1.【語(yǔ)意表述】當(dāng)某事情要出現(xiàn)麻煩了的時(shí)候.......。
【句型模板】WhenThe balloon goes up, ...
【指點(diǎn)迷津】此句型是來(lái)源于習(xí)語(yǔ)when the bal`loon goes up。它是非正式書(shū)面用語(yǔ),常用語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)中,意思是:when expected trouble begins 。是指“當(dāng)意料中的麻煩到來(lái)時(shí)”。根據(jù)不同的語(yǔ)境,可以翻譯為(行動(dòng)、戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)、事件、騷動(dòng)等)開(kāi)始,發(fā)動(dòng)。
【典型范例1】I don't want to be around when the balloon goes up.
要出事了, 我趁早離開(kāi)是非之地。
【典型范例2】The international rules of war are apt to be waived when the balloon goes up.
仗一打起來(lái),國(guó)際戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)規(guī)則就容易被放棄。
【典型范例3】Humanitarianism is apt to be forgotten when the balloon goes up.
一旦戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)爆發(fā),人道主義往往就被拋到腦后了。
【句型出處】My dear Papa thought the balloon would go up in the 1880s.(十九世紀(jì)晚期,我父親以為家業(yè)會(huì)付之東流。)
2. 【語(yǔ)意表述】某物或某人處于危險(xiǎn)之中。
【句型模板】Something or somebody is in danger.
【指點(diǎn)迷津】此句型用到in danger這個(gè)借此短語(yǔ),意思是“處于危險(xiǎn)中”。
【句型操練1】The people are in danger; we must help them off.
人們處境危險(xiǎn),我們必須幫助他們離開(kāi)。
【句型操練2】The dam was in danger because of the rising flood.
洪水猛漲,大壩告急。
【句型出處】Was it ever in danger?(它曾身陷險(xiǎn)境。)
【句型拓展】Somebody is in danger of something( or doing something).
(某人處于......的危險(xiǎn)之中。)
【典型例句1】At one point he was in danger of being lynched.
他一度險(xiǎn)些被人以私刑殺害。
【典型例句2】Don't apply for that job: you're in danger of overreaching yourself.
不要申請(qǐng)那份工作,以免有不自量力之嫌。