迷你对话:感情友好
A: I hear that Helen does not relate very well to her husband.
我听说海伦和她的丈夫感情不太好。
B: Unbelievable! I remember her husband is her former classmate. They fell in love with each other in college.
难以置信,不可能吧。我记得她丈夫是她的同学,他们在大学就相爱了。
A: So what? Things have changed.
那又怎么样?时移事易。
对话详解
第一、 地道表达
relate to
1. 解词释义
不及物动词relate有“和睦相处,相容”的意思。当形容人际关系时,relate to的意思就是“感情良好”。
2. 支持范例
e.g. Children like this are not learning to relate to other people.
这样的孩子没有学会如何与别人相处。
e.g.I found it difficult to relate to Mary.
我发觉很难与玛丽和睦相处。
e.g.I must be able to relate to people as fully as possible.
我必须能够与尽可能多的人保持友好关系。
第二、词海拾贝
1. fall in love with:与某人坠入爱河,爱上某人
e.g. It is natural that he should fall in love with such a beautiful girl.
他爱上那位美丽的姑娘是很自然的事。
e.g. It is strange that he should fall in love with such a snobbish girl.
说来真怪,他居然与那位高傲的女孩子坠入情网。
e.g. You always fall in love with women with beautiful eyes!
你老是对电眼美女一见钟情。
2. in college:在大学念书
e.g .In college I majored in science.
在学院里,我主修自然科学。
e.g. In college I made honors in my studies.
在大学里,我的成绩优异。
e.g.She leaned to live on her own when she was in college .
在大学时她就学会自立了。
e.g.It was important to me to do well in college .
在学院里干得好对我来说很重要。
动词fall的过去式
n. 兽皮
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