每日一句口语 437

今天的每日一句是：

I am going to do it.- Stop saying. Start doing.

There is a big difference between saying you are going to do something,

and actually doing it. Action always beats empty words.

我准备去做—停止用嘴巴说开始行动。

真正付诸行动和说要去做之间有很大差异。行动总能战胜空话(事实胜于雄辩)

Notes:

1.start

n. 开始；动身；开动；起点

vt.& vi. 出发，启程

vt. 起动；提出（问题）；开办；使开始

vi. 起始；突然出现；突然跳起；突然涌出

常见搭配：

a fresh start

新的起点, 新的开始

a rum start

[口]惊人事件

at the start

开始, 起初

at the very start

一开始, 当初awake with a start

突然惊醒

by fits and starts

一阵一阵地, 间歇地

Early start makes easy stages.

[谚]早点动身, 一路从容; 早开始是成功的保证。

false start

毫无结果的尝试；起跑犯规, 抢跑

flying start

(赛车[艇]等)行进出发；良好的开端; 成功的开始

from start to finish

自始自终, 彻头彻尾

get a start

吃惊, 吓一跳

get off to a bad start

开头不顺利

head start

比...先开始; 早出发; 领先; 良好的开端; 顺利的开始

2. difference

n. 差别，差异；[数]差数，差额；意见分歧；特色

vt. 辨别，区分

常见搭配：

all the difference (in the world)

天渊之别, 大不相同

as near as makes no difference

没有多少差别

iron¹ out the difference(s)

消除分歧

make a difference

有很大差别, 有很大 不同；有很大的关系[影响]

make all the difference

关系重大, 大不相同

pay the difference

付差额金

settle² differences

调停

split³ the difference

妥协, 折中, 互相让步

What's the difference?

这有什么关系呢?

1 iron   

n.铁，熨斗，坚强，烙铁，镣铐；vt.烫平，熨，用铁包；vi. 烫衣服

参考例句：

• The iron has lost its magnetic force.这块铁已失去了磁力。
• We need an electrician to mend the iron.我们要请电工修理熨斗。

2 settle   

vi.安家；定居；停留；vt.使定居；安排；解决

参考例句：

• I have to settle my affairs before leaving here.离开这儿以前，我得把一些私人的事情安排妥当。
• She has decided how she should settle the matter.她已做出决定如何来了解这件事。

3 split   

n.劈开，裂片，裂口；adj.分散的；v.分离，分开，劈开

参考例句：

• Who told you that Mary and I had split up?谁告诉你玛丽和我已经离婚了？
• The teacher split the class up into six groups.老师把班级分成6个小组。