英语第八次练习

1.debate

Should we cancel the tradition of gift money(彩礼) in a legal way?

No, it is important for citizens that modifying the money’s distribution rather than limiting the money’s name
it is a choice rather than a standard, cancelling it hardly have effects.
most of gift money are used for the girls’ private property for an insurance in the males’ home.

2.conversation making

on an even footing = on an equal footing (with one) : With or having no difference in position or advantage (compared to one).

I find couple’s therapy to be helpful because it gives each partner a chance to air their frustrations in an environment where they are on an equal footing.

up-and-coming:On a trajectory to become established or successful, especially in a career or as a business. Sometimes hyphenated.

She’s an up and coming star in the marketing department.

add fuel to the fire:To do or say something to make an argument, problem, or bad situation worse; to further incense an already angry person or group of people.

The debate was going poorly for the senatorial candidate, and his strikingly uncouth comments simply added fuel to the fire.

in one’s own right:Through one’s own talents or efforts.

His father was a hall-of-famer, and he’s a pretty good basketball player in his own right.

put into perspective = put (something) in(to) perspective :To clarify, appraise, or assess the true value, importance, or significance of something.

Seeing the devastation caused by a natural disaster like that really puts our petty gripes and problems in perspective, doesn’t it?

3.Speech

What’s the longest planning you have ever made in your life? Have you realized your goal yet

live a free and easy life, not yet.

4. Sentence Making

reach for the stars:To set one’s goals or ambitions very high; to try to attain or achieve something particularly difficult.

My parents always taught me to reach for the stars when I was growing up—that I could be anything I set my mind to!

blow up in one’s face:To have a plan go wrong or awry.

Mike was trying to sabotage my campaign, but the plan blew up in his face when I overhead him talking about it.

twiddle one’s thumbs:To wait idly because one cannot take action or has nothing to do at the moment. Although the phrase refers to an actual movement of the hand (in which one’s fingers are interlaced and each thumb is brought over the other in succession), the phrase is usually used figuratively.

I’m just twiddling my thumbs here in the ER, waiting for someone to give me an update on Claire’s condition.

see eye to eye on:To agree (with someone) about something; to share someone’s position or opinion on some topic or issue.

His mother and I don’t see eye to eye on his decision to drop out of college.

go through the motions:To do the base functions of some activity without much thought or interest.

I’ve done this job for so long that I just go through the motions every day.