爆笑英语口语 第386期:为什么24/7在英语中如此神奇

 　　Language Points

　　How time flies

　　光阴似箭

　　Refers to time passing quickly. This is commonly used especially when talking about how children grow and develop.

　　用来形容时间过得很快，常常用在感叹孩子的长大。

　　mom:it seems it was just yesterday that Mandy graduated from Kindergarten school. Now I'm a grandmother. Mandy: My, how time flies.

　　妈妈：Mandy从幼儿园毕业仿佛还是昨天，现在我都当外婆了。

　　Mandy：天！时间过得真快啊！

　　High time

　　好时机

　　the appropriate¹ time for something.

　　做某事的恰当时间

　　It's high time we did something about this broken down truck. I'm planning of selling it and buying a new one.

　　是时候处理一下这个坏货车了，我正准备卖了他再去买个新的。

　　time after time

　　反反复复

　　to repeat something over and over again

　　重复一件事一遍又一遍

　　Time after time Tom was late for school. His teacher told him if he was late again he would be in big trouble.

　　Tom屡次迟到，他的老师说如果他再迟到会有大麻烦。

　　too much time on my hands

　　闲得要命

　　means² that you have too much free time and not enough things to do.

　　意思是你有大把的时间没事儿做。

　　Joe watches TV 24/7 because he has too much time on his hands. He needs to get a job.

　　Joe从早到晚都在看电视，实在是闲得要命。他应该去找个工作了。

　　a whale of a time

　　美妙时光

　　means to have a great time; to do something really fun

　　意思是度过了很开心的时光，做了很多开心的事。

　　We had a whale of a time at your barbecue. Will you be hosting another one next weekend?

　　我们在你的烧烤派对上玩得特嗨，你下周还组织一场不？

1 appropriate   

adj.适当的，合适的；v.拨出，挪用，盗用

参考例句：

• It is appropriate that he should get the post.由他担任这一职务是恰当的。
• We should take appropriate measures to improve our teaching.我们应当采取适当的措施提高教学质量。

2 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。