英語口語練習(xí)小對(duì)話 第409期:無需多言
A: Jane, pleases come with us
.簡，和我們一起去吧。
B: I cannot dance, you know. I haven’t such atalent.
我不會(huì)跳舞，我沒有那天分。
A: Just for fun, not for showing. What do you worry about?
只是玩玩而已，又不是比賽，你怕什么?
B: Nothing. I have told you before that I won’t go to the party and that’s flat.
不怕什么，我跟你說了我不會(huì)去參加晚會(huì)的，不要再提了。
A: But... OK.
可是......好吧。
對(duì)話精講
第一、地道表達(dá)
【核心短語】(and) that’s flat
【解詞釋義】flat在該短語中意思為“全然的，徹底的，十足的”。此語出自莎士比亞的《亨利四世》上篇第二場。其中寫道：...no eye hath seen such scarecrows. I’ll not march through Coventry with them,that’s flat...(譯文：誰也沒見過這么瘦的這么可憐的人，我不愿意帶著他們列隊(duì)經(jīng)過芬特里，無需多言)。因此，此語的意思是：絕對(duì)如此，無需多言。
【典型范例1】 I' m not going out with you and that' s flat !
我不跟你出去, 說定了!
【典型范例2】I don't care whether you go on the outing, but I'm not, and that's flat!
我不在乎你是否出去遠(yuǎn)足，但我不會(huì)去，那是斷然無疑的。
【典型范例3】I must have some tonight and that's flat.
我今晚一定要一些，無二話可說。
第二、詞海拾貝
for fun：鬧著玩，取樂
【典型范例1】She invited some of her friends over for fun and games.
她請(qǐng)了幾位朋友到家里游戲作樂。
【典型范例2】She wrote for fun for many years before starting to write seriously for a living.
在她開始正正經(jīng)經(jīng)地為謀生而寫作之前，許多年她以寫作自娛。
【典型范例3】I wasn't serious; I only did it for fun.
我不是當(dāng)真的, 我只不過是鬧著玩。
【典型范例4】He will suffer for fun yet.
他總有一天會(huì)因貪玩吃苦頭。
worry about：擔(dān)心，擔(dān)憂，煩惱
【典型范例1】Such people never have to worry about their future.
這種人從來不必為前途擔(dān)憂。
【典型范例2】Today he does not have to worry about making a living.
現(xiàn)在他不用為生活發(fā)愁了。
go to the party：參加晚會(huì)
【典型范例1】Will you go to the party instead of me?
你替我赴宴好嗎?
【典型范例2】If I don't go to the party, I shall feel I'm missing out.
如果我不去參加聚會(huì), 我將會(huì)感到錯(cuò)失良機(jī)。
