突破英语口语练习:尴尬,老外说的ATM居然不一定是取款机?
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    提到ATM,大家是不是第一时间想到银行的提款机?
    我相信百分之九十九的朋友都跟我一样吧~想到大把钞票啥啥啥的~但是英文里,ATM居然不一定表示自动取款机?可恶啊,又让它装到了。
    但是这么好玩有趣的表达,我不允许你们不会说!!快来一起学习吧!

     
    初来乍到
    fresh off the boat
    Newly arrived in another country but has yet to learn the customs and language.
    例句:
    He's fresh off the boat, and he just arrived yesterday.
    他初来乍到,昨天才到的。
    She's been here for over a year, but she behaves as if she’s fresh off the boat.
    她在这里已经一年多了,可她表现得好像是初来乍到似的。
     
    根据大家所说
    by/from all accounts
    - as said by most people
    例句:
    By all accounts, San Francisco is a city that’s easy to fall in love with.
    众所周知,旧金山是一个很容易爱上的城市。
    From all accounts, he’s a really nice guy.
    据大家所说,他真的是一个好人。
     
    提出,相处
    come up with sth
    -To suggest or think of an idea or plan
    例句:She’s come up with some amazing schemes to double her income.
    她想出了一些惊人的计划来使她的收入翻一番。
    They came up with words that their parents wouldn’t understand.
    他们提出了父母不会理解的话。
     
    不在乎
    be no skin off sb’s nose/back
    -It makes no difference to you what someone else does or thinks.
    例句:
    It's no skin off my nose if you don’t take my advice.
    如果你不听我的劝告,也没关系。
    It's no skin off their nose if you show up to the show or not.
    不管你去不去都没关系。
     
    弄清楚
    figure/work sth out
    To understand something or to find the answer to something by thinking about it.
    例句:
    There will be a full investigation to work out what caused the accident.
    将进行全面调查,找出事故原因。
    Investigators needed several months to figure out that a fraud had been committed.
    调查人员需要几个月的时间来查明是否有欺诈行为。
     
    多此一举,白费口舌
    preaching to the choir
    To try to persuade people who already agree with you.
    例句:
    The men who really need to hear the message don't come to the meetings, so I'm just preaching to the choir.
    真正需要听到消息的人不会来开会,所以我只是白费口舌。
     
    此时此刻
    ATM - at the moment
     
    随时
    ADN - any day now
     
    美国总统
    POTUS - President of the United States
     
    尽快
    ASAP - as soon as possible
     
    我得走啦
    GTG - got to go
     
    祝有美好的一天
    HAND - have a nice day
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