輕松日記商務(wù)職場篇 第82期:電話壞了

核心句型：
The phone was out of whack.
我的電話壞了。
whack是個擬聲詞，讀音仿佛激烈碰撞時那種驚天動地的聲音。out of whack這個短語的正確意思是：“紊亂，不正常”。因此，當(dāng)美國人說"The phone was out ofwhack."時，他/她要表達(dá)的意思就是:"The phone wasbroken."、"There was something wrong with thephone."、"The phone was out of order."。
一句話情景對白：
Benjamin: Hello, Terry. What's up? Why are youcalling me so late?
本杰明：喂，泰瑞，怎么了?為什么這么晚給我打電話?
Terry: Ben, I tried hundreds of times to contact you this afternoon, but failed.
泰瑞：本，我下午給你打了無數(shù)次電話，但是都沒打通。
Benjamin: I'm sorry. The phone was out of whack.
本杰明：真抱歉，我的電話壞了。
搭配句積累：
①So I missed a few important calls.
所以我錯過了幾個重要的電話。
②So call him back later.
那晚點(diǎn)再回電話給他。
③Well, you can try this one.
那你可以試試這臺電話。
④Oh, I'll ask someone to have it repaired.
好吧，我會找人來修的。
單詞：
whack n. 重?fù)?br /> You really have to whack the ball.
你真的需要猛擊球才行。
Someone whacked him on the head.
有人狠狠地打了他的頭。
We got whacked. On paper we should have wiped the floor with them.
我們被輕易地?fù)魯×?。按理說我們本應(yīng)該大敗他們。
His mother was murdered. Yeah, she got whacked. Snuffed out.
他母親是被謀殺的。是的，是被人干掉的，弄死的。
The ecosystem will be thrown out of whack.
生態(tài)系統(tǒng)將會失去平衡。