Subject : I need to buy a four-door.

第一， 迷你对话

A: I need to buy a four-door.

我需要买一辆车。

B: That’s great. Can I borrow it then?

那天好了，能借我用用吗？

A: Of course, you are my best friend.

当然可以，你可是我最好的朋友。

第二， 地道表达

a four-door

1. 解词释义

Four-door的字面意思是“四个门”，比喻为“轿车”。这是用的是提喻的修饰手法，用部分来代替整体。

2. 拓展范例

e.g. Americans used to like big four-doors, and gasoline used to be very inexpensive.

过去美国人喜欢大型轿车，那时汽油很便宜。

e.g. The foreign visitors rolled up to the hotel in a four-door.

外宾们乘着一辆轿车来到旅馆。

e.g. This four-door accommodates six people quite comfortably.

这辆轿车坐6个人还很舒服。

e.g. This morning we are going on a four-door tour of the city.

我们今天上午要乘大轿车到城里各处游览。

第三， 视野拓展

two-door car：双门轿车（左右两侧各一个车门）

fast back car：斜背式轿车

car with four independent wheels：四轮独立悬架式轿车

four door convertible car：四门车篷可折叠式轿车