时间:2018-12-02 作者:英语课 分类:美语怎么说


英语课

  Donny 在北京学中文。他的中国朋友要是遇到了不知道用美语怎么说的词,就会来请教他。今天是杨林要问的:忙。

Donny:Hi 杨琳,what's up? I haven't seen you in ages.

YL: 别提了,我最近特别忙,I am really busy! 忙得四脚朝天,怎么说...four feet up!

Donny: four feet up? I can imagine. But in English, we don't say that....You can say I'm up to my neck in work.

YL: I'm up to my neck... in work ? 工作太多,堆到和脖子一样高?被工作压得喘不过气来。这个说法太形象了! 还有别的吗?

Donny: There is another expression 1 that also has to do with body parts. It is "I've got my hands full".

YL: I've got my hands full。我明白了,就是说两手都没闲着。

Donny: Exactly. Oh, I just thought of another one---"I have a lot on my plate".

YL: I have a lot on my plate? plate, p-l-a-t-e, plate 不是盘子么?说盘子里有很多东西,那一定是...忙着吃呢吧?

Donny:That's possible! Anyway, when you say you have a lot on your plate, it means 2 you're busy.

YL: 我知道了。哎呀,我快迟到了,快,再教最后一个。

Donny: Okay, this one will be easier to remember-- I've got a million things to do!

YL: 太夸张了吧! I've got a million things to do! 有一百万件事情等着我去做。

Donny: Right! Now, Yang Lin, tell me what you've learned 3 today!

YL: 今天学到的还真不少。形容特别忙可以说,I'm up to my neck in work,工作堆到脖子了;I've got my hands full, 两手都占着呢;I have a lot on my plate,盘子里堆得满满的。哎呀! 我得赶紧走人了,I've got a million things to do!



1 expression
n.表达,表示,表现,表情,措辞,词句
  • He looked at me without expression.他毫无表情地看着我。
  • Her face was without expression.她的脸上没有表情。
2 means
n.方法,手段,折中点,物质财富
  • That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
  • We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。
3 learned
adj.有学问的,博学的;learn的过去式和过去分词
  • He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
  • In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里,他被视为有学问的人。
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buckras
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could have died
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devouement
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dopamine(DA)
electron paramagnetic resonance
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execution report
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for the rest
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global temperature
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