A: Jane, pleases come with us
.簡,和我們一起去吧。
B: I cannot dance, you know. I haven’t such atalent.
我不會跳舞,我沒有那天分。
A: Just for fun, not for showing. What do you worry about?
只是玩玩而已,又不是比賽,你怕什么?
B: Nothing. I have told you before that I won’t go to the party and that’s flat.
不怕什么,我跟你說了我不會去參加晚會的,不要再提了。
A: But... OK.
可是......好吧。
對話精講
第一、地道表達
【核心短語】(and) that’s flat
【解詞釋義】flat在該短語中意思為“全然的,徹底的,十足的”。此語出自莎士比亞的《亨利四世》上篇第二場。其中寫道:...no eye hath seen such scarecrows. I’ll not march through Coventry with them,that’s flat...(譯文:誰也沒見過這么瘦的這么可憐的人,我不愿意帶著他們列隊經(jīng)過芬特里,無需多言)。因此,此語的意思是:絕對如此,無需多言。
【典型范例1】 I' m not going out with you and that' s flat !
我不跟你出去, 說定了!
【典型范例2】I don't care whether you go on the outing, but I'm not, and that's flat!
我不在乎你是否出去遠足,但我不會去,那是斷然無疑的。
【典型范例3】I must have some tonight and that's flat.
我今晚一定要一些,無二話可說。
第二、詞海拾貝
for fun:鬧著玩,取樂
【典型范例1】She invited some of her friends over for fun and games.
她請了幾位朋友到家里游戲作樂。
【典型范例2】She wrote for fun for many years before starting to write seriously for a living.
在她開始正正經(jīng)經(jīng)地為謀生而寫作之前,許多年她以寫作自娛。
【典型范例3】I wasn't serious; I only did it for fun.
我不是當真的, 我只不過是鬧著玩。
【典型范例4】He will suffer for fun yet.
他總有一天會因貪玩吃苦頭。
worry about:擔心,擔憂,煩惱
【典型范例1】Such people never have to worry about their future.
這種人從來不必為前途擔憂。
【典型范例2】Today he does not have to worry about making a living.
現(xiàn)在他不用為生活發(fā)愁了。
go to the party:參加晚會
【典型范例1】Will you go to the party instead of me?
你替我赴宴好嗎?
【典型范例2】If I don't go to the party, I shall feel I'm missing out.
如果我不去參加聚會, 我將會感到錯失良機。