聽力每日練習(xí) listen 1017 Burning?Bridges

 
2--So, Jessica quit her job.
 
1--And before leaving, she told all her co-workers how much she hated them.
 
2--Get out! Why would she burn her bridges like that?
 
1--Oh, she's known for burning bridges. No one in her last job even talks to her.
 
2--Why burn a bridge to someone who could help you later? That's just stupid.
 
1--When you "burn a bridge" you don't really set fire to anything.
 
2--But you are doing something dangerous.
 
1--During wartime, soldiers commonly burned bridges to cut their enemies off from supplies.
 
2--But burning bridges also meant the soldiers could not retreat.
 
1--So, when you burn a bridge, you cut off contact with people or opportunities you might need later.
 
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注解：
 
1.Burning燃燒的
2.wartime戰(zhàn)時(shí)
3.retreat撤退

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譯文：
 
1--你聽到的這個(gè)表達(dá)是否在講一座燃燒的橋呢？Burning Bridges.
2--所以，杰西卡辭了她的工作。
1--在她離開之前，她告訴所有同事她是多么得討厭他們。
2--趕快離開吧！他為什么要這樣過河拆橋呢？
1--她過河拆橋的事都出名了。上一個(gè)工作的同事都不跟她說話。
2--跟別人一刀兩斷以后誰還肯幫助你？那真是傻。
1--當(dāng)你“burn a bridge”并不意味著真的放火燒了什么東西。
2--而是指你做了一些危險(xiǎn)的事情。
1--在戰(zhàn)爭時(shí)期，士兵通常會(huì)燒掉橋梁以阻斷敵人的物資供應(yīng)。
2--但“burn a bridge”也指士兵沒有了退路。
1--所以當(dāng)你“burn a bridge”就意味著你跟他人或者機(jī)會(huì)斷絕關(guān)系。