第一，迷你對話

A: These two brothers are very interesting.

這兩兄弟可真有趣。

B: Why? They look alike.

為什么，他們開起來很相像。

A: Actually, he is very pleasant to deal with, but his brother is a man of quite another kidney.

實際上，他還好相處，但是他的哥哥是完全另外一種脾氣。

B: Really, they came out of the same family. How could that be?

是嗎：他們都出自一個家庭，這怎么可能？

A: I am also wondering about it, you know they are almost the same age.

我對此事也感覺奇怪，你知道他們的年齡也幾乎差不多。

第二，地道表達

another kidney

解詞釋義

Kidney有“脾氣”的意思，same kidney就是指“同樣的脾氣”。它還可以通another，different連用，表示“不同的脾氣”。

第三，好詞妙語

be pleasant person to deal with：相處起來愉快

E.g. He is by no means a pleasant man to deal with.

他決不是一個好打交道的爽快人。

E.g. To my mind, she is a pleasant person to deal with.

據我看來她是個很好相處的人。

come out of：出自

E.g. Who was it said that good could not come out of evil?

惡行生不出善果來，是誰講過這句話來著？

E.g . All the selections come out of the writings of Lu Xun.

這些文章都選自魯迅的著作。

wonder about：對.....感到奇怪，對......感到疑惑

E.g. I often wonder about why she treated me like that.

我常自問她為什么那樣對待我。

E.g. He sat rooted in his seat and the young people began to wonder about him.

他呆坐在座位上。那幾個年輕人開始對他感到好奇起來。

be almost the same age：年齡差不多，年齡幾乎一樣

E.g. Jenny and Jane are almost the same age.

Jenny和Jane的年齡差不多。