第一，迷你对话

A: What do you want for your birthday from your parents?

你生日的时候，希望从你父母那儿得到什么礼物。

B: I don't know. Maybe a pair of shoes.

我不知道，也许是一双鞋子。

A: Why don't you ask them to buy you a PC? You will soon use it at college.

为什么不让他们给你买台电脑呢？很快你上大学就用得到了。

B: That's a dandy idea. Thank you for reminding me.

好主意，谢谢你提醒我。

第二，地道表达

dandy idea

1. 解词释义

Dandy idea是指“特别好的主意，极好的主意”。Dandy是“上等的，极好的”意思。

2. 拓展范例

E.g. A dandy idea struck me while I was walking along the river.

我在河边散步时突然有了一个好主意.

E.g. A question period at the end of a speech is a dandy idea.

演讲结束后，用一段时间提问是个好主意。

E.g.. Robert has hit upon a dandy idea that will get us out of our difficulty.

罗伯特想出了一个好主意,可以使我们摆脱困境。

E.g. All at once Jack had andanty idea, a veritable inspiration.

Jack忽然心血来潮想出一个主意，这倒真是个好主意。

第三，视野拓展

want something from somebody：从某人身上得到某物

E.g. You have to be brave enough to show what you want from him.

你向他要的，要明白勇于表达出来。

E.g. Exactly what do you want from me, Mrs. Stewart?

究竟对我有什么要求， Stewart太太？

a pair of ：一双

E.g. Tom often wears a pair of brown shoes.

汤姆常穿一双褐色皮鞋。

E.g. A pair of white shoes completed the striking ensemble.

一双白鞋配这套醒目的服装已完美无缺了。

at college：在上大学读书

E.g. He said he saw from the address that I was still at college.

他说他从地址得知我还在求学。

E.g. During his first few months at college David had been very conscious of his humble background.

在入学以后的头几个月里，戴维深感自己出身卑贱。