第一、迷你对话
A: Mary, I heard you moved again.
玛丽，我听说你又搬家了。
B: Yeah. I could not stand living here. There is always much noise in the neighborhood.
是呀，我再也受不住住在那里了，那里总是有那么大的吵闹声。
A: You mean noise? How could it be?
你是说噪音吗？怎么会这样呢？
B: You know, on weekends when we wanted to have late rise in the morning, our neighbour started to raise Cain.
你知道，周末早上，我们想玩起一会儿，结果我们的邻居就开始吵吵嚷嚷起来。
第二、地道表达：
1. 习语
raise Cain
2. 解词释义
Cain是人名“该隐”，该隐是基督教《圣经》中亚当的长子，他曾经杀害自己的弟弟，短语raise Cain现在用来指“引起骚乱”，主要强调“大吵大闹”的场面。
第三、支持范例
He said he'd raise Cain if they wouldn't give him a refund.
他说如果他们不还钱给他的话，他就要搞点动作。
I'm going to raise Cain if I do not get my fair share.
假如我得不到公平的一份，我就要生气。
My wife is going to raise Cain if she see me in conversation with you.
我妻子定看到我和您在一起说话会大吵大闹的。
第三、词海拾贝
1. stand doing something：忍受做某事
范例：I cannot stand being cheated.
我无法忍受被欺骗。
I could not stand waiting for such a long time.
我受不了等这么久。
2. in the neighborhood：在附近
范例：You'll find it somewhere in the neighborhood of the park.
你会在公园附近找到它。
All the residents and storekeepers in the neighborhood were on hand.
邻近的居民和店主们全都闻声赶来。
He was the poorest farmer in the neighborhood.
他是附近最穷的农夫了。
She spies out everything that goes on in the neighborhood.
她暗中调查着这附近发生的一切。
3. on weekends：周末
范例：He is such a couch potato on weekends.
他一到周末就成天看电视看个不停。
Students often go Dutch in these restaurants on weekends.
周末，学生常凑份子去这些饭馆吃饭。
This store opens at 9 A.M. on weekdays but at 10 on weekends.
这家店平日上午9点开，但周末10点开。
I seldom watch TV. But I always surf the Internet on weekends.
我很少看电视。但周末我总是上网。
4. have late rise：晚点起床
范例：I used to have a late rise,but now I am used to getting up early.
我曾经起床很晚，但现在已习惯早起了。
He had a late rise so that he missed the first bus.
他起床晚了，以至于误了头班车。
第五、口语句型
How could it be?
使用情境：当你对一件事情感到琢磨不透会是这样糟糕的情况时，可以用。例如您的朋友换上了精神疾病，你觉得不可能，感到惊奇。这时候就可以用这个句型。 |