, 表示结束的状态
-Are you working this Saturday?
-No, I’m off.

加班;加班时间.
Overtime – n (不可数), adj, adv. (remarks: 金山词霸只显示有n,实际用法上有adj及adv)
work (too much/ a lot of) overtime

Boiled water开水
Warm boiled water 温水

不确定具体数目的数字表达

几个 a couple of 一对,两个。实际也指两三个这种不确定的数量。of可省
eg. a couple of thing;
a couple hours;
a couple more tables

十几个 a dazon of十二个,但也可以表示大约12个这种不确定数量。后接名词of可省

几十个 dazons of 这里的 of 不能省。也可用tens of. dazons/tends of students

几千 thousands of dollars/ miles

几万 tens of thousands of dollars/ miles

几十万 hundreds of thousands of dollars

几百万 millions of dollars 或者用一个词 multimillion

几千万 tens of millions of dollars

几亿 hundreds of millions of dollars

百分之二十几 twenty something percent

二十几岁的女人 a twenty something woman

二十岁以下 under 20, 或者统称 teenagers (13-19岁) 青少年


通话信号不好相关表达

  1. 你说什么,我听不见了
    I am losing you.
    I can’t hear you.
  2. 你那边继继续续, 听不见
    you’re breaking up.
  3. 再说一遍
    come again?
    what was that?
    can you repeat that?
  4. 我信号不好 reception/signal/connection
    I can’t hear you very well.
    I’ve got bad reception
    I only have one bar 我只有一格信号
    I got weak signal here.
    we got a bad connection.

reception 用得比较多

玩手机/ ON表示处于什么状态

玩手机

I am on my phone. 重点是on, 表示处于一种……状态

例如: On vacation/ on leave/ on bussiness trip

与此同时,on my phone 也有打电话的意思。有人 要你帮忙,而你正在打电话,你可以说 excuse me, I am on my phone.

因此想讲得更地道一点的 “玩”,可以说, I am playing on my phone.

另一种说话,也可以说 I am checking my phone. check有检查的意思,因此如果你在手机查邮件,这个比较合适。它不是长时间地看,只是短暂地check 一下。

(with) that being said/That said/Enough said

(with) that being said = That said 较口语化。despite what one just said。
说了一种情况,用它接续说一种对比或者相反的情况。书面常用however


In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase, “That being said”. Sometimes we say, “With that being said”. This is a phrase we use after we’ve said something, and then we say something kind of the opposite. You might say something like this, “I don’t like drinking pop or I don’t like drinking soda, but with that being said, when I go to a party sometimes I have a can of Coke”. I could say this, “Life is really busy with five children. It’s a little crazy sometimes.. But that being said, I do really enjoy having lots of kids. It is a really fun time most of the time. 99% of the time, it’s a lot of fun”.

Enough said 说够了,无须多言。常用的情况的,陈述了一些事情后,将要开始付诸行动。

The other phrase I wanted to teach you today is the phrase, “Enough said”. This is a phrase we use when we’re done talking about something and it’s time to actually do something. When Jen and I talk about going to market, today we’re going to market. Actually for you, it’s yesterday. Sometimes we talk about what flowers we’re bringing and how we’re going to put everything in the van. But eventually we say, “Okay, enough said, let’s actually start doing the work”. So when you say, “Enough said”, it means that you’ve talked about something and you’ve talked enough, and now it’s time to actually do what you said you were going to do. Anyways, enough said, I should get on with the lesson.