不久前,我應(yīng)邀去參加一個(gè)非常正式的晚宴。為此,我專門出去買晚禮服??吹揭患矚g的,售貨小姐向我保證,絕對不會(huì)縮水。你猜怎么著,宴會(huì)過后,一下水就抽得不能穿了。兩百塊的衣服就穿了一個(gè)晚上,氣得我夠嗆。這種欺騙顧客的人就應(yīng)該被炒魷魚,英文里就可以說,She should be burn at the stake.
不過,跟那些真正上當(dāng)受騙的人相比,我這點(diǎn)兒損失可能算不了什么。讓我們聽聽下面這個(gè)人的經(jīng)歷。
例句-1:I couldn't understand why I wasn't feeling better. Then I found out that the medication I bought over the Internet was fake. I hope that the authorities arrest the criminals who are responsible and jail them for the rest of their lives. They deserve to be burned at the stake!
他說:我一直不明白,我的病情為什么總不見好,后來才發(fā)現(xiàn),原來從網(wǎng)上買的是假藥。我真希望有關(guān)部門能抓住這些罪犯,把他們關(guān)進(jìn)監(jiān)獄,一輩子不放出來,對他們就應(yīng)該嚴(yán)懲不貸。
現(xiàn)在賣假藥的問題越來越嚴(yán)重,實(shí)在是害人不淺,老年人尤其容易受騙。不久前,有人打電話給我姨媽,自稱是她的保險(xiǎn)經(jīng)紀(jì)人,要走了她的信用卡號(hào)碼。這個(gè)騙子被抓住時(shí),我姨媽已經(jīng)損失將近一千美元。警察告訴我說,he will be burning at the stake before long.
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在美國,孩子做錯(cuò)事,父母最常用的懲罰手段是不讓看電視、不許打電話、沒收零用錢等等。不過,有的時(shí)候,這些手段通通用上,可能也不能解氣。我們來聽聽下面這個(gè)叫Chucky的中學(xué)生最近犯了一個(gè)什么樣的錯(cuò)誤。他弟弟說,
例句-2:While mom and dad were out last night, Chucky drove mom's car without asking permission. What's more, he backed it into a tree and now there's a big dent. He's going to be burned at the stake this time. It'll be a punishment he won't soon forget!
他說:昨天晚上爸爸媽媽離開后,Chucky擅自把媽媽的車開了出去。他倒車的時(shí)候撞在了樹上,車身癟進(jìn)去一大塊。這下他可慘了。媽媽一定會(huì)重重地罰他,讓他一輩子忘不了。
車子撞壞了不要緊,青少年無照駕駛,出了車禍可就更麻煩了。