第一, 情景对话
A: What do you think of mathematics?
你觉得数学怎么样?
B: Well... Those complex numbers and figures make my head go round.
嗯……那些复杂的数字和图形真使我迷惑不解。
A: Maybe that's because you're only a beginner.
也许是因为你是初学者的缘故吧。
B: I hope I'll soon be fine with it.
我希望我能很快地适应。
第二, 词海拾贝
make one’s head go round
exp 1. To make someone feel dizzy. (使…….头晕目眩)
e.g. I can't drink any wine at all. It always makes my head go round.
我什么酒都不能沾,喝了总是头晕。
e.g. The warm air made his head go round. He caught hold of a counter in front of him and steadied himself.
暖和的空气使他头晕目眩;他抓住他前面的一个柜台,站稳身子。
exp 2. To get someone get confused. (使……感到困惑不解)
e.g. This problem is hard enough to make the teacher’s head go round.
这个问题确实很难,以至于老师都迷惑不解。
e.g. The murder case continued to make the police’s head go round.
这谋案仍然使警察们迷惑不解。
e.g. Many people died in these crashes, which made the investigators’ head go round.
许多人死于这样的事故,这问题始终为调查人员迷惑不解。
So you brought me in to check out what makes your head go round.
这么说,你带我进去是为了核实一下使你迷惑不解的事情了。
第三, 口语句式
1. What do you think of …?
解析:询问某人对某人或某事某物的看法。
例句:What do you think of the ice show at the Center Theater?
你觉得中央戏院的溜冰表演怎么样?
——What do you think of this novel?——Not too bad.
——你觉得这部小说如何?——还凑合。
2. That is because…
解析:表示这件事情是什么原因造成,翻译为“这是……的缘故。”从语法上说,这是含有表语从句的复合句,连接副词是because。如果后面接名词的话,用because of,即:That is because of+名词、名词性短语。
例句:That is because of a mismatching of the supply of labor and the demand for it.
这是由于劳动力供求分配不当的缘故。
That is because you have the right disposition.
那是因为你的性格好的缘故。