第一， 迷你对话

A: How can you be sure of that? Besides, you paid no heeds to him when he was poor.

你怎么能不确定呢？再说，他穷的时候，你根本就没注意过他。

B； He is not that narrow-minded. Besides, I have not done anything off base. We kept a friendship.

他心胸没那么狭窄的，再说，我们也没做过对不起他的事情啊，我们一直就是朋友。

A: If you call it friendship, I have people all over the world as my friends.

如果你要说那是友谊，我就满世界都是朋友了。

第二， 地道表达

off base

1. 解词释义

Off base 的意思是“离谱的，不恰当的，多余的”。

2. 拓展范例

e.g. Her reply caught him off base.

她的答覆使他不知所措。

e.g. His idea is completely off base.

他的想法大错特错。

e.g. Now you can tell Pierce and all your friends they're a million miles off base.

现在你可以回去告诉皮尔斯和你的所有朋友他们完全错了，他们离题十万八千里。

e.g. The report was well written, but it was slightly off base.

这个报告的文笔不错，但是写作方向好像有点偏离主题。

第三， 咬文嚼字

be sure of：肯定，确定

e.g. He was still very polite, but he was sure of himself.

他仍然非常斯文，但是他有自信。

e.g. I believe him. I am sure of his honesty.

我相信他。我坚信他为人诚实。

pay no heeds：不注意

e.g. If you don't pay the heeds, you won't understand.

假若你不注意，你不会明白。

e.g. She pays no heed of what is said.

她不注意别人的话。

keep a friendship：保持友谊

e.g. The two classmates kept their friendship for the next forty years.

这两位同学的友谊以后一直保持了40年。

all over：到处，遍布

e.g. Computer stores are springing up all over the place.

这一地区电脑商店正如雨后春笋般崛起。

e.g. In recent times, pollution has gone from bad to worse all over the world.

近来污染在全世界日益严重。