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刚刚好的英文小故事

时间:2014-05-08 10:34来源:VOA英语教学 作者:编辑组 点击:
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原标题:恰到好处英语怎么说? My wife suggested that we have a nice portrait painted of our family. So we sat for the artist and a couple of weeks later he told us hed finished. I had my doubts that the painting would come out

原标题:“恰到好处”英语怎么说? 
 

"My wife suggested that we have a nice portrait painted of our family. So we sat for the artist and a couple of weeks later he told us he'd finished. I had my doubts that the painting would come out really looking like us. But when he unveiled it, I was astonished! He captured our likenesses TO A TEE."

这段话意思是:我太太说,我们应该请人画个全家福,于是我们找了一位艺术家,让他给我们画。几个星期后,他告诉我们,作品已经完成。我本来还心有疑虑,觉得他可能会画得不像,但是,当他把作品拿到我们眼前时,我完全惊呆了! 他完全抓住了我们的神态,画得太逼真了!

这个画家真有本事! 我对画画是一窍不通,不过,我先生说我在烹饪方面很有天赋。去年他生日的时候,我照着菜谱做了一次烤牛排,结果大获成功! 牛排的火候和味道都是to a tee——恰到好处! 模样也和菜谱上的照片相差无几!

做饭要掌握火候,做人也是一样。比如买衣服,就要买符合自己身材和气质的。我们来听听下面这段话:

"With my job interview coming up, I wanted to look my best. I decided it was worth spending extra money on a high-quality designer suit. After trying on several, I found one that fit me TO A TEE. It was as if a tailor had made it to my exact measurements."

这段话的意思说:我过几天要去一个工作面试,所以我想,我得以最佳形象去见未来的雇主。我决定多花点钱,买一套高品质的名牌西服。在试穿了好几套之后,我终于找到了一套特别合适的。这衣服太合身了,简直像是裁缝为我量身定作的。

我想,这个年青人的面试一定进行得不错,因为他听上去很自信。而且,一套得体的西服能够给他的外表加分,能给雇主一个好印象,正所谓“clothes make the man - 人靠衣装”嘛! 衣服不仅要大小合适,还要符合个人气质。比如,我妹妹是个非常热情、外向的人,所以她的衣服大多是颜色鲜艳,款式潇洒的,我觉得,这些衣服suit her to a tee非常适合她。

To a tee这个说法由来已久,据说在17世纪时就有了。当时,这个短语中的tee指的是英文书写中细微的笔划。所以,to a tee,原意就是每一笔一划都精准。后来,就变成了“恰到好处,刚刚好”的意思。

(来源:VOA英语教学 编辑:丹妮)

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