英语口语课堂 25 易与难（在线收听）

Ease and Difficulty 易与难

It's a piece of cake.

这很容易

A:What do you think of the coming math exam?

A:你觉得这次数学考试会怎么样?

B:It's a piece of cake to me

B:对我来说是小菜一碟.

A:You're bragging again.

A:你又说大话了.

...as easy as shelling peas

...轻而易举

A:They say Russian is very difficult to learn.

A:人们说俄语很难学.

B:But I think it's as easy as shelling peas.

B:但是我觉得没什么.

A:Can you give me some suggestions?B:Sure.

A:给我提点建议好吗?B:没问题.

... as easy as my eye.

...太容易了.

A:Money is hard to earn these days.

A:这年头挣钱不容易.

B:To me,it's as easy as my eye.

B:对我来说很容易.

A:You steal?B:Of course not.

A:你偷钱吧?B:当然不是

It's all plain sailing.

这事非常简单

A:How are you getting on with your project?

A:你的项目进展怎么样?

B:Very well.It's all plain sailing

B:很好.非常容易.

A:But you should also be very careful about it.

A:但你也应该小心仔细些.

It's no picnic that...

不是一件容易的事

A:It's no picnic that we can win the basketball match todayA:要赢今天的篮球比赛可不是一件容易的事.

B:Yeah,our opponent is very strong.

B:是啊,我们的对手很厉害.

A:So we must try our best.

A:所以我们一定要竭尽全力.

...a hard nut to crack

...很难对付.

A:Do you like your boss?

A:你喜欢你的老板吗?

B:No,he's a hard nut to crack.

B:不,他很难对付.

A:Why?B:He's too strictg with his employees.

A:为什么?B:他对雇员太严格了.

...is a tall order

...非常困难.

A:We were assigned the task yesterday.

A:昨天我们分配给了这项任务.

B:Is it easy?

B:好做吗?

A:By no means.It's a tall order.

A:一点也不容易,简直太难了.

We've had it.

我们无计可施了.

A:Did you finally persuade him to accept it?

A:你们最后说服他接受了吗?

B:No,we've had it.

B:没有,我们无计可施了.

A:Don't give up.We're sure to talk him into it.

A:别放弃,我们肯定会说服他.

...as easy as ABC

...易如反掌

A:Bob,can we finish the task in a week?

A:鲍伯,一周内我们能完成任务吗?

B:It's easy as ABC.We can finish it in two days.

B:易如反掌.我们两天就能干完.

A:Are you sure?B:Yeah.

A:你敢肯定吗?B:当然.

I can do it blindfold

我闭着眼睛都能做.

A:It's difficult for me to remember all the lines.

A:记住所有台词对我来说太难了.

B:Yet I can do it blindfold.

B:我闭着眼睛能做得到.

A:Don't talk big any more.

A:别说大话了

It's so easy that...

容易得很...

A:The song is so easy that a three-year-old kid can sing itA:这歌儿太简单了,三岁的娃娃都会唱.

B:Can you sing it?

B:你能唱吗?

A:Well,I've not started to learn it yet.

A:哦,我还没开始学.

It's easy for everybody

这对谁来说都容易得很.

A:The question is easy for everybodyA:这问题对谁来说都容易得很.

B:My brother doesn't think so. A:Why?

B:我弟弟可不这么想.A:为什么?

B:He's always confused by easy questions.

B:简单的问题常常把他搞得糊里糊涂的.

...easy as can be

...太容易了.

A:I don't know how to start it .

A:我不知道从哪儿开始.

B:Oh,it's easy as can be.We can start from anywhere.

B:太简单了.从哪儿开始都可以.

A:Really?

A:真的?

...easy as failing off a log.

...很容易

A:I think I can never hope to learn to dance.

A:我想我永远也学不会跳舞了.

B:But dancing is as easy as falling off a log.

B:很容易嘛!

A:Maybe I'm too slow.

A:也许我太笨了吧.

...is easy of

...容易...

A:This route is easy of exploration.

A:这条路线很容易探测.

B:I think so too.It is not curved and not very shallow.

B:我也这么认为.它不弯也不浅.

A:Soon ships will be floating on it.

A:很快船就可以在上面行了.

There's no way out.

没招儿了.

A:Have you solved the problem?

A:问题解决了吗?

B:No,we haven't .There's no way out for me.

B:没有,我没着儿了.

A:Cheer up,you can ask the professor for help.

A:别放弃.你可以请教授帮忙

A:Sounds like a good idea.

B:听起来主意不错.

It's too difficult to

太难了,做不了...

A:How do you find the book?

A:这本书怎么样?

B:It's too difficult to read.

B:太难了,读不了.

A:No wonder many people can't understand it.

A:难怪很多人读不懂.

Thing look very dim.

前途暗淡

A:Things look very dim now.

A:前途暗淡,

It's really hard for us to go on.

继续下去太难了.

B:You should change the method.

B:你应该变换一下方法.

A:Perhaps you're right.

A:也许你说的对.

...far from being easy

...远非易事

A:It must be easy for you to do it.

A:你做起来肯定容易.

B:Non,it's far from being easy.A:Why?

B:根本不容易. A:为什么?

B:Many people have found it hard and withdrawn from it half wayB:许多人发展现很难便中途退出了.