迷你对话学地道口语第282期:天上掉馅饼

　　迷你对话：
A: I want to try my hand at the stocks¹.
我想试试搞股票。
B: It is very hard, you know.
要知道，那是很难的。
A: Don’t worry. I know there are no pennies from heaven. I will work hard.
别担心，我知道没有天上掉馅饼的好事儿，我会努力工作的。
B: Good luck!
祝你走运！
地道表达：
pennies from the heaven：意外的收获，天上掉馅饼
支持范例：
What we need now is pennies from heaven.
我们现在需要的是意外之财。
God would rain pennies down from heaven!
上帝会从天上大量地洒落金钱。
词海拾贝：
try one’s hand ( at )：尝试做......
范例：I think I would try my hand at tennis although I have never played it before.
我虽然没打过网球，但我想一定要尝试一下。
I will try my prentice hand at it.
我无经验，但愿一试。

1 stocks   

n.（树木等的）干( stock的名词复数 )；公债；家系；家族

参考例句：

• The manager wants to clear off the old stocks in the warehouse. 经理想把仓库里积压的存货处理掉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They want to unload the stocks on the market. 他们想把股票在市场上抛售掉。 来自《简明英汉词典》