生活場景口語實戰人際篇 第235期:玩電腦遊戲(2)

5. How often do you play games on the computer?
你多久玩一次電腦遊戲？
還能這樣說：
How much time do you play games on computer?
At what intervals do you play computer games?
諺語：
Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.
改變自己往往比改變環境更爲需要。
6. We come here every two days to play computer games.
我們隔天就來玩電腦遊戲。
還能這樣說：
We come here to play computer games every other day.
We are here to play computer games every second day.
應用解析：
any day 隨便哪一天；毫無疑問；
off day 休息日；
to a day 恰好；
to this day 迄今；直到今天
7. Amy is tired of playing computer games.
艾米討厭玩電腦遊戲。
還能這樣說：
Amy doesn't like playing computer games.
Amy has a dislike of playing computer games.
應用解析：
prefer doing to talking 喜歡做而不喜歡說；
prefer to die rather than surrender 寧死不屈；
prefer a change against a person 告發某人
8. Computer games have eaten up my spare time.
電腦遊戲已經耗盡了我的業餘時間。
還能這樣說：
Playing games takes up too much of my time.
Playing games employs much of my time.
應用解析：
eat sb. out of house and home 把某人吃窮；
eat one's words 承認說錯話；
eat like a horse 吃得很多