三、生活状态
: d+ b# E/ L e1 L, j- z) c# f1 n 1、If you don’t work hard today, you’ll try hard to look for a new job tomorrow.
# u3 Y# k5 [! ]- W- l 今天工作不努力,明天努力找工作。
f- B0 q% K2 E+ E }. z 2、Harry found a job in the company.3 l0 i; ?; o6 p( ~" t
哈利在这家公司找到了工作。Henry works with the bank. 亨利在银行上班。
* `# A" T# d( e+ n 3、His parents lost their job, and his family couldn’t afford him to go to college.
+ S9 m, w- t* } 他的父母失业了,无法支持他上大学。
9 F. J5 c0 ~( Z' M 表示“失业”的说法还有:be laid off, get a pink note, be dismissed, be fired, be given the bush, be given the sack, be axed, give the boot, get canned等等。& {; P+ k0 O0 o
4、Now John has decided to turn over a new leaf and go to school on time every day.( V( T4 Z5 v1 Y+ y( b5 g1 ~4 [& M
现在约翰决定改过自新,每天准时上学。
- |5 s5 m& R1 v' T' J 5、We live on salary but can’t feed on it. We can’t get what we want in the faraway town.
1 d9 \ v6 g o) y: i/ s! x 我们靠工资生活,但不能吃钞票。在这个偏僻的小镇我们就是买不到想要的东西。
7 A V! X* v+ I, f 6、The beggars lived by begging in the street.
- U3 v( n b% K. e O 这些乞丐靠在街头乞讨为生。
. K. x1 Y9 ~7 D" o4 } 7、Grandpa told me in the old days they lived a miserable life.
- X0 ]& S6 x y2 G4 ] S 祖父告诉我在旧社会他们过着悲惨的生活。4 U( ~' n: ^& X, T: {! `
类似的说法有:live/lead a happy life(过着幸福的生活),live a dog’s life(过着牛马不如的生活),live a great life(生的伟大),live up to one’s expectation(不辜负某人的期望),live a lie(过着虚伪的生活)等。 |