中文里,我们可以用颜色表示情绪,举个简单的例子,“脸都羞红了”,“吓得脸色发白”,“脸都气青了”。
同样,在英文中也可以用颜色来渲染心情。假如能够试着把这些颜色放在
RED
(1)The president was treated to the red carpet in Rome.
总统在罗马受到了非常隆重的接待。
(2)It was a red-letter day in the history of Chinese revolution.
这是中国历史上值得纪念的日子。
(3)A thief was caught red-handed in the act of breaking open alock.
一个窃贼在砸开锁的时候被当场抓获。
(4)You said that l am very good. ls my face red.
你夸奖我,真使我难为情了。
(5)When he started criticizing my work,l really saw red.
当他批评我的工作时,我就非常生气。
(6)There is too much red-tape in obtaining an identity card.
领身份证的手续实在太麻烦了。
(7)They had to sell the firm, because for years they had operated it in thered.
因为经营这家公司这几年来一直在亏损,所以他们只好把它卖掉了。
(8)We’ll soon be out of the red.
我们很快就会扭亏为盈。
(9)Every time he comes to New York,he wants to paint the town red.
每一次来纽约,他都要畅饮一番。
(10)He is still green to his job.
他对他的工作尚无经验。
(11)Do you see any green in my eye?
你认为我很傻很天真吗?
(12)lf you want to be a successful gardener,of course you’ve got to havegreen fingers.
如果你想当个称职的园工,那你就得有一定的园艺技能。
(13)She is a green hand in teaching English.
在英语教学中,他还是个新手。
(14)Mother gave us the green light to go on the camping trip this summer.
今年夏天妈妈准许我们去野营一次。
(15)He has a green wound in the left breast.
他左胸上有一新伤口。
BLUE
(16)He is proud of his blue blood.
他因为出身名门贵族而感到骄傲。
(17)Things are looking extremely blue.
情况十分不妙。
(18)True blue will never stain.
真金不怕火炼。
(19)She ran and ran until she was blue in the face.
她一直跑啊跑啊,累得脸色发青十分疲惫。
(20)lt’s once in a blue moon that you get a chance like that.
你得到的是个千载难逢的好机会。
(21)He can read like a blue streak.
他看书特别快。
(22)The bad news came like a bolt out of the blue.
这消息来得有如青天霹雳。
(23)John arrived out of the blue.
约翰突然来了。
(24)A rainy day always gives me the blues.
下雨天总是令我心情十分抑郁。
注意:小智今天带给大家的这些颜色用法,一定不能一概而论,在托福口语考试中尽量要用的准确,不让考官误解噢。