
4. We're gonna have two parties back-to-back next weekend.
下周末我們將連續有兩場派對.
「連續」這個概念在英文中的說法有很多. 最簡單的可以用單一副詞 consecutively, 例如例句就可以翻成 "We're gonna have two parties consecutively next weekend." 當然你也可以用片語 in a row 或是 back-to-back 來替換這個 consecutively. In a row 原意是排成一列, 例如 three days in a row 就是三天排成一列, 也就連續三天的意思. 而 back-to-back 字面上則是「背貼背」, 當然也有連續的意思在內. 所以比方說期末考到了, 哇咧, 明天居然連續考三科. 這個用英文說出來就是 "We'll have three tests in a row tomorrow." 或是 "We'll have three tests back-to-back tomorrow."