【英语学习】【Level 08】U04 What I love L4 Take your sweet time

青旅半醒 2023-06-21 10:12 38阅读 0赞

### 文章目录 ###

*  Word Preparation
 *   *  indoors: 室内地
     *  DIY: 自己动手做
     *  leisure activity: 休闲活动
     *  take something up: 开始从事
     *  kill time: 打发时间
     *  right up one's alley: 符合某人的口味
 *  Grammar
 *   *  would rather

# Word Preparation #

## indoors: 室内地 ##

into or inside a building

Because of the coldness of the weather we stayed indoors.  
因为天气寒冷，所以我们呆在了室内。

Stay indoors for a few days until you recover from your cold.  
你要一直待在室内，直到感冒康复。

## DIY: 自己动手做 ##

short for Do-It-Yourself

You can find a lot of DIY activities online that are easy to do.  
你可以在网上找到许多自己动手的简单手工。

Analysts found that two million British people have abandoned DIY their home over the past two years.  
分析人士发现，在过去两年里，有两百万的英国人不再自己动手搞家装。

## leisure activity: 休闲活动 ##

an activity one does in order to relax

Reading books and watching TV are leisure activities among Chinese people.  
读书和看电视是受中国人欢迎的休闲活动。

How to balance between study and leisure activities for college students?  
大学生应该如何平衡学习和休闲活动呢？

## take something up: 开始从事 ##

to start doing a particular activity

I took guitar playing up when I was in college.  
在上大学的时候，我开始学习弹吉他。

I want my daughter to take dancing up once she enters primary school.  
我想要我的女儿在刚进入小学的时候就开始学习舞蹈。

## kill time: 打发时间 ##

to do something while waiting for something else to happen

Some students are trying to kill time while others feel pressed for time.  
有些学生在设法消磨时间，而另一些学生却觉得时间紧迫。

The train ride will be long, so you’d better bring a book to help kill time.  
路上会坐很久的火车，你最好带本书打发时间。

## right up one’s alley: 符合某人的口味 ##

well suited to one’s tastes, interests, or abilities.  
**alley**: from Old French *alee* ‘walking or passage’, from *aler* ‘go’, from Latin *ambulare* ‘to walk’

This movie on ice skating is right up your alley.  
这部讲述滑冰的电影正好符合你的口味。

I got these books for your since they’re right up your alley.  
我给你买了这些书，因为他们都很符合你的口味。

# Grammar #

## would rather ##

1.  would rather + V：用来表示选择的意愿，意为 “宁可…；宁愿…；最好…”。
2.  would rather + clause: 表示主语宁愿让某人干某事。此时，从句谓语动词要用虚拟语气，即用一般过去时表示现在或将来要做的事；用过去完成时表示已经做过的事或过去要做的事。
3.  would rather + have done: 表示主语要做某事，而结果却事与愿违。
4.  would rather A than B: 表示 “宁可 A （而）不愿 B” 。用来表达主语的意愿，强调经过选择后做其中一件事，而不愿做另一件事。也可以等价写作 would A rather than B。

*  He’d rather **live** in the countryside.
 *  I’d rather **I left a note** on her desk instead of waiting any longer.
 *  I’d rather **you hadn’t told him** the news that day.
 *  I would rather **watch TV at home** than *go to the cinema*.
 *  Facing the enemies, our soldiers would rather **die** than *surrender*.