想喺IELTS speaking入面攞到band 7或以上,你必須要展現到自己掌握豐富嘅詞匯量,并且懂得運用恰當 idioms 去形容各種情況。不過好多同學對 idioms 嘅瞭解都唔多,所以Wall Street English今次就教大家幾個實用嘅 idioms ,方便大家喺唔同情況下都可以運用自如。
1. A hot potato (燙手山芋)
燙手山芋是指棘手、麻煩的事或複雜的情況, 當在IETLS Speaking問到你一些複雜或難以解決的問題,你便可以用a hot potato去形容該事件。
- Strike a balance between economic development and environmental protection is truly a hot potato.
- 在經濟發展和環境保護之間取得平衡,真是一個燙手山芋。
2. Best of two worlds (兩全其美)
Best of two worlds直譯的中文意思就是兩個世界中最好的,意思即是兩全其美,各取其長,通常用來形容兩種截然不同的東西並各取其優點。
- If I can get this part-time job, that would be the best for two worlds. On the one hand I can spare time for my studies. On the other hand, I get extra income.
- 如果我能得到這份兼職,那將是兩全其美。一方面,我可以騰出時間學習。另一方面,我得到了額外的收入。
3. Butterflies in one’s stomach (忐忑緊張)
用來形容緊張不安的情緒,就好似肚子裏面有蝴蝶一樣,令人七上八下。
- To be very honest, I am feeling butterflies in my stomach already before my exam tomorrow.
- 老實説,我真的覺得很緊張。
4. A blessing in disguise (因禍得福)
這個idiom直接翻譯過來的中文是僞裝的好事,意思即最初看似是壞事最後卻得到意想不到的好結果,和中文的成語「塞翁失馬,焉知非福」有一樣的意思。
- Getting an unsatisfactory score the first time I took IELTS turned out to be a blessing in disguise as it made me realise my English was far from good. I was then motivated to study English harder than ever.
- 第一次考雅思成績不理想,卻是因禍得福。我因發現自己的英語能力還遠遠不夠,不得非常不努力學習英語。
5. Sit on the fence (猶豫不決)
Sit on the fence的字面意思是騎墻,意思亦是一樣的,指騎墻觀望、猶豫不決。
- Hong Kong people are generally politically apathetic. They usually sit on the fence when it comes to political issues.
- 香港人普遍對政治冷漠。當涉及到政治問題時,他們通常會袖手旁觀。
6. Kill two birds with one stone (一石二鳥)
一塊石頭可以打兩隻雀仔下來,便是一石二鳥、一舉兩得的意思。
- I would prefer studying abroad as not only could I learn a new language and culture, but I could also boost my competitiveness in society in the future. So I’d say it kills two birds with one stone.
- 我會選擇出國留學,不僅可以學習新的語言和文化,還可以提高我未來的社會競爭力,一舉兩得。
7. A drop in the ocean (滄海一粟)
大海中的一滴水,形容滄海一粟、九牛一毛、微不足道。
- The amount donated to the underprivileged is just a drop in the ocean.
- 對弱勢群體的捐款只是滄海一粟。