迷你对话学地道口语第256期:可不傻 不易上当

　　迷你对话：
A: Who broke¹ the glass, Peter?
Peter，是谁打破了杯子。
B: That cat.
是猫。
A: I was² not born³ yesterday. It must be either⁴ you or Adam.
你变不了我，不就是你就是亚当。
B: It’s me, mun, I am sorry.
是我，妈妈，对不起。
地道表达：
not born yesterday
解词释义：
改习语的字面意思是“不是昨天才生出来的”，常用来比喻“老于世故的”、“不容易上当的”或“一点儿也不傻”。
支持范例：
However⁵ young she is, she wans’t born yesterday.
无论她年纪对么小，你骗不了她。
He wanted to show his associates⁶ that he was not born yesterday.
他向他的同事表示他并不是傻瓜。
He knows how to solve⁷ such⁸ a problem⁹. He was not born yesterday.
他知道如何去处理这种问题，他可不是乳臭未干的小孩子。
I would¹⁰ like to mind¹¹ you I was not born yesterday.
我想提醒你，我并非是个乳臭未干的孩子。
词海拾贝：
either ... or... ：不是......就是......，或者......或者......
Eg. When the girl is happy, she either sings or dances.
那个女孩高兴时，不是唱就是跳。
Eg. Either you or I am going¹² there tomorrow.
明天要么你去那里，要么我去那里。
Eg. You must either go at once or wait till¹³ tomorrow.
你要么马上走，要么等到明天。
Eg. We can finish the work either this week or next week.
不是这星期就是下星期我们就可完成这项工作。

1 broke   

v.(动词break的过去式)折断；打破

参考例句：

• He dropped his glass on the floor and broke it.他把玻璃杯掉到地板上打碎了。
• After a long silence, she broke into a laugh.她沉默了很久之后，忽然笑了起来。

2 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

3 born   

v.动词bear的过去分词；adj.出生的，与生俱来的

参考例句：

• The baby can cry as soon as he is born.婴儿生下来就会哭。
• I feel as if I had been born again.我有一种再生之感。

4 either   

adj.任一，两方的；prep.任一，随便任一个；conj.或，也

参考例句：

• I have bought two books,you can have either.我买了两本书，你要哪一本都可以。
• I don't think either of them are at home.我想他们中任何一个都不在家。

5 however   

adv.然而；conj.然而，可是，不过

参考例句：

• It's raining hard.However,I still want to go there.虽然下着大雨，我还是想去那儿。
• However, this does not always happen.然而，这种情况并不总是发生。

6 associates   

接合物( associate的名词复数 )； 朋友； 非正式会员

参考例句：

• The official associates were scattered like stars. 僚属星散。
• John Brown and his associates were tried for conspiring to overthrow the slave states. 约翰·布朗和他的合伙者们由于密谋推翻实行奴隶制度的美国各州而被审讯。

7 solve   

v.解答(难题)，解决；vt.解答，解决

参考例句：

• I can solve the problem.我能解决这个问题。
• This problem is too hard for me to solve.这个问题太难，我解决不了。

8 such   

adj.如此的，这样的；pron.这样的；adv.如此地

参考例句：

• He is such a man.他是这样一个人。
• He spent all his money,he is such a fool.他这样傻，花光了所有的钱。

9 problem   

n.问题；难题

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• This problem is too hard for me to solve.这个问题太难，我解决不了。

10 would   

aux.will的过去式；愿，要；常常；大概；将要，会

参考例句：

• Why would you say that?为什么你会这么说？
• Would you please help me?你能帮帮我吗？

11 mind   

n.思想，主意，心意；v.介意，照顾，留心

参考例句：

• I've changed my mind.我一经转变主意。
• You really don't mind?你真的不介意？

12 going   

n.去，离去，地面(或道路)的状况，工作情况；(复数形式）goings: 行为；adj.进行中的，流行的，现存的

参考例句：

• We're going to listen to a report this afternoon. 今天下午我们要去听报告。
• He hates leaving the office and going on holiday.他不愿离开办公室去度假。

13 till   

conj.直到(...为止)；n.(账台中)放钱的抽屉；prep.直到；pron.直到...为止，直到；vt.耕种

参考例句：

• It was not till 11 o'clock that he came back last night.昨晚直到11点他才回来。
• You can come to my house till all hours.你多晚来我家都没关系。