動感英語lesson 4

經(jīng)典對白:

"After two years of training. You believe that a $45000 airplane. Is there for your amusement?"

"No, sir. I was just trying to keep my edge major."

"And when you did the outside loop last week. What did you think that was？Honing your skills? That's not training, actually. That’s a stunt. And I personally consider it to be reckless and irresponsible."

 重點詞句：

（1）keep my edge (stay sharp)保持最好的狀態(tài)

edge 在這里指刀刃,很鋒利

           反義詞：Lose your edge

例句：I have to speak English every day just in order to keep my edge.

(為了我英語一直好下去，我不得不每天念。)

      David Beckham is a great soccer player but if he doesn’t practice every day, he’ll lose his edge.

      （貝克漢姆是位偉大球員，如果他不每天練球的話他就會失去他的戰(zhàn)斗力。）

（2）hone 提高   to practice, to improve

例句：Owning my own computer gives me the chance to hone my computer skills.

      （有了自己的電腦，我的電腦技能就會大幅度提高。）

      Jane’s new job requires her to talk to lots of people. She’s really honing her people’s skills.

      （因為珍的工作每天都要與人打交道，所以她的談話技能越來越棒。）