你以为thing很low？其实它在雅思口语中大有妙用！

“Thing”这个单词，同学们估计在各种场合各种情况下都有碰到过，小编之前和同学们说过，不建议大家在雅思口语考官面前使用“thing”，主要是因为它单用的时候指代的含义太过笼统，会给考官一种你无法精 准表达想法的感觉。

但当“thing”和其它单词组合到一起时，就会有多种用法，且十分地道!那今天小编就来和大家聊聊如何让“thing”小词大用!

01

The real thing

意思：真品;真事

例句：

They like to play with pretend cellphones as if it were the real thing.

02

A thing of the past

意思：不再使用的东西;过时的东西

例句：

The typewriter is a thing of the past. Everyone uses a word processor(文字处理器).

03

A thing or two

意思：一些事情;些许知识;一星半点

例句：

She thinks she knows everything about computers, but I could tell her a thing or two.

04

To have a thing for something

意思：过去喜欢的事物

例句：

When I was young I had a thing for postage stamps and I had a huge collection. As I got older I lost interest.

05

A close/near thing

意思：几乎发生的事

例句：

The car just missed the child but it was a very close thing.

06

Just one of those things

意思：不能完全解释一件事，但知道这件事是一个问题

例句：

I don’t really know why I don't like travelling on trains. It is just one of those things.

07

the thing is

意思：问题是;要紧的是

例句：

The thing is, my parents like me to be home by ten o'clock.

08

One thing led to another

意思：顺理成章

例句：

We were just going to meet for quick coffee, but one thing led to another, we spent the whole afternoon chatting about our personal issues.

09

All things being equal

意思：不出意外的话

例句：

All things being equal, having a job increases a woman's autonomy.

10

For one thing

意思：首先;一方面

例句：

I didn't go to the match that day. For one thing, the ticket was a crazy price. For another, I got to work.

11

It’s a good thing that

意思：这是一件好事，因为...

例句：

It's a good thing to get one's mind off in one's spare time.

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同学们看完以上小编分享的这些表达，是不是觉得thing整个升级了的感觉，记得多用到自己的答案当中哦~元旦假期已经结束了，同学们也要收收心面对2022年的雅思备考了!

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