情景会话口袋书人际篇294:划船(4)

 　　13. A lifebelt is the best thing for you to rowing.

　　划船时最好带着救生圈。

　　还能这样说：

　　You had better take a life ring with you to row.

　　The best thing you can take to row is a life buoy¹.

　　14. Chinese people are used to having a boat race on Dragon Boat Festival.

　　中国人习惯在端午节赛龙舟。

　　还能这样说：

　　It is a custom for Chinese people to have a boat race on Dragon Boat Festival.

　　Dragon Boat Festival is the day when people in China go to have boat races.

　　应用解析：

　　a race against time 和时间赛跑；

　　the rat race 激烈的竞争（尤指为保住职位或地位）

　　15. People who are seasick² are not suitable to go boating.

　　晕船的人不适合划船。

　　还能这样说：

　　It is not appropriate for the people who are seasick to go boating.

　　Go boating doesn't suit the people who are seasick.

1 buoy   

n.浮标；救生圈；v.支持，鼓励

参考例句：

• The party did little to buoy up her spirits.这次聚会并没有让她振作多少。
• The buoy floated back and forth in the shallow water.这个浮标在浅水里漂来漂去。

2 seasick   

adj.晕船的

参考例句：

• When I get seasick,I throw up my food.我一晕船就呕吐。
• He got seasick during the voyage.在航行中他晕船。