每天三分钟学英语 第182期:发狂

 情景对话：

Jay: The entire town went nuts for that ad. People stopped me in the street, asking me to say the slogan.

整个小镇都为那个广告发狂。人们在大街上把我拦住，叫我说那句广告词。

1、Go nuts 发狂

① Everyone went nuts for the apple pie I baked. It was gone in less than a minute.

大家都为我烘烤的苹果派发狂。它在一分钟之内就全没了。

② My friends are gonna go nuts when they find out I’m dating a celebrity¹.

当我朋友们发现我在跟一个名人约会的话，一定会发疯的。

2、Go bananas 发狂

① All the girls in the crowd went bananas once Justin Bieber went on stage.

当Justin Bieber一来到在台上，所有的女孩都为他发疯了。

② I can't believe everyone chose that idiot² Jimmy to be the project leader. Has everyone gone bananas?

我不敢相信所有人都选那个笨蛋Jimmy成为项目组长。是不是每个人都疯了？

3、Small potatoes 不重要的事/人

① I don't care about the 5 bucks³. It's small potatoes. What bothers me is that he will avoid me because of 5 bucks.

我不在乎那五块美金。它是不重要的。让我烦恼的是他会因为5美金而躲着我。

② Your problems are small potatoes compared to what I'm going through. If I don't pass this class, they'll kick me out of school.

你的问题相比我正在经历的事情来说就是不重要的。如果我通过不了这门课，他们会把我开除的。

4、Piece of cake 小菜一碟

① You have nothing to worry about. Getting your driver's license⁴ is a piece of cake. All you have to do is follow directions.

你根本不需要担心。考驾照是小菜一碟。你所需要的只是跟着指示。

5、Not one's cup of tea 不喜欢的类型

① You know what? Hiking isn't really my cup of tea. Why don't you guys go this weekend without me.

你知道吗？我真不喜欢爬山。要不你们这周末自己去吧？

② Everyone's at Brad's watching the Super Bowl, but football isn't really my cup of tea so I'm staying at home.

每个在Brad家的人都在看超级碗，但我对橄榄球真的没有兴趣，所以我待在家了

1 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

2 idiot   

n.白痴，傻子，笨蛋

参考例句：

• Only an idiot would make such a thoughtless remark.只有草包才会说出这样没有头脑的话来。
• You are behaving like a perfect idiot.你表现得像个十足的白痴。

3 bucks   

n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 )；钱；（英国十九世纪初的）花花公子；（用于某些表达方式）责任v.（马等）猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 )；抵制；猛然震荡；马等尥起后蹄跳跃

参考例句：

• They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
• They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。