She is always running out of make-up.
對 話
Jennifer: I'm really annoyed with my roommate Sara.
Michelle: Why? She seems quite nice to me.
Jennifer: She's always running out of make-up and when she does she just uses mine without even asking.
Michelle: Hm, that's not very nice. Why don't you try locking it up?
Jennifer: I could, but she'd probably get really annoyed with me.
Michelle: Oh dear, you've got a bit of a problem there.
詹妮弗：我的室友薩拉實在討厭。
米歇爾：為什么？我看她這個人很不錯。
詹妮弗：她自己的化妝品一用完了，就用我的，甚至不先問問我，而且經(jīng)常如此。
米歇爾：嗯，那實在不大好。為什么不試試把化妝品鎖起來？
詹妮弗：我可以鎖起來，但這可能令她很不高興。
米歇爾：唉，那實在有點麻煩。
She is always running out of make-up這一句，其實關乎兩個動詞詞組(phrasal verb) : run out和make up。Run out是‘耗盡’，主詞(subject)可以是那耗盡的事物，也可以是耗盡那事物的人，而用of帶出那事物，例如：(1) Our store of firewood is beginning to run out（我們儲存的木柴快要用完了）。(2) I must go to the supermarket for some sugar - we've run out/I must go to the supermarket - we've run out of sugar（我們沒有糖了，得上超級市場買了）。
常用語to run out of time就是‘沒時間了’，例如：Time is running out. If we don't act now, we'll be ruined（時間已經(jīng)不多了，我們現(xiàn)在不行動，就要完蛋了）。Make up作動詞，有‘彌補’的意思，例如：He tried to make up the time lost by driving at a dangerously high speed（他以危險的高速開車，希望彌補失去的時間）?；瘖y可以彌補容貌的不足，所以也叫做make up，例如：She carefully made her face up before going out with her boyfriend（他和男朋友外出之前，先細心打扮）。而make-up作名詞，就是化妝品。留意Why don't you try locking it up?一語。Try之后可以用‘to＋原形動詞(infinitive)’，也可用動名詞(gerund)，但兩個句式的意思不同：一是指‘努力去做某事’，一是指‘試做某事看看有什么效果’。所以，I tried to lock it up是‘我努力試圖把它鎖上，但未必成功’；I tried locking it up是‘我把它鎖起來，看看有什么效果’。(
對 話
Jennifer: I'm really annoyed with my roommate Sara.
Michelle: Why? She seems quite nice to me.
Jennifer: She's always running out of make-up and when she does she just uses mine without even asking.
Michelle: Hm, that's not very nice. Why don't you try locking it up?
Jennifer: I could, but she'd probably get really annoyed with me.
Michelle: Oh dear, you've got a bit of a problem there.
詹妮弗：我的室友薩拉實在討厭。
米歇爾：為什么？我看她這個人很不錯。
詹妮弗：她自己的化妝品一用完了，就用我的，甚至不先問問我，而且經(jīng)常如此。
米歇爾：嗯，那實在不大好。為什么不試試把化妝品鎖起來？
詹妮弗：我可以鎖起來，但這可能令她很不高興。
米歇爾：唉，那實在有點麻煩。
She is always running out of make-up這一句，其實關乎兩個動詞詞組(phrasal verb) : run out和make up。Run out是‘耗盡’，主詞(subject)可以是那耗盡的事物，也可以是耗盡那事物的人，而用of帶出那事物，例如：(1) Our store of firewood is beginning to run out（我們儲存的木柴快要用完了）。(2) I must go to the supermarket for some sugar - we've run out/I must go to the supermarket - we've run out of sugar（我們沒有糖了，得上超級市場買了）。
常用語to run out of time就是‘沒時間了’，例如：Time is running out. If we don't act now, we'll be ruined（時間已經(jīng)不多了，我們現(xiàn)在不行動，就要完蛋了）。Make up作動詞，有‘彌補’的意思，例如：He tried to make up the time lost by driving at a dangerously high speed（他以危險的高速開車，希望彌補失去的時間）?；瘖y可以彌補容貌的不足，所以也叫做make up，例如：She carefully made her face up before going out with her boyfriend（他和男朋友外出之前，先細心打扮）。而make-up作名詞，就是化妝品。留意Why don't you try locking it up?一語。Try之后可以用‘to＋原形動詞(infinitive)’，也可用動名詞(gerund)，但兩個句式的意思不同：一是指‘努力去做某事’，一是指‘試做某事看看有什么效果’。所以，I tried to lock it up是‘我努力試圖把它鎖上，但未必成功’；I tried locking it up是‘我把它鎖起來，看看有什么效果’。(