迷你对话学地道口语第236期:到处都找遍

　　迷你对话：
A: Have you found your watch?
你找到你的手表了吗？
B: Not yet, but I have looked high and low.
好没有呢，但是我到处找遍了。
A: Perhaps you lost in your office. I remembered you left it there last time.
也许，你把它落在办公室了吧。我记得上次你就忘在办公室了。
B: Yeah. Let me see. Perhaps I lost it in my drawer on Friday. Thank you for your reminding¹. You know it’s my birthday gift from my parents when I was fourteen. I like it very much.
是呀，让我想一想。也许星期五的时候我把它放在抽屉里了，谢谢你的提醒。你知道那块表是我十四岁的生日的时候父母送给我的生日礼物，我非常喜欢它。
地道表达：
look high and low
解词释义：
改词语的意思就是“高处低处都找遍了”，意即：到处找遍。
支持范例：
I looked high and low for the key but I could not find it .
我哪儿都找遍了，可是没找到那把钥匙。
I've looked high and low for my wallet.
我上上下下地找我的钱包。
Bill looked high and low for his lost shoe.
Bill到处找他丢了的那只鞋。
词海拾贝：
1. last time：上次
Eg. The last time (when) I saw him, he was quite well.
最后一次看到他时，他还相当健康。
Eg. You didn't get caught last time, but don't push your luck!
上次没把你抓住，可别再碰运气了！
2. a gift from：......送的礼物
Eg. I've received a gift from him, but I'm not going to accept it.
我收到了他送的礼物，但是我不准备接受。
Eg. To have such an easy examination² paper is a gift from the God³
碰到这样容易的考卷，那是老天爷的恩赐。
要点提示：
Let me see.
译文：让我想想。
讲解：see在这里的意思是“想想”。

1 reminding   

v.使想起( remind的现在分词 )；提醒

参考例句：

• Thanks for reminding. I'd forgotten all about his coming this afternoon. 谢谢你提醒我，我完全忘了他今天下午要来。
• The scenery here has great charm, reminding one of the land of Guilin. 这里山清水秀，宛然桂林风光。

2 examination   

n.考试，考查，试题；检查，调查

参考例句：

• Teachers always judge their students on the final examination.老师常根据期末考试来评价他们的学生。
• He put up a good show in the final examination.他在期末考试中表现得不错。

3 god   

n.上帝，神；被极度崇拜的人或物

参考例句：

• God knows how the cat got up on the roof.只有天知道那只猫是怎样爬上房顶的。
• God wills that man should be happy.上帝愿人类幸福。