1 表达语意:帮某人什么样的忙,帮助别人做了别人需要帮助的事情。
套用句型:Sb does someone a favor to do something.
句型出处:I won't be doing you a favor in the long run if it's too much for you.
指点迷津:这个语意的表达关键要点是运用do sb a favor这个短语,用之代替我们常用的help。
句型操练:Do me a favor and turn the radio down while I'm on the phone, will you?
劳驾,我在打电话, 可以帮我把收音机的声音调小点好吗?
I would like to have you do me a favor to show me around your library.
我想请你帮我一个忙,领着我参观一下你们的图书馆。
2 语意表述:工作,任务,学业等某人做起来很吃力,费劲,承受不过来。
套用句型:Something (or doing something ) is too much for somebody.
句型操练:Today’s homework is too much for me and I can not have it done.
今天家庭作业很多,我做不完。
3. 语意表述:两个人曾经在艰难困苦的工作中共事,做着同样的事情。
套用句型:Sb and sb are through.
句型出处:Whatever we've been through, it has to work.
句型操练:Even though Mary and I had been through at university, I could not recognize her when we met in the street yesterday.
虽然我和玛丽同在一所大学学习,但是昨天在街上相遇时,我认不出她来。
4. 语意表述:不能沉浸于过去的美好事情的思念和怀念,要抛弃这些而继续今后的路,继续工作奋斗。
套用句型:Sb keeps moving.
句型出处:I miss a lot of things but you have to keep moving, don't you?
句型操练:Human society keeps moving forward as new things replace those dying out.
社会进化就像逆水行舟,不进则退。
5. 语意表述:辜负了某人的期望,让某人很失望。
套用句型:Sb lets sb down.
句型出处:I'll show you, my Lord. I promise. I won't let you down.
指点迷津:这个语意表述的关键点时运用let down这个短语。
句型操练:He's laying his reputation on the line to help you. Don't let him down.
他冒着名誉受损害的风险助你一臂之力。不要辜负他的一片好心。