聽力每日練習(xí) listen 1015 In Over My Head

 
2--Does this mean a person is upside down？
 
1--How's that cooking class going?
 
2--Don't get me started. I am in way over my head.
 
1--But...I thought you were good at cooking.
 
2--Not so much. I'm better at baking.
 
1--Baking cakes and pies and cookies and cupcakes.
 
2--To be "in over your head" means you are involved in a situation that is too difficult for you.
 
1--Think of being in water that is deeper than you are tall.
 
2--You are "in" water that is literally over your head.
 
1--That's where this expression comes from.
 
2--You can be "in over your head" if something is too hard for you, or if you do not feel fully prepared to do something.
 
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注解：
 
1.upside down上下顛倒 
2.situation形勢(shì)
3.literally照字面地 

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譯文：

1--這個(gè)習(xí)語(yǔ)聽起來不怎么安全。In Over My Head.
2--這個(gè)習(xí)語(yǔ)是在講一個(gè)人上下顛倒了么？
1--廚藝課怎么樣了？
2--別提了。對(duì)于我來說太難了。
1--但是，我以為你很善于廚藝。
2--算不上。我更善于烘焙。
1--烘焙蛋糕，派，餅干還有紙杯蛋糕。
2--“in over your head”是指你深陷于一個(gè)你無法應(yīng)對(duì)的情境。
1--設(shè)想身處高于你身高的水中。
2--你便淹沒于水中，按照字面意思則是“沒過你的腦袋”。
1--這就是這個(gè)習(xí)語(yǔ)的由來。
2--你可以用這個(gè)短語(yǔ)形容遇到某些對(duì)于你很難的事情，或者是你感到并沒有做足充分準(zhǔn)備的事情。