迷你对话学英语口语 第1200期:不仅举手之劳
第一, 迷你对话
A: Can I help you?
先生,需要我帮助吗?
B: It’s very kind of you to say so. I really need someone to help me.
你这么说,真是太好了。我真的需要一个人帮助我。
A: It is my pleasure. Just tell me what to do.
能帮助你是我的荣幸,告诉我,要我做什么。
B: Thanks. But nowadays more and more people won’t stir a finger when you need a hand.
谢谢。但是越来越多的人在需要帮助的时候,一点忙都不帮。
第二, 地道表达
not stir a finger
1. 解词释义
Not stir a finger的意思是“不仅举手之劳”“一点忙都不帮”。
2. 拓展范例
e.g. He did not so much as stir a finger.
他一点力都不肯出。
e.g. Not that I don' t want to stir a finger but that it's beyond my power to do so.
并非我不帮忙,实在是无能为力。
e.g. He always says he'll stir a finger, but when it comes to the crunch, he does nothing.
他口口声声说他一定帮忙, 然而事到临头他什么也不帮。
第三, 咬文嚼字
need a hand:需要帮忙
e.g. Need a hand to remove the box?
要帮忙搬掉这只箱子吗?