Marianne: You would be using mainly English in this job. Do you think you can make yourself understood in English with ease ?
Sun Min: Yes, I think I speak English quite fluently. I've often explained historical places in Xi'an to foreign tourists in English. They say my English is quite good.
Marianne: How many years have you been learning English?
Sun Min: Oh, more than ten years. I started learning English when I was still in a primary school from a foreign teacher.
Marianne: Well, perhaps that's the reason why you are so fluent in it.
Sun Min: Certainly.
重點講解:
with ease熟練地,輕而易舉地
例句:The gloves are too tight for him to pull on with ease. 他的手套太緊,很不容易戴上。
相關(guān)詞匯:at ease 自由自在,舒適 例句:Thank you very much. So we can put our minds at ease. 非常感謝,這樣我們就放心了。
ill at ease 局促不安,不自在 例句:I always feel ill at ease in a strange environment. 我在陌生環(huán)境總覺不自在。
瑪麗安: 在這份工作中,你主要使用英語。你能用英語輕松地表達(dá)自己的想法嗎?
孫敏: 是的,我認(rèn)為我英語講得相當(dāng)流利了。我常用英語向外國觀光者講解先的名勝古跡,他們說我的英語很好。
瑪麗安: 你學(xué)英語有多少年了?
孫敏: 哦,有十幾年了。我是從小學(xué)開始跟一位外教學(xué)習(xí)英語的。
瑪麗安: 我想這就是你的英語如此流利的原因吧。
孫敏: 的確如此