第一、固定搭配短语:
1. live on:靠......生活
典型例句:We expect to live on our savings and a modest pension after retirement.
我们退休后将靠存款和有限的养老金来生活。
He contrived to live on a small income.
他设法靠微薄的收入过活。
2. pour down:倾盆而下,倾泻下来
典型例句:He was so worried that sweat began to pour down his face.
他是那样着急,汗开始沿着他的面颊淌了下来。
Creeks pour down the uplands.
小河从高地流下。
3. wake up:醒来
典型例句:Call him if the manager doesn' t wake up in time.
你们经理到时醒不来就叫醒他。
I used to wake up early and get up at 6:30.
我通常醒得早,六点半钟起床。
4. go on with:继续
典型例句:Go on with your work, you impudent slut!
干你的活去,你这不要脸的邋遢女人!
Go on with your story; I am all ears.
继续讲你的故事,我洗耳恭听。
5. on the way back:在回来的路上
注解:表示“从......回来的路上”,在短语的后面加上介词from,即:on the way back from somewhere。表示“在回家的路上”,在短语的后面加上副词home,即:on the way home。
典型例句:On the way back from the embassy, Kathy and Evan stop in a city park.
从大使馆回来的路上,凯西和艾凡在一座市立公园停下来。
What about leaving it here and collecting it on the way back?
把它先放在这里等回来时再取走怎么样?
We were bailed up by a gang of bushrangers on the way back home.
回家路上我们遭到一伙土匪拦路抢劫。
6. be angry with:对......生气
典型例句:We are angry with him for making a mistake.
我们因他犯错误而生气。
When she gets angry with you she will cut you for days.
一旦她生你的气,就会几天不理睬你。
7. get home:到家
典型例句:I'll finish working at five, and get home by seven o'clock.
我将在五点下班,七点钟回到家。
She cut short her talk in order to get home.
为了要回家,她把谈话压缩了。
第二、写作描述:
1. break the news:宣布消息
注解:短语中的news通常指bad news,要表示“把坏消息告诉某人”,在短语的后面加上介词to,即:break news to somebody。再如:You must break the news of his mother's death gently.(你一定要委婉地把他母亲去世的消息告诉他。)
2. go on one’s way:继续某人的行程(旅程,路程),继续上路
注解:go on本来就是“继续”的意思,way是指“路程”。
3. pour down her cheeks:沿着她的脸颊直流而下
注解:down在这里是介词,意思是“沿着......而下”。
4. half open eyes:半睁开着的眼睛
注解:half open意思是“半睁开着的”。“half closed and half open”的意思是“半睁半闭”。再如:The door was left half open.(房门半开着。)
5. say through his tears:眼泪汪汪地说
注解:through one’s tears意思是“含泪地”。再如:smile through one's tears(含泪而笑)。
6. arrive with a horse:骑着一匹马而来
注解:with是介词,在这里表示“方式”,with a horse是指“骑着马”。
7. blame oneself:自责
注解:blame加上反身代词,表示某人自责,再如:blame herself,blame myself。