2014年公共英语考试听力辅导资料：四级惯用语10

2014年公共英语考试听力辅导资料：四级惯用语10

2014年公共英语考试听力辅导资料：四级惯用语10

以先后顺序为准。

　　First come, first served. *“按到达的先后顺序”、“按报名顺序”，直译是“第一个来的，第一个得到供应”。

　　Do you take reservations? (你预订了吗?)

　　No, first come, first served. (没有，先来的先得。)

　　On a first-come, first-served basis.

　　过时了。

　　It's out of date.

　　Look at my camera. (你看我的照相机。)

　　But it's out of date already. (可它都过时了。)

　　It's old-fashioned.

　　It's outdated.

　　It's behind the times.

　　电视有长处，也有短处。

　　TV has its merits and demerits.

　　TV has its good and bad points.

　　There are good and bad points about TV.

　　我利用了他的弱点。

　　I took advantage of his weakness. *take advantage of...“利用……”。