英语口语练习小对话 第575期:小孩
2014-04-28来源:和谐英语
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Subject:Hey, don’t sound like an ankle-biter.
迷你对话
A: I’d like to have a break today. I just want to do some dancing.
我想今天休息一下,想去跳舞。
B: Hey, don’t sound like an ankle-biter. You have to work today.
嘿,不要像个小孩子,你今天还要上班了。
1. 解释
Angle-biter在这里的意思是“孩童”。关于“Don’t sound like an angle-biter.”的最初记录,出现于19世纪中叶哈伯的杂志:And how are you, John? And how is Molly, and all the little angle-biters.这句话的意思是:约翰,你好吗?莫莉和所有的孩子们都还好吗?
2. 例句
e.g. The angle-biters are romping about on the playground.
孩童们在运动场嬉戏。
e.g. He was an old man and he was acting like an angle-biter.
他是个上了年纪的人,但行为却如孩童。