迷你对话学地道口语第846期:车子

 　　Subject : How did you afford such a cool set of wheels?

　　第一， 迷你对话

　　A: Your car is great. How did you afford such a cool set of wheels?

　　你的车真是太棒了。你怎么买得起这么棒的车呀？

　　B: I worked all summer. It was brutal¹.

　　我整个暑假都在工作，实在是很辛苦。

　　A: Sounds like that.

　　看得出。

　　第二， 地道表达

　　a set of wheels

　　1. 解词释义

　　英语中一种修饰法——以部分代整体，称为“提喻”。A set of wheels是一套车轮的意思，比喻为“车子”的意思。

　　像这样的用法很多，例如：Two heads are better than one. （三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮。）Great mind think alike. （英雄所见略同。）其中的head和mind均以人体的某部分来代表“人”这个一整体。

　　2. 拓展范例

　　e.g. If it's really important to you to have a fancy set of wheels, then it seems worth it.

　　如果有一辆豪华车对你来说是重要的，那就值得。

1 brutal   

adj.残忍的，野蛮的，不讲理的

参考例句：

• She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
• They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。