地道英语口语500句 迷你对话学地道口语第575期:小孩

迷你对话学地道口语第575期:小孩  

Subject：Hey, don’t sound like an ankle-biter.,迷你对话,A:I’d like to have a break today. I just want to do some dancing.,我想今天休息一下，想去跳舞。,B:Hey, don’t sound like an ankle-biter. You have to work today.,嘿，不要像个小孩子，你今天还要上班了。,地道表达,angle-biter,1.解词释义,Angle-biter在这里的意思是“孩童”。关于“Don’t sound like an angle-biter.”的最初记录，出现于19世纪中叶哈伯的杂志：And how are you, John? And how is Molly, and all the little angle-biters.这句话的意思是：约翰，你好吗？莫莉和所有的孩子们都还好吗？,2. 拓展例句,e.g. The angle-bitersare romping about on the playground.,孩童们在运动场嬉戏。,e.g. He was an old man and he was acting like anangle-biter.,他是个上了年纪的人，但行为却如孩童。,Ps：have a break的意思是“休息一下”。例如：,Yes, I can have a break from all this tired work in the office. 好哇，这样我就可以暂时忘却累人的工作了。,Let's have a break from TV. 咱们歇一会，暂时别看电视了。,Let's have a break and we'll go on with it in next period. 大家先休息一下，我们下节课继续讲。