新概念英語第二冊習(xí)慣用語總結(jié):Lesson 80

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    1.dsiplay n./vt. 陳列,展覽,顯示
    on display 正在公開展出(being shown publicly)
    例句:1.A large number of newly published books in foreign languages are on display in the library.
    圖書館正在公開展出一大批新出版的外文書。
    2. A large selection of TVs, CDs and videotapes are on display in this audio-video equipment exhibition.
    大批精選的電視、CD唱片和錄像帶正在這次音像設(shè)備展覽會上展出。
    2.exhibition n. 展覽;展覽會
    Student's exhibition 學(xué)生展覽
    例句:Have you seen the new pottery Lisa's made for the student's exhibition?
    你看到莉薩為學(xué)生展覽做的新陶藝了嗎?
    3.million n. 百萬,百萬個
    a million things 一百萬件事情,很多事情,通常想說某人很忙(美國人擅長夸張,相比中國人,有過之而無不及,中國人常說:這可是百里挑一,說某人,某物極好,美國人對應(yīng)的說法應(yīng)是:This is one in a million。極盡夸張之能事)
    A: You are looking a little overwhelmed.
    看上去你有些招架不住。
    B: No wonder. I've got a million things to do and all of them have to be finished in the next twenty minutes.
    這一點(diǎn)兒都不奇怪。我有太多的事情要做,而且都得在20分鐘內(nèi)完成。
    one in a million 鳳毛麟角,百里挑一,佼佼者(rare)
    A: The school is lucky to have a teacher as good as Prof. Helen Johnson.
    學(xué)校很幸運(yùn)請到了像海倫·約翰遜教授這樣好的老師。
    B: She is one in a million.
    她可是百里挑一的。