迷你对话学地道口语第641期:不对劲,不正常

 　　Subject：The phone was out of whack¹.

　　迷你对话A: Hello! Is that Jane?

　　您好，您是Jane吗？

　　B: Yes. Oh, it is Shirley. You have not connected me for a whole month.

　　是的，你是Shirley。你已经整整一个月没有联系了。

　　A: My phone was out of whack. I just had it mended a few minutes ago.

　　我的电话坏了，几分钟前刚刚修好。

　　地道表达out of whack1. 解词释义此语用来形容“不正常、不对劲”的情形，所以下次发现有什么不对劲的情况，除了用something wrong、out of order之外，你还可以说的更地道：out of whack。

　　2. 拓展例句e.g. The television report on the weather is always out of whack with the weather we actually get.

　　电视台的天气预报总与实际的天气情况不一致。

　　e.g. You're acting² out of whack!

　　你的行为真是不正常!

　　e.g. Don't bother trying to call me on my mobile.It's out of whack again.

　　不要打我的手机，它又出问题了。

　　e.g. The ecosystem³ will be thrown out of whack.

　　生态系统将会失去平衡。

1 whack   

v.敲击，重打，瓜分；n.重击，重打，尝试，一份

参考例句：

• After years of dieting,Carol's metabolism was completely out of whack.经过数年的节食，卡罗尔的新陈代谢完全紊乱了。
• He gave me a whack on the back to wake me up.他为把我弄醒，在我背上猛拍一下。

2 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

3 ecosystem   

n.生态系统

参考例句：

• This destroyed the ecosystem of the island.这样破坏了岛上的生态系统。
• We all have an interest in maintaining the integrity of the ecosystem.维持生态系统的完整是我们共同的利益。