Cigarette Smoking 吸煙
Mary was so disgusted at her husband's cigarette smoking that she complained to him one day.
瑪麗非常討厭丈夫吸煙,一天對他抱怨說
"I hope that all the cigarette factories will catch fire someday."
“我希望有一天所有卷煙廠都失火。”
"Don't worry, dear. All the cigarettes will be on fire sooner or later." He said with a smile.
“不用擔(dān)心,親愛的,所有的煙卷遲早都會點著的。”他笑著說。
1.Mary was so disgusted at her husband's cigarette smoking
be disgusted with/at:having a strong feeling of dislike for厭惡
eg:We were disgusted at what we heard and saw here.
我們對這里的所見所聞感到厭惡。
2.she complained to him
complain to sb. 向某人抱怨
eg:What did the customer complain to the manager about?
這個顧客在跟經(jīng)理抱怨些什么?
注意看到下面這兩句話,兩句話都是對的。
complaining about them to you=complaining to you about them
這兩者只是交換了介詞短語的位置,用來達到強調(diào)的目的。
3.be on fire
著火, 失火;情緒激昂;
eg:Wet wood is not easy to be on fire.
濕木頭不易著火。