3分鐘學英語 [430]:讀了那么多英文書,卻連半句話也聊不出?開始懷疑人生了?

A good read

很好看，寫得很好

【例句一】
I just finished The Old Man and the Sea. It was a good read.
我剛看完《老人與海》。讀起來很輕松。

【例句二】
I normally don't enjoy romance novels, but The Time Traveler's Wife is a good read.
我通常不喜歡愛情小說，但《時間旅行者的妻子》真的很好讀。

【例句三】
I highly recommend The Book Thief. It's a good read.
我非常推薦《偷書賊》。它很好看。

 

 

A quick read
讀起來很快

【例句】
I finished The Hunger Games over the weekend. It was a quick read.
我一個周末就看完了《饑餓游戲》。它讀起來很快。

A boring read
讀起來很無聊

【例句】
Fifty Shades of Grey is a boring read. I only got halfway through it.
《五十度灰》好無聊。我只看了一半。

Magnum opus
[mæɡnju?'m?p?s]
代表作

【例句一】
The Old Man and the Sea is Hemingway’s magnum opus.
《老人與海》是海明威的代表作。

【例句二】
Animal Farm is great, but I think 1984 is Orwell's magnum opus.
《動物農場》很棒，但我覺得《1984》才是奧威爾的代表作。

【例句三】
It's hard to choose a single magnum opus for Mozart, but if I had to, it'd be Requiem.
很難選出一首莫扎特的代表作，但如果一定要選，會是《安魂曲》。

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