美联英语提供：美联英语-常用英文对话7则：教你如何与人打交道 1、【你相信来生吗？】 Mary: There's just one 1 catch. Zina asked me to let you know. 玛莉：只是有个难题。吉娜要我让你知道。 Elvin: What? 艾文：什么？ Mary: She 2 promised that we'd be ready to start 3 tracking the Stars web site by the end of next week. 玛莉：她承诺我们会在下星期结束之前，准备好开始监控Stars的流量。 Elvin: What!? It'll be a 4 miracle if we're ready by the end of the month! Is she crazy? 艾文：什么！？我们在月底前能准备好就是奇迹了！她疯了不成？ Mary: Yes, I think she is just a little bit crazy. 玛莉：对，我觉得她是有点疯。
Elvin: Crazy is too kind. 5 Insane is more like it. Nuts! Wacko! Psycho! 艾文：疯这个字还太仁慈。说是丧心病狂还差不多。神经病！怪胎！心理变态！ 语言详解 A: Do you believe in life after death? 你相信来生吗？ B: No. I don't believe in miracles. 不。我不相信奇迹。 【be more like it.…倒还更贴切】 当我们在形容一个人或是一件东西的时候，常常在大家七嘴八舌之后，却还是不够传神，没有点出精髓，这时若你想到了绝佳的形容方法，你就可以用上这个句型...is more like it.“……还更贴切。” A: Jane is a little shy. 珍有一点害羞。 B: A turtle hiding in her shell is more like it.
