A: You are in the pink recently. How do you makeit?
你近來起色不錯,你怎么做到的?
B: Well, I attend an aerobic class three times a week.
噢,我一周上三次健美課。
A: Are you tired after class?
課后你感覺累嗎?
B: No. And on the contrary, I feel young, fresh and energetic.
不,相反,我還感覺到年輕,有活力和有精力。
第二、對話精講
1. 核心地道表達
【核心短語】be in the pink
【解詞釋義】pink作為名詞時的意思是“粉紅色,桃紅色,淡紅色”。Be in the pink是習語,表示“臉色紅潤身體健康的”“身體健康狀況良好的”。也可以用作“be in the pink of health”。
【典型例句1】 The girl is in the pink of health.
那個女孩健康極了。
【典型例句2】I really feel in the pink after a fortnight's holiday.
度了兩星期假后, 我的確感到身體非常舒適。
【典型例句3】The children all looked in the pink after their holiday.
孩子度假后個個紅光滿面。
【典型例句4】She felt in the pink only two weeks after the operation.
手術兩周后她就恢復了。
2 詞海拾貝
attend a class:上課
【典型例句1】He is not so sick but he can attend a class.
他盡管有病,還是可以上課。
【典型例句2】He said Kent's father would have to attend a class on traffic rules.
他說,肯特的爸爸必須去上一堂交通規(guī)則課。
【典型例句3】Sometimes they also attend a smaller class to ask questions and discuss what theprofessor says.
有時他們也上小課,提出問題并討論教授所講內(nèi)容。
make it:成功做到
【典型例句1】He poured in every ounce of power but couldn't make it.
他竭盡了全力卻無濟于事。
【典型例句2】Stick to it and you'll make it.
堅持下去,就會成功。
【典型例句3】I want to make it as a writer.
我想在寫作上獲得成功。
after class:下課后
【典型例句1】He has made free with the reading room after class.
課后他可以任意使用閱覽室。
【典型例句2】I've heard something very funny and I'll let you in on it after class.
我聽到一件很滑稽的事,下課后告訴你。
on the contrary:相反地
【典型例句1】 You think you are clever; on the contrary, I assure that you are very foolish.
你自以為很聰明,相反地,我確信你很傻。
【典型例句2】The outcome of our actions, on the contrary, is quite forthcoming.
與此相反,我們的實際行動卻是相當樂以助人的。
【典型例句3】——You must be tired. ——On the contrary, I fell wide awake.
——你一定是很累了吧。——不,相反地,我覺得很清醒。
【典型例句4】 I don't dislike him at all, on the contrary I am very fond of him.
我根本不厭惡他,相反我很喜歡他。