one的神奇妙用
One這個英文單詞看似簡單,其實也有很多延伸出來的、有趣的用法和意思。今天,我們就來談談one的神奇妙用吧。
1. Look out for / Take care of number one 先為自己著想,照顧自己的利益,為自己打算。
They are always looking out for number one and taking care of number one. It is as if they are the one and only person on Earth。
他們總是先為自己著想,只關心自己的利益,就好像他們是地球上惟一的人。
2. One in a million百萬分之一,鳳毛麟角,百里挑一,佼佼者
She’s one in a million。
她是個百里挑一的人。
3. Be / go back to square one 退回起點,從頭再來
His papers were lost in the accident, so he had to go back to square one with the work。
他的論文在這次事故中弄丟了,只得從頭再寫。
4. Roll up into one 合為一體;兼于一身
She is a great person—kind, thoughtful and intelligent—all good qualities rolled up into one。
她是個很優秀的女人——善良,體貼,聰慧——集所有可貴品質于一身。
5. Number one 最重要的人(或事物);最好的人(或事物)。
節日贊語——名人們稱贊母親的名言
All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.—Abraham Lincoln
無論我現在怎么樣,還是希望以后會怎么樣,都應當歸功于我天使一般的母親。我記得母親的那些禱告,它們一直伴隨著我,而且已經陪伴了我一生。——亞伯拉罕· 林肯
My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.
—George Washington
我的母親是我見過的最漂亮的女人。我所有的一切都歸功于我的母親。我一生中所有的成就都歸功于我從她那兒得到的德、智、體的教育。——喬治·華盛頓
There never was a woman like her. She was gentle as a dove and brave as a lioness... The memory of my mother and her teachings were, after all, the only capital I had to start life with, and on that capital I have made my way.—Andrew Jackson
從來沒有一個女人像她那樣。她非常溫柔,就像一只鴿子;她也很勇敢,像一頭母獅……畢竟,對母親的記憶和她的教誨是我人生起步的惟一資本,并奠定了我的人生之路。——安德魯·杰克遜
A good mother is worth a hundred schoolmaster.
—George Herbert
一位好母親抵得上一百個教師。——喬治·赫伯特
繞口令:A flea and a fly
請至少連續朗讀三遍,它可以幫助你提升口語能力哦!但要注意保持語音清晰,發音準確,語調優美,朗讀流暢。
A flea and a fly flew up in a flue.
Said the flea, “Let us fly!”
Said the fly, “Let us flee!”
So they flew through a flaw in the flue.
一只跳蚤和一只蒼蠅飛進煙道里。
跳蚤說:“讓我們飛吧!”
蒼蠅說:“讓我們逃跑吧!”
就這樣,他們就飛越了煙道里的一條裂紋。
MOTHER“母親”的含義
MOTHER是母親的意思,可你知道MOTHER這個單詞有什么趣味解釋嗎?母親節就要到了,讓我們來了解一下“母親”的含義吧——
“M” is for the million things she gave me. “M”代表她所給予我的無數。
“O” means only that she’s growing old. “O”的意思是她在日漸老去。
“T” is for the tears she shed to save me. “T”是她為撫育我灑下的淚。
“H” is for her heart of purest gold. “H”指她有像金子一般的心靈。
“E” is for her eyes, with the love-light shining. “E”就是她的眼睛里面洋溢著愛的光芒。
“R” means right, and right she’ll always be. “R”的意思是正確,因為她永遠都是對的。
Put them all together, they spell “MOTHER”, A word that means the world to me. 將以上字母串在一起就是“母親(mother)”,這個是我整個的世界。
A mother’s love is like a circle, it has no beginning and ending. It keeps going around and around ever expanding, touching everyone who comes in touch with it. Engulfing them like the morning’s mist, warming them like the noontime sun, and covering them like a blanket of evening stars. A mother’s love is like a circle, it has no beginning and ending.