英语口语习惯用语：around the corner

around the corner

在近处

【讲解】

此语的本义为“在拐角处，在近处”，例如：

There is a restaurant just round the

corner from the house.(

房子不远处有一家饭馆。）

其引申义为

likely to happen

soon(

即将发生，在不远的将来），例如

:Ec onomic recovery is around the corner.(

经

济复苏，势在必行。）为加强语气，可在其前加上

just

，同义词组有

be about to, be

on the point of.

【对话】

A

：

The summer vacation is just around the corner.I wonder what you're going to do.

A:

暑假马上到了。你准备干什么？

B: Help Mum with the housework,call on a few friends,do some physical exercises

and read a few you?

B

：帮妈妈做家务，去看看朋友，锻炼身体，看点书。你呢？

A: I will pay a visit to my former classmates. You know a lot of them have worked,so

we can gather together again and I will also take a travel.