英语俚语习语小对话第270期: "上气不接下气"英语怎么说? (mp3和文本下载)

第270期:上气不接下气

英语情景对话：

A: Oh, you are out of breath! What’s happened?
哦，你上气不接下气，出什么事情了？

B: A gang of bastards are wildly shooting on the next street. We must leave this place the soonest.
一帮混蛋在街邻开枪了。我们得赶快离开这里。

A: That it easy. They get caught before they come here.
别担心，他们来不到这里就会被逮住的。

B: Stop your nonsense! Quick. Let’s leave the place!
胡说，赶快离开这里吧。

习语：

out of breath：上气不接下气

支持范例：

I'm out of breath after running up the stairs.
奔上楼梯我气喘吁吁。

He spoke so fast that he was out of breath.
他说得那么快, 都倒不过气来了。

All out of breath, she plumped down on a chair.
她上气不接下气,扑通倒在椅子上。

She was out of breath from climbing the stairs.
爬楼梯使她上气不接下气的。

英语学习笔记：

1. a gang of：一群，一帮

He conspired with a gang of criminals.
他与一伙罪犯勾结。

He was badly beaten up by a gang of thugs.
他被一帮暴徒打得死去活来。

The phone box was vandalized by a gang of youths.
那电话亭被一群少年歹徒故意破坏了。

A woman was attacked and robbed by a gang of youths.
有一妇女遭到一群青年的袭击和抢劫。

2. the soonest：最快

The soonest I can arrive is 3 P.M.
我最早会在下午3点到。

3. get caught：逮住，抓住

You didn't get caught last time, but don't push your luck!
上次没把你抓住, 可别再碰运气了!

You'll be for the high jump if you get caught cheating.
如果你作弊被抓到，你将一定会受到严厉的惩罚。

4. that it easy：放轻松，不要紧张

He was going to take it easy when he got back.
他回去以后，要过轻松的日子。

All a man got to do is to take it easy and he'll enjoy himself.
做人只要把心放开些，就能过得快活。

It's nice to sit down and take it easy after a hard day's work.
劳累了一天之后，能在这里坐下来，轻松一下，该多么愉快呀。

When the teacher found some of his students get nervous at the examination, he told them to take it easy.
老师发现一些学生考虑时焦急不安，就叫他们不要紧张。