音频学习：「天黑了」千万不要用black！赶紧把你的中式英文收起音频跟读学习~"

经常听到有人说：The sky is black, I"ll go home. 其实这句话是有问题的，中文用「天黑」是没错，但在英文里是?的，不用 black哦~正确表达是：The sky is dark.

除了天黑我们容易用black，我们想要形容一个人皮肤黑时，第一个想到的可能也是black。black可以形容肤色，但是是指种族，那大家一定有疑问，皮肤黑怎么说呢？

You look tanned. 你看起来晒黑了。I"ve got dark skin. 我天生皮肤黑。那black到底怎么用啊！别急，听小编慢慢说~

Black Friday

黑色星期五（每年11月的第4个星期五）据称这也是美国版的“双十一”

be in the black

如果讲一个银行账户in the black，说明里面还有一些钱。如果一个人或企业是in the black，那么他们在银行还有存款，没有负债。

Incredibly, we"re still inthe black after our holiday.

难以置信，度假之后我们在银行还有存款！

a black day

A black day is a day whensomething very unpleasant or sad happens.

发生了一些很不开心的或者悲伤的事情的一天。

as clear as black andwhite

表示极度明显清晰，明显界定或区别，没有任何困惑或者含糊不清的空间

Love isn"t always as clearas black and white, you know. You have to accept that there are many gray areasin relationships.

爱不总是黑白分明的，你知道吗。在恋爱关系中你不得不接受里面许多的灰色地带。

Devil is not so blackas he is painted .

魔鬼并不像人们所画的那么黑。

No one is as bad as peoplesay he is. (which implies that people are saying too many bad things aboutsomeone.) I can"t believe that actress is as mean as the gossip columns say sheis. The devil is not so black as he is painted.

我不相信那个女演员真像八卦专栏上写的那么尖酸刻薄。魔鬼并不像大家所画的那么黑。

black out

a. (for lights) to go out 熄灭。

Suddenly the lights blackedout. 灯都熄灭了。

b. 昏倒，变得失去意识，断片儿

Every time I drink, Ialways black out.

每次一喝酒我就断片儿。

- END -

更多音频学习，点击“阅读原文”获取↓↓