第一，迷你对话

A: What are you worrying about?

你们在担心什么呢？

B: My daughter took a shine to a guy called Jack.

我女儿对一个叫做Jack的小伙子一见钟情。

A: Why? That is a good thing. After all, she has grown up. Is she twenty-five years old?

为何担心啊，这是好事情啊。毕竟，她已经长大成人。她25岁了吧？

B: Yeah. But we don't know him very well.

是的，但是我们不是很了解他。

A: Then you should ask your daughter to be careful.

那么你告诉你女儿当心点。

第二，地道表达

take a shine to

解词释义

Shine是名词，本意为“光亮”，引申为“突然发生的事情”。那么，take a shine to somebody的意思即为：突然间喜欢上某人，对某人一见钟情。

拓展范例

E.g. The boss took a shine to the new secretary.

老板一下子就对新秘书产生好感。

E.g. Oscar had never particularly liked children, but he took a shine to his little nephew the first time he saw him.

奥斯卡从来就不大喜欢小孩，但他第一次看到他的小侄儿却喜欢起他来。

E.g. He took a shine to his new teacher the very first day.

他头一天就喜欢他的新老师。

第三，好词妙语

worry about：担心......，担忧......

E.g. Don't worry about him; he is a cheerful and elastic man.

别为他担心;他是个快活开朗的人。

E.g. Let them worry about how to get rid of the cars later.

让他们在日后为处理车子而发愁吧。

after all：毕竟

E.g. After all, France-Soir is known for aggressive reporting.

毕竟，《法兰西晚报》以报道耸人听闻的消息著称。

E.g. After all, compared to your organization, we are the new boys.

毕竟，同你们机构相比，我们毕竟是新手。

grow up：长大

E.g. Children must be educated to serve their country when they grow up.

必须教育孩子长大后为国家服务。

E.g. I like to muse about what I will do when I grow up.

我喜欢仔细思考长大后做什么。

know sb. Very well：非常了解某人

E.g. I don't know her very well. We have only a nodding acquaintance.

我对她不很了解，我们只是点头之交。

E.g. If you don't know her very well, you'll have to hurry up and get to know her.

要是你向来和徐曼丽不很熟，就请你赶快做熟她。