英语口语练习小对话 第221期:吵吵嚷嚷

迷你对话：

A: Mr. Brown, are your children always kicking up a row like this? I cannot concentrate on my paper.

布朗先生，你的孩子们是不是总是这样子大吵大闹的？我不能集中精力写我的论文。

B: Sorry, Mr. Black. I’m trying to make them quiet.

真是对不起，布莱克先生，我忙上让他们安静下来。

A: I’m afraid if the noise goes on, I shall have no alternative but to leave.

如果在这样大吵大闹，我别无选择，只好搬走了。

B: Sorry, sir. Believe me, everything will be all right.

对不起，先生，相信我，一切都会好的。

地道表达：

kick up a row

解词释义：

row是名词，意思是“大的噪声，吵闹，争吵”，常用于口语的是kick up a row或make a row，指的是“大吵大闹”或“发出吵闹声”。表示因......而大吵大闹，在短语的后面接介词about，即：kick up a row about。

支持范例：

If I refuse to go to the theater, my wife is sure to kick up a row.

如果我拒绝去剧院，我妻子定会大吵一顿。

I don’t think we will kick up a row about such a small mistake.

我认为不值得为此小小错误而闹得天翻地覆。

拓展范例：

make a row：吵吵嚷嚷，吵吵闹闹，轰动一时

Eg. Could you please make less of a row?

请你别那么大声嚷嚷好吗?

Eg. It will make a nice row if that comes out.

倘使事情一传出去，要轰动一时的呢。

Eg. The guy has made such a row that I can not fall asleep.

那些家伙吵得我没法睡觉。

词海拾贝：

1. concentrate on：专注于......；聚精会神于......

Eg. I can' t concentrate on my studies with all that noise going on.

吵闹声不绝于耳, 我精神无法集中学习.

Eg. She couldn't concentrate on a book very long.

她不能长时间专心读一本书。

Eg. In some schools, students concentrate on learning how to make films.

在有些学校里，学生专门学习电影制作。

Eg. After the fun he's had during the holidays, the boy couldn't concentrate on his school work.

放了几天假，这孩子的心都玩野了。

2. go on：继续

Eg. You're trying to put me off, please go on with the story.

你是在想法转移目标，还是接着讲你的故事吧。

Eg. I have wiped tears away now, and can go on again properly.

我现在已经擦干了眼泪，又可以心平气和地说下去了。

Eg. Let's go on, and find some farm where we can put up.

咱们往前走吧，去找一个农庄过夜。

Eg. Let him go on with the work he has begun.

让他把他开创的事业进行下去吧。

3. have no alternative but to do：别无选择只得做......

Eg. We have no alternative but to go on.

除了继续下去，我们没有选择的余地。

Eg. I'm afraid if this noise goes on, I shall have no alternative but to call the police.

如果吵闹声继续下去，我恐怕就只好叫警察了。

Eg. We have no alternative but to lodge a claim with you.

我们除了向你们索赔外，毫无其他办法。

Eg. We have no alternative but to dismiss you.

我们只好辞退你，别无其他办法。