特別聲明

該文章中的迷你對話選自口語書籍，對話精講為可可編輯編寫。

第一、迷你對話

A: Guess who I saw just now?

猜猜我看到了誰？

B: Who?

誰呀？

A: John Smith, the escaped criminal.

約翰.史密斯，那個逃犯。

B: That bad egg, who took the low road since he was a boy.

那個壞蛋，從小就不走正道。

A: I think I must report to the cops.

我想我應(yīng)該去報告警察。

B: Ok.

好。

第二、對話精講

1. 地道表達

【地道短語】take the low road

【解詞釋義】low road是指“下坡路，斜坡”，take the low road即指“走下坡路，走斜路”，引申為“走邪路”“做不正當(dāng)，不合法，不道德的事情”等等。起英文解釋為：do behavior or practice that is deceitful or immoral。

【典型范例】John took the low road to win in the election.

John是走歪門邪道在選舉中獲勝的。

As soon as the restraint put on him by his father is released, he takes the low road.

他父親對他的管束一放松，他就走邪路。

She believes in me and I would never take the low road.

她信任我，而我無論如何也不能再走邪路了。

Her husband is one who takes the low road, leaving his wife for other women.

她的丈夫是一個走邪路的人，離開她而去跟別的女人私通的人。

2. 詞海拾貝

bad egg

【釋義】壞家伙，壞帶，失敗的計劃

【范例】We are so worried;our daughter has made friends with a very bad egg.

我們很擔(dān)憂，我們的女兒交上一個不三不四的朋友。

They were greatly disappointed, for their scheme turned out to be a bad egg.

計劃最終失敗了，他們大失所望。

report to

【釋義】向......報告

【范例】 I take this opportunity to report to you about a matter.

順便向各位報告一件事。

I told you expressly to report to me everyday.

我明確告訴過你每天要向我匯報。

He dispatched the report to his newspaper.

他將報導(dǎo)發(fā)送給他的報紙。