英語口語練習(xí)小對(duì)話 第24期:不起眼的女孩
習(xí)語：
a plain Jane
講解：Jane 在英文中是很常見的女名，所以，a plain Jane 表示“不起眼的女人。”
I cannot make it out why a handsome-looking man like him would fall in love with a plain Jane like Liu Lan.
真猜不透像他那樣一個(gè)英俊的男子為何能愛上劉蘭那樣一個(gè)不起眼的女孩子呢?
The new receptionist is a bit of a plain Jane but she's very efficient at her job.
那位新來的接待員相貌一般，但她的工作效率很高。 He said that he wouldn't like to marry a plain Jane.
他說他可不想和一個(gè)不起眼的女孩子結(jié)婚。
I would rather marry a plain Jane who causes no trouble than a pretty face who may be come a jailbait.
我寧愿和一個(gè)相貌平平但是安穩(wěn)的女孩子結(jié)婚也不愿意娶個(gè)招災(zāi)惹禍的漂亮妞。
Mary certainly is a plain Jane, and yet she is quite popular.
瑪麗實(shí)在其貌不揚(yáng)，但是她很有名氣。
迷你對(duì)話：
A:I wonder how Sarah and Mat are.
我想知道莎拉和馬特的情況怎么樣了。
B:Don't you know they've already broken up?
你不知道他們已經(jīng)分手了嗎?
A:I'm not surprised. She's a plain Jane.
我一點(diǎn)也不覺得奇怪，她是個(gè)不起眼的女孩。
B:And he's so handsome.
是呀，而他卻那么英俊。
詞海拾貝：
break up：分手
What will happen to the children if Peter and Alice break up ?
如果彼得和愛麗絲離婚孩子們將怎么辦?
Why did you and Rohda break up?
你和羅達(dá)為什么決裂了?
