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一， 迷你對話

A: But you have only given me your chin music, I’m still in the dark about what exactly is your plane.

你一直在跟我閑聊，我還是不知道你的計劃到底是什么？

B: Well, I’m thinking of having a real wonderful vacation somewhere with you.

嗯，我正在考慮和你一起去哪個什么地方好好玩玩。

A: I know we will go somewhere. But where?

我知道我們要去玩，但是去哪兒呢？

B: How about Tibet?

西藏怎么樣？

第二， 地道表達

chin music

1. 解詞釋義

Chin music是美國俚語，表示“閑聊”“空聊”“閑談”等意思。它是名詞性短語，作謂語表示閑談，可以用give sb. one’s chin music這個結構。

2. 拓展例句

e.g. The interview resolved itself into a pleasant chin music.

會見變成了愉快的閑聊。

e.g. Let' s stop our chin music and get down to basics.

我們別再閑聊了, 靜下心來干些要緊的事吧。

e.g. I met him the other day on the street and he gave me his chin music about travel in Paris.

我在不久前的一天街上碰到他，便閑聊了一會兒有關巴黎旅游的情況。

e.g. In the evenings he installed himself in the window seat in the kitchen, smoking and giving Mary his chin music.

晚上，他總是在廚房的窗下坐定，抽著煙和瑪麗閑聊。

第三， 詞海拾貝

1. in the dark

（1） 黑暗中
e.g. All the lights went out and we were left in the dark.

所有的燈都熄了, 周圍一片黑暗。

e.g. They suffered untold terrors in the dark and huddled together for comfort.

他們遭受著黑暗中的難以言傳的種種恐怖，因而只好擠在一堆互相壯膽。

（2） 不知道

e.g. I managed to keep my parents in the dark about this.

我設法對父母瞞下了此事。

e.g. I'm as much in the dark as you.

我和你一樣毫不知情。

e.g. We were kept completely in the dark about his plan to sell the company.

對他計劃將公司出售一事, 我們一直蒙在鼓里。

2. think of：思考，考慮

e.g. Does she really think of adopting teaching as a profession?

她真想拿教書作正式的職業嗎？

e.g. Think of the end at every beginning.

凡事開頭時就要想到它的后果。

3. have a vacation：度假

e.g. How I wish to have a long vacation these days!

這些天我多么希望去度一次長假啊!

e.g. Even if we could have had a vacation, we might not have wanted to.

即便是我們可以度假的話，我們也可能不去休呢。

4. How about：……怎么樣？

e.g. How about the price list? Does it have a guarantee to go with it?

價格表呢？有沒有附保證書呢？

e.g. How about meeting each other half-way with the price gap?

我們折衷一下如何？

第四，語法點撥

I’m still in the dark about what exactly is your plane.

要點解析：in the dark about something表示不知道某事的意思。此句中about后面跟的是由疑問代詞引導的賓語從句——what exactly is your plane。