英语俚语习语小对话第15期: "遇到麻烦"英语怎么说? (mp3和文本下载)

英语情景对话：

A: I am in hot water now; all the things seem to be blown up.

B: Don’t be scared. Bite the bullet and everything will be right again.

A: Thank you for encouraging me. There are problems cropping up here and there. But I will overcome them one by one.

参考中文译文：

A :我现在遇到麻烦了，好像所有的事情多和我作对似的。

B :别泄气，咬紧牙关挺过去，总会好起来的。

A :谢谢你的鼓励。我会把一个个不断出现的问题克服掉的。

英语学习笔记：

1.in hot water 遇到麻烦

He's likely to land in hot water unless restrained by wiser counsel.
除非听人忠告有所收敛，他很有可能陷入麻烦。

He is in hot water because he can't make good on his debts.
他有困难,因为他还不起债务。

She's always in hot water.
她总是惹麻烦。

He's likely to land in hot water unless restrained by wiser counsel.
除非听人忠告有所收敛，他很有可能陷入麻烦。

2.bite the bullet 咬紧牙关，忍受痛苦

We have to bite the bullet when we face this difficult situation.
我们必须勇敢地面对这种困难情况。

After Alice's husband left her, she had to bite the bullet and bring up her children by her own.
艾莉丝的先生离开她之后，她得咬紧牙根，独立扶养孩子。

The president called the people to bite the bullet and make personal sacrifices.
总统号召人民忍受痛苦，做出个人牺牲。

3.crop up 突然出现，突然发生

Whenever difficulties or problems crop up in their work every one of us lends a helping hand.
每当他们的工作中出现困难或问题时，我们人人都出力帮助解决。

It's silly to cover the problem; it will crop up again one day.
把这个问题掩盖起来的作法是愚蠢的，总有一天还会暴露的。