英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)練習(xí)小對(duì)話 第423期:走投無(wú)路,無(wú)依無(wú)靠

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　　A: I’d be a basket case if you think of me that way.I need your understanding

　　.要是連你也這么看我的話，我真的是走投無(wú)路。我需要你的理解。

　　B: I know, I know. But you always bat aroundwithout doing things useful.

　　我知道，我知道。但是你總是游手好閑的。

　　A: Can’t you be more considerate? I need your encouragement.

　　你不能替我想想嗎?我需要你的鼓勵(lì)。

　　B: All right. Do what you can do now instead of twiddling your thumbs.

　　好的，別總是閑著，找點(diǎn)事情干。

　　第二、對(duì)話精講

　　1. 核心地道表達(dá)

　　【核心短語(yǔ)】basket case

　　【解詞釋義】Basket的意思就是"籃子"。比如說(shuō)，要是一個(gè)人在一次事故中失去了四肢，他就變得毫無(wú)能力來(lái)料理自己的生活，只能讓人家把他放在一只籃子里抬來(lái)抬去。這種毫無(wú)能力和希望的情景就是basket case的意思。Basket case經(jīng)常被用來(lái)形容那些很窮的國(guó)家，它們的人民饑寒交迫，毫無(wú)希望。有的時(shí)候，basketcase也是指那些老是虧錢(qián)，即將倒閉的企業(yè)。

　　【典型例句1】I'm afraid my uncle's stressful job has turned him into a basket case.

　　我擔(dān)心叔父的壓力沉重的工作會(huì)使他變成一個(gè)毫無(wú)氣力的廢人。

　　【典型例句2】That manager has been a basket case here since his wife left him.

　　自從太太離開(kāi)他后,那位經(jīng)理就變得意志消沉。

　　【典型例句3】I 'm really worried - our company is losing so much money these days that ifthings don't get better in the next two months we'll be a basket case and have to go out ofbusiness.

　　我真是非常擔(dān)心，我們公司這些日子虧損了那么多錢(qián)，要是在今后兩個(gè)月里情況沒(méi)有好轉(zhuǎn)的話，我們就徹底沒(méi)有希望，只好倒閉了。

　　【典型例句4】They made me wait so long for the interview that I was a basket case by thetime I finally got called in. I've never been so nervous! I stammered, I stuttered--I almostcouldn't remember my own name.

　　他們讓我等了很久才和我面談。等到他們叫我進(jìn)去的時(shí)候，我根本就不行了。我從來(lái)就沒(méi)有這樣緊張過(guò)，結(jié)結(jié)巴巴地說(shuō)不出話來(lái)，差一點(diǎn)連自己的名字都忘了。

　　2.詞海拾貝

　　think of：有…想法; 對(duì)…有意見(jiàn)

　　【典型例句1】They all thought of her as a nice girl.

　　他們都認(rèn)為她是一個(gè)好女孩。

　　【典型例句2】We think of him as representing modern writers.

　　我們認(rèn)為他是現(xiàn)代作家的代表。

　　instead of：而不是

　　【典型例句1】You should reason with him instead of just telling him to obey.

　　你應(yīng)該同他講清道理，不要只叫他聽(tīng)話。

　　【典型例句2】Taking exercise every day makes him look younger instead of older.

　　每天鍛煉身體使他看起來(lái)年輕而不顯老。

　　bat around：到處游蕩

　　【典型例句1】The women were batting around, gossiping instead of spending the dayindustriously.

　　這些女人到處游蕩閑聊而不是勤勉過(guò)日子。

　　【典型例句2】Instead of looking for work, he preferred to bat around.

　　他不去找工作做，寧愿到處游蕩。