大家好,笨小孩廣播學(xué)口語(yǔ)準(zhǔn)時(shí)與大家相約,Andy 送上最誠(chéng)摯的問(wèn)候, good day, everyone !今天我們來(lái)學(xué)習(xí)的兩個(gè)俚語(yǔ)是He is as rich as Croesus和It is over the top.
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我們先來(lái)看第一句俚語(yǔ)He is as rich as Croesus . Croesus是公元前六世紀(jì)小亞細(xì)亞呂底亞國(guó)極富的國(guó)王,rich是“富有”, as rich as Croesus,像Croesus一樣富有,那就 是“極富有的”。 He is as rich as Croesus,就是“他極其富有”。
阿蕊總想嫁個(gè)有錢人,她向往那種揮金如土的生活,正巧一次晚宴上她結(jié)識(shí)了一位公認(rèn)的 “鉆石王老五”,大家都說(shuō):“He is as rich as Croesus。(他極其富有。)”
阿蕊開(kāi)始接近他,并成了他的情人,可過(guò)了一段時(shí)間,她向朋友訴苦說(shuō):“I thought he was as rich as Croesus, but later I found that was not the case.(我以為他很有錢,但后來(lái)發(fā)現(xiàn)情況并非如此。)”
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下面我們來(lái)看第二句話It is over the top .Top是“頂端,頂部”,over the top,在頂端上面,那就是過(guò)了頭了,它的意思就是“過(guò)火或過(guò)頭”。 It is over the top,就是 “這太過(guò)分了。”
阿華和阿波一起去看電影,看完后兩個(gè)人都覺(jué)得拍得不好。阿華說(shuō):“The film’s violent ending is completely over the top.(影片結(jié)尾的暴力場(chǎng)面太過(guò)分了。)” 阿波也認(rèn)為很過(guò)分,并說(shuō):“And I think the hero tends to go over the top.(而且我認(rèn)為主角的表演很過(guò)火。)”
大家做事一定要掌握一個(gè)度,過(guò)猶不及嘛。
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在今天的節(jié)目里,我們學(xué)了兩句俚語(yǔ)He is as rich as Croesus和It is over the top. 大家都會(huì)用了嗎? 我是笨小孩英語(yǔ)的Andy老師,下次再見(jiàn)!