情景会话口袋书人际篇40:意见和建议(1)

 　　1. How about playing golf tomorrow?

　　明天我们去打高尔夫球怎么样？

　　还能这样说：

　　Is it good to play golf tomorrow?

　　What about playing golf tomorrow?

　　谚语：

　　Lucky at play, unlucky in love.

　　赌场得意，情场失意。

　　2. I want to make a suggestion.

　　我提个建议。

　　还能这样说：

　　I want to give an advice.

　　I want to make a proposal.

　　谚语：

　　Practice makes perfect.

　　熟能生巧。

　　3. Let's play football!

　　踢足球吧！

　　还能这样说：

　　How about playing football?

　　Shall we play football?

　　应用解析：

　　play a joke on sb. 开某人的玩笑；

　　a benefit play 义演；

　　be played out 精疲力竭；

　　bring into full play 充分利用，充分发挥作用；

　　give free play to 放任，自由发挥，发泄

　　4. I counseled acting¹ at once.

　　我建议立刻采取行动。

　　还能这样说：

　　I suggested that we act immediately.

　　I advised that we take actions as soon as possible.

　　谚语：

　　Heaven never helps the man who will not act.

　　自己不动，叫天何用。

　　5. What do you think about this play?

　　你认为这出话剧怎么样？

　　还能这样说：

　　How do you like the play?

　　How do you feel about the play?

　　谚语：

　　To think too long about doing a thing often becomes its undoing².

　　当断不断，必生其乱。

　　6. I think it's great.

　　我认为它很棒。

　　还能这样说：

　　In my opinion, it is great.

　　As far as I am concerned, it is good.

　　谚语：

　　Great wits have short memories.

　　贵人多忘事。

　　7. Good idea!

　　好主意！

　　还能这样说：

　　Great!

　　Sound good.

　　谚语：

　　A good beginning makes a good ending.

　　善始者必善其终。

　　8. I'm content.

　　我很满足。

　　还能这样说：

　　I'm satisfied.

　　I'm pleased.

　　应用解析：

　　be content to do sth. 乐于做某事；

　　be content with 满足于；

　　cry content with 对……表示满意；

　　content oneself with 满足于，对……感到满足

1 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

2 undoing   

n.毁灭的原因，祸根；破坏，毁灭

参考例句：

• That one mistake was his undoing. 他一失足即成千古恨。
• This hard attitude may have led to his undoing. 可能就是这种强硬的态度导致了他的垮台。