迷你對話學地道口語第1944期:大吵大鬧
第一， 情景對話
A: What's happened? Why are the students kicking up such a row?
發生什麼事了？學生們怎麼大吵大鬧的。
B: It is because of one of those things that keep happening these days.
因爲近些天發生了一件事。
A: What is it?
什麼事？
B: The school authorities asked them to sell some products and forced them to finish their quotas. And most of the students find it hard to sell.
學校讓他們賣東西，還讓他們定額完成任務，大多數學生髮覺很難賣。
A: That is indeed a problem. Their parents should join them and raise their opposition against such an unfair task imposed on the students.
這確實是個問題，他們的父母也應該一起來抵制這種加在學生身上的任務。
第二， 詞海拾貝
kick up a row
exp. To be very vocAl in one's displeasure about something; to make a scene. （大聲表示對某事的不滿，大吵大鬧）
e.g. My mom kicked up a row when the store refused to accept her return without a receipt.
當商店因我母親沒有貨物的收據而拒絕退貨時，我母親便大吵大鬧起來了。
e.g. At most big box stores, if you kick up a row about a product that didn't meet your expectations, you'll definitely get a refund.
在大多數大賣場商店，如果你因一個沒有達到你期望的產品大吵一架，你肯定會得到退款。
e.g. Unless his mother went with him, he would kick up a row until he was taken back downstairs to her.
除非他的母親同他一起去，不然的話，他就大吵大鬧，直到他被帶回樓下他母親那裏。
e.g. The waiters were unnecessarily rude, but none of the customers would kick up a row about it.
服務員粗魯得有點莫名其妙，但沒有一位顧客爲此而大吵大鬧。
第三， 語彙積累
1. impose something on somebody：使某人接受（意見或信仰）；將某事物強加於…….
e.g. She imposed her ideas on the group.
她竭力把自己的想法強加於全組的人。
e.g. They will impose restraints on trade.
他們將對貿易強行管制。
2. opposition against：對……的反對
There's not much opposition against the scheme.
反對該規劃的意見不太多。
3. because of：因爲，由於
e.g. All the planes were socked in yesterday because of the thick mist.
由於霧大，昨天所有的飛機都停飛了。
e.g. The lives of many people have been enriched because of education.
許多人的生活由於受了教育而變得更加充實。
其它：school authorities：校方
finish their quotas：完成分配額
raise their opposition：發起抗議
