聽力每日練習(xí) listen 992 The Last Straw?

 
2--So, why are Jonathan and Anna upset about a piece of straw?
 
1--Did you hear the latest changes for tonight's party?
 
2--What now?
 
1--We're not meeting at the restuarant at 7 but at Julie's house at 6.
 
2--Okay.
 
1--And all the food is going to be vegetarian.
 
2--That's the last straw. I'm just staying at home and watching TV tonight.
 
1--"The last straw" is that last little difficulty, in a long series of difficulties, that makes you quit.
 
2--This expression comes from an old story about a straw that broke a camel's back.
 
1--A camel was carrying too much on its back.
 
2--But the thing that finally broke it…was a single piece of straw.
 
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注解：
 
1.upset擾亂 
2.vegetarian素食者
3.difficulty困難

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譯文：

1--稻草就是曬干了的谷桿兒。
2--那么，為什么喬納森和安娜會為稻草而沮喪呢？
1--你聽說今晚聚會的最新變動了嗎？
2--現(xiàn)在聚會是什么安排？
1--我們不計(jì)劃7點(diǎn)在飯店見面了，而是改在了6點(diǎn)，在朱莉家見面。
2--好吧。
1--所有的食物都會是素食。
2--那我忍無可忍了。我計(jì)劃今晚待在家，看電視。
1--“忍無可忍”指最后一個困難，在很多困難中，這個困難讓你放棄了做某件事。
2--這個表達(dá)源自一個古老的故事，一根稻草壓垮了駱駝的背。
1--一只駱駝背上馱了很多東西。
2--可是最后壓垮駱駝的卻是一根稻草。