第一，迷你对话

A: Do you know Jim was beaten up on his way home yesterday?

你知道Jim昨晚在回家的路上遭到毒打吗？

B: Really? What about his friends? They didn't stop the fight?

真的吗？他的朋友呢？他们没有阻止那场打斗吗？

A: They did nothing. They all went straight home and pretend to see nothing.

他们什么也没做，都装作什么没看见，直接回家了。

第二，地道表达

beat up

1. 解词释义

Beat up是“毒打某人，痛打某人”的意思。

2. 拓展范例

e.g. He was hellbent for revenge after the bully beat up his brother.

在混混痛打他弟弟之后,他不顾一切地去寻仇。

e.g. Tom beat up the thief when he happened to see him.

汤姆无意中看到小偷，把他毒打了一顿。

e.g. How could you have the heart to beat up your child like that?

你怎么能忍心这样去打孩子？

e.g. He just stood by when the police beat up the demonstrators.

当警察痛打示威者他仅仅是袖手旁观?

第三，视野拓展

1. on one's way home：在回家的路上

e.g. I stepped in on a friend of mine on my way home.

在回家的路上，我顺便去看了一个朋友。

e.g. On his way home he was overtaken by a storm.

他在回家的路上遭遇暴风雨。

2. stop the fight：制止打架，阻止打架

e.g. The two policemen just looked on without doing anything to stop the fight?

那两个警察只是旁观，没有采取任何行动来制止那场斗殴？

e.g. George weighed in to stop the fight.

乔治出来制止打架。

3. go straight home：直接回家

e.g. If you are tired, we will go straight home.

如果你疲倦了，我们就直接回家。

e.g. If I go straight home, I can be back by 6:30.

如果我直接回家，六点半以前可以到。