爆笑英语口语 第168期:家有儿女的烦恼

 　　Language Points

　　1.“Half” —The 70:30 split you make when your mum tells you to share the last biscuit.

　　2.“Similar”—A resemblance in appearance that you emphatically deny exists, because you are obviously far better looking.

　　3.“Remote”—The little box that controls the TV, and is the cause of more fights than any other object in the household. If you have it and need to leave the room, it's perfectly¹ acceptable to take it with you so that your sibling² can't change the channel.

　　4.“Borrow”—Taking something that belongs to your sibling with no intention of returning it, and keeping it for so long that it basically just becomes yours anyway.

　　5.“Shower”—Something neither of you want to do until the moment the other one does, prompting a mad dash to the bathroom and then, almost inevitably³, a fight.

1 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

2 sibling   

n.同胞手足(指兄、弟、姐或妹)

参考例句：

• Many of us hate living in the shadows of a more successful sibling.我们很多人都讨厌活在更为成功的手足的阴影下。
• Sibling ravalry has been common in this family.这个家里，兄弟姊妹之间的矛盾很平常。

3 inevitably   

adv.不可避免地；必然发生地

参考例句：

• In the way you go on,you are inevitably coming apart.照你们这样下去，毫无疑问是会散伙的。
• Technological changes will inevitably lead to unemployment.技术变革必然会导致失业。