情景会话口袋书人际篇300:跳绳(2)

 　　5. Can you skip well in fancy rope jumping?

　　你花样跳绳跳得好吗？

　　还能这样说：

　　Can you jump fancy rope well?

　　Are you good at fancy skipping rope?

　　应用解析：

　　be full of fancies 异想天开，充满幻想；

　　fancy oneself (as) 自以为是……；自命是……；

　　fancy (that) 真想不到，真奇怪

　　6. She made 140 jumps in half a minutes.

　　她半分钟就跳了140下。

　　还能这样说：

　　She did 140 jumps in half a minutes.

　　140 jumps only took her a half minutes.

　　谚语：

　　Half a loaf is better than no bread.

　　廖胜于无。

　　7. Jumping rope is popular among girls.

　　跳绳在女孩中很受欢迎。

　　还能这样说：

　　Skipping goes over well with girls.

　　Rope skipping has a favorable reception among the girls.

　　应用解析：

　　a village among hills 群山环抱的村庄；

　　among the trees 在树丛中；

　　among ourselves 严守秘密；只可你我知道；

　　one among a thousand 千里挑一的人

　　8. Skipping can train your reaction speed and stamina¹.

　　跳绳能锻炼你的反应速度和耐力。

　　还能这样说：

　　Rope jumping is a test of your reaction speed and endurance.

　　Jumping rope is useful to develop your endurance and agility².

　　应用解析：

　　gravy train 轻松的活；

　　lose one's train 没赶上火车；

　　make a train 赶上火车；

　　train of thought 一连串的思想；

　　train on 练好；对准

1 stamina   

n.体力；精力；耐力

参考例句：

• I lacked the stamina to run the whole length of the race.我没有跑完全程的耐力。
• Giving up smoking had a magical effect on his stamina.戒烟神奇地增强了他的体力。

2 agility   

n.敏捷，活泼

参考例句：

• The boy came upstairs with agility.那男孩敏捷地走上楼来。
• His intellect and mental agility have never been in doubt.他的才智和机敏从未受到怀疑。