英語口語練習小對話 地744期:讓......難堪

Subject : Don’t give me a hard time.

迷你對話

A: It’s your turn, Lief. Please sing a song for us.

Lief，現在輪到你了，請給我們唱首歌吧。

B: You want to laugh at me again. Don’t give me a hard time. OK? You know I am not good at singing.

你又想取笑我了。別跟我過不去，好不好。你知道我不擅長唱歌的。

地道表達

give sb. a hard time

1. 解詞釋義

Hard time的意思是“困難時期”，give sb. a hard time直譯爲“給某人度過一段過來時期”，也就是“讓某人感到爲難，使某人感到難堪，讓某人吃苦”等意思。

2. 拓展例句

e.g. This matter really give him a hard time.

這事可苦了他了。

e.g. Don't give me a hard time, boys. I'm trying to study.

別搗蛋，夥計們，我要學習了。

e.g. She hoped that when Nixon told me about it the next morning I would not give him a hard time.

她希望第二天上午尼克松同我談起這件事時，我不要使他難堪。

Ps 1：laugh at是一個固定短語，意思是“恥笑……嘲笑……”。例如：

Do not hesitate to laugh at anything you find amusing.

只要覺得好笑就儘管笑。

The British don't laugh at the same jokes as the French.

法國人覺得好笑的笑話，英國人不一定會笑。

She wanted to laugh at the melodramatic way he was acting.

他戲劇化的誇張架勢使她忍不住想笑。

Ps 2: be good at的意思是“擅長……”。例如：

She is very good at using her charm to get her way.

她非常善於利用自己的魅力隨心所欲。

I'm not very good at flirting or chasing women.

我不太會和女人調情，也不擅長追求女性。