第一、迷你对话
A: I often recalled the days when Tom and I were madly in love.
我经常回忆起我和Tom热恋的日子。
B: Very romantic?
非常浪漫吗？
A: Yeah. He always tickled my finny bone with his college stories.
对，他总是用大学的笑话逗我笑。
B: You married him for that reason.
你就因此而嫁给他。
A: Definitely not. The most important thing was we loved each other.
当然不是，最主要的是我们彼此相爱。
第二、 地道表达
【地道短语】tickle someone’s funny bone
【解词释义】funny bone是指“尺骨端”，即通常说的“麻经儿”，这里是尺神经极为敏感处，碰撞时产生的麻醉感。动词tickle的意思是“胳肢”，因此，此语的意思是“胳肢某人使得某人发笑”。
【支持范例】For 50 years,"Peanuts"has tickled America's funny bone.
50年来，《花生》逗得美国人发笑。
第三、 词海拾贝
1. madly in love
【释义】热恋
【范例】Griffiths did not know the delight of being so madly in love.
格里菲思不懂得疯狂地堕入情网的喜悦。
If I said I was madly in love with you, you'd know I was lying.
如果我说我很疯狂地爱你，那我肯定是在说谎。
2. for that reason
【释义】因此
【范例】For that reason I wish to keep him in prison, as an example to evil-doers.
正因为那个原因，我希望让他呆在监狱里，给干坏事的人做个反面教员。
And for that reason his grandmother dotes on him.
因而乃祖母便先爱如珍宝。 |