第一， 迷你對話

A: Do you know Jim?

你認識Jim嗎？

B: Yes. We were classmates three years ago.

認識，我們三年前是同班同學。

A: What do you think of him?

你覺得他這人如何？

B: He has always been good at fishing in troubled waters.

他總愛乘人之危。

第二， 地道表達

fish in troubled waters

1. 解詞釋義

Fish in troubled waters是俚語，相當于“take advantage of a Bad situation to loot”或者是“to involve oneself in a difficult, confused, or dangerous situation, especially with a view to gaining an advantage”，可譯為：趁火打劫，乘人之危，混會摸魚等。

2. 拓展范例

e.g. They were clearly seeking to fish in troubled waters.

顯然他們意圖混水摸魚。

e.g. Frank is fishing in troubled waters by buying more shares of that company.

Frank買了那家公司的更多的股份，他是在趁火打劫。

e.g. They are supposed to be in financial difficulties. The company could make more money by selling armaments abroad, but they would be fishing in troubled waters.

他們應該是陷于財政困難之中，公司可以向海外拋售軍用設備來掙大錢，但是他們可能是乘人之危。

第三， 咬文嚼字

1. be good at：擅長于……

e.g. He is good at managing money matters.

他很會理財。

e.g. He' s well-intentioned but not very good at getting things done.

他常常是好心辦不出好事。

e.g. He is good at initiating projects but rarely follows through with anything.

他頗能提方案，但干什么事情都很少堅持到底。

e.g. The teacher is good at firing up the imagination of his pupils.

這位教師很善于激發學生們的想像力。

2. think of：看待……，認為……

e.g. What do you think of the terms of payment?

關于付款條件你們有什么意見？

e.g. Susan and her fiance think of their letters as cords of love.

蘇珊和她未婚夫把他倆的來往書信看作愛情的紐帶。

e.g. She did not sufficiently think of making herself a nest for him.

她并不十分想讓她自己變成供他休養生息的場所。

e.g. She doesn't care a straw what men think of her.

人家怎么看她，她根本不在乎。