迷你对话学地道口语第2044期:熬夜
日期:2020-06-16 18:28

(单词翻译:单击)

情景对话:

A : You look sleepy.

你好像很困。

B: I stayed up late last night preparing for the quiz.

我昨晚熬夜了,要准备测验。

A: You should take care of yourself.

你要好好照顾自己。

B: I will. Thank you!

我会的,谢谢!

第一,词海拾贝:

stay up late

exp. To remain awake past one's usual or required bedtime. (熬夜

e.g. We let Johnny stay up late last night so he could count down to midnight with us for New Year's Eve.

我们让约翰尼昨晚睡得很晚,这样他就可以和我们一起倒数到午夜过新年了。

e.g. He missed two classes so he had to stay up late to catch up on his homework.

他误了两堂课,所以必须熬夜才能做完作业。

e.g. Owing to still very weak, she can not stay up late long time.

由于还很虚弱,她不能长时间熬夜。

e.g. Afterwards she relent and let the children stay up late to watch TV.

后来她宽容了些,让孩子们晚睡看电视。

第二,语汇积累

1. take care of:照顾,照料

e.g. No doubt they will be delighted to take care of him.

毋庸置疑,他们会很高兴照顾他的。

e.g. I know you'll be able to take care of it.

我知道你能够处理好这件事。

2. prepare for:为……做准备

e.g. We were given two days to prepare for the examination.

给了我们两天时间来准备考试。

e.g. I' ve had no time to prepare for this meeting so I' ll have to play it by ear.

我没有时间准备这次会议, 所以只好有什么谈什么。

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