Basic need
    音形義
    Everyday Expressions
    n. 生
    It’s a matter of life and death.
    n. 生命
    Many lives were lost in the accident.
    n. 生物
    Is there life on Mars? (火星上有生物嗎?)
    n. 人生;生活
    “Enjoy life” is my view of life.
    n. 過(guò)日子
    We lead a happy life.
    n. 活力;生氣
    The young people were full of life.
    衍生詞語(yǔ)
    lifeless (無(wú)生命的)
    復(fù)合詞語(yǔ)
    life expectancy (預(yù)期壽命);
    life jacket (救生衣);
    lifetime (一生);
    lifelong (終生的);
    lifesaver (救星);
    lifeboat (救生艇);
    lifeguard (救生員);
    lifestyle (生活方式);
    life-span (壽命，生命的期限);
    life-and-death (生死攸關(guān)的，關(guān)系重大的);
    常見(jiàn)搭配 Useful Phrases
    人壽保險(xiǎn) --- life insurance
    生命周期 --- life cycle
    特別高興時(shí)刻 --- the time of one’s life
    一輩子 --- all one’s life
    恢復(fù)生氣 --- to come to life
    習(xí)語(yǔ)與俗語(yǔ) Idioms & Slangs
    life and death --- 生死攸關(guān)
    the life of the party --- 中心人物
    life for life --- 以命償命
    bet one’s life on sth. --- 拿生命打賭
    take one’s life in one’s hand --- 冒生命危險(xiǎn)
    frighten the life out of sb --- 驚嚇某人
    生活用語(yǔ) Street Talks
    Victoria’s my life saver. Without her I don’t know what to do with my visa.
    This is a poem about frontier life in the United States. (邊境生活)
    Get a life Jane! You’ve been studying all the time.
    Don’t be so serious. Go out or have fun or drink a beer! Just get a life!
    A: I was short-changed ten dollars. Do you think I should go back to the store and ask for it?
    B: Not on your life. You’ll pay more than that for the taxi. (千萬(wàn)不要)
    A: I’ve been working hard, but they don’t give me a promotion.
    B: That’s life. Anyway you work for yourself. (生活就是這樣)
    A: I feel very happy when I’m with you.
    B: Me too. Where have you been all my life? (怎么沒(méi)能早認(rèn)識(shí)你)
    電影對(duì)白Transcripts
    句型 It was the happiest moment of my life. 《阿甘正傳》
    And just that that, she was gone. Out of my life again. 《阿甘正傳》
    I pay for your life, David. My life makes your life possible.《情歸巴黎》
    I’ve loved him all my life. 《情歸巴黎》
    諺語(yǔ) Proverbs
    Life is not all beer and skittles.人生非盡樂(lè)事。
    Life is subject to ups and downs.人生沉浮。
    Life is a comedy to him who thinks and a tragedy to him who feels. 對(duì)于善思者，人生是喜劇;對(duì)于善感者，人生是悲劇。
    名言 Quotations
    Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
    Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), British comic actor, filmmaker. Quoted in his obituary: Guardian (London, 28 Dec. 1977).