时间:2019-02-06 作者:英语课 分类:阅读空间


英语课

    与“茶”有关的地道英语

    a tea hound在茶话会、舞会或各种社交场合,总有些喜欢追逐漂亮女子并对她们大献殷勤的家伙。这类花花公子就被称为tea hounds 爱交际的男子。

    例句:John is much mature now, I think he's no longer a tea hound. 约翰现在成熟多了,我想他不再是爱交际的花花公子了。

    somebody's cup of tea英国人对茶情有独钟,无论什么饮品都代替不了茶在他们心中的位置。因此somebody's cup of tea指的就是to be something that one prefers or desires 对某人胃口的东西,使某人感兴趣的东西。

    例句:Football/Opera/Chemistry is not his cup of tea. 足球/歌剧/化学可不是他的爱好。

    This spy novel is just my cup of tea. 这本侦探小说正对我的胃口。

    a storm in a tea cup这是18世纪法国哲学家孟德斯鸠的一句名言。有一次他听说圣马力诺发生了一场骚乱,就用了a storm in a tea cup这个比喻来形容整个事件。圣马力诺是欧洲最小的共和国,人口稀少,因此孟德斯鸠认为那里的骚乱对整个欧洲局势无关紧要。If someone exaggerates a problem or makes a small problem seem far greater than it really is, then they are making a storm in a tea cup. 顾名思义,“茶杯里的风暴”自然算不得什么大事,所以就被用来表示“小题大做,大惊小怪”的意思。

    例句:That couple often quarrel, but it is a storm in a tea cup. 那对夫妻经常吵架,没什么大惊小怪的。

    Storm in a teacup是大惊小怪的英式英语表达,美式英语的说法是 tempest in a teapot。此外,大惊小怪相似的说法还有:a storm in a cream-bowl,a tempest in a glass of water,a storm in a hand-wash basin。

    tea break饮茶一直被英国人看作是一种悠闲和舒适的享受。英国人喝茶的时间比较固定,不像我们那样随时随地都可以喝茶。他们习惯于三餐两茶,每天工作、学习一段时间后,喜欢停下来休息一刻钟左右,喝杯茶,吃些点心,补充体力。这段时间叫做tea break(茶休):an intermission from work, usually in the middle of the morning or afternoon, for a cup of tea, a snack, etc. 茶休有morning tea(上午茶)和afternoon tea(下午茶)之分:上午茶一般在十点半左右;下午茶一般在下午四五点钟。

    茶休的习惯源于英国18世纪的一位贝德芙公爵夫人安娜。她每天在午餐和晚餐之间总会感到有点饥饿,于是就在每天下午四点到五点之间邀请三五位知心好友,来喝点茶吃点点心。再后来就演变为“上下午工间或课间吃茶点的休息时间”。这种茶休在英国可是雷打不动的小憩时间。

    例句:Our bloody-minded foreman wouldn't give us a tea break. 我们残忍的工头不给我们工间茶休的时间。



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