迷你对话学地道口语第153期:为某人作保

　　迷你对话：
A: I heard Tom was caught stealing something again in the supermarket.
我听说汤姆在超市偷东西的时候又被抓住了。
B: Really? He deserves¹ it! They should teach him a good lesson.
是吗？他活该！他们应该好好教训他一顿。
A: But the word is his brother would go bail² for him. Last time it’s his father who went bail for him.
据说他哥哥要去为他做保。上次是他父亲为他的保。
B: Then he is really lucky.
他课真是够幸运的。
地道表达：go bail for
解词释义：bail作为名词有“保释，保释金”的意思，习语go bail for意为“做......的保释人，为......提供保释金，提供......数目的保释金”，作为这个意思可以等同于stand bail for。
拓展讲解：在口语中，go bail for也可以解释为“保证......是真实的”。
支持范例：
I shall have to put you in prison until your case can be heard unless you can find anyone to go bail for you.
我得把你送进监狱直到你的案子进行审理，除非你可以找个人保释你。
I am ready to go bail for the truth of the report.
我愿担保这一报导的真实性。
词海拾贝：
teach sb a lesson：教训某人一顿
Eg. His father thought this was a good chance to teach him a lesson about how hard life was for the less fortunate people of the world,
他的父亲想了想，觉得这倒是一个教训儿子的好机会，让他了解一下世界上那些不幸的人生活得有多艰辛，
Eg. If he did not stop his nonsense³, they would teach him a lesson he would never forget.
如果他再不停止胡言乱语，他们就要狠狠地教训他一番，叫他终身难忘。

1 deserves   

v.应受，应得，值得( deserve的第三人称单数 )；应受报答；应得报酬；应得赔偿

参考例句：

• A wilful fault has no excuse and deserves no pardon. 不能宽恕故意犯下的错误。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He is the only poet in this country that deserves the name. 他是这个国家唯一的一位名副其实的诗人。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 bail   

v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人

参考例句：

• One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
• She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。

3 nonsense   

n.胡说，废话

参考例句：

• Go along with you! What you say is all nonsense!去你的！你说的全是废话！
• "Don't talk nonsense",she said sharply.“别胡扯”，她严厉地说。