迷你对话学地道口语第775期:奇丑无比

 　　Subject: You could stop a clock.

　　迷你对话

　　A: Oh, my God¹! You could stop a clock.

　　天啊，你看起来脸色好差。你看起来很不舒服。

　　B: I have been sick for two weeks.

　　我已经病了2个星期了。

　　地道表达

　　stop a clock

　　1. 解词释义

　　Stop a clock在美语中是用来形容一个人样子“其丑无比” “非常难看”。在上文中，stop a clock牵涉到的主题是“人的健康”问题，形容一个人病了，精神萎靡，面容憔悴等等难看样子。

　　2. 拓展例句

　　e.g. The old lady has a face that could stop a clock, but she is the most helpful person I have ever met.

　　这个老妇女奇丑无比，但她却是我见过的最乐于助人的人。

　　e.g. A woman when she storms always makes herself stop a clock.

　　一个女人大发雷霆的时候，总使自己显得很丑陋。

　　e.g. Even though she is rich, I don’t want to get married² with her. She stops a clock.

　　虽然她有钱，但是我还是不愿意和她结婚，因为她奇丑不堪。

　　e.g. Don’t say like that. As it is, she is a beauty³. She could stop a clock just because she has been in hospital for months.

　　别那样说她，其实她是绝代美女。她因病住院几个月了，脸色看上去难看而已。

1 god   

n.上帝，神；被极度崇拜的人或物

参考例句：

• God knows how the cat got up on the roof.只有天知道那只猫是怎样爬上房顶的。
• God wills that man should be happy.上帝愿人类幸福。

2 married   

adj.已婚的；与…结婚的

参考例句：

• I heard John got married.我听说约翰结婚了。
• They got married last autumn.他们在去年秋季结婚。

3 beauty   

n.美；美景；美好的人或事物

参考例句：

• We enjoyed the beauty of nature.我们欣赏大自然的美。
• She was famous for her beauty.她以美丽而出名。