15.自己动手做 Do it yourself 例一 要点: 1.我表弟安德鲁对DIY很着迷。 2.他喜欢修理物品,装饰房间,但完工后房间总是一团糟。 3.曾经有一次他想在自己的卧室里安装一盏更亮 的灯,但他犯了一个错误,整个房子都停电了。 4.我给他买了一些DIY书籍,还建议他选修一些DIY课程。 My cousin Andrew is crazy about DIY. He loves to repair things and decorate his house, but when he finishes,the house always looks terrible! He once tried to put in a brighter light in his bedroom, but he made a mistake. Then his whole house had a power cut. I bought some books about DIY for him. I also advised him to take some courses in DIY. 例二 要点: 1.这里有一些制作水果沙拉的小建议。 2.首先,使用当季水果,确保水果是新鲜的。 3.其次,搭配不同颜色的水果,比如,把红色的苹果、青色的梨子和紫色的葡萄搭配起来会使 沙拉看上去五彩缤纷。 4.最后,在打算食用前再准备水果沙拉,有些水果在空气中放置一段时间后会很快变色。 Here are some tips for making a fruit salad. First, use fruit in season. Make sure it is fresh. Then, use fruit of different colours. For example, mixing red apples, green pears and purple grapes together will make the salad look very colourful. Last, prepare the fruit salad just before you are going to eat it.Some of the fruit will quickly turn brown when you leave it in the air for some time.