迷你對(duì)話:
A:Tom, is Jenny crying?
Tom, Jenny是不是在哭?
B:Can you take he away from me?
你能把她弄走嗎?
A:I’m just coming for that.
就來(lái)。
B:She kept bothering me.
她不停地?zé)┪摇?/P>
A:She’s your sister. What she asked was onlyduck soupfor you. Why can’t you be good to her?
她是你的妹妹。她的要求只不過(guò)是一樁小事。你怎么就不遷就她一下呢?
B:But I am her brother, not her servant.
可我是她哥哥,不是她的仆人。
地道表達(dá):
cluck soup 輕而易舉的小事
支持范例:
Eg. My new boss isduck soup, but his wife is difficult to handle.
我的新老板是個(gè)好胡弄的人,但他的妻子卻很難對(duì)付。
Eg. I can't kill a duck, But it'sduck soupto a cook.
我不會(huì)宰鴨,而這對(duì)廚師來(lái)說(shuō)是易如反掌的事
Eg. Winning this game is going to beduck soup.
贏得這場(chǎng)比賽是輕而易舉的事。
Eg. That vocabulary test wasduck soup.
那次詞匯測(cè)試真是小菜一碟。
詞海拾貝:
1.take sb away from:把某人帶走
Eg. If a man empty his purse into his head, no man cantake it away fromhim.
如果倒空錢袋,追求知識(shí)把它們裝入腦袋,那就無(wú)人能夠把它們奪走。
Eg. He was at that moment ready to kill anyone who touched this girl, who tried to claim her, takeher away from him.
此刻,誰(shuí)要是摸摸這個(gè)姑娘,誰(shuí)要是企圖占有這個(gè)姑娘,把她從他的身邊拉去,那他馬上可以結(jié)果了這個(gè)人。
Eg. The party was an orgy. Olivier became drunk and quarrelsome. Edouard led him from the room, and Olivier, ashamed, Begged his uncle totake him away.
晚會(huì)成了一場(chǎng)毫無(wú)節(jié)制的狂歡作樂(lè)。奧利維爾喝醉酒,逢人就吵。愛德華帶他離開那間屋子;奧利維爾感到羞愧難當(dāng),要求叔叔帶他離開。
2.come for:為......而來(lái)
Eg. Did the drivercome for youin a new big shiny auto?
有個(gè)司機(jī)開一部大型閃亮的新車來(lái)接你嗎?
Eg. We have asked the Conrads tocome for dinner on Friday evening.
我們已邀請(qǐng)康拉德一家在星期五晚上來(lái)吃飯。
Eg. About noon the next day the boys arrived at the dead tree; they hadcome for their tools.
大約在第二天中午,這兩個(gè)孩子來(lái)到了那棵枯樹跟前,他們是來(lái)取那兩件家伙的。
Eg. Pleasecome for your mailwhenever it's convenient.
方便的時(shí)候來(lái)取你的郵件。
3.be good to:對(duì)......友善
Eg. By and large, the company'sbeen pretty good tome.
總的來(lái)說(shuō), 公司對(duì)我一直很好.
Eg. Iwas so good tohim; I never crossed him.
我對(duì)他那么慈愛,從來(lái)不違拗他。
Eg. Hewasalwaysgood tothem and made sure that they had plenty of food.
他待他們一直很好,保證讓大伙吃飽。
Eg. Shewas very good tothe children.
她對(duì)孩子們非常慈愛。
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