一次美麗的邂逅,往往就發(fā)生在你最需要幫助的時(shí)候,記得在念書(shū)的時(shí)候,一次在人民公園,迎面走來(lái)一位pretty foreign girl, 我靈機(jī)一動(dòng),冒了一句“excuse me, could you do the honors?”,那女孩睜大了藍(lán)色的眼睛看著我,茫然不知所措。
“I mean if you could help us to take a picture.”
可是她還是睜大了眼睛,原來(lái)是個(gè)德國(guó)女孩!她在外國(guó)語(yǔ)大學(xué)攻讀中文,對(duì)英文只是略懂一二!后來(lái)還算明白了我的意思,但你明白了嗎?do the honors在這里意思是幫個(gè)忙,相當(dāng)于do me a favor. do the honors 一般指盡地主之宜,大家都知道honor是尊敬的意思,一般在一個(gè)家庭中像介紹客人,盛雞湯,斟灑等事宜都由長(zhǎng)者來(lái)完成,所以長(zhǎng)者就是在做一件值得尊敬或尊重的事,自然do the honors意思就演變?yōu)楸M地主之宜了,有時(shí)特指接下一份(榮譽(yù)的)工作。所以除了我們要請(qǐng)人幫忙時(shí)用這個(gè)習(xí)語(yǔ)外,請(qǐng)某人做一件有意義的事時(shí)也可以用它哦!在舉例子前我們先看一個(gè)生詞片語(yǔ)talk someone into doing something意思是說(shuō)服某人做某事。
It's important to try to talk crowd here into being quiet; I think it's no doubt that you are the only one who could do the honors.
(譯文:盡量的使這兒的人們安靜下來(lái)很重要,毫無(wú)疑問(wèn),只有你才是人選。)
德國(guó),雖曾是法西斯統(tǒng)治的國(guó)家,然而二次世界大戰(zhàn)把它分裂成東德和西德,明明是一脈相承卻骨肉分離,中國(guó)人最有感受。所以對(duì)日爾曼這個(gè)民族我是同情多于憎恨??墒亲詮暮湍俏坏聡?guó)女孩簡(jiǎn)單的談?wù)撝?,the country, Germany, is growing on me!畢竟這是一個(gè)多災(zāi)多難的也是堅(jiān)強(qiáng)的國(guó)家,我逐漸的喜歡上了它。這里我用了一個(gè)grow on, 意思是漸漸令某人喜歡上, If something grows on you, you gradually like it more and more.比如說(shuō)一個(gè)地方剛開(kāi)始時(shí)你不喜歡,但后來(lái)你卻漸漸的喜歡上了,你就可以用這個(gè)詞了,看看下面這段話,體會(huì)一下這個(gè)片語(yǔ)的用法吧!
Do you like the city you're working in? When I came to the place after graduating from university, I didn't like it, because of the bad weather and the inconvenient traffic. But now it's growing on me because of the kind people who always try their best to help you when you are in trouble. On the other hand, the freeway had been built by the end of last year, we can see more and more beautiful women drive cars and say hello to us, don't you enjoy this kind of life? I enjoy it, but I don't have a car at all till now,……呵呵!
(譯文:你喜歡你現(xiàn)在工作的城市嗎?當(dāng)我從學(xué)校畢業(yè)來(lái)到這個(gè)地方時(shí),我并不喜歡他,因?yàn)檫@兒天氣不好,交通也不便。但現(xiàn)在我漸漸的喜歡上了這個(gè)城市,因?yàn)楫?dāng)你處于困難時(shí),這兒的人們總是盡力幫助你,另外,高速公路也在去年年底建成通車了,我們能看到越來(lái)越多的漂亮Mm向你打著招呼,你喜歡這種生活嗎?我喜歡,可我直到現(xiàn)在還沒(méi)有車??。?BR> 結(jié)束語(yǔ):今天我們學(xué)了兩個(gè)片語(yǔ)一個(gè)是do the honors指盡地主之宜,但常用來(lái)指幫個(gè)忙或接下一份榮譽(yù)的工作,注意honors必須要用復(fù)數(shù)哦!另一個(gè)是grow on someone意思是漸漸令某人喜歡上,注意這個(gè)片語(yǔ)只能用于主動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài),fox example, 我們只能說(shuō)the city is growing on me,而不能說(shuō)I'm growing on the city. OK,這一講就到這里,see you next time!
“I mean if you could help us to take a picture.”
可是她還是睜大了眼睛,原來(lái)是個(gè)德國(guó)女孩!她在外國(guó)語(yǔ)大學(xué)攻讀中文,對(duì)英文只是略懂一二!后來(lái)還算明白了我的意思,但你明白了嗎?do the honors在這里意思是幫個(gè)忙,相當(dāng)于do me a favor. do the honors 一般指盡地主之宜,大家都知道honor是尊敬的意思,一般在一個(gè)家庭中像介紹客人,盛雞湯,斟灑等事宜都由長(zhǎng)者來(lái)完成,所以長(zhǎng)者就是在做一件值得尊敬或尊重的事,自然do the honors意思就演變?yōu)楸M地主之宜了,有時(shí)特指接下一份(榮譽(yù)的)工作。所以除了我們要請(qǐng)人幫忙時(shí)用這個(gè)習(xí)語(yǔ)外,請(qǐng)某人做一件有意義的事時(shí)也可以用它哦!在舉例子前我們先看一個(gè)生詞片語(yǔ)talk someone into doing something意思是說(shuō)服某人做某事。
It's important to try to talk crowd here into being quiet; I think it's no doubt that you are the only one who could do the honors.
(譯文:盡量的使這兒的人們安靜下來(lái)很重要,毫無(wú)疑問(wèn),只有你才是人選。)
德國(guó),雖曾是法西斯統(tǒng)治的國(guó)家,然而二次世界大戰(zhàn)把它分裂成東德和西德,明明是一脈相承卻骨肉分離,中國(guó)人最有感受。所以對(duì)日爾曼這個(gè)民族我是同情多于憎恨??墒亲詮暮湍俏坏聡?guó)女孩簡(jiǎn)單的談?wù)撝?,the country, Germany, is growing on me!畢竟這是一個(gè)多災(zāi)多難的也是堅(jiān)強(qiáng)的國(guó)家,我逐漸的喜歡上了它。這里我用了一個(gè)grow on, 意思是漸漸令某人喜歡上, If something grows on you, you gradually like it more and more.比如說(shuō)一個(gè)地方剛開(kāi)始時(shí)你不喜歡,但后來(lái)你卻漸漸的喜歡上了,你就可以用這個(gè)詞了,看看下面這段話,體會(huì)一下這個(gè)片語(yǔ)的用法吧!
Do you like the city you're working in? When I came to the place after graduating from university, I didn't like it, because of the bad weather and the inconvenient traffic. But now it's growing on me because of the kind people who always try their best to help you when you are in trouble. On the other hand, the freeway had been built by the end of last year, we can see more and more beautiful women drive cars and say hello to us, don't you enjoy this kind of life? I enjoy it, but I don't have a car at all till now,……呵呵!
(譯文:你喜歡你現(xiàn)在工作的城市嗎?當(dāng)我從學(xué)校畢業(yè)來(lái)到這個(gè)地方時(shí),我并不喜歡他,因?yàn)檫@兒天氣不好,交通也不便。但現(xiàn)在我漸漸的喜歡上了這個(gè)城市,因?yàn)楫?dāng)你處于困難時(shí),這兒的人們總是盡力幫助你,另外,高速公路也在去年年底建成通車了,我們能看到越來(lái)越多的漂亮Mm向你打著招呼,你喜歡這種生活嗎?我喜歡,可我直到現(xiàn)在還沒(méi)有車??。?BR> 結(jié)束語(yǔ):今天我們學(xué)了兩個(gè)片語(yǔ)一個(gè)是do the honors指盡地主之宜,但常用來(lái)指幫個(gè)忙或接下一份榮譽(yù)的工作,注意honors必須要用復(fù)數(shù)哦!另一個(gè)是grow on someone意思是漸漸令某人喜歡上,注意這個(gè)片語(yǔ)只能用于主動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài),fox example, 我們只能說(shuō)the city is growing on me,而不能說(shuō)I'm growing on the city. OK,這一講就到這里,see you next time!