COOL ENGLISH——短语活用

1.a piece of cakeA: What do you think of the final exam?B: It's a piece of cake to me.A: You're bragging again, what if you failed?B: No way.甲: 你觉得期末考试怎么样?乙: 再容易不过了。甲: 你又在吹牛了。你要不及格呢?乙: 不可能。     

A Piece of Cake

piece是“块,片”,cake是“蛋糕”,那a piece of cake不就是“一块蛋糕”的意思啦？如果你也这样去理解“It’s a piece of cake．”这句话,那就真的误会John了。     

趣味词

A Piece of Cake同学们，你们知道“a piece of cake”的意思吗？下面，我给你们讲一个有趣的故事。一位初到美国的人，不懂英文，所以他就每天去语言学校学习英文。有一天，在休息时，他问一个同学他没听懂的问题，之后他对同学说：“Thank you very much．”那位同学回答说：“You are welcome．It's a piece of cake．”他听了后心里想：美国确实是一个金钱社会，做什么事情都要报酬。于是他说：“我今天没带蛋糕，饼干行不行？     

A Piece of Cake

中文和英文都喜欢用“吃”来打比方。我们汉语中有个成语是用来形容一件事特别容易的,就是“小菜一碟”。英语中也有一个成语是差不多的意思:a piece of cake。看来饮食真的是人类的根本啊!和a piece of cake意思相近的还有aseasy as pie、a piece of pie。这两个也是挺有趣的短语。据考证,19世纪的时候pie这个词就用来指“非常容易的事情”了。但是它们确切的起源还是无人知晓。我们用三个例子来具体说明一下:John is very good at mathematics,so thetest was a piece of cake for him.约翰的数学很好,所以这次考试对他来说真是小菜一碟。—You’ll win this swimming competi-tion.—你会赢得这次游泳比赛的。—Why do you say that?—为什么这么说?—Because you can swim much fasterthan the other contestants.It’ll be a piece ofpie!—因为你比其他对手游得快多了。赢得比赛对你来说就是小菜一...     

A Piece of Cake

I knew little about English when I first came to America．So I went toa language school every day to learn English．One day，during the break Iasked one of my classmates a question that I didn蒺t understand．When Ithanked her for it，she said：“You are welcome．It蒺s a piece of cake．”Ithought to myself：“America is really a society for money in whicheverything is done for pay．”Thus I said to her：“I haven蒺t taken any pieceof cake with me today．How about a piece of biscuit？”Sh…     

Let＇s Trade

Let‘s Trade！Will you take a piece of cake for an apple?a good book for a game?a toy boat for a car?     

COOL ENGLISH

cake It＇s a piece of cake．它太容易了。这个句子相当于It＇s very easy．或It＇s simple．你也可以简单地说成It＇s a cake!形容一门课程很好学,用英语表达就是a cake course。同学问你如何能打出那么漂亮的一球,而你觉得那是“小菜一碟”,就可以说：It＇s a piece of cake!Watch!（太容易了!看着!）     

猜一猜

A sundae and a piece of cake cost $2.50 but the cake costs a dollar more than the sundae.     

情景英语一分钟

a little too far有点太过分了A:I feel so sorry．but I didn’t mean it．B:Really．don’t you know you have gone a little too far? A:我十分抱歉,但我不是有意的。B:真的,难道你不知道你有点太过分吗？after you请你先走(两人同时出门,让对方先行) A:You first．B:No．after you．A:Thanks!it's nice of you．     

英语习语趣谈

A Piece of Cake. [指点迷津] 生活中，当我们想表达某件事很容易做时，可以说： “It＇ s a piece of cake.＂”（小菜一碟，易事一件）。想想吧：做某件事犹如吃一块蛋糕，那还不容易？     

新目标七年级（上）Units 9—12口语导航

（A） 【情景对话】 A： Are you a musician？ B： Yes, I play for a rock band. A： What can you play？ B： I can play the trumpet. A： Can you play it well？ B： Yes, a little.     

超级成语SHOW

1.rise like a phoenix from its ashes从毁灭中再生,新生干劲大A:Oh,my God!The Indonesia Tsunami destroyed this city totally! B:Though it was destroyed,I believe it will rise like a phoenix from its ashes soon. A:噢,天哪!这次印尼海啸把这个城市彻底摧毁了。B:虽然这座城市遭到了破坏,但我相信它很快就会从毁灭中再生的。2.get the hang of找到……的窍门A:Have you got the hang of using this camera? B:Yes.It is a piece of cake to me. A:你找到用这个照相机的窍门了吗? B:找到了,这对我来说是小菜一碟。     

COOL ENCLISH

cake It's a piece of cake.它太容易了.这个句子相当于It's very easy.或It's simple.你也可以简单地说成It's a cake!形容一门课程很好学,用英语表达就是a cake course.同学问你如何能打出那么漂亮的一球,而你觉得那是"小菜一碟",就可以说:It's a piece of cake!Watch!(太容易了!看着!)     

口语俱乐部

1．the salt of the earth：优秀的人;社会精华salt（盐）是人类生活中不可缺少之物,它能使食物增添味道,古代尤为珍贵,所以salt of the earth（世上的盐）在英语口语中常被来喻指“优秀的人”“社会精华”。例：A：Did you talk with Harold at the party last time？B：No．Ihaven’t known him before．A：What a pity!Buthe’s the salt of the earth today．A：上次在聚会上你和哈罗德交谈了吗？B：没有。我以前不认识他。A：真可惜!他可是当今社会的精英。     

英语典型错译例析

1.The boy asked me to give him a lift.[误]这个男孩请求我把他举起来。[正]这个男孩请求我让他搭便车。[析]give sb.a lift意为“让某人搭便车或帮某人忙”,也可说give a lift to sb.。2.Don’t worry!That’S only a piece of cake.[误]不用担心,那仅仅是一块蛋糕。[正]不用担心,那仅仅是小事一桩。[析]a piece of cake为固定短语,并非字面意义     

你的幸运符是什么?

A Charmed Life You like the constant reassur- ance[放心] of a little luck in your life．so you often carry a spe- cial token[象征物] with you．It could be anything from a meaningful piece of jewelry to a rabbit foot on your key chain[钥匙扣]．You want all the help you can to get things to go your way!     

1.A piece of cake

对西方人来说，蛋糕是极其平常的食物。无论是做蛋糕还是吃蛋糕．都是轻松愉快的一桩小事，因此，a piece of cake这个习语的意思是“非常简单，易如反掌．小菜一碟”。如：     

A Piece of Cake

中文和英文都喜欢用“吃”来打比方。我们汉语中有个成语是用来形容一件事特别容易的,就是“小菜一碟”。英语中也有一个成语是差不多的意思:a piece of cake。看来饮食真的是人类的根本啊!和a piece of cake意思相近的还有aseasy as pie、a piece of pie。这两个也是挺有趣的短语。据考证,19世纪的时候pie这个词就用来指“非常容易的事情”了。但是它们确切的起源还是无人知晓。我们用三个例子来具体说明一下:John is very good at mathematics,so thetest was a piece of cake for him.约翰的数学很好,所以这次考试对他来说真是小菜一碟…     

超级巨星(英文)

People always talk about All the things there all about Write it on a piece of paper Got a feeling I’ll see you later There’s something’bout this Lets keep it moving And if it's good let’s just get something coking’Cause I really wanna rock with you I’m feeling some connection[关系]to the things you do (You do,you do)     

超级成语SHOW

1．not tum a hair泰然自若：毫不疲倦 A： What＇s his reaction when you told him that he had lost his job？ B： Guess it ! A： Maybe he felt very sad and didn＇t say a word with you？ B： On the contrary, he didn＇t turn a hair and even asked me to have dinner together.