托福閱讀詞匯中,有一些RED,GREEN,BLUE等表示顏色的詞,其實這些顏色詞除了表示具體的顏色之外,在不同國家的不同文化,還有著別樣的含義。
1. GREEN:
(0)He is still green to his job.
他對其工作尚無經(jīng)驗。
(1)Do you see any green in my eye?
你認為我幼稚可欺嗎?
(2)lf you want to be a successful gardener,of course you’ve gotto have green fingers.
假如你想當個稱職的園工,那你就得有園藝技能。
(3)She is a green hand in teaching English.
在英語教學中,他還是個生手。
(4)Mother gave us the green light to go on the camping trip this summer.
媽媽準許我們今年夏天去野營一次。
(5)He has a green wound in the left breast.
他左胸上有一新傷口。
2. BLUE:
(6)He is proud of his blue blood.
他因出身名門貴族而驕傲。
(7)Things are looking extremely blue.
情況極其不妙。
(8)True blue will never stain.
真金不怕火煉。
(9)She ran and ran until she was blue in the face.
她跑啊跑啊,累得臉色發(fā)青精疲力竭。
(10)lt’s once in a blue moon that you get a chance like that.
你得到的是個千載難逢的機會。
(11)He can read like a blue streak.
他看書極快。
(12)The bad news came like a bolt out of the blue.
這消息來得如青天霹靂。
(13)John arrived out of the blue.
約翰突然來了。
(14)A rainy day always gives me the blues.
下雨天總是使我心情抑郁。