[English]美国习惯用语例句总结(九)

外语 Lee 发表于 2006/9/11 10:03:20 1．  Our basketball team went all-out to win the championship game. But so did the other team, and they beat us by two points. 2．  This time the other party is going all-out to win -- they're spending twice as much money as we can on radio and TV commercials. 3．  I love my friend John like a brother -- I know he'd go through hell or high water for me. 4．  That's a very close family -- whatever happens to one of them, sickness, money trouble, anything, the rest of them come to help. They'd go through hell and high water for each other. 5．  The biggest auto race of the year is ready to start. All the drivers are ready to go for broke and drive their cars until they fall apart. 6．  Okay, I'm going to go for broke and bet all the money I have on my cards. I don't see how anybody can beat what I'm looking at here in my hand. 7．  John, let's not go overboard and get a new car right now. With all the other expenses we have, we won't be able to make the monthly payments. 8．  I wouldn't go overboard and buy a lot of stock in that company right now. I hear their profit is down from what it was last year. 9．  Better get a haircut before you go to that job interview tomorrow. You want to put your best foot forward because there are twenty other people after the same job. 10．              I finally got a date with that girl I've been trying to go out with so long. So I'm putting my best foot forward and sending her a dozen roses and a box of chocolates before I pick her up tomorrow. 11．              My brother Joe got fired for never coming to work on time, but he landed on his feet and found another job that paid twice as much money. 12．              Mr. Green is one of these people who's not afraid to put his money into some very risky investments. Sometimes he'll lose out, but somehow he usually manages to land on his feet and find money to put into something else that makes a profit. 13．              When Joe went to his new job, he got off on the wrong foot -- on the first morning he upset his new boss by arriving at the store two hours late. And right now he's out looking for a job again. 14．              I finally got a date with that new girl in class but I sure got off on the wrong foot with her: I had car trouble and got to her place almost two hours late. 15．              When Sally told that silly joke about the sailor with one leg she really put her foot in her mouth. She didn't know the man across the dinner table had a brother at home in a wheelchair. 16．              I certainly put my foot in my mouth at the party last night when I asked Mister Brown to say hello to his wife for me. Somehow I'd forgotten that his wife died six months ago. 17．              Peter told his wife that this time he was really going to walk in and demand a pay raise from the boss. But when he arrived at the office, he got cold feet. 18．              I really need to get my teeth fixed, but every time I start to phone the dentist, I think about the sound of that drill and right away I get cold feet. 19．              I know most of you are afraid to embarrass yourselves by trying to speak English after these first few lessons. But that's the best way to learn: when you meet an American, try a few words -- jump in and get your feet wet.I want to get into politics so I'm volunteering to put up signs for one of the people running for mayor. I don't get paid for it but it's a chance to jump in and get my feet wet.

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