英語口語練習(xí)小對話 第843期:忘恩負義,恩將仇報
A: Why did you go out of your way to help a personlike Joe?
你怎么竭盡全力地去幫助Joe?
B: He said he needed my help. I am not the one whosee other people suffer with folded arms.
他說他需要幫助，我不是那種看到別人受苦而袖手旁觀的人。
A: Thank God that you do not have your fingersburnt and get broken-hearted.
感謝上帝，你沒有因多管閑事而自討苦吃到傷心透頂?shù)牡夭健?/p>
B : What do you mean? You mean I’ll get my fingers burnt by helping him.
您是什么意思?您是說我會幫他而自討苦吃。
A: I don’t know. But Joe would bite the hand that feeds him.
我不知道，但是Joe會恩將仇報的。
第二， 地道表達
bite the hand that feeds one
1. 解詞釋義
Bite the hand that feeds someone的字面意思是“去咬給自己喂食人的手”，比喻為“忘恩負義”或“恩將仇報”等意思。在習(xí)語詞典中解釋如下：To treat someone badly who has helped you in some way,often someone who has provided you with money/ To repay generosity or kindness withingratitude and injury。
2. 拓展例句
e.g. Leaving the company after they've spent three years training you up - it's a bit like bitingthe hand that feeds you.
公司花費三年時間把你培養(yǎng)起來，你就離開。這似乎有點忘恩負義吧。
e.g. If you complain to the boss about working conditions, you will make sure that you don'tbite the hand that feeds you.
即使你準(zhǔn)備向老板抱怨工作條件，你也一定不要恩將仇報。
第三， 詞海拾貝
1. go out of one’s way：想盡辦法做……，竭盡全力做……，特別設(shè)法做……
e.g. The shop assistant go out of his way to find what we needed.
那個店員不厭其煩地滿足我們的需要。
e.g. Val is always making insulting remarks and I don't see why I should go out of my way to bepleasant to her.
瓦爾總是講一些侮辱性的話，我不明白我為什么要特意地取悅于她。
2. have one’s finger burnt：(因多管閑事)受苦受難
e.g. Having had their fingers badly burnt, firms are still cautious about taking on debt.
實業(yè)公司受到的慘痛教訓(xùn)使他們在借貸方面過于謹慎。
e.g. I've burnt my fingers through dabbling in stocks and shares; I'm not taking the risk thesecond time.
我曾做股票生意吃了虧，我再不冒險了。
3. get broken-hearted：心靈受傷，傷透了心
e.g. She was almost broken-hearted because the emperor forgot her.
由于皇帝忘了她，她幾乎傷心欲絕。
e.g. She's broken-hearted about her husband who has an affair with another woman.
她為的丈夫走夜傷透了心。
3. see sth. with folded hand：袖手旁觀
e.g. Could you see it with folded hand when the house was on fire?
房子著了火，你能袖手旁觀嗎?
e.g. He never see the other people who needs to lend a helping hand with folded hand.
他從不袖手旁觀需要幫助的人。
4. Thank God that…：謝天謝地……;感謝上帝……
I was now landed, and safe on shore, and began to look up and thank God that my life wassaved in a case where there was some minutes before scarcely any room to hope.
我現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)登了陸，平平安安地在岸上了，便抬起頭來，感謝上帝，因為我在幾分鐘以前還沒有一線希望，現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)有了活命。
