1. I don’t see how can……. 我不2. 明白你怎么能…….
I don’t see how can…… 是”我不明白你怎么能…..”的意思。具體用法詳見以下例句：
A：I don’t see how you can handle so many different jobs at once!
我不知道你怎么能同時做這么多份不同的工作!
B：I don’t see how you can stand doing the same job all the time!
我則不明白你怎么能忍受一直做同一份工作!
A：I saw on the news that around 9,000 students got a “0” on the English exam!
我在電視新聞上看到，大約有九千個學(xué)生英文考試抱了個大鴨蛋
B：I don’t see how they can get a zero on an English exam.
真不知道這些人英文怎么能考零分?
A：Are you kidding? English grammar is so hard! Not to mention the spelling!
你開什么玩笑?英文文法那么難!更別提拼字了。
3. You need to lighten up! 你需要放輕松!
當(dāng)某人正經(jīng)八百，或緊張兮兮的時候，你就可以用You need to lighten up! 或 Lighten up!來要對方“放輕松!”
A：We can’t go out for dinner! We have to finish this project!
我們不能出去吃晚餐，我們必須做完這個計劃!
B：Lighten up! It’s not due for days! 放輕松!還有好幾天才會結(jié)束!
A：Our neighbors are drinking and making so much noise! 我們的鄰居在喝酒，吵死了!
B：Lighten up! It’s the weekend. They’re just having a little fun!
放輕松!今天是周末!他們只是小小娛樂一下!
4. You can’t teach an old dog new tricks!你沒辦法教老狗玩新把戲。
該句就是“老狗玩不出新把戲”，比喻上了年紀(jì)或已經(jīng)變成老油條的人失去了創(chuàng)新、求變的能力。
Girl: Mom, I was thinking about getting Dad to dress in cooler clothes…
媽，我在想要讓爸爸嘗試穿著較新潮的衣服…..
Mom: Honey, don’t even try. You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.
親愛的，別試了，老狗是玩不出新把戲的。