【口语版】人生需要“翻页”——Turn over a new leaf

欢迎关注VX公众号：英语主播Emily获取更多免费英语学习资料和课程A: Now that it's the new year, I've decided to turn over a new leaf. 既然现在新年，我决定从头开始。B: Yeah, you finally decided to wipe the slate clean. 真的吗？你终于决定重新开始了。A: You got it. I have a new job. I'm living in a new city with new friends. This is my opportunity to make some small changes in the way I live my life.说得对。我有了新的工作，如今居住在新的城市，也有了新的朋友，这是个好时机，按照我想过的生活方式去做一些小改变。B: So what are you going to do? Take up an art class or something?那你打算做些什么？参加艺术班还是其他的事情？A: Well, first of all, I've decided to stop smoking. It's not that I'm pinching pennies or anything. It's just that I've been smoking since I was sixteen and I think it's time to stop.首先，我决定戒烟。并不是因为我想省钱或是别的。而且我从16岁开始抽烟，我想是时候戒烟了。B: I'm with you on that one. Anything else you're planning on doing?在这点上我同意你的观点，你还打算做别的事吗？A: One last thing, I've decided to come out of the closet.最后一件事，我决定公开同性恋。B: It's about time.也是时间了。turn over a new leaf翻开新的一页。例句：Let's turn over a new leaf and forget the past.让我们翻开新的一页，忘记过去。I'm going to quit my job, turn over a new leaf, start a new job.我要辞职，我要翻开新的一页，开始新的工作。wipe the slate clean购销往事例句：I was unhappy with the way I was living, so I decided to wipe the slate clean and start again.我对自己的生活方式很不满意，所以我决定一笔勾销，重新开始。pinch pennies精打细算例句：We'll have to spend money when necessary. Don't pinch pennies all the time.该花钱的时候还是要花钱。不要一直精打细算。Since we have a mortgage of 8000 yuan a month, we need to pinch pennies.既然我们每个月有8000的房贷，我们需要精打细算过日子。I'm with you on that.在这点上我同意你例句：I'm with you when you say that life's not fair, but I don't agree that we should just sit around and feel sorry for ourselves when life gets tough.当你说生活不公平的时候，我同意你的看法。但我不同意当生活变得艰难时，我们应该只是坐在那里为自己感到难过。come out of the closet出柜例句：I'm going to come out of the closet and tell everyone that I'm gay.我打算出柜。我要告诉所有人我是男同性恋。

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