情景对话:
Jay: The entire town went nuts for that ad. People stopped me in the street, asking me to say the slogan.
整个小镇都为那个广告发狂。人们在大街上把我拦住,叫我说那句广告词。
1、Go nuts 发狂
① Everyone went nuts for the apple pie I baked. It was gone in less than a minute.
大家都为我烘烤的苹果派发狂。它在一分钟之内就全没了。
② My friends are gonna go nuts when they find out I’m dating a celebrity.
当我朋友们发现我在跟一个名人约会的话,一定会发疯的。
2、Go bananas 发狂
① All the girls in the crowd went bananas once Justin Bieber went on stage.
当Justin Bieber一来到在台上,所有的女孩都为他发疯了。
② I can't believe everyone chose that idiot Jimmy to be the project leader. Has everyone gone bananas?
我不敢相信所有人都选那个笨蛋Jimmy成为项目组长。是不是每个人都疯了?
3、Small potatoes 不重要的事/人
① I don't care about the 5 bucks. It's small potatoes. What bothers me is that he will avoid me because of 5 bucks.
我不在乎那五块美金。它是不重要的。让我烦恼的是他会因为5美金而躲着我。
② Your problems are small potatoes compared to what I'm going through. If I don't pass this class, they'll kick me out of school.
你的问题相比我正在经历的事情来说就是不重要的。如果我通过不了这门课,他们会把我开除的。
4、Piece of cake 小菜一碟
① You have nothing to worry about. Getting your driver's license is a piece of cake. All you have to do is follow directions.
你根本不需要担心。考驾照是小菜一碟。你所需要的只是跟着指示。
5、Not one's cup of tea 不喜欢的类型
① You know what? Hiking isn't really my cup of tea. Why don't you guys go this weekend without me.
你知道吗?我真不喜欢爬山。要不你们这周末自己去吧?
② Everyone's at Brad's watching the Super Bowl, but football isn't really my cup of tea so I'm staying at home.
每个在Brad家的人都在看超级碗,但我对橄榄球真的没有兴趣,所以我待在家了
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