情景对话:
A: You are in the pink recently. How do you make it?
你近来起色不错,你怎么做到的?
B: Well, I attend an aerobic class three times a week.
噢,我一周上三次健美课。
A: Are you tired after class?
课后你感觉累吗?
B: No. And on the contrary, I feel young, fresh and energetic.
不,相反,我还感觉到年轻,有活力和有精力。
对话精讲
核心地道表达
【核心短语】
be in the pink
【解词释义】
pink作为名词时的意思是“粉红色,桃红色,淡红色”。Be in the pink是习语,表示“脸色红润身体健康的”“身体健康状况良好的”。也可以用作“be in the pink of health”。
【典型例句1】
The girl is in the pink of health.
那个女孩健康极了。
【典型例句2】
I really feel in the pink after a fortnight's holiday.
度了两星期假后, 我的确感到身体非常舒适。
【典型例句3】
The children all looked in the pink after their holiday.
孩子度假后个个红光满面。
【典型例句4】
She felt in the pink only two weeks after the operation.
手术两周后她就恢复了。
词海拾贝
attend a class:上课
【典型例句1】
He is not so sick but he can attend a class.
他尽管有病,还是可以上课。
【典型例句2】
He said Kent's father would have to attend a class on traffic rules.
他说,肯特的爸爸必须去上一堂交通规则课。
【典型例句3】
Sometimes they also attend a smaller class to ask questions and discuss what the professor says.
有时他们也上小课,提出问题并讨论教授所讲内容。
make it:成功做到
【典型例句1】
He poured in every ounce of power but couldn't make it.
他竭尽了全力却无济于事。
【典型例句2】
Stick to it and you'll make it.
坚持下去,就会成功。
【典型例句3】
I want to make it as a writer.
我想在写作上获得成功。
after class:下课后
【典型例句1】
He has made free with the reading room after class.
课后他可以任意使用阅览室。
【典型例句2】
I've heard something very funny and I'll let you in on it after class.
我听到一件很滑稽的事,下课后告诉你。
on the contrary:相反地
【典型例句1】
You think you are clever; on the contrary, I assure that you are very foolish.
你自以为很聪明,相反地,我确信你很傻。
【典型例句2】
The outcome of our actions, on the contrary, is quite forthcoming.
与此相反,我们的实际行动却是相当乐以助人的。
【典型例句3】
——You must be tired. ——On the contrary, I fell wide awake.
——你一定是很累了吧。——不,相反地,我觉得很清醒。
【典型例句4】
I don't dislike him at all, on the contrary I am very fond of him.
我根本不厌恶他,相反我很喜欢他。