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【Language Cafe】你有拖延症吗?

2017-01-12 英语环球 英语环球NEWSPlus



Language Cafe开业啦! 

同学们,我们的《周末“涨姿势”》栏目搬家咯,并且改名为 Language Cafe 。时间变了,名字变了,但精彩依旧!请继续关注!

马上进入今天的 Language Cafe,有图有真相,现在开始学习吧!


1.  Drag one's feet

【例句】


- The government was dragging its feet on whether to leave the organization.(政府在是否退出某组织的问题上一直在拖延时间。)


- Simon knows he needs to make a decision on asking Elisha out, but he was dragging his feet.(西蒙知道他应该约艾丽莎出来,但是他一直拖拖拉拉。)


中文】拖延、推迟


解释 To deal with something slowly because you do not really want to do it.

2.  Baptism of fire

【例句】  

- The first couple of weeks at the police academy are a baptism of fire.(在警察学校的前几个星期真是很考验人。)


- The first generation of immigrants in the United States have gone through a baptism of fire when they got discriminated in every way.(第一代移民在美国生活不易,因为他们在各方面都受到歧视。)


中文】洗礼 考验


解释 A first experience of something, usually something difficult or unpleasant.

好啦,今天的课就到这里。欢迎大家每周四来 Language Cafe 听曼玲老师的英语课,和外面那些不一样的英语课!


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