英语口语练习小对话 第153期:为某人作保

迷你对话：

A: I heard Tom was caught stealing something again in the supermarket.

我听说汤姆在超市偷东西的时候又被抓住了。

B: Really? He deserves it! They should teach him a good lesson.

是吗？他活该！他们应该好好教训他一顿。

A: But the word is his brother would go bail for him. Last time it’s his father who went bail for him.

据说他哥哥要去为他做保。上次是他父亲为他的保。

B: Then he is really lucky.

他课真是够幸运的。

地道表达：go bail for

解词释义：bail作为名词有“保释，保释金”的意思，习语go bail for意为“做......的保释人，为......提供保释金，提供......数目的保释金”，作为这个意思可以等同于stand bail for。

拓展讲解：在口语中，go bail for也可以解释为“保证......是真实的”。

支持范例：

I shall have to put you in prison until your case can be heard unless you can find anyone to go bail for you.

我得把你送进监狱直到你的案子进行审理，除非你可以找个人保释你。

I am ready to go bail for the truth of the report.

我愿担保这一报导的真实性。

词海拾贝：

teach sb a lesson：教训某人一顿

Eg. His father thought this was a good chance to teach him a lesson about how hard life was for the less fortunate people of the world,

他的父亲想了想，觉得这倒是一个教训儿子的好机会，让他了解一下世界上那些不幸的人生活得有多艰辛，

Eg. If he did not stop his nonsense, they would teach him a lesson he would never forget.

如果他再不停止胡言乱语，他们就要狠狠地教训他一番，叫他终身难忘。