1. 语意表述:委婉地询问某人做某事是否合适,是否可以。
套用句型:Would it be acceptable for somebody to do something?
句型操练:Would it be acceptable for her to be a department manager?
她做个部门经理可以吗?
句型出处:Would it be acceptable for Bates to ride in front with Taylor?
2. 语意表述:有时候人多了,一辆车不够,需要多派一辆车。
套用句型:Somebody gets the other car out.
指点迷津:这个句型灵活地运用到get来表示“派遣”的意思。
句型出处:Otherwise it means getting the other car out.
3. 语意表述:某人在楼下。
套用句型:Sb is down.
指点迷津:这个句型非常灵活地运用down这个副词非常简易地表述出“在楼下”的意思。
句型出处:They'd have been down if they'd known.
4. 语意表述:某件事情使得某人非常震惊,出乎意料之外。
套用句型:Something takes somebody by surprise.
指点迷津:这里用到take这个动词表示“使得”这个意思,by surprise是副词性短语,意思是“意外地,出乎意料之外地”。
句型操练:Mary's death takes me by surprise.
玛丽的死亡令我很吃惊。
句型出处:Alas, something's come up which has taken me quite by surprise.
6. 语意表述:不要再提及某事,不要再说某事了。
套用句型:Somebody says no more about something.
句型操练:You had better say no more about the earthquake.
你最好不要再说地震的事情了。
句型出处:Get back inside and we'll say no more about it.