英語早間課堂:話說地道美語 Lesson 23(2)之四

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第六、我們可以說jump down one's throat。It is an American slang. 它是一個美國街頭與。In English, it means " to react angrily". 中文意思是憤怒地反駁;憤怒地駁斥;突然對某人動怒;嚴厲地斥責;憤怒地指責。我們通過下面的例句來熟悉這個習語的意思。

例句1：All right, he was wrong, but did you have to jump down his throat in front of everybody? 是的，是他錯了，但是你就非得當著大伙的面訓斥他嗎? 例句2：The teacher jumped down Billy's throat when Billy said he hadn't done his homework. 當Billy說自己沒有做家庭作業(yè)時，老師對Billy進行了嚴厲地批評。

Jump down one's throat除了有“嚴厲地指責”的意思，它還有“突然粗暴地回答”“突然打斷某人的話”“說話帶火藥味”等等意思。 我們來看下面的例句：

例句1：He jumped down my throat at the mention of his wife. 一提他妻子他就暴跳如雷。

注解：At the mention of sth/sb意思是一提到某人或某物的時候，在提到......的時候，提及......時候。它是一個表示時間的介詞短語，在句中用作時間狀語。例如：My father is brightened up at the mention of tea. (備注：brighten sb up使......高興)一提到茶，我父親就高興起來。Mary colored up at the mention of her boy friend's name. (備注：color up 臉紅 例如：The little girl colored up when she realized that we were watching her drawing. 當小女孩意識到我們正在看著她畫圖時，她臉紅起來了。)瑪麗一聽到人家提她男朋友的名字便臉紅了。

例句2： He is a tartar, each time I met him he would jump down my throat. 他是個刺頭(他是個難對付的人)，我每次遇到他，他都那么火氣十足。

注解：Tartar ['tɑ:t?] means "a person in a position of authority who has a very bad temper".中文意思是兇悍的人;難對付的人;脾氣暴躁的人。What is more, this word is old-fashioned. 此外，這個詞在舊時候流行。

例句3： I heard you and there's no need to jump down my throat. 我聽你的話了, 但是你也沒必要粗暴地與我講話。

注解：There is no need to do sth可以視為一個口語句型，意思是沒有必要做某事。例如：I'm satisfied with your explanation, so there is no need to expand on it. 我對你的解釋很滿意，因此無需再作詳細說明。We all know how wonderful you are. There is no need to show off. 我們都知道你很出色，沒必要再買弄。(備注：show off 炫耀，賣弄 例如：Mike has only driven to the pub to show off his new car-he usually walks! 麥克駕車來到酒店，只是為了向大家炫耀他的那輛新車，他平時總是步行來的!She likes to show off her fine clothes. 她喜歡炫耀她的精美衣服。He wrote in that style just to show off. 這種文體寫文章，完全是為了賣弄文采。)好，親愛的朋友們，我們本次航班還未抵達目的地。但是下面的時間是乘務員為您倒果汁，就餐的時候了。我們待會兒再學習與get one's case意思相近的表述法。在就餐完后，不妨考慮一下用今天所講的語言點如何翻譯下面的7個句子。祝您用餐愉快!See you later! (to be continued)