英语口语听力是一个人综合英语语言能力的体现,也是英语学以致用相当重要的一个方面,下面基本都是 informal words(非正式词汇),英语口语中的高频词汇,词汇认识、句子能读懂,这些都不是目的,关键是需要熟练、自然地讲出来 人生在世、追名逐利、成功失败、老生常谈,通过下面几个句子和词汇,来让你用英语谈论成败更有魅力。
1. After years of hard work and patience, New Jacks finally made it . He's a millionaire now.make it : (idiom) to to be successful in your career 获得成功
2. Do you think his plan willcome offin the end?
come off : (informal) to be successful; to have the intended effect or result 成功
3. We'd been organising the trip for months, but in the end our plans fell through.
fall through : to not be completed, or not happen 失败、成为泡影
fizzle out : (informal) to gradually become less successful and end in a disappointing way 失败、成为泡影
New Jacks : How did your presentationgo overthis morning at the meeting? Gerry : It was a complete flop! New Jacks : I don’t believe it. You spent weeks working on that presentation. flop : a film/movie, play, party, etc. that is not successful (电影、戏剧、聚会等)失败