第一， 情景对话

A: Mum, did you see the books I borrowed from Angela?

妈妈，你见过我从安吉拉那儿借来的书吗？

B: Yeah. I put them on the top of the cupboard.

我把它们放到壁柜的最顶层了。

A: Mum, I can't reach the books, could you please do me a favor?

妈妈，我够不着书，帮帮我，好吗？

B: I can't reach them, either. We need a ladder.

我也够不着，我们需要一个梯子。

A: Here's a ladder.

这有个梯子。

B: Just the thing. We'll use that.

正是我们需要的，我们来用吧！

第二， 词海拾贝

just the thing

exp. Exactly what is most ideal, desired, or useful in a particular moment or situation. （正是最理想，最渴望的，最有用的东西）

e.g. I'm telling you, when you're hungover, a big basket of French fries is just the thing!

我告诉你当你宿醉的时候，一大篮薯条就是最用的东西！

e.g. I have just the thing to wear with a dress that color.

穿那种颜色的衣服正是我最渴望的。

e.g. I happened on just the thing I had been looking for.

我偶然发现了我所要找的东西。

e.g. If you want a small screwdriver I've got just the thing here.

如果你要一把小螺丝刀，我这儿正好有一把。

第三， 语汇积累

1. do somebody a favour：帮忙

e.g. Do me a favour and turn the radio down while I'm on the phone, will you?

劳驾，我在打电话，把收音机的声音调小点好吗?

e.g. Please do me a favour and go to the shop for me.

请你帮我一个忙，替我到商店走一趟。

e.g. I've come to ask you to do me a favour. Would you please lend me your notebook computer for a couple of days?

我是来求你帮忙的，你的笔记本电脑能借给我用一两天吗？

2. on the top of：在……的顶上

e.g. At last they saw him emerge on the top of an eminence within hail.

最后，他们看到他在一个山岭上出现了，置身于欢呼之中。

e.g. Kate carried our school banner on the top of a hill.

凯特在山顶上举着我们的校旗。

其它：borrow something from：从……借某物

reach the books：伸手拿得到书籍