我们讲的英语第196期:water off a duck's back 毫无影响

重点讲解：
1. take one's mind off sth.
使暂时忘记（某一问题或不愉快的情况）；
eg. 'How about a game of tennis?' suggested Alan. 'That'll take your mind off things.'
“打一场网球怎么样？”艾伦建议说，“那样会让你暂时忘掉烦心事。”
eg. Hard work always takes your mind off domestic problems.
工作一劳累就使人不再想着家庭问题了。
2. take notice of
注意；关注；
eg. We want the government to take notice of what we think they should do for single parents.
我们希望政府能够关注单亲父母，为他们做一些应该做的事。
eg. I hope you'll take notice of what I'm going to tell you.
我希望你会注意我要告诉你的事情。
3. water off a duck's back
毫无效果的；不起作用的；
eg. All the criticism is water off a duck's back to me.
批评对我来说左耳进右耳出，毫无影响。
eg. The doctors tell us it's dangerous to smoke, but such good advice rolls off some people like water off a duck's back.
医生告诉我们抽烟有害。可是这样好的劝告对有些人来说毫无作用。
4. make sense
可以理解；讲得通；
eg. I can't follow these instructions — they don't make sense.
我不理解这些指示，根本讲不通嘛。
eg. Up to a point , Prof Goldstein's results make sense.
到此为止，哥尔斯坦教授的实验结果都合情合理。
5. give up on
对…绝望；对…不抱希望；
eg. This is the point at which many patients give up on therapy.
就是因为这一点，许多病人放弃治疗。
eg. And I guess a kind of lesson from my life so far is to never give up on your friends.
我想，至此我从生活中获得了教益，即永远不要放弃自己的朋友。