Bingo教你说委婉语:看老外如何“花言巧语”

http://www.sina.com.cn   2012年02月01日 16:43   沪江英语
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  如何用英语更得体礼貌委婉的表达?老外如何“花言巧语”拐弯抹角?快看视频学习吧!

  考雅思的同学更要看,雅思口语少不得这些委婉语哦!

  1. die 可以表达为:pass away,pass on, go to heaven,

  go to a better place, meet one's maker,kick the bucket

  例如:Tom died last night.= Tom went to meet his maker last night.

  2. be unemployed 可以表达为: be between jobs

  例如: He is unemployed = He is between jobs at the moment.

  3.He is ugly. 可以表达为:

  He is unattractive.

  He has a unique face, one in a million.

  He has a face that only a mother could love.

  4.crippled可以表达为:disabled 或 physically challeged

  5. fat 可以表达为:chubby,overweight,portly,stout,plump

  视频来自@therealsolitary(微博)

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