每天三分钟学英语 第369期:用英文"讲故事"你会吗?一句好的开头,就成功了一半

 1、Setting the scene
描述背景

小意听说一个朋友在酒吧打架…

It wasn’t exactly a fight. We were at Brew¹ House, standing² near the bar. It was packed.
也不算是打架吧。我们在Brew House，在吧台附近站着。人特别多。

① 首先，给事件定个性：
It wasn’t exactly a fight.
其实并没打起来。

② 说明地点：
We were at Brew House, standing near the bar.
当时我们在Brew House. 在吧台附近站着。

*描述过去发生的一件事，用过去时were
*描述事情发生的场景，通常用at

③ 补充介绍：
It was packed.
人特别多。

*这里相当于It was crowded.

1 brew   

v.酿造，调制

参考例句：

• Let's brew up some more tea.咱们沏些茶吧。
• The policeman dispelled the crowd lest they should brew trouble.警察驱散人群，因恐他们酿祸。

2 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。