周一周三上课群1-25
1.Worst-case scenario可能出现的最糟糕的状况。
在最糟糕的状况下,用介词In
In the worst-case scenario. We might lose our house.
1.A:Boss, I am afraid that business is really bad. The company is losing money.
B:How bad is it? What’s the_______________?(1)
A:The worst-case scenario is that you lose everything you have.
B:Everything?
A:Everything-your company,your money, your house, your car,everything!
B:Everything? Oh, no!Even my Tv?
A: Yes, I’m afraid so.
B:Then that would really be the________________(2)
2.我才 不是什么fighter.
A.I’m no fighter.
B.I’m not a fighter.
A项比B项语气更强,口语中常用
I love to run, but i am no olympic athelete.
I love science, but I am no Einstein.
I love to cook, but I am no master chef.
3.Shoot sth down.”:to reject someone’s ideasm opinions..否决某人的
观点等
A:Mr.Smith, here is the suggestion box.
B:Thank you ,Jones.Let’s read some suggestions that our employees rolled this week.here is one suggests that employees get paid extra for doing extra work.
A:wow, that would be great.
C: yeah, I rolled that one.
B:That ‘s ridiculous.people are always working hard.we don’t need to pay them for that.What a silly suggestion.
A:I know he’d ___________-.(1)
C: Yean, he always _________________-(2)
(1).shoot down the idea.
(2).shoots down my ideas.
Shoot sb down.拒绝某人
He asked me for a date, but i shot him down.
4.Put sb in her/his place让某人安分一点/不敢放肆
Allen used to talk back to his teacher Miss Yang, but she soon put him into his place.
5.stand up to sb与...某人对抗
Stand up for sb为...辩护,维护...