英語(yǔ)早間課堂:忙得一刻也不得停

各位親愛(ài)的朋友們，歡迎和Juliet一起來(lái)趣味學(xué)英語(yǔ)。

王鵬上班掙錢(qián)得了第一個(gè)月的薪水，就想找朋友一起慶祝一番。他首先想到的就是知根知底的好友Jack。由于Jack今晚要準(zhǔn)備明日公司重要會(huì)議的一份報(bào)告，這請(qǐng)客的事兒就沒(méi)能成。于是王鵬便去找Steve。Steve，Jack和他可以說(shuō)是三個(gè)“鐵哥們”。Steve在得知Jack未能參與的時(shí)候，說(shuō)了一句話。哪知這句話讓王鵬大發(fā)雷霆，說(shuō)Jack是個(gè)十足的騙子，太不夠哥們義氣了。那么Steve說(shuō)的是什么話致使王鵬如此氣憤呢?Jack到底是不是個(gè)一個(gè)騙子呢?我們就帶著這2個(gè)疑問(wèn)，走進(jìn)王鵬和Steve他們倆的對(duì)話中來(lái)。

Wangpeng : Jack said he doesn't have time to dinner with us because he is busy in his inportant report at a meeting at his company tomorrow.

Jack說(shuō)他沒(méi)有時(shí)間和我們一起吃飯，因?yàn)樗獮槊魈斓墓局匾囊环輬?bào)告做準(zhǔn)備。

Steve : Yeah, he has been on the go.

是的，Jack現(xiàn)在on the go。

Wangpeng : On the go? I cannot believe Jack lied to me, saying that he is in the middle of something. And now, I know...I know he is going somewhere!

我簡(jiǎn)直不敢相信Jack居然會(huì)欺騙我，說(shuō)他很忙?，F(xiàn)在，現(xiàn)在我知道了他是要去什么地方。

Steve : Calm down, Wangpeng. You don't catch the phrase "on the go". It means "very busy and active". Jack didn't cheat you.

冷靜一下，王鵬。你不知道on the go這個(gè)詞語(yǔ)的意思。它的意思就是“很忙，忙碌”的意思，(就是你知道的in the middle of something這個(gè)表示“忙碌”的說(shuō)法)。

現(xiàn)在大家知道了吧，致使王鵬氣憤萬(wàn)分的是他不知道非常地道的非常給力的表示“忙碌”的說(shuō)法：on the go。On the go 這個(gè)短語(yǔ)本身就給人一種一直在動(dòng)的感覺(jué)。實(shí)際上是“忙個(gè)不停”“忙得不可開(kāi)交”“四處奔波”“跑來(lái)跑去”的意思。美國(guó)人很喜歡用這個(gè)短語(yǔ)來(lái)形容“一個(gè)人忙得一刻也不得停”。我們?cè)賮?lái)看一個(gè)小對(duì)話：

A : Are you ill? You don't seem like in the pink.

你病了嗎?你看起來(lái)臉色不大好呀。

B : No, I have been on the go all week. I have not got enough time to relax.

我沒(méi)有病，我一周都忙得不可開(kāi)交，沒(méi)有足夠的時(shí)間休息放松。

下面我們?cè)賮?lái)看現(xiàn)代文學(xué)老舍先生些的《駱駝祥子》中用到了on the go進(jìn)行翻譯的話。

1. Xiangzi was on the go until eleven that night.

祥子的腿沒(méi)停住一會(huì)兒，一直跑到夜里十一點(diǎn)。

2. It was midnight before Xiangzi, who had been on the go , could take a breath.

一直轉(zhuǎn)轉(zhuǎn)到十二點(diǎn)，祥子才找到嘆口氣的工夫。

3. His birthday preparations had kept her on the go for several days and this was the thanks she got! It was insufferable!

他辦壽，她跟著忙亂了好幾天，反倒沒(méi)落出好兒來(lái)，她不能容讓!