情景对话：

A: What are you doing nowadays?

你这些天在干什么？

B: I am learning to play chess.

我正在学下棋。

A: How are you getting along with it?

学得怎样了？

B: The coach says that I have made a better fist of it than the beginning.

教练说我比刚开始的时候下得好多了。

一， 词海拾贝

make a (good/poo) fist of

exp. To do something to a specified degree of success.（把……做得好，把……做得不好）

e.g. Wow, you and the lads made a good fist of painting the house!

哇，你和小伙子们把房子刷得真漂亮！

e.g. For an amateur, she didn't make a bad fist of performing on stage.

作为一个业余爱好者，她在舞台上表演并不差。

Hancock and Hewson helped Gloucestershire to make a decent fist of it yesterday.

Hancock和Hewson昨天帮助Gloucestershire取得了不错的成绩。

二， 语汇积累

get along with：取得进展

e.g. How are you getting along with your business, Mr. Lough?

Lough先生，生意一向不错吧？

e.g. How are you getting along with your studies?

你学习情况怎样?