英語口語練習(xí)小對話 第765期:奇丑無比
迷你對話
A: Oh, my God! You could stop a clock.
天啊，你看起來臉色好差。你看起來很不舒服。
B: I have been sick for two weeks.
我已經(jīng)病了2個(gè)星期了。
地道表達(dá)
stop a clock
1. 解詞釋義
Stop a clock在美語中是用來形容一個(gè)人樣子“其丑無比” “非常難看”。在上文中，stop a clock牽涉到的主題是“人的健康”問題，形容一個(gè)人病了，精神萎靡，面容憔悴等等難看樣子。
2. 拓展例句
e.g. The old lady has a face that could stop a clock, but she is the most helpful person I have ever met.
這個(gè)老婦女奇丑無比，但她卻是我見過的最樂于助人的人。
e.g. A woman when she storms always makes herself stop a clock.
一個(gè)女人大發(fā)雷霆的時(shí)候，總使自己顯得很丑陋。
e.g. Even though she is rich, I don’t want to get married with her. She stops a clock.
雖然她有錢，但是我還是不愿意和她結(jié)婚，因?yàn)樗娉蟛豢啊?/p>
e.g. Don’t say like that. As it is, she is a beauty. She could stop a clock just because she has been in hospital for months.
別那樣說她，其實(shí)她是絕代美女。她因病住院幾個(gè)月了，臉色看上去難看而已。
