I offered to muck out the stables.
對話
Danny: I've just had a great piece of luck.
Fred: Don't tell me you've won the lottery this week.
Danny: Not quite: I've got a free weekly riding lesson at the local riding stables.
Fred: I know you love horses. How did you manage that?
Danny: I offered to muck out the stables and to help groom the horses for four hours every week.
Fred: That's not a bad bargain. It won't be long before you're an accomplished horseman if you can keep the arrangement going for any length of time.
Danny: That's my aim.
丹尼：我剛剛真是超幸運的。
弗雷德：別告訴我你中了這星期的樂透。
丹尼：不是，但我每個星期可以到本地的騎馬訓(xùn)練場免費上騎術(shù)課。
弗雷德：我知道你喜歡馬匹，但是你怎么可以免費上課？
丹尼：我提議每星期工作四小時幫他們打掃馬廄，以及料理馬匹。
弗雷德：你這交易不錯，假如能夠維持一段時間，你不久就可以精通騎術(shù)。
丹尼：那正是我的目的。
這一課有兩句須特別談?wù)劊篋on't tell me you've won the lottery、I offered to muck out the stables and help groom the horses。第一句的Don't tell me (that) ...直譯是‘別告訴我’。別人訴說一些事之前，你想先猜猜他會說什么，就可用Don't tell me起句，常有‘你說的不會是……’含義，例如："Sorry I'm late." "Don't tell me you were stuck in a traffic jam."（‘對不起，我遲到了。’‘別跟我說什么交通阻塞，令你寸步難行?！?。第二句的stable是‘馬廄’。騎術(shù)訓(xùn)練場、賽馬飼養(yǎng)場也可以叫做stable，常用復(fù)數(shù)形式的stables，丹尼說I've got a free weekly riding lesson at the local riding stables就是例子。這里不妨再舉一例：He ran the racing stables nearby（他經(jīng)營附近那個賽馬飼養(yǎng)場）。成語to close the stable（或barn）door after the horse has escaped（馬兒逃脫后才去關(guān)廄門）就有‘亡羊補牢，為時太晚’的意思。Muck字本來是名詞，指牲畜的糞便，所以，打掃牲畜居住的地方，叫做muck out，例如：Mucking out the pigsty is no pleasant task（打掃豬欄的工作并不有趣）。后說groom。這個字除了指‘新郎’，即bridegroom的縮寫，還可作動詞，指照料馬匹，特別是為馬匹梳洗。個人梳洗打扮，也可稱為groom，例如：(1) I groomed my horse carefully before the horse show（馬展前，我?guī)湍瞧ヱR用心梳洗一番）。(2) It takes her a lot of time every morning grooming her long hair（她每天早上花費不少時間去梳理她的長發(fā)）。
對話
Danny: I've just had a great piece of luck.
Fred: Don't tell me you've won the lottery this week.
Danny: Not quite: I've got a free weekly riding lesson at the local riding stables.
Fred: I know you love horses. How did you manage that?
Danny: I offered to muck out the stables and to help groom the horses for four hours every week.
Fred: That's not a bad bargain. It won't be long before you're an accomplished horseman if you can keep the arrangement going for any length of time.
Danny: That's my aim.
丹尼：我剛剛真是超幸運的。
弗雷德：別告訴我你中了這星期的樂透。
丹尼：不是，但我每個星期可以到本地的騎馬訓(xùn)練場免費上騎術(shù)課。
弗雷德：我知道你喜歡馬匹，但是你怎么可以免費上課？
丹尼：我提議每星期工作四小時幫他們打掃馬廄，以及料理馬匹。
弗雷德：你這交易不錯，假如能夠維持一段時間，你不久就可以精通騎術(shù)。
丹尼：那正是我的目的。
這一課有兩句須特別談?wù)劊篋on't tell me you've won the lottery、I offered to muck out the stables and help groom the horses。第一句的Don't tell me (that) ...直譯是‘別告訴我’。別人訴說一些事之前，你想先猜猜他會說什么，就可用Don't tell me起句，常有‘你說的不會是……’含義，例如："Sorry I'm late." "Don't tell me you were stuck in a traffic jam."（‘對不起，我遲到了。’‘別跟我說什么交通阻塞，令你寸步難行?！?。第二句的stable是‘馬廄’。騎術(shù)訓(xùn)練場、賽馬飼養(yǎng)場也可以叫做stable，常用復(fù)數(shù)形式的stables，丹尼說I've got a free weekly riding lesson at the local riding stables就是例子。這里不妨再舉一例：He ran the racing stables nearby（他經(jīng)營附近那個賽馬飼養(yǎng)場）。成語to close the stable（或barn）door after the horse has escaped（馬兒逃脫后才去關(guān)廄門）就有‘亡羊補牢，為時太晚’的意思。Muck字本來是名詞，指牲畜的糞便，所以，打掃牲畜居住的地方，叫做muck out，例如：Mucking out the pigsty is no pleasant task（打掃豬欄的工作并不有趣）。后說groom。這個字除了指‘新郎’，即bridegroom的縮寫，還可作動詞，指照料馬匹，特別是為馬匹梳洗。個人梳洗打扮，也可稱為groom，例如：(1) I groomed my horse carefully before the horse show（馬展前，我?guī)湍瞧ヱR用心梳洗一番）。(2) It takes her a lot of time every morning grooming her long hair（她每天早上花費不少時間去梳理她的長發(fā)）。