第一, 情景对话
A: How do you like the movie?
这部电影怎么样?
B: I enjoy it very much.
我很喜欢。
A: But I think it won't win any prize.
我觉得这部电影不见得能得奖。
B: Yes. But it has two funny guys in it that are worth watching just for laughs.
应该不会,不过那两个滑稽角色值得一看,非常有意思。
第二, 词海拾贝
just for laughs
exp. For fun; just for entertainment; for no good reason. (为了好玩,为了高兴,为了消遣)
e.g. What's the fuss? It's just for laughs babe. Lighten up!
你在哎什么呀?这只是搞笑而已,小姐,放轻松点嘛!
e.g. Come on and get your jacket. Let's go out and have a couple of beers just for laughs.
来吧,穿上你的外套,我们到外面去喝两杯啤酒高兴高兴。
e.g. Just for laughs they tossed Mary in the swimming pool with all her clothes on. Then they found out she didn't know how to swim.
就是为了开玩笑,他们把玛丽连衣服带鞋的整个扔进了游泳池,结果他们发现,玛丽根本不会游泳。
e.g. Living in such a small, rural town, there wasn't much to do just for laughs other than drive around in our car all night.
住在这样一个乡村小镇上,除了开着我们的车转上一整夜,没有什么好玩的。
第三, 语汇积累
be worth doing something:值得做某事
e.g. The book is worth reading.
这本书值得一读。
e.g. He felt that his life was no longer worth living.
他觉得他的生命已经没有再活下去的价值了。
e.g. It's an idea that's worth considering.
这是个值得考虑的意见。
e.g. It's such a small point that it's hardly worth troubling about.
这个问题很小, 不值得研究。
第四, 口语句型
How do you like…?(你觉得……如何?)
e.g. How do you like the performance?
你觉得这场演出怎么样?
A: How do you like travelling by air?
你喜欢乘飞机旅行吗?
B: It's very speedy and comfortable. I always enjoy it.
又快又舒服,我一向很喜欢。