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: I’d be a basket case if you think of me that way. I need your understanding

.要是連你也這么看我的話，我真的是走投無路。我需要你的理解。

B: I know, I know. But you always bat around without doing things useful.

我知道，我知道。但是你總是游手好閑的。

A: Can’t you be more considerate? I need your encouragement.

你不能替我想想嗎？我需要你的鼓勵。

B: All right. Do what you can do now instead of twiddling your thumbs.

好的，別總是閑著，找點事情干。

第二、對話精講

1. 核心地道表達

【核心短語】basket case

【解詞釋義】Basket的意思就是"籃子"。比如說，要是一個人在一次事故中失去了四肢，他就變得毫無能力來料理自己的生活，只能讓人家把他放在一只籃子里抬來抬去。這種毫無能力和希望的情景就是basket case的意思。Basket case經常被用來形容那些很窮的國家，它們的人民饑寒交迫，毫無希望。有的時候，basket case也是指那些老是虧錢，即將倒閉的企業。

【典型例句1】I'm afraid my uncle's stressful job has turned him into a basket case.

我擔心叔父的壓力沉重的工作會使他變成一個毫無氣力的廢人。

【典型例句2】That manager has been a basket case here since his wife left him.

自從太太離開他后,那位經理就變得意志消沉。

【典型例句3】I 'm really worried - our company is losing so much money these days that if things don't get better in the next two months we'll be a basket case and have to go out of business.

我真是非常擔心，我們公司這些日子虧損了那么多錢，要是在今后兩個月里情況沒有好轉的話，我們就徹底沒有希望，只好倒閉了。

【典型例句4】They made me wait so long for the interview that I was a basket case by the time I finally got called in. I've never been so nervous! I stammered, I stuttered--I almost couldn't remember my own name.

他們讓我等了很久才和我面談。等到他們叫我進去的時候，我根本就不行了。我從來就沒有這樣緊張過，結結巴巴地說不出話來，差一點連自己的名字都忘了。

2.詞海拾貝

think of：有…想法； 對…有意見

【典型例句1】They all thought of her as a nice girl.

他們都認為她是一個好女孩。

【典型例句2】We think of him as representing modern writers.

我們認為他是現代作家的代表。

instead of：而不是

【典型例句1】You should reason with him instead of just telling him to obey.

你應該同他講清道理，不要只叫他聽話。

【典型例句2】Taking exercise every day makes him look younger instead of older.

每天鍛煉身體使他看起來年輕而不顯老。

bat around：到處游蕩

【典型例句1】The women were batting around, gossiping instead of spending the day industriously.

這些女人到處游蕩閑聊而不是勤勉過日子。

【典型例句2】Instead of looking for work, he preferred to bat around.

他不去找工作做，寧愿到處游蕩。