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1、If you don’t work hard today, you’ll try hard to look for a new job tomorrow. s1 a3 K: l! k# d9 m6 b
今天工作不努力,明天努力找工作。
$ |' z! _9 T; x6 f& A0 o 2、Harry found a job in the company.
: m$ f# o/ j: D: O/ I8 R- ^3 O) _ 哈利在这家公司找到了工作。Henry works with the bank. 亨利在银行上班。' w' |0 ?; s O2 | X# V) }, |
3、His parents lost their job, and his family couldn’t afford him to go to college.
- y1 H4 I) U7 r) N 他的父母失业了,无法支持他上大学。
" n/ s& H; d+ \$ _6 h+ b, a( P } 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。* I8 Q- D8 T7 Z* X+ T
4、Now John has decided to turn over a new leaf and go to school on time every day.
; u P" E7 D! L8 P8 X8 | 现在约翰决定改过自新,每天准时上学。* r5 B [% E/ v7 a& _6 Y5 H
5、We live on salary but can’t feed on it. We can’t get what we want in the faraway town.
* p* e! v8 g. G* m7 j4 ? I; Q" o 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。" O# _% X/ @% }+ }3 m8 w/ H
6、The beggars lived by begging in the street.3 B- U7 D$ E8 W$ w
这些乞丐靠在街头乞讨为生。
7 Z7 b9 n. f7 } B% ]# ?$ O3 s 7、Grandpa told me in the old days they lived a miserable life.
5 Q2 R- A7 M& b' i) A$ ? 祖父告诉我在旧社会他们过着悲惨的生活。
7 d+ U4 T h7 h/ [6 l/ X 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。 |