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第一、迷你對話

A: Mary, I heard you moved again.

瑪麗，我聽說你又搬家了。

B: Yeah. I could not stand living here. There is always much noise in the neighborhood.

是呀，我再也受不住住在那里了，那里總是有那么大的吵鬧聲。

A: You mean noise? How could it be?

你是說噪音嗎？怎么會這樣呢？

B: You know, on weekends when we wanted to have late rise in the morning, our neighbour started to raise Cain.

你知道，周末早上，我們想玩起一會兒，結果我們的鄰居就開始吵吵嚷嚷起來。

第二、地道表達：

1. 習語

raise Cain

2. 解詞釋義

Cain是人名“該隱”，該隱是基督教《圣經》中亞當的長子，他曾經殺害自己的弟弟，短語raise Cain現在用來指“引起騷亂”，主要強調“大吵大鬧”的場面。

第三、支持范例

He said he'd raise Cain if they wouldn't give him a refund.

他說如果他們不還錢給他的話，他就要搞點動作。

I'm going to raise Cain if I do not get my fair share.

假如我得不到公平的一份，我就要生氣。

My wife is going to raise Cain if she see me in conversation with you.

我妻子定看到我和您在一起說話會大吵大鬧的。

第三、詞海拾貝

1. stand doing something：忍受做某事

范例：I cannot stand being cheated.

我無法忍受被欺騙。

I could not stand waiting for such a long time.

我受不了等這么久。

2. in the neighborhood：在附近

范例：You'll find it somewhere in the neighborhood of the park.

你會在公園附近找到它。

All the residents and storekeepers in the neighborhood were on hand.

鄰近的居民和店主們全都聞聲趕來。

He was the poorest farmer in the neighborhood.

他是附近最窮的農夫了。

She spies out everything that goes on in the neighborhood.

她暗中調查著這附近發生的一切。

3. on weekends：周末

范例：He is such a couch potato on weekends.

他一到周末就成天看電視看個不停。

Students often go Dutch in these restaurants on weekends.

周末，學生常湊份子去這些飯館吃飯。

This store opens at 9 A.M. on weekdays but at 10 on weekends.

這家店平日上午9點開，但周末10點開。

I seldom watch TV. But I always surf the Internet on weekends.

我很少看電視。但周末我總是上網。

4. have late rise：晚點起床

范例：I used to have a late rise,but now I am used to getting up early.

我曾經起床很晚，但現在已習慣早起了。

He had a late rise so that he missed the first bus.

他起床晚了，以至于誤了頭班車。

第五、口語句型

How could it be?

使用情境：當你對一件事情感到琢磨不透會是這樣糟糕的情況時，可以用。例如您的朋友換上了精神疾病，你覺得不可能，感到驚奇。這時候就可以用這個句型。