迷你对话学地道口语第558期:易学课程

　　Subject: It is a cake course!
迷你对话
A: Your course is hard for me.
你的课对于我来说很难。
B: Take it easy. Maybe there is not any other course easier than it. It is a cake course.
别紧张，或许没有比这更简单的课了，这是一门很容易学的课程。
地道表达
a cake course
1. 解词释义
Cake course是指“很容易学的课程”。Cake不但有“蛋糕”的意思，也可以用来形容“某事很容易”。汉语中的“小菜一碟。”就是“It is a piece of cake.”
2. 拓展例句
e.g. I am not interested in math. So it is not a cake course for me.
我对数学不感兴趣，所以我觉得很难学。
e.g. I don’t think English is a cake course so that I always failed in the exams.
我觉得英语很难学，所以我考试总是不及格。
Ps 1：be hard for sb.的意思是“对于某人来说很艰难”。例如：
It is hard for anyone to escape¹ from the ravages² of time. 任何人都很难逃避时间的摧残。
It's hard for some older people to take all that noise. 一些老年人没办法忍受那些噪音。
Ps 2：take it easy的意思是“放松点，别紧张”。例如：
He was going to take it easy when he got back. 他回去以后，要过轻松的日子。
All a man got to do is to take it easy and he'll enjoy himself. 做人只要把心放开些，就能过得快活。
Ps 3：any other的意思是“其他任何的”。例如：
Do you have any other symptoms³? Any more than those you've described?你有没有其它的症状？除了那些你已叙述过的？

1 escape   

vi.逃跑，逃避；逃过..的注意；逸出；n.逃跑

参考例句：

• We had to break the door out to escape from the fire.我们不得不把门砸开以逃避火灾。
• He didn't allow any word to escape his lips.他守口如瓶。

2 ravages   

劫掠后的残迹，破坏的结果，毁坏后的残迹

参考例句：

• the ravages of war 战争造成的灾难
• It is hard for anyone to escape from the ravages of time. 任何人都很难逃避时间的摧残。

3 symptoms   

症状( symptom的名词复数 )； 征兆

参考例句：

• Symptoms include diarrhoea and vomiting. 症状有腹泻和呕吐。
• The symptoms may be exacerbated by certain drugs. 这些症状可能会因为某些药物而加重。