英語口語練習小對話 第145期:被拋棄

【迷你對話】

A:I cannot ignore her suggestion. In fact I always value her suggestion.

A:我沒法對她的建議置之不理，實際上我總是很重視她的意見的。

B:I know. Maybe you willget the airif you go against her.

B:我知道你要是不聽她的可能就會被甩掉的。

A:Well, it takes two to to make a happy marriage.

A:恩，婚姻幸福得兩個人共同努力。

B:And it takes two to make an agreement too. You have no guts, I am afraid.

B: 達成一致意見也是兩個人的事情，恐怕你太沒勇氣了。

【地道表達】

get the air

【解詞釋義】

get the air是美國俚語，它有三個意思，一個是“被解僱”，一個是對話中提到的“被情人拋棄”，另一個是“求愛被拒絕”。

【拓展用法】

get the air from sb：被某人解僱，被某人拋棄，求愛被某人拒絕

【小編喇叭】

這個短語本身就含有被動意味，所以表述以上意思時，不要用被動語態。

【支持範例】

1. 被（情人，戀人，愛人）拋棄

is sad because he just got the air from his girlfriend.

喬很傷心, 因爲他失戀了。

r he re-read the love letter between the lines, he realized that he got the air form his sweetheart.

重讀情書之後，他終於明白他已經被情人拋棄了。

2. 被解僱

servant got the air for being lazy and dishonest.

這個僕人因懶惰和不誠實而被解僱。

got the air for spending too much time on the phone.

她因打電話用的時間過多而被解僱了。

3. 求愛被拒絕

make a proposal to John but she gets the air.

瑪麗想約翰求婚遭到拒絕。

could not pluck up enough courage to ask her to marry him because he has gotten the air at one time.

他鼓不起足夠的勇氣向她求婚，因爲他曾經向她求婚遭到拒絕。

got the air form Juliet just because he asked her to marry him on the spur of the moment.

他想Juliet求婚遭到拒絕，是因爲他是在一時衝動之下向她求婚的。

【詞海拾貝】

1.in fact：實際上

shop, in fact, was just beginning to dig into the problem.

事實上，我們的工廠剛剛開始研究這個問題。

seems very serious, but in fact he has a delightful sense of humor.

他看上去很嚴肅, 其實他十分詼諧.

fact, we have been expecting you for quite some time.

事實上，我一直在等你等了好久了。

3.go against：反對，違背，對.....不利

misbehavior will go against his chance of promotion .

這一錯誤行爲將不利於他提升的機會。

case might go against him.

這個案子可能對他不利。

Eg.I advise you not to go against your father.

我勸你不要與你父親作對。

ything seems to go against her.

她事事似乎都不順。

3.make an agreement：達成協議

we want to make an agreement, we should make mutual concessions.

如果我們想達成協議的話，必須雙方讓步。

suggestion is that an agreement should be made between two parties.

他的建議是雙方要達成個協議。

sides make an agreement temporarily about the dispute.

雙方對於糾紛的解決達成暫時協議。

4.have the guts：有勇氣

Eg.I don't think you'd have the guts to pull a fast one.

我諒你也不敢搗鬼。

Eg.I am afraid I do not have the guts to go up to the boss and tell him what I ought to.

我想我沒有膽量去找老闆並告訴他我該說的話。

Eg.I want to call her to make an apologize, but I don't have the guts.

我想給她打電話，但我沒有勇氣。

you have the guts to tell your boss that his plan won't work at all?

你敢於告訴你的上司他的計劃根本行不通嗎?

【警言佳句】

It takes two to to make a happy marriage.

美滿的婚姻需要兩個個人的共同努力。

It takes two to make an agreement to make a happy marriage.

美滿的婚姻需要兩個個人達成共識。