What Native Speakers Use Daily - Session 27

1. The living will envy the dead.

生不如死。

2. early to bed, early to rise

早睡早起

E.g. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

早睡早起使人健康,富有和聪明。

3. travel size

旅行装

E.g. You give them an extra travel size or a couple of fragrance samples, and they’ll buy an extra item rather than wait until later.

你多给他们一个旅行装产品或者几个香水小样,那么他们将会多买一件商品而不是等到以后。

4. What’s with the quitter talk?

怎么说丧气话呢?

5. aches and pains

各种各样的病痛

E.g. Take note of little things like overall fatigue, difficulty sleeping, aches and pains.

留意小事情,比如全身疲劳,睡眠不好和各种各样的病痛。

6. at your service

乐意效劳

E.g. During the flight, all of us will be kindly at your service.

本次航行中,我们将为您提供周到的服务。

7. beat the heat

避暑

E.g. To beat the heat, there’s nothing better than soaking in a pool of cool water.

避暑的最佳方式莫过于泡在一池清凉的水中。

8. be blown away by

为……深深打动

E.g. I was blown away by the tone and the quality of the story.

我深深地被故事的基调和格调所打动。

9. bring somebody up to the speed

让某人了解最新情况

E.g. I'm so thrilled to be here today to bring you up to the speed on the exciting projects.

我很高兴今天能在这里与各位分享一些这个振奋人心的项目的最新情况。

10. Buckle up!

系好安全带!

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