迷你对话学地道口语第230期:局促不安 坐立不安

　　迷你对话：
A: Like a cat on hot bricks, as you might say. I don’t believe you are listening at all.
可以说你就是个热锅上的蚂蚁，你根本就没有听我说。
B: Sorry, I just worried about him. You know, he should be here an hour ago.
对不起，我只是为他担心，他本来在一小时钱就该到了。
A: Don’t worry him, he has been grown up and I think he can take himself very well.
别为他担心了，他已经长大了，我想他会照顾好自己的。
B: But he still does not come back.
但是他还没有回来。
A: Maybe he is on the way home now.
或许他现在就在回家的路上。
地道表达：
like a cat on hot bricks
解词释义：
此语用于表示“局促不安”。Like a cat on hot bricks只要是指坐立不安。
支持范例：
Eg. He was like a cat on hot bricks before his driving test.
他面临驾驶考试, 紧张得像热锅上的蚂蚁。
Eg. You are like a cat on hot bricks with your running to the window to look for the postman.
你老是跑到窗口去望邮递员，真像热锅上的蚂蚁。
Eg. She was so worried that she looked like a cat on hot bricks.
她心急如焚，就像热锅上的蚂蚁。
Eg. She will not fuss like a cat on hot bricks if he goes out when it is raining cats and dogs.
如果他冒着倾盆大雨外出，她也不会象热锅上的蚂蚁那样烦燥不安。
词海拾贝：
1. worry about：担心，担忧
Eg. Let them worry about how to get rid of the cars later.
让他们在日后为处理车子而发愁吧。
Eg. I shouldn't worry about a thing like that at your age.
我在你这个年纪，可不为这样的事犯愁。
Eg. After liberation we don't have to worry about making a living.
解放后我们不必为生活发愁了。
Eg. I think there is no need to worry about the university.
我看没必要为大学发愁吧。
2. grow up：长大
Eg. I like to muse¹ about what I will do when I grow up.
我喜欢仔细思考长大后做什么。
Eg. She will grow up to be a fine woman.
她将成长为一名优秀的妇女。
Eg. As children grow up, they drift away from their parent's views.
随着孩子不断成长，他们便开始偏离其父母的观点。
Eg. That boy needs a firm hand to help him grow up.
那个男孩需要严加管教才能有所长进。
3. take sb/sth well：处理好
Eg. Mom, don’t worry about my marriage. I can take it well.
妈妈，不要担心我的婚姻问题，我会处理好的。
4. come back：回来
Eg. It doesn't matter when you'll come back.
你什么时候回来都没关系。
Eg. He didn't come back until the sun had set.
他直到太阳落山以后才回来。
Eg. He's come back to the village to see us folks.
他回村看望乡亲们来了。
Eg. The headmaster is engaged - can you come back later?
校长正有事呢，你能过一会儿来吗？
5. on the way home：在回家的路途上
Eg. On the way home, he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed the speech.
在回家的路上,他问珍妮是否喜欢这次讲演。
Eg. On the way home my father told me of an incident.
回家途中，我父亲给我讲述了一件事。
Eg. Mother told him not to linger on the way home.
妈妈告诉他不要在回家的路上逗留。
Eg. I got caught in the deluge² on the way home.
我在回家的路上遇到倾盆大雨。

1 muse   

n.缪斯（希腊神话中的女神），创作灵感

参考例句：

• His muse had deserted him,and he could no longer write.他已无灵感，不能再写作了。
• Many of the papers muse on the fate of the President.很多报纸都在揣测总统的命运。

2 deluge   

n./vt.洪水，暴雨，使泛滥

参考例句：

• This little stream can become a deluge when it rains heavily.雨大的时候，这条小溪能变作洪流。
• I got caught in the deluge on the way home.我在回家的路上遇到倾盆大雨。