学英语，每人每日一句

tina50

mikelee19 发表于 2016-5-27 20:54
I thought of table tennis, the player's shoes always make squeaking

哈哈。。。，因为球场地面有防滑层，走起来很涩。

tina50

I can't decide what to do for my next vacation.

mikelee19

tina50 发表于 2016-5-28 10:08
I can't decide what to do for my next vacation.

go trip

tina50

mikelee19 发表于 2016-5-28 21:25
go trip

Go on a trip? I thought it.  I either want to go on a tour of Melbourne or take a road trip from Sydney to Canberra.

mikelee19

tina50 发表于 2016-5-29 05:43
Go on a trip? I thought it.  I either want to go on a tour of Melbourne or go driving to see Canbe ...

welcome to melbourne

tina50

mikelee19 发表于 2016-5-29 19:38
welcome to melbourne

Thank you. I have been there once before, when I first came to Australia a few years ago.

mikelee19

tina50 发表于 2016-5-30 06:28
Thank you. I have been there once before, when I first came to Australia a few years ago.

I heard Canberra is a nice place. But I haven't be there.

gknz

tina50 发表于 2016-5-29 05:43
Go on a trip? I thought it.  I either want to go on a tour of Melbourne or go driving to see Canbe ...

road trip

自驾游

"they road-tripped from New Jersey to Hollywood"

tina50

mikelee19 发表于 2016-5-30 21:59
I heard Canberra is a nice place. But I haven't be there.

I had a Canberra road trip two years ago with my family.

mikelee19

tina50 发表于 2016-5-30 22:29
I had a Canberra road trip two years ago with my family.

how many days you'll spend this time

tina50

mikelee19 发表于 2016-5-31 21:13
how many says you'll spend this time

it's about three or four days.

tina50

I rang earlier and asked for some information about the Cutting trees. You asked me to ring back.

mikelee19

tina50 发表于 2016-5-31 21:31
it's about three or four days.

whole family

gknz

tina50 发表于 2016-6-1 13:54
I rang earlier and asked for some information about the Cutting trees. You asked me to ring back.

是这个意思吗？
I called to inquire about cutting trees just now but you were busy at that time.

tina50

I was born in China.
My native language is Chinese.

tina50

gknz 发表于 2016-6-1 21:38
是这个意思吗？
I called to inquire about cutting trees just now but you were busy at that time. ...

嗯，差不多。
第一次打进去时，对方需要点时间查询一下，让一会儿再打进来。
现在是第二次打进去，所以跟接电话的人，提一下之前的事情。

tina50

Yesterday, I made a mistake. For this my boss blamed me.

qiyanqi629

You make my day.

tina50

qiyanqi629 发表于 2016-6-2 12:23
You make my day.

哈哈，学一句。

bigcrow

今天学了一句
The grass is always greener 。（on the other side of the fence 后半句经常省略）
百度直译：篱笆外的草总是比较绿
百度意译：外国的月亮比较圆  这山望着那山高  没有的总是好的  别人的东西看来总是比较好
俺译，隔壁饭菜香

tina50

bigcrow 发表于 2016-6-2 15:01
今天学了一句
The grass is always greener 。（on the other side of the fence 后半句经常省略）
百度直 ...

有一种好，叫别人家的。

But in fact, the grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence.

mikelee19

life is too short to argue and fight

tina50

mikelee19 发表于 2016-6-2 21:23
life is too shirt to argue and fight

打回去重写。

tina50

Can you stop arguing and start talking with me?

tina50

She became ill yesterday and feel a little bit better now.
The doctor said she should stay in bed one more day.

bigcrow

tina50 发表于 2016-6-3 07:37
She became ill yesterday and feel a little bit better now.
The doctor said she should stay in bed on ...

but she said she had been working all her life and not used to stay in bed wacthing the ceiling.

qiyanqi629

'Put the bull in charge of the China shop'


...from Tom Hughes who is father in law of Malcolm Turnbull. Tom said it after Tony Abbott was elected as PM. 'bull'--refer to Tony Abbort and China shop-refer to Liberal party.

mikelee19

tina50 发表于 2016-6-3 06:27
打回去重写。

谢谢。已改正

mikelee19

the truth always cones out in the end

qiyanqi629

A means to an end. ---(it is a way to achieve the goal).