每天三分钟学英语 第242期:外国人说 go into 时到底要去哪里面

 　　情景对话：

　　Tom: So how was your dinner party?

　　Lynette: Well, there was dinner, but it wasn't much of a party.

　　Tom: Uh-oh. What happened?

　　Lynette: I don't know. Rex announced that he and Bree are in counseling. She retaliated¹ with this whole revelation which I won't even go into now, and the bottom line is he stormed out.

　　知识点讲解：

　　Not much of a…

　　算不上，不算是…

　　【例句一】

　　A: Was the game good?

　　比赛怎么样啊？

　　B: Not much of a game. The other team destroyed us by 50 points.

　　算不上什么比赛，另一对狂赢了我们50分。

　　【例句二】

　　Yeah, I checked out the new arcade² yesterday with Jim, but it wasn't much of an arcade. They only have like 10 games.

　　是，我昨天和Jim去看了那个新的游戏厅，但那算不上一个游戏厅啦，他们只有10个游戏。

　　Go into

　　详细说

　　可以说：go into something

　　【例句一】

　　We had a big fight last night. I really don't want to go into it, but we might be done for good after this time.

　　我们昨晚大吵了一架。我真的不想细说，但是我们这次可能真的完蛋了。

　　【例句二】

　　I don't want to go into details, but something happened the other day so their tightening³ security around here.

　　我不想细说，但是那天发生点事，所以现在的保安都非常严格。

　　Go into details

　　细讲

　　I'm not gonna go into details this time.

　　这次我就不讲了。

　　I don't want to go into details we're gonna talk about it next time.

　　我不想细讲了，下次我们再来说它。

　　The bottom line is…

　　问题是…/重要的是…结果是

　　I don't care if he's sorry. The bottom line is I can't trust him anymore. Not after that.

　　我不在乎他是不是感到抱歉。重要的是我没法再相信他了，在那件事之后不行了。

1 retaliated   

v.报复，反击( retaliate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• When he once teased her for her inexperience, she retaliated. 有一次，他讥讽她没有经验，她便反唇相讥。 来自辞典例句
• The terrorists retaliated by killing three policemen. 恐怖分子以杀死三名警察相报复。 来自辞典例句

2 arcade   

n.拱廊；(一侧或两侧有商店的)通道

参考例句：

• At this time of the morning,the arcade was almost empty.在早晨的这个时候，拱廊街上几乎空无一人。
• In our shopping arcade,you can find different kinds of souvenir.在我们的拱廊市场，你可以发现许多的纪念品。

3 tightening   

上紧，固定，紧密

参考例句：

• Make sure the washer is firmly seated before tightening the pipe. 旋紧水管之前，检查一下洗衣机是否已牢牢地固定在底座上了。
• It needs tightening up a little. 它还需要再收紧些。