筆者總結(jié)了一些地道的口語表述法，希望能幫助同學們提高口語水平。

1.I owe you

借條，欠據(jù)

例句：

I’ll need an I owe you because I don’t have any money.

我沒錢了，得找你開張借條了。

2.Give it to me straight

有話直說

例句：

How bad is it？ Just give it to me straight.

情況到底有多糟？你就直接告訴我吧。

3.Don’t be a stranger

別變生疏了（保持聯(lián)系）

例句：

Keep in touch， man. Don’t be a stranger.

保持聯(lián)系啊，伙計。別生疏了。

4.Get a life

別煩我，做點有意義的事

例句：

Would you stop bothering me and get a life？

你能不能別煩我了，做點兒事去？

5.Nature calls

內(nèi)急，要上廁所

例句：

Can you pull the car over at a rest stop as soon as you can？ Nature calls！

你能不能快點找個休息站點停一下車？內(nèi)急！

6.What’s eating you？

你怎么了？

例句：

You’re in a bad mood today. What’s eating you？

你今天情緒不太好啊。到底怎么啦？

7.Take a hike

滾蛋

例句：

He asked for my phone number and I told him to take a hike.

他問我要電話號碼，我叫他滾蛋了。

8.I’m hosed

我完蛋了

例句：

I am hosed. My mom found out I skipped school last week.

這下慘了。我媽發(fā)現(xiàn)我上周翹課了。

9.Hang in there

堅持下去

例句：

Hang in there. I am sure things will work out in the end.

堅持住。我相信問題最后會解決的。

10.Since when

從什么時候起（太陽打西邊出來了）

例句：

Since when have you been interested in my opinion？

你啥時候起也開始關(guān)心我的意見了？

11.Dressed to kill

打扮迷人

例句：

She must be trying to impress him. She is dressed to kill.

她一定花了很大心思要引他注意，穿得這么花枝招展。

12.It totally slipped my mind

完全忘記要做的事

例句：

There was something I needed to do today but it totally slipped my mind.

我今天有個什么事要做，但是我完全想不起來了。

13.Let’s go fifty-fifty

平分賬單

例句：

Let’s split the tab for drinks， go fifty-fifty.

喝酒的賬單咱們平分吧。

14.Good for nothing

一無是處

例句：

That girl is a good for nothing troublemaker.

那姑娘就是個一無是處的搗亂鬼。

15.You bet

當然，肯定地

例句：

You bet I’ll be at your game. I would not miss it.

我當然會去看你的比賽，絕對不會錯過。

16.Ring a bell

使人想起

例句：

I can’t put my finger on it， but it definitely rings a bell.

我沒法明確說出來是什么，但這絕對聽著耳熟。

17.Goose bumps

雞皮疙瘩

例句：

The movie was so horrible that I started getting goose bumps all over my arms.

這電影太恐怖了，我胳臂上都起了一層雞皮疙瘩。

18.I’m beat

我好累

例句：

I had a tough day today. I’m totally beat.

今天真辛苦，累死我了。

19.On the dot

準時地、一秒不差

例句：

I don’t want to be waiting for you， so you’d better be there at three o’clock on the dot.

我可不想等你，所以你最好3點鐘準時到那兒。

20.Out of this world

極好的，非凡的

例句：

The movie totally blew me away. It was really out of this world.

這部電影徹底震撼到我了，真的太棒了。

21.Over one’s head

太難懂，超出理解力

例句：

Don’t bother explaining it to him. It’s over his head.

不用費心跟他解釋了，這完全超出他的理解范圍。

22.Play it by ear

見機行事

例句：

I’ll have to play it by ear because I don’t know how long they want me to work.

我得見機行事，因為我也不知道他們會讓我干多久。

23.Sleep on it

再考慮一晚

例句：

I’ve been thinking about this problem for two hours. I think I will sleep on it. It might come to me in the tomorrow morning.

我想這個問題想了兩小時了，我要再深思熟慮一晚，大概明天早上能想到答案。