英语口语练习小对话 第764期:惊涛骇浪,方显英雄本色。

Subject: The good seaman is known in bad weather.

迷你对话

A: Frankly speaking, I want to resign, because you gave me a hard job.

坦白地说，我想辞职，因为你给我做的工作很难做。

B:Remember, the good seaman is known in bad weather.

记住一句话，惊涛骇浪，防线英雄本色。

地道表达

The good seaman is known in bad weather.

1. 解释

这句话中的seaman是指“海员，水手”，in bad weather是指“在坏的天气下”。The good seaman is known in bad weather.的表面意思是“不好的天气下才能知道一个海员的本事好。”引申含义为“一个人的本事的好坏，要在危险或者是不好的情况下才看得出”，即“惊涛骇浪，方显英雄本色”。这个习语跟我们汉语中的“乱世出英雄”有异曲同工之妙。

2. 范例

A: I am longing for another job because our manager is a hard nut.

我期盼着换一份工作，我们经理好难对付。

B : That is great. A saying goes, “A good seaman is known in bad weather.”

这是件好事情呀。俗话说：“惊涛骇浪，方显英雄本色。”

咬文嚼字

1. Frankly speaking是插入语，意思是“坦诚地说”“实话说”。例如：

Frankly speaking, it is difficult for me to make out what he is saying.

坦率地说,理解他正在说的事情是很困难的。

Frankly speaking, he is not so bad as you might think.

坦白讲，他没有你想像中的坏。

2. give sb. a hard job的意思是“给某人一份苦差事儿”。