迷你對話
A: Your course is hard for me.
你的課對于我來說很難。
B: Take it easy. Maybe there is not any other courseeasier than it. It is a cake course.
別緊張,或許沒有比這更簡單的課了,這是一門很容易學的課程。
地道表達
a cake course
1. 解詞釋義
Cake course是指“很容易學的課程”。Cake不但有“蛋糕”的意思,也可以用來形容“某事很容易”。漢語中的“小菜一碟。”就是“It is a piece of cake.”
2. 拓展例句
e.g. I am not interested in math. So it is not a cake course for me.
我對數(shù)學不感興趣,所以我覺得很難學。
e.g. I don’t think English is a cake course so that I always failed in the exams.
我覺得英語很難學,所以我考試總是不及格。
Ps 1:be hard for sb.的意思是“對于某人來說很艱難”。例如:
It is hard for anyone to escape from the ravages of time. 任何人都很難逃避時間的摧殘。
It's hard for some older people to take all that noise. 一些老年人沒辦法忍受那些噪音。
Ps 2:take it easy的意思是“放松點,別緊張”。例如:
He was going to take it easy when he got back. 他回去以后,要過輕松的日子。
All a man got to do is to take it easy and he'll enjoy himself. 做人只要把心放開些,就能過得快活。
Ps 3:any other的意思是“其他任何的”。例如:
Do you have any other symptoms? Any more than those you've described?你有沒有其它的癥狀?除了那些你已敘述過的?