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Lesson 8
1.accord v. 遵照,遵循
cut one's coat according to one's cloth 量入为出
例句:We can't afford to buy a house this big. We have to cut our coat according to our cloth.
我们买不起这么大的房子。我们得量人为出。
2.fit vi.1.(使)适合,合身 2.安装,装置 adj. 1.适合的,恰当的 2.健康的,健全的 n.1.(病的)发作,突发2.一阵
(as) fit as a fiddle 身体特别好(类似的习语应注意掌握:in the pink, in good shape 都表达身体好)
A:Harry! How have you been? I haven't seen you in ages.
A:哈里!你怎么样?我好长时间没见着你了。
B:l'm fit as a fiddle. This exercise program I'm following as terrific.
B:我身体棒着呢!我正在做的锻炼好极了。
3.interval n. 间歇,间距
at the interval (of sport)在中间休息时(during the intermission between the two halves of a play, a concert or a match)
A:I hear that you liked the play last night.
A:我听说你喜欢昨晚的话剧。
B:As a matter of fact, we left at the interval.
B:实际上我们中间休息时就离开了。
4.sold adj. 出售的;卖掉的
(be) sold out 卖完,售完(out of stock)
例句:1.He bought a history book, but the Chinese and English text-books were sold out.
他买了一本历史书,但汉语和英语的教材已经卖完了。
2.Since the lecture is open to the public, I imagine that the tickets may have been sold out.
既然讲座是对外公开的,我想票也许卖完了。
5.trade n. 贸易;商业;职业 v. 交换;买卖
trade in 以旧换新(买)(对照:invest in 表示直接买)
A:It's going to cost a fortune to get my car fixed.
A:修我的车可要花大价钱。
B:Why don't you just trade it in for a new one?
B:你为什么不卖了它换辆新的?