英语口语每日几句(3)

【colour】英语中的色彩1.In the red表示亏空、欠债,At this time of year, our company is usually in the red.每年这个时候，我们公司总是处于亏空状态。

2.Turn yellow胆怯He turns yellow in the fight. 他在斗争中显得十分胆怯。

3.In a blue mood 情绪低沉，无精打采You are always in a blue mood these days, What’s the matter?最近你总是闷闷不乐的，出了什么事情吗？4.Set the green light 开绿灯，允许As soon as we get the green light, we’ll start the project.我们一旦得到许可，就展开这个项目。

All About 【Friends】A friend in need患难时帮助你的朋友I’l l always be grateful to Jane for lending me a hand at that time. A friend in need is a friend indeed. 我很感激简能在那个时候向我伸出援手，能够共患难的朋友才是真朋友。

A fair-weather friend不能共患难、只可共安乐的朋友I really thought she’d be there to help me, but it seems that she’s just a fai r-weather friend.我当时真的以为她会来这儿帮我，看来她不是个能共患难的朋友。

A circle of friend朋友圈He introduced me to his circle of friends.他把我介绍给他的那群朋友认识。

有关【skin皮肤】的用法1.Have a thick skin厚脸皮He needs a thick skin to take so much abuse from audience.他需要有一张厚脸皮，才能够招架住观众的骂声。

2. Have a thin skin 薄脸皮He’s got rather a thin skin. He’ll have to learn to take the unkind remark.他的脸皮太薄了，他必须去学会承受各种各样的奚落之言。

3. make your skin crawl使人毛骨悚然，让人起鸡皮疙瘩。

It makes my skin crawl when I think of that dark night.我想到那个黑暗的夜晚就毛骨悚然。

【name】的给力用法Have （got）somebody's name on it1.Tom took Jerry’s place and got killed. It should have been him---that bullet had his name on it.汤姆作了杰利的替死鬼，被子弹打中的原本应该是杰利，那颗子弹原本要的是杰利的命。

2.You should come around for Lunch tomorrow! I’ve got a steak here with your name on it!你明天一定要来吃晚饭啊！我特地为你做了牛排！有关【困惑】的英语表达1.PuzzledA puzzled expression 困惑的表情Get a bit puzzled 变的有一些困惑2.Confused 显得困惑He left his audience thoroughly confused.他把观众完全弄糊涂了。

She was very confused about her feelings.她完全弄不清自己的感觉。

3.Bewildered 困惑，感到不知所措He was rather bewildered at seeing her there.居然在那里看到她，他十分摸不着头脑。

关于【brain头脑】的给力用法1.Have a good brain for something 在某一方面很有头脑She has a good brain for mathematics. 她很有数学头脑。

2.Keep your brain ticking over开动脑筋It’s important to keep your brain ticking over. 经常开动脑筋很重要。

3.The brain drain人才流失Should the brain drain be stopped by restrictions? 人才流失现象应该加以限制吗？4.Have( got) somebody/something on the brain 总是惦记着某人或者某事You’ve got work on the brain! 你满脑子想的都是工作。

有关【earth】的给力用法1.bring somebody back to earth使某人回到现实中来，使某人心情变坏After a wonderful holiday, losing her wallet brought her back to earth with a bump(n.撞击). 过了这么一个愉快的假期，但是最近丢了钱包的事情让她的好心情都没了。

2.down--to--earth务实的，实际的Even though she’s a star, She’s still friendl y and down—to—earth.虽然成了明星，但是她还是友好又实在。

3.on earth到底，表示强调和吃惊Where on earth have you been?你到底去哪儿了？【蔬果俚语】今天我们来学一些跟【蔬果】有关的俚语Cucumber黄瓜potato土豆onion洋葱1. As cool as a cucumber指人在困难的情况下非常冷静，泰然自若。

Everyone was busy trying to get things ready, but Tom just sat there, cool as a cucumber.大家都在忙着做准备，只有他泰然自若地坐在那里。

2. A couch potato沙发土豆，特指整天窝在沙发里看电视的人。

He turned into a couch potato since he quit his job, which made his parents worry.他辞职之后就成天窝在沙发上看电视，这让他的父母十分担心。

3. Know somebody’s onions对某一方面很内行。

He’s spent years studying Arabic archaeology, so he really knows his onions.他研究阿拉伯考古已经很多年了，他在这方面知识很渊博。

有关【hat】的有趣用法1. keep something under your hat不要告诉任何人she's thinking about leaving Tom but please keep it under your hat.她在考虑要离开汤姆，这件事你不要告诉别人。

2. to eat one's hat做为食言的惩罚If we don't win the national championship this year, I'll eat my hat.要是我们今年不能获得全国足球赛冠军的话，我就把我的帽子吃了。

”3. pick something out of hat随便选择We couldn’t decide where to go on holiday so we just picked a place out of a hat.我们定不下来到哪里去度假，就随便选了个地方。

有关【lie撒谎】的用法1.Tell a lie说谎2.Lie one’s way out of danger撒谎使某人摆脱危险3.Lie one’s way into trouble撒谎以致于陷入困境4.Lie to somebody对某人撒谎How could you lie to me? 你怎么可以对我撒谎？5.White lie善意的谎言6.Give the lie to something证明•••是虚假的，不真实的。

These statistics give the lie to the claim that inflation(n.通货膨胀) is under control. 这些统计数字戳穿了通货膨胀已经得到控制的谎言。

7.Lie through your teeth满口谎言，睁着眼睛说瞎话The witness was clearly lying through teeth. 那证人分明是再睁着眼睛说瞎话。

有关【social】的用法1.social background社会背景We share the same social background. 我们有相同的社会背景。

2.Social life社交活动She has a busy social life. 她的社交活动很频繁。

3.Social skills社交能力Children have to develop their social skills when they start their school life.孩子必须在上学之后发展自己的社交能力。

4.Social climber想方设法想进入上流社会的人，削尖脑袋向上爬的人，趋炎附势的人。

Mrs Brown is known as a social climber. 布朗太太是有名的趋炎附势的人。

5.Social conscience社会责任感6.Social dance交谊舞会关于【Accent口音】的用法1.German accent德国口音Scottish accent苏格兰口音He speaks with a strong Scottish accent.他说话带有浓重的苏格兰口音。

2.A trace of accent一丝口音Her French was excellent, without a trace of an accent.她的法语很棒，不带一丝口音。

3.Put on a accent假装某种口音Betty put on a posh（adj.优雅的，时髦的）accent when she answered the phone. 贝蒂接电话时装出一口上流社会的强调。