迷你對話學地道口語第1934期:大幅度增加或提高

第一， 情景對話

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A: I'm hoping that my teacher will jack up my grade because she likes me.

因爲老師喜歡我，所以我希望他能提高我的分數。

B: Don't dream of it. She's not that kind of person.

別做夢了。老師根本不是那樣的人。

第二， 詞海拾貝

jack up

exp. To increase sharply. （大幅度增加，提高）

e.g. Please stop jacking up the volume on the TV. I can barely hear what mother telling me something.

請不要把電視音量調得太大，我幾乎聽不到媽媽跟我說話。

e.g. The grocery store jacked up the prices again last night.

雜貨店昨晚又太高價格了。

e.g. Because of the drought, the stores jacked up the price of lettuce.

由於乾旱，商店提高了萵苣的價格。

e.g. That candidate is going to jack taxes up after the election.

那位候選人將在選舉後增加稅收。

第三， 語彙積累

dream of：夢想

e.g. He finally realized his dream of becoming an actor.

他當演員的夢想終於實現了。

e.g. I dream of being the best footballer in the town.

我夢想成爲全城最好的足球隊員。