英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)練習(xí)小對(duì)話 第99期:應(yīng)接不暇

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迷你對(duì)話：

A:You seem to very busy these days. What are you doing?

你最近看起來(lái)很忙。你在干什么呀?

B:Iam swapped with workafter 10-day holiday.

我休了10天的假，假期過(guò)后有一大堆工作要做。

A:Where did you spend your holiday?

你到哪兒去度假了?

B:I went to Paris.

我去巴黎。

地道表達(dá)：

be swamped with

解詞釋義：

動(dòng)詞swap的意思是“淹沒(méi)”。從字面上看，改習(xí)語(yǔ)的意思是“被工作淹沒(méi)”，意即“有很多工作要做”。

支持范例：

Eg. His secretary was swamped with work so that she want to give it up.

他秘書(shū)的工作多得難以招架，所以想辭職不干了。

Eg. I have been swamped with work this year and I have no time to spend my holiday at all.

今年我工作忙得不可開(kāi)交，根本沒(méi)有一點(diǎn)兒心思做事。

Eg. She was worn out with work and cannot put up with it any more.

她讓工作給累壞了，再也忍受不了了。

詞海拾貝：

1.10-day holiday：十天的假日

2.spend one's holiday：度假

Eg. I come to the countryside to spend my holiday.

我來(lái)到鄉(xiāng)下度假。

Eg. The couple disputed where to spend the holiday.

夫妻倆為上哪兒度假而發(fā)生爭(zhēng)論。

Eg How did you spend your summer holiday?

你暑假怎么過(guò)的?

Eg. I've got a terrific idea: we'll spend our holiday in Paris.

我有個(gè)很棒的主意:我們可以去巴黎度假。