雅思口语中最常用的“小词”

1 ★stuff

讲解：东西，口语里面等于things, 但请国内同学们牢记stuff 永远不能加复数

举例：The stuff inthat store is very pricey(贵的）.

2 ★pretty

讲解：=副词very

举例：My new iPadis prett) fun.

3 ★fun

讲解：=interesting(请朋友们注意fun作形容词时其实并不是funny“搞笑的”意思，但它在英美日常生活里的出现频率绝不比funny低）

举例：There’re lotsof fu n things to do in the classroom.

4 ★adore

讲解：非常喜欢

举例：I adore thatsinger.

5 shortly

讲解：=soon

举例：I’ll getthese things done shortly.

6 spot

讲解：(1)看见=see ★(2)地方=place

举例：

(1)1 spotted some squirrels (松鼠）andwoodpeckers (啄木鸟）in StanleyPark.

注：Stanley Park是温哥华的一个大公园，离我家很近,非常美

(2)It looks like a nice spot for apicnic(野餐）

7 ★eye-opening

讲解：不是中式英语，而是很地道的英文，“让人大开眼界的”

举例：Trips toother countries can be reeeeeally eye-opening.(本词原为really,此处系口语用法。本书里的“sooooo”也是同类用法）

8 ★decent

讲解：在国内上英语课时老师可能会语重心长地告诉你这个词是“体面的”,但在国外真实生活里这个词远远更多的时候是表示“不错的，挺好的”意思-quite good

举例：This joboffers a decent salary and an impressive set of benefits (工作的“福利”在地道英文里就直接用benefits).

9 ★hang out

讲解：玩儿。很多时候可以代替play,但要注意这个词组后面不能直接跟宾语

举例：

(1) 1 often hang out in bars atweekends.

(2) 1 often hang out with them at the park.

10 ★kind of

讲解：=sort of 有点，=somewhat

举例：My boss iskind of hard to get along with.

11 ★like... .

讲解：作为连词在口语中极度常用，可以表示“比如说”、“像是……”、“差不多是”

举例：

(1). like I bought lots of stuff,like carrots, beef and salmon

(2). That program is like, ...boring.

12 ★in a row

讲解：=one afteranother 连续地出现或者发生,这个短语在英美生活里用来描述一系列连续的事物时都已经到了无孔不入的程度,但在国内孩子们那儿却悄无声息

举例：

(1) Jeremy Lin led New York Knicks toseven wins in a row. (请注意in a row通常都是放在它所修饰的复数名词后面）

(2) Patricia passed four exams in a row last week.