第一、迷你对话
A: The poor girl is up to the eyes in study all the day.
这个可怜的女孩整天忙着学习。
B: Yeah, she has a lot of homework.
是的，她有很多功课要做。
A: Today’s children have not the chance to play, to make fun of them.
现在的孩子可是没有时间完了。
B: Right. So in some way we are happier.
是的，相比之下，我们就幸福多了。
A: Yeah, at least when we are children, we have not so much homework to do.
是的，至少当我们是孩子的时候，最起码没有那么的作业。
第二、对话精讲
1. 地道表达
【地道短语】up to the eyes
【解词释义】这个引喻来自一个工作量很大的人，好像完全被水淹没了一样。
【支持范例-1】The boss is up to the eyes in work.
老板的工作忙得不可开交。
【支持范例-2】I'm up to my eyes in arrangements, for the training sessions.
我也正忙着为培训课程作安排。
【近似短语】up to the shoulders
up to the neck
up to the ears
2. 词海拾贝
make fun of：取笑，拿......开玩笑
【例句-1】It is wrong to make fun of a cripple.
嘲笑残疾人是不对的。
【例句-2】It was miserable of you to make fun of him.
你取笑他，这是可耻的。
in some way：在某种意义上
【例句】Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death.
人们常常认为睡眠在某种意义上来说类似死亡。
at least：至少
【例句-1】We need at least 24 hours' notice of cancellation.
如欲取消，请至少提前24小时告知。
【例句-2】At least Jeremy had the good form to go back and apologize.
杰里米回去道歉至少是有礼貌的举动。 |