迷你对话学地道口语第367期:非常忙

　　第一、迷你对话
A: The poor girl is up to the eyes in study all the day.
这个可怜的女孩整天忙着学习。
B: Yeah, she has a lot of homework.
是的，她有很多功课要做。
A: Today’s children have not the chance to play, to make fun of them.
现在的孩子可是没有时间完了。
B: Right. So in some way we are happier.
是的，相比之下，我们就幸福多了。
A: Yeah, at least when we are children, we have not so much homework to do.
是的，至少当我们是孩子的时候，最起码没有那么的作业。
第二、对话精讲
1. 地道表达
地道短语】up to the eyes
解词释义】这个引喻来自一个工作量很大的人，好像完全被水淹没了一样。
支持范例-1】The boss is up to the eyes in work.
老板的工作忙得不可开交。
支持范例-2】I'm up to my eyes in arrangements, for the training sessions.
我也正忙着为培训课程作安排。
近似短语】up to the shoulders
up to the neck
up to the ears
2. 词海拾贝
make fun of：取笑，拿......开玩笑
例句-1】It is wrong to make fun of a cripple.
嘲笑残疾人是不对的。
例句-2】It was miserable¹ of you to make fun of him.
你取笑他，这是可耻的。
in some way：在某种意义上
例句】Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous² to death.
人们常常认为睡眠在某种意义上来说类似死亡。
at least：至少
例句-1】We need at least 24 hours' notice of cancellation³.
如欲取消，请至少提前24小时告知。
例句-2】At least Jeremy had the good form to go back and apologize.
杰里米回去道歉至少是有礼貌的举动。

1 miserable   

adj.悲惨的，痛苦的；可怜的，糟糕的

参考例句：

• It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
• Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。

2 analogous   

adj.相似的；类似的

参考例句：

• The two situations are roughly analogous.两种情況大致相似。
• The company is in a position closely analogous to that of its main rival.该公司与主要竞争对手的处境极为相似。

3 cancellation   

n.删除，取消

参考例句：

• Heavy seas can cause cancellation of ferry services.海上风浪太大，可能须要取消渡轮服务。
• Her cancellation of her trip to Paris upset our plan.她取消了巴黎之行打乱了我们的计划。