情景会话口袋书人际篇139:等候与回电(3)

 　　9. The best time to catch him would¹ be 5:00 p.m.

　　最容易找到他的时间是下午5：00。

　　还能这样说：

　　You can easily² find him at 5:00 p.m.

　　You can always get him at 5:00 p.m.

　　应用解析：

　　by catches 时而，时断时续；

　　lie³ upon⁴ the catch 埋伏以待；

　　no catch (= not much of a catch) 不值得买的东西，不合算的东西

　　10. He is on his way.

　　他马上来。

　　还能这样说：

　　He'll come in a moment.

　　He just comes at once.

　　应用解析：

　　across⁵ the way 路对面，街对面；

　　a long way off⁶ 在远处，离得远；

　　all the way 一路上、沿路从远处，特地自始至终；

　　all the other way 相反的，颠倒过来

　　11. I'm sorry, but he has a visitor⁷ right now.

　　对不起，他现在有客人。

　　还能这样说：

　　I'm sorry to tell you he is busy with his visitor now.

　　Sorry, there is someone⁸ talking with him at this moment.

　　应用解析：

　　visitor's book 来客登记簿，来客留言簿；

　　school visitor 督学；

　　summer visitor 消暑的游客

　　12. Shall⁹ I tell him you called?

　　我告诉他您来过电话，好吗？

　　还能这样说：

　　Do I need to let him know you made¹⁰ a call?

　　Will I tell him about your call?

　　谚语：

　　Blood¹¹ will tell.

　　血统不彰自显。

1 would   

aux.will的过去式；愿，要；常常；大概；将要，会

参考例句：

• Why would you say that?为什么你会这么说？
• Would you please help me?你能帮帮我吗？

2 easily   

adv.容易地，轻易地，顺利地

参考例句：

• Money that is easily come by is often easily spent.钱来得容易往往也花得容易。
• Let's not take the car,we can easily walk over. 我们不用坐车，走着去很方便。

3 lie   

n.谎话；谎言；vi.躺；平放；展现；展开；位于；vt.说谎；躺

参考例句：

• We are looking for a place to lie.我们在找躺的地方。
• What did I lie about?我撒了什么谎？

4 upon   

prep.在……上面

参考例句：

• I hope that fortune may smile upon you.我希望幸运之神会向你微笑。
• I rely upon you to finish the work on time.我相信你会准时完成这项工作的。

5 across   

adv.横过，使...被理解(或接受)；prep.穿过，横过

参考例句：

• He walked across the road carefully.他小心地过马路。
• You can go across the bridge.你可以越过这座桥。

6 off   

adj.远的；休假的，空闲的；adv.走开，出发，隔断；prep.离开，脱落，在...之外

参考例句：

• You'd better cool off first.你最好先冷静下来。
• I need some time off.我需要一些时间休息。

7 visitor   

n.参观者，访问者

参考例句：

• He has a visitor right now.他现在正好有客人。
• He is nothing but a visitor.他只是一个参观者。

8 someone   

pron.某人，有人

参考例句：

• I can hear someone knocking.我听到有人敲门。
• Someone wants to see her.有人找她。

9 shall   

v.aux.（主要用于第一人称）将

参考例句：

• I shall always love you.我将永远爱你。
• Which club shall we join?我们要参加哪个社团？

10 made   

v.make的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• They were not made in china.它们不是中国制造的。
• The monkey made a long arm for the peach.猴子伸臂去摘桃子。

11 blood   

n.血，血统，仇恨；vt.流血

参考例句：

• Their hands were full of blood.他们的手沾满了鲜血。
• He was a person of gentle blood.他出身名门。