第一，情景對話

A: Don't keep in touch with Jack. He will give you a bad name.

別和杰克聯系了。他會有損你的名聲的。

B: Mind your own business.

不要你管。

A: You'll regret some day.

總有一天你會后悔的。

B: By no means!

絕不可能！

第二，詞海拾貝

give someone a bad name

變異：give a bad name to someone

exp. Spoil the reputation of someone. （損壞某人的名譽）

—— I can't believe how little you care about your students!—— Mike, you give a bad name to teachers!

—— 我真不敢相信你們對學生這么漠不關心！—— Mike，你有損老師們的名譽啊！

e.g. Such a fault gives a bad name to you.

這種過錯有損你的名聲。

e.g. He has been given a bad name by a newspaper article alleging he'd evaded his taxes.

由于報上一篇文章聲稱他曾逃稅，他的名譽受到損害。

e.g. I think I can do something to straighten this out for you and do not give you a bad name because of it.

我想我可以替您把這件事辦好，不會因為此事而損壞你的名譽。

第三，語匯積累

1.keep in touch with（somebody or something）：與某人保持聯系，及時了解某事，經常接觸某人或某事

e.g. I try to keep in touch with current events by reading the newspapers.

我經常讀報來盡量了解時事。

e.g. We must keep in touch with what is happening in foreign countries.

我們必須了解國外的動態。

e.g. He expressed the hope that we would keep in touch with his firm.

他表示希望我們與他的公司保持聯系。

e.g. We now keep in touch with him by writing letters .

我們現在靠寫信與他保持聯系。

2.mind one’s own business：別管閑事

e.g. As he was always interfering, I told him to mind his own business.

因他常來干涉, 我叫他少管閑事。

e.g. He asked me if I was married, so I told him to mind his own business.

他問我結婚了沒有，我叫他少管閑事。

3.by no means：絕不

e.g. His story is by no means convincing.

他講的話絲毫不足令人相信。

e.g. The problem is by no means as simple as we first thought.

問題決不像我們當初想象的那么單純。

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。

some day: 終有一天