迷你對話
A: The new year is coming. Is the final examination approaching,
Bob?快到新年了。Bob，也改期末考試了吧。
B: Oh, yeah. We will have winter holiday.
是的，媽媽。我們就要放寒假了。
A: How are you getting along with your studies?
你的學(xué)習(xí)進(jìn)展如何呀？
B: Don’t worry, mum. I will study hard tomorrow.
媽媽，別擔(dān)心，我明天就會(huì)好好學(xué)習(xí)的。
A: But your were playing video games all afternoon. You are skating on thin ice.
但是你一個(gè)下午都在玩游戲，你現(xiàn)在的情況很危急呀。
對話精講
第一、地道短語
skate on thin ice
1. 解詞釋義
Skate是動(dòng)詞，本意為“滑冰，溜冰”，thin ice則指“薄冰”，所以此語字面意思是“在很薄的冰上滑冰”，比喻“情況危險(xiǎn)，危急”，“處在風(fēng)險(xiǎn)中，處在需要慎重從事的情況下或者是有惹禍上身的情況”，類似漢語中的“如履薄冰”。
2. 支持范例
I try to stay well informed so I don't end up skating on thin ice when the teacher asks me a question.
我盡力做好準(zhǔn)備，當(dāng)老師問道我問題時(shí)，我就不會(huì)答不上來。
You are skating on thin ice when you ask me that!
當(dāng)你問及我那件事情時(shí)，你的情況危險(xiǎn)了。
You're skating on thin ice when you ask me what I think of you.
當(dāng)您問我我如何看待你時(shí)，你的情況不妙。
You're skating on thin ice by always coming in late.
你總是上班遲到，這個(gè)情況對你很不好。
第二、詞海拾貝
get along with
釋義1：進(jìn)展
How are you getting along with your English studies?
你的英語學(xué)得怎樣?
How are you getting along with your business?
你的生意如何？
釋義2：與…和睦相處
He is good-tempered; he gets along with everyone.
他脾氣好, 和誰都處得來。
He is sincere and easy to get along with.
他為人誠懇, 很好相處。