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咱们学了这么多年英语了，遇见歪果仁一开口还是各种中式表达？还有常见的各种提示标志上也是满满的Chinglish，比如小英之前在商场扶梯还看见“小心碰头”被翻译成“Be%20careful,%20you%20may%20hit%20your%20head.”其实正常说法应该是“Mind%20your%20head.”
%20好了说回正题，为了避免尬聊，小英为小伙伴们找出了十句非常有用的口语表达，一起来看看是哪些吧~
%201.find%20one's%20tongue%20（[t??]）:%20to%20be%20able%20to%20talk;%20to%20figure%20out%20what%20to%20say能说得出话来
%20Mother%20shouted%20at%20me%20just%20now.%20I%20was%20too%20scared%20to%20find%20my%20tongue.妈妈刚才对我大嚷，我吓得说不出话来。
%20Ann%20was%20unable%20to%20find%20her%20tongue.%20She%20sat%20there%20in%20silence.安说不出话来，静静地坐在那。
%202.up%20for%20grabs%20（[gr?bs]）:%20something%20is%20available有待争取
%20One%20of%20our%20accountants%20
is retiring and his job is up for grabs.我们一位会计就要退休了，他空出来的职位可以争取一下。
That job is up for grabs to anyone who wants it.任何想得到这份工作的人都可以争取一下。
3.take for: to cheat someone by a certain amount of money上当受骗；被宰了
He was taken for all his money at the casino.那个赌场骗走了他所有的钱。
That crook took me for a hundred bucks. How much did he take you for?那个骗子骗我了一百块钱，他骗了你多少？
4.full of oneself：conceited or self-important自以为是
Mary is very unpopular because she's so full of herself.玛丽非常不受欢迎，因为她太自以为是了。
You don’t care about my feelings. You are too full of yourself.你一点也不在意我的感受，你太自以为是了。
5.a horse of a different color：a situation or a subject that is different from what you had first thought it was完全是另外一回事
A：Congratulations! I hear you were recommended by the school to take the exams applying for a position in the 
local government. A：恭喜你！听说你被学校推荐参加市政府的考试啦！
B: Taking the exam is one thing but passing it is a horse of a different color. B：参加考试是一回事，要通过考试就是另外一回事了。
6.break one’s neck：make a great effort to do something尽一切努力去做某事
I hope Tom would study harder, because I am breaking my neck to save money to keep him in college.我希望汤姆可以更用功一点，我想尽一切办法存钱供他上大学。
7.get up the nerve：get enough courage to do something鼓起勇气做某事
I wanted to do it, but I couldn't get up the nerve.我想去做，但我
没有足够的勇气。
I thought he would never get up the nerve to ask me for a date.我想他永远不会鼓起勇气跟我提出约会。
8.wait for the other shoe to drop： to await a seemingly inevitable event, especially one that is not desirable提心吊胆等待结果
He looks so nervous because he is waiting for the other shoe to drop.他看起来很紧张，因为他在等待最后的结果。
9.come a long way：to make significant progress取得很大进展
A：Kevin can play entire songs now, and they sound pretty good! A：凯文现在可以弹奏完整的曲子了，而且很好听！
B：Yep. He's really come a long way from when he could barely hold a guitar. B：是啊，他真的进步很大，一开始连吉他都抱不住呢！
10.close to home：affecting one deeply and emotionally because one can strongly relate to it感同身受
My patient's lung cancer diagnosis is close to home for me because my uncle recently died of the same thing.我病人的肺癌诊断让我感同身受，因为我叔叔最近因这个病去世了。
以上就是我们今天学习的主要内容
，口语表达最关键的点还是——主动开口！小伙伴们在积累各种知识的同时，记得学以致用也是很必要的！和小英一起学英语，无论是四六级水平测试还是雅思托福各种出国考试，咱们都不用怕的，一起来学英语吧！
（广之旅精英教育）
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