Get your skates on! 快點！
This is a pair of women’s ice skates. The blades are about 4mm thick. Photo: BBC
今日小常識
Ice skating is great for fitness. According to experts, skating helps improve balance and coordination. The bent knee position means that the thighs are working continuously. And the skater can burn up to 600 calories per hour on the ice.
滑冰是一項了不起的健身運動。專家認為，滑冰能幫助改進一個人的平衡和身體的協(xié)調(diào)能力。滑冰時的屈膝姿勢意味著大腿在不停地運動。滑冰者在溜冰時每小時可消耗高達600卡路里的熱量。
今日短語
短語 get your skates on 的意思是讓某人趕快、快點。
例句
You'd better get your skates on, or we are going to miss the bus!
Get your skates on! We've got a lot of work to do today.
請注意
短語 skate over 的意思是躲避談論某話題。
Our manager told us to work longer hours to keep the company in business, but he skated over the issue of extra payment.
