Faith口语天天学第110期.doc

Faith口语天天学第110期:times的活用2011-12-31 “time”当用作复数时，“times”，表示时代，一段时间，首先来看看和“times”有关的短语： at all times 始终，随时，不论什么时候 He has a cool head at all times. 他不论什么时候都有清醒的头脑。 No man is wise at all times. 人总会有聪明一世糊涂一时的时候。 at times 有时 Rose comes out with the strangest remarks at times. 罗斯不时地发表些极怪的议论。 He behaves very oddly at times, and I dont think hes quite all there. 他有时很怪——我觉得他有些不太正常。 Be/get behind the times 落后于时代；过时；落伍 Without newspaper, we would get behind the times. 要不是报纸，我们都赶不上时代了。 It was a sleepy little town, about fifty years behind the times. 那是一个死气沉沉的小镇，落后于时代约达五十年。 keep up with the times 与时俱进；跟上时代 If you dont keep up with the times, youll get left behind. 如果你跟不上时代，就会被时代甩在后面。 与“time”有关的短语： For the time being: 暂时 We could undertake the work for the time being. 我们可暂时承担这项工作。 At one time 曾经，同时，一度 At one time I used to go mountain climbing every summer. 过去有一段时间我每年夏天都去爬山。 At one time, she is fine, but at another, she is abnormal. 有时候，她表现得很好，有时候又失常。 Faith口语天天学第111期:一切从头开始2012-01-04 用英语如何表达“一切从头开始” start from (the) scratch 首先，认识这个词：scratch: v. n. 抓，划破，起跑线 I had to scratch my head to remember his name. 我只想苦苦地回忆他的名字。 Therell be the devil to pay if you scratch my car! 你要是划坏了我的汽车你就有麻烦了！ How did you come by that scratch on your cheek? 你脸上的抓痕是怎么来的？ Start from (the) scratch: 从头开始 All our business records were destroyed in the fire,and so we had to start from the scratch and build them up again. 我们所有的业务档案全被大火烧毁了，所以我们只得从头做起，重新建立我们的业务档案。 By then, they have established their market while we have to start from the scratch. 到那时，他们都有了巩固的市场，而我们还得从头开始。 His business was started from scratch with$300 hed managed to borrow from a friend. 他做生意是白手起家的，当初是设法找一个朋友借了300美元。 下面，介绍这个动词词组：start over，重新开始 In this case, lets start over. 既然这样，我们就重新开始吧。 One error might make it necessary to start over again. 只要有一点差错，就可能需要返工。 What would your life look like if you could start over with a clean slate? 如果你以新的姿态重新开始，你的生活会是怎样的呢？ Start all over again: 完全重新来过 She had screwed up and had to start all over again.