时间:2019-01-21 作者:英语课 分类:迷你对话学地道口语


英语课

  迷你对话:

A: The taxi drivers are on strike again.

出租车司机又罢工了。

B: What for?

为什么?

A: They want the government to reduce the price of the gasoline.

他们希望政府降低汽油的价格。

B: It is really a hot potato.

真是一件棘手的事情。

地道表达:

a hot potato

解词释义:

改习语为“滚烫的土豆”,类似于中文中的“烫手的山芋”,意即:都有不能丢,吃又不能吃,因为太热,由此,引申为“棘手的问题或者事件,是人厌恶的事情”。

支持范例:

Eg. The racial discrimination issue is a political hot potato.

种族歧视问题是政治上的棘手问题.

Eg. The unemployment is a real hot potato.

失业真是个棘手的问题。

Eg. Money policy becomes a hot potato.

货币政策很快地成为一个棘手难题。

Eg. The Mideast conflict is really a hot potato for all politicians around the world.

中东问题对世界所有的政治家来说都是个棘手的事情。

词海拾贝:

on strike:罢工

Eg. There are no trains because the train drivers are on strike.

因为火车司机罢工,所以没有火车了。

Eg. Busmen have decided 1 to go on strike next week.

公共汽车司机已决定在下星期进行罢工。

Eg. The office workers are on strike for higher pay.

办公室工作人员为加工资进行罢工。

Eg. Teachers revealed to the press that they were going on strike.

教师向报界透露他们将举行罢工。

口语短句:

What for?(译文:为什么?)



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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