迷你对话学地道口语第461期:更大空间
时间：2019-03-05 作者：英语课 分类：迷你对话学地道口语
迷你对话
Subject: We need a lot more elbow 2 room.
A: Dad, our house is too small. We need a lot more elbow room.
爸爸，我们的房子太小了，我们需要一个空间的房子。
B: You are growing up, so the house seem 3 to get smaller and smaller.
因为你长大了，所以房子看起来越来越小了。
地道表达：elbow room
1. 解词释义
Elbow room在文中的意思是“更大的空间”。它的起源是这样的：当初以为美国人呗周围的人挤得胳膊都动不了了。于是他就说：“Please give me some elbow room.”他说这句话的意思就是希望对方能让出一旦空间，让他的胳膊活动活动。。在别人给他让出胳膊活动的空间时，他也因此得到了更大的空间。后面人们就用elbow room来表示“更大的空间”。对话中“We need a lot more elbow room.”的意思就是“我们需要一个空间更大的房子。”
2. 典型例句
e 1.g. Excuse me. Could 4 you give me a little elbow room?
对不起，您能给我一点活动余地吗？
e.g. Hey, you forget that I weigh 5 250 pounds 6. I need more elbow room than you.
嘿，你别忘了我体重两百五百磅，我需要的空间比你还大。
e.g. I can hardly 7 move here. Can you give me some elbow room?
我一点儿都动不了，你可以给我点地儿吗？
Ps：grow up的意思是“长大成人”。例如：Whenever 8 will he grow up?他究竟什么时候才能成熟起来? I like to muse 9 about what I will do when I grow up. 我喜欢仔细思考长大后做什么。
- The "e" in " time" is a silent letter. time中的e不发音。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- You've made a mistake -- you've left out the letter e. 你出了一个错，把字母e 落了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Please try to move your elbow.请活动一下你的肘关节。
- He had a patch on the elbow of his jacket.他的上衣肘部有一块补丁。
- You seem very much alive today.你今天好像非常活跃。
- The children seem very happy.孩子们似乎很快活。
- Could I open the window?我可以打开窗子吗？
- I could wait ten minutes.我可以等十分钟。
- When did you weigh last?你上次什么时候称体重的？
- Weigh this in your hand.掂掂这有多重。
- The paper got clobbered with libel damages of half a million pounds. 这家报纸被罚以五十万英镑的诽谤损害赔偿金。
- He donated thousands of pounds to charity. 他向慈善事业捐款数千英镑。
- I could hardly believe my eyes.我简直不相信自己的眼睛。
- The hens hardly laid any eggs in summer.母鸡夏天几乎不下蛋。
- I'll go there whenever I have time.我多会儿有空就去。
- Whenever we meet him we speak to him.每次我们见到他，我们都和他讲话。