迷你对话学地道口语第727期:改善好转

 Subject: Things will look up soon.

迷你对话A: My beloved¹ woman left me. I feel that I have lost the whole world.

我至爱的女人离开了我，我伤心绝望极了。

B: She doesn’t mean the whole world. Things will look up.

她没有要么重要，事情很快会有好转的。

地道表达look up1. 解词释义Look up在这个对话中的意思是“改善，好转”。

2. 拓展例句e.g. Things could be looking up in the computer industry.

计算机行业的情况可能会好转。

e.g. I' m very happy that your health is looking up.

我非常高兴看到你的健康状况好转起来。

e.g. In the meantime² matters in the house did not look up.

在这段时间里，家庭情况并没有好转。

e.g. Her financial affairs, once so bad, were now looking up.

她的经济一度很糟，现在已经全部好转了。

Ps 1：形容一个人的心情绝望透顶，失望透顶，可以这样说：

Sb feels that he looses the whole world.

Ps 2：描述一个人不重要，可以这样说：

Sb. does not mean the whole world.

1 beloved   

adj./n.受爱戴的，敬爱的；爱人，被心爱的人

参考例句：

• She longs for the early return of her beloved.她盼着心上人早日归来。
• She is Tom's beloved wife.她是汤姆的爱妻。

2 meantime   

n.其时，其间；adv.同时，当时

参考例句：

• I continued working,meantime,he went out shopping.我继续工作，这期间他出去买东西。
• In the meantime we pressed on with the airlift.与此同时，我们加紧进行空运。