“back and forth”是什麼意思？大綱

英語中有一個很常見的詞組“back and forth”，它是什麼意思呢？可千萬不要把forth和fourth搞混了。看看《我們這一天》的這個片段吧。

對話原文

I have a cat.

我有一隻貓 

It's all I really have.

它是我的唯一了 

His name's Clooney.

它叫克魯尼 

One of those ironic names, 'cause he's a pretty ugly cat.

挺諷刺的名字 因爲它很醜 

I go back and forth to feed him.

我來回跑是爲了餵它 

Three hours on the bus each day.

每天坐三個小時大巴 

Why wouldn't you just tell us you had a cat?

你爲什麼不直接跟我們說你你有隻貓 

The little one has asthma

你們小女兒有哮喘

and I knew if I brought up the cat,

我知道如果我說了貓的事

you'd tell me to bring it,

你們會讓我帶它來 

that would cause problems.

這樣就會添麻煩 

And I don't want to cause any problems,

但我不想給你們添麻煩 

'cause if I cause problems, I'd have to leave.

因爲添了麻煩我就得走 

And...

但... 

and I don't want to leave.

但我不想走 

Six months ago, some doctor told me I had three to live.

六個月前 醫生告訴我我還有三個月時間 

But for some reason, I don't feel so bad lately.

但不知怎麼的 最近我沒那麼難受了 

Maybe to do with this house.

也許是因爲這個家 

I don't know.

我不知道 

Truth is, I'd never thought

說實話 我從未想過 

I'd have anything to care about again

我的生命中 除了那隻醜貓 

besides an ugly cat, so...

還會有其他值得在乎的東西 所以...

今日重點：

諷刺的：ironic。名詞形式irony，意思是“反諷”

及其：pretty。這個詞也可做形容詞，表示“漂亮的”

來回地：back and forth。forth表示“向前”，而fourth是“第四”

哮喘：asthma

提出：bring up 

某個的：“some doctor”可以看到doctor沒有加-s，是因爲some在這裏表示“某個”，而不是“一些”

與……有關：to do with sth