地道英语口语500句 迷你对话学地道口语第367期:非常忙

迷你对话学地道口语第367期:非常忙  

特别声明,该文章中的迷你对话选自口语书籍，对话精讲为可可编辑编写。,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。