迷你对话学地道口语第203期:冷血残酷地

　　迷你对话：
A: The murderer was sentenced to life imprisonment¹.
那个杀人犯被判处无期徒刑。
B: It’s severe punishment, I think.
我想这是重型惩治了。
A: Yeah, because he just killed a man in cold blood.
是呀，就因为他曾经残忍地杀了一个人。
B: No wonder.
那就不足为奇了。
地道表达：
in cold blood
支持范例：
Eg. He himself was convinced that Clyde had murdered the girl in cold blood.
他本人深信确实Clyde非常残暴地弄死了那个姑娘。
Eg. His victims were all shot down in cold blood.
他杀害的那些人都是遭他疯狂枪杀的。
Eg. The bank robber drew a gun and shot the guard in cold blood.
那个银行抢劫者拨出枪，残忍地杀了警卫员。
Eg. He was so cruel, he would have killed his own mother in cold blood.
他是个极残酷的人，甚至都可以冷酷无情地杀死亲娘。
口语句型：
No wonder that...（译文：难怪......）
支持范例：
Eg. No wonder you can't find anybody here; they're all away at a meeting.
难怪找不到人, 都开会去了。
Eg. No wonder he is not hungry ; he has been eating sweets all day.
难怪他不饿，他整天在吃糖果。

1 imprisonment   

n.关押，监禁，坐牢

参考例句：

• His sentence was commuted from death to life imprisonment.他的判决由死刑减为无期徒刑。
• He was sentenced to one year's imprisonment for committing bigamy.他因为犯重婚罪被判入狱一年。