第一, 迷你对话
A: He is on good terms with everyone here.
他和这里任何人的关系都很好。
B: Yes, I know. But does he agree with others all the time?
是的,我知道。但是他总是和别人意见一致吗?
A: Not necessarily. If there is some question, he discusses with others.
这倒不是。如果有某些问题,他和别人一起讨论。
B: Oh, I see. Different ideas cannot harm personal relations.
我明白了,不同的观点不会影响人机关系。
A: Yeah. Everyone is different from each other, so the most important thing is to have true feelings to others.
是的,每个人都不同,但是最终的事情是与他人有真实感情。
第二, 地道表达
on good terms with
1. 解词释义
On good terms with的意思是“与……关系好”。
2. 拓展范例
e.g. Get someone who is on good terms with him to try and persuade him.
找一个跟他说得来的人去动员他。
e.g. We are on good terms with our neighbors.
我们同邻居的关系很好。
e.g. I'm glad to see you are on good terms with each other again.
很高兴看见你们又能和睦相处了。
e.g. Peter's working hard and he's on good terms with most people here.
但是彼得工作很努力,而且他与这里的大多数人相处得很好。
第三, 咬文嚼字
agree with:同意…..的意见,看法
e.g. He tends to get angry when people do not agree with him.
他听到不同意见时,总是不高兴。
e.g. Do you agree with me about the need for more schools ?
关于多建一些学校一事, 你同意我的意见吗?
all the time:总是
e.g. I bet that girl loved her honey all the time.
我敢打赌,那姑娘始终爱她的未婚夫。
e.g. I kept it all the time to remind me of you.
我一直保存着它,以使我想起你。
discuss with:与……讨论
e.g. He says he has something very important to discuss with us.
他说他有件很重要的事要和我们谈。
e.g. Then it was full satisfaction to discuss with them in the evening what I had perused during the day.
在晚上和她们讨论我白天看的书又是极大的乐事。
be different from:与……不同
e.g. He wants to push himself forward and be different from the others.
他就爱出风头, 搞个人突出。
e.g. To learn from foreign countries is entirely different from worshipping everything foreign.
学习外国与崇洋媚外完全是两回事。