迷你對話：

A:Why did you get your back up, dad?

爸爸，你為什么生氣。

B:What a mess in your room!

瞧瞧你的房間多亂。

A:I'm playing with my toys. I will tidy up the room after a while.

我正在玩玩具，過會兒我會把房間收拾好。

B:That’s all right.

好吧。

詞海拾貝：

1.get one’s back up：生氣，使發怒

Eg. An unfriendly attitude of the shop-assistant often gets customers’ back up.

售貨員不友好冷淡的態度常常使顧客生氣。

Eg. He was got up his back up by the perception of Mrs. Bulshrode's meaning.

布爾斯羅德太太的弦外之音使他有些生氣。

Eg. Can you stroke him down? He is still got his back up.

你能使他消消氣嗎?他還是非常生氣。

Eg. Anna was got her back up by Jack's rude remarks about her appearance.

杰克對安娜相貌的粗魯評論使她很生氣。

2.play with：玩......

Eg. If you play with fire, you'll get burnt in the event.

你如果玩火,到頭來總會被灼傷。

Eg. She could lie on the cool rocks and play with the golden carp.

她會趴在涼爽的石板上，逗弄金魚。

Eg. Does it make sense to let children play with matches?

讓小孩玩火柴有意義嗎？

Eg. That selfish boy won't let other children play with his toys.

那個孩子自私，玩具不讓別的孩子玩。

3.tidy up：整理，收拾

Eg. We should tidy up the place before we move in.

在我們搬進去之前應該先把那地方收拾一下。

Eg. He began to tidy up his desk and finish off the week' s work.

他開始整理書桌，結束一周的工作。

Eg. Dolly, all your things are in a muddle, tidy up your room.

多麗，你的東西亂七八糟，收拾收拾房間。

Eg. Be sure to tidy up before the guests arrive.

客人來到前一定要收拾一下。

4.after a while：過一會兒

Eg. After a while she wept, and her tears brought some relief.

過了一會兒，她哭起來，她的眼淚讓她心里輕松了一些。

Eg. After a while he washed his face and hands, and tried to regain his composure.

過了一陣，他洗了臉和手，竭力想恢復平靜。

Eg. After a while we got to know each other a little.

過了不久我們有點熟了。

Eg. Oh, not very well. You get tired of it after a while.

不太喜歡，你過一段時間就厭倦了。