时间:2018-12-16 作者:英语课 分类:美国习惯用语


英语课

   今天我们要讲的美国习惯用语是:bread and butter。Bread是面包的意思,butter是黄油的意思,面包和黄油都是西方人经常吃的东西; bread and butter连在一起在英语里就是生计,主要收入来源的意思。


  我前两天刚刚跟美国习惯用语的作者之一Steve出去吃饭。对他来说,帮我们做节目只是兼职,并不是他的bread and butter,教外国学生学英语才是他的bread and butter. 让我们听听下面这个人邻居的bread and butter是什么。
  例句-1:When I saw my neighbor Katie's artwork at a gallery, I was amazed by her talent. I assumed that painting was her bread and butter. But she told me that it's only a hobby; she couldn't live on the money she makes from the paintings she sells.
  他说:我在展厅里看到我的邻居凯蒂的画儿后,简直被她的艺术才华折服了。我以为绘画就是她的收入来源,但她告诉我,画画只不过是她的一个爱好,因为卖画赚的钱不够她维持生计。
  我有个表哥,从小就喜欢雕塑。有一次我过生日,他送给我一件自己的作品。我以为是一棵树,但他告诉我说,那是我在跳舞。不用说,雕塑始终也没有成为他的bread and butter.
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  我们刚才说bread and butter是指一个人的主要收入来源。其实,bread and butter还可以指一种工作或一个行业的基本业务。比如说农民,他们大部分时间都在耕种和收获。这就是他们工作的bread and butter. 让我们看看下面这家汽车制造厂。
  例句-2:After poor sales of our economy cars, our company decided 1 to focus once again on producing luxury vehicles. After all, it's those models that have always been the foundation of our business. They're our bread and butter.
  这家厂子的一个工人说:我们厂生产的经济型轿车销路不好,所以厂里决定重新把生产重点转向豪华轿车。毕竟,豪华轿车一直就是我们厂的核心产品。
  美国著名大公司的核心产品我想大家都知道。比如说Starbucks, 星巴克的主打商品是咖啡。再比如Apple,苹果公司是生产电脑的,这些都是它们的bread and butter.
  我星期天要去看芭蕾舞,剧目是天鹅湖,是这家芭蕾舞团的看家剧目,也就是他们的bread and butter. 我简直等不及了。

1 decided
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
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