【英語天天向上】輕鬆每日一句：我向你保證

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1. 我向你保證，今天就開始戒菸。

【原句】I give you my word. I'll quit smoking today.
【解說】I give you my word. 意思是“我向你保證，一言爲定”，泛指沒有白紙黑字的口頭承諾。要贏取對方信任，還有其它不同的說法，如：I promise. 我向你保證。/ I swear. 我發誓。/ Believe me. 相信我吧。

2. 他有膽量當衆指責老闆。

【原句】He had the nerve to scold his boss in public.
【解說】have the nerve for/to do sth.，也可以說have a nerve或者have some nerve，有勇氣做某事，有膽量做某事。

3. 除非事關生死，否則別打攪我。

【原句】Don't disturb me unless it's a matter of life and death.
【解說】a matter of life and death - something that is very important or serious 生死攸關之事，非常重要或嚴肅的事

4. 金錢隨來即去，好名聲卻會伴你長久。

【原句】Money will come and go but a good name will carry you far in life.
【解說】come and go 來來往往，轉瞬即逝。Money will come and go. 也可以翻作“錢乃身外之物”。

5. 在被判持械搶劫罪後，他度過了十年牢獄生活。

【原句】He spent ten years behind bars after being convicted for armed robbery.
【解說】behind bars 坐牢，在監獄服刑

6. 整座城市裏到處都有街頭音樂人演奏着聖誕樂曲。

【原句】There were street musicians all over the city playing Christmas tunes.
【解說】tune是“曲調，旋律”的意思，要表達“演奏合調”我們可以說play in tune，相反“不合調”就是play out of tune。

7. 老實說，我對中期選舉毫無興趣。

【原句】Honestly speaking, I couldn't care less about the mid-term elections.
【解說】couldn't care less 用來表達對某事一點也不在乎，一點也沒興趣；相反，couldn't care more就表示很在乎，相當於care a lot。

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