情景会话口袋书人际篇 第235期:玩电脑游戏(2)

5. How often do you play games on the computer?
你多久玩一次电脑游戏?
还能这样说：
How much time do you play games on computer?
At what intervals do you play computer games?
谚语：
Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.
改变自己往往比改变环境更为需要。
6. We come here every two days to play computer games.
我们隔天就来玩电脑游戏。
还能这样说：
We come here to play computer games every other day.
We are here to play computer games every second day.
应用解析：
any day 随便哪一天;毫无疑问;
off day 休息日;
to a day 恰好;
to this day 迄今;直到今天
7. Amy is tired of playing computer games.
艾米讨厌玩电脑游戏。
还能这样说：
Amy doesn't like playing computer games.
Amy has a dislike of playing computer games.
应用解析：
prefer doing to talking 喜欢做而不喜欢说;
prefer to die rather than surrender 宁死不屈;
prefer a change against a person 告发某人
8. Computer games have eaten up my spare time.
电脑游戏已经耗尽了我的业余时间。
还能这样说：
Playing games takes up too much of my time.
Playing games employs much of my time.
应用解析：
eat sb. out of house and home 把某人吃穷;
eat one's words 承认说错话;
eat like a horse 吃得很多