Natalie: Hello and welcome to Authentic Real English, I'm Natalie and with me today is Feifei. 歡迎做客地道英語,我是納德利,今天和我搭檔的是菲菲。
Feifei: Argh... 哎呀……
Natalie: Feifei? What's wrong? 怎么了,菲菲?
Feifei: 這個游戲我玩兒了好久,可是這一關怎么都過不去,快要瘋了!Have you played this before? 你玩過嗎?
Natalie: Let me see... oh yeah! That level is a piece of cake! 讓我看下……哦也!這個是初級的。
Feifei: 一塊兒蛋糕?Where? Did you bring cake with you today? I'm starving! Good thinking Natalie. This game is a piece of cake! 在哪兒?你今天帶蛋糕來了嗎?我現(xiàn)在正餓著呢!納德利,你考慮得真周到。游戲就可以換一塊蛋糕!
Natalie: Oh... sorry to disappoint you Feifei, but that's not exactly what I meant. 哦……菲菲,讓你失望了,當時我不是真的在說蛋糕。
Feifei: What did you mean? 你是什么意思?
Natalie: Well by saying that level in the game is a piece of cake, I meant that level is really easy. 我是說你玩的這個游戲的級別是初級的,也就是說游戲很簡單。
Feifei: 如果我們說什么事情是 a piece of cake 也就是說這件事情輕而易舉,小菜一碟兒。So you think this level is easy?! 你覺得這個游戲簡單?!
Natalie: Well, yeah! OK, here are some more examples of using the phrase a piece of cake. 嗯,是的!好,這里有一些使用這個短語的例子。
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Examples
A: I'm glad that exam is over. 這高興啊,考試結束了。
B: What are you talking about? The exam was a piece of cake! 你在說什么呢?考試很簡單啊!
A: I still don't know how to use the internet, it confuses me! 我還是不知道怎么用網(wǎng)絡,這個實在是把我弄暈了!
B: I don't know why, using it really is a piece of cake. 我也不知道什么原因,我覺得挺簡單的。
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Natalie: So have you finished that level yet Feifei? 菲菲,你游戲過關了嗎?
Feifei: Argh! No, I've had enough! (throws game down). 啊!我玩夠了(不玩了)
Natalie: Look if you angle this, this way... now bring this up here... and hit the button. 看,如果你不想玩了,這樣就行了,打開游戲,放輕松跟游戲按鈕一決高下。
Feifei: Ahhh! 哈!
Natalie: See a piece of cake! 看多簡單!