美國習(xí)語:10 咸魚翻身,密切合作
來源:滬江聽寫酷
2011-12-21 09:00
【節(jié)目介紹】:大家好,應(yīng)滬友要求,《Words & Idioms》開播了。本節(jié)目適合各個(gè)階層的人學(xué)習(xí)。大家只要聽寫出音頻中的例句就可以了,本期一共四個(gè)例句。聽寫不需要打引號,句子間也不用編序號。至于文中聽到的所有習(xí)慣用語,提交答案之后都可以在譯文部分找到。
Hints:
Jones
Tigers
FBI
校對:trans0829
答疑:常小貓
Hints:
Jones
Tigers
FBI
校對:trans0829
答疑:常小貓
Back in school we made fun of Jones because we thought he spent too much time studying instead of having fun. Now the shoe is on the other foot -- he's made lots of money and the rest of us are just barely making enough to feed our families.
For the last ten years the Tigers have been the worst team in the league: we've finished down at the bottom. But now the shoe is on the other foot: we have all these good young players and we're beating everybody else in the whole league.
The local police are working hand in glove with the FBI to find the bank robbers.
I read in the paper about this customs officer they arrested at the airport. They caught him working hand in glove with a gang of smugglers to bring diamonds into the country without paying duty.
The shoe is on the other foot
To work hand in glove
美國的成語或俗語和其他語言一樣同生活中的各個(gè)方面有關(guān)。有一些和食品有關(guān),有的來自撲克牌游戲,還有的和穿著有聯(lián)系。今天我們要講的兩個(gè)習(xí)慣用語是和鞋子、手套有關(guān)系的。首先,我們要介紹的是"The shoe is on the other foot"。
The shoe is on the other foot的意思是:形勢已經(jīng)完全不同了。下面這個(gè)例子就能夠說明the shoe is on the other foot在日常會話中是怎么用的:
例句-1: "Back in school we made fun of Jones because we thought he spent too much time studying instead of having fun. Now the shoe is on the other foot -- he's made lots of money and the rest of us are just barely making enough to feed our families."
這句話翻成中文就是說:"以前在學(xué)校里念書的時(shí)候,我們老是笑話瓊斯,認(rèn)為他這個(gè)人老是念書,不會玩??墒?,現(xiàn)在情況就完全不同了。他賺了不少錢,而我們這些人的收入只夠維持家計(jì)而已。"
下面的一個(gè)例子是一個(gè)球迷在夸耀當(dāng)?shù)氐陌羟蜿?duì):
例句-2: "For the last ten years the Tigers have been the worst team in the league: we've finished down at the bottom. But now the shoe is on the other foot: we have all these good young players and we're beating everybody else in the whole league."
這句話的意思是:"我們這個(gè)地方的球隊(duì)老虎隊(duì)十年前是參加聯(lián)賽的所有球隊(duì)中最次的一個(gè),比賽結(jié)果老是最后一名。現(xiàn)在可不同了。我們球隊(duì)的隊(duì)員都很年輕,球藝也好。他們把其他球隊(duì)一個(gè)個(gè)全打敗了。"
現(xiàn)在我們來講一個(gè)和手套有關(guān)的習(xí)慣用語: To work hand in glove
To work hand in glove的意思是密切合作。我們來舉個(gè)例子吧:
例句-3: "The local police are working hand in glove with the FBI to find the bank robbers."
這是說:"當(dāng)?shù)氐木煺诤吐?lián)邦調(diào)查局密切合作設(shè)法找到那些搶劫銀行的罪犯。"
Hand in glove這個(gè)詞匯也經(jīng)常用在反面的場合,形容一些人合謀犯罪等。下面就是一個(gè)例子:
例句-4: "I read in the paper about this customs officer they arrested at the airport. They caught him working hand in glove with a gang of smugglers to bring diamonds into the country without paying duty."
這個(gè)人說:"我在報(bào)紙上看到有關(guān)那個(gè)在機(jī)場被逮捕的海關(guān)官員的消息。他們發(fā)現(xiàn)他和一些走私者密切合作,把鉆石帶進(jìn)來而不繳關(guān)稅。"
上面我們講了兩個(gè)美國人常用的詞匯。第一個(gè)是 the shoe is on the other foot,這是指情況完全不同的意思。另外一個(gè)是 to work hand in glove,這是密切合作的意思。
好,「美國習(xí)慣用語」第十一講就到里。歡迎下次再一起來學(xué)習(xí)美國習(xí)慣用語。再見。