迷你对话
A: Jane, pleases come with us
.简，和我们一起去吧。
B: I cannot dance, you know. I haven’t such a talent.
我不会跳舞，我没有那天分。
A: Just for fun, not for showing. What do you worry about?
只是玩玩而已，又不是比赛，你怕什么？
B: Nothing. I have told you before that I won’t go to the party and that’s flat.
不怕什么，我跟你说了我不会去参加晚会的，不要再提了。
A: But... OK.
可是......好吧。
对话精讲
第一、地道表达
【核心短语】(and) that’s flat
【解词释义】flat在该短语中意思为“全然的，彻底的，十足的”。此语出自莎士比亚的《亨利四世》上篇第二场。其中写道：...no eye hath seen such scarecrows. I’ll not march through Coventry with them, that’s flat...（译文：谁也没见过这么瘦的这么可怜的人，我不愿意带着他们列队经过芬特里，无需多言）。因此，此语的意思是：绝对如此，无需多言。
【典型范例1】 I' m not going out with you and that' s flat !
我不跟你出去, 说定了!
【典型范例2】I don't care whether you go on the outing, but I'm not, and that's flat!
我不在乎你是否出去远足，但我不会去，那是断然无疑的。
【典型范例3】I must have some tonight and that's flat.
我今晚一定要一些，无二话可说。
第二、词海拾贝
for fun：闹着玩，取乐
【典型范例1】She invited some of her friends over for fun and games.
她请了几位朋友到家里游戏作乐。
【典型范例2】She wrote for fun for many years before starting to write seriously for a living.
在她开始正正经经地为谋生而写作之前，许多年她以写作自娱。
【典型范例3】I wasn't serious; I only did it for fun.
我不是当真的, 我只不过是闹着玩。
【典型范例4】He will suffer for fun yet.
他总有一天会因贪玩吃苦头。
worry about：担心，担忧，烦恼
【典型范例1】Such people never have to worry about their future.
这种人从来不必为前途担忧。
【典型范例2】Today he does not have to worry about making a living.
现在他不用为生活发愁了。
go to the party：参加晚会
【典型范例1】Will you go to the party instead of me?
你替我赴宴好吗?
【典型范例2】If I don't go to the party, I shall feel I'm missing out.
如果我不去参加聚会, 我将会感到错失良机。 |