迷你对话学地道口语第31期:眼中钉,肉中刺

　　[00:00:03] The stepmother was very wicked.
那个继母坏透了。
[00:02:48] She could not stand a happy smile on the boy's face.
她看那孩子笑一笑都难受。
[00:06:51] And?
那怎么样呢？
[00:07:39] And she did her best to pull out the thorn¹ in her flesh and the boy lost whatever made him happy.
她想尽办法除掉她的眼中钉，那孩子生活中的快乐全没了。
[00:15:26] Poor child!
可怜的孩子。
习语：
a thorn in one's flesh
讲解：
该习语源自《圣经》。根据《圣经》记载，犹太教教派之一的法利赛人严于律已，笃信教义。有人把植物的芒刺扎在自己的长袍滚边，行走时，那些刺儿会扎破皮肉，常弄得袍子口血迹斑斑。后来，这条成语常被人喻指“不断使人苦恼的事，眼中钉，肉中刺”。
支持范例：
I wonder why I become a thorn in their flesh. I've never harmed them.
不知为什么我成了他们的眼中钉了。我可从未错待过他们。
迷你对话：
A:The stepmother was very wicked. She couldn't stand a happy smile on the boy's face.
那个继母坏透了，她看那孩子笑一笑都难受。
B:And?
那怎么样呢？
A:And she did her best to pull out the thorn in her flesh and the boy lost whatever made him happy.
她想尽办法除掉她的眼中钉，那孩子生活中的快乐全没了。
B:Poor child!
可怜的孩子。
词海拾贝：
pull out：拔除
You might help us pull out these weeds.
请帮助我们拔除这些杂草。
You should pull out this tooth.
你必须把这颗牙齿拔掉。

1 thorn   

n.刺，荆棘，带刺小灌木

参考例句：

• The little boy stepped on a sharp thorn.那小男孩踩着了一根尖刺。
• The dog had a thorn in its pad.这只狗的爪垫上扎了根刺。