迷你對話學地道口語第2071期:把......做好
情景對話:
A: What are you doing nowadays?
你這些天在幹什麼?
B: I am learning to play chess.
我正在學下棋。
A: How are you getting along with it?
學得怎樣了?
B: The coach says that I have made a better fist of it than the beginning.
教練說我比剛開始的時候下得好多了。
一, 詞海拾貝
make a (good/poo) fist of
exp. To do something to a specified degree of success.(把……做得好,把……做得不好)
e.g. Wow, you and the lads made a good fist of painting the house!
哇,你和小夥子們把房子刷得真漂亮!
e.g. For an amateur, she didn't make a bad fist of performing on stage.
作爲一個業餘愛好者,她在舞臺上表演並不差。
Hancock and Hewson helped Gloucestershire to make a decent fist of it yesterday.
Hancock和Hewson昨天幫助Gloucestershire取得了不錯的成績。
二, 語彙積累
get along with:取得進展
e.g. How are you getting along with your business, Mr. Lough?
Lough先生,生意一向不錯吧?
e.g. How are you getting along with your studies?
你學習情況怎樣?